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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Concordat of 1801 |
 | | Spina, titular Archbishop of Corinth, accompanied by Caselli, General of the Servites, arrived in Paris, on 5 November, 1800. |
 | | He was a good Christian, and anxious to bring the work of the concordat to a successful issue. |
 | | Pius VII, on his part, after consultation with the cardinals, sanctioned this arrangement, 11 August; on 10 September the signatures were exchanged, and on 18 April, 1802, Bonaparte caused the publication of the concordat and the reconciliation of France with the Church to be solemnly celebrated in the cathedral of Notre-Dame at Paris. |
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