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lunatique: in the 1870s French religious context, an epileptic or demoniac (as in Matthew 17:14–20), not merely a moody person. Marie quotes from her Bible reading. ↩
The Montanists (2nd century) and Novatians (3rd century) were early Christian schismatic sects. The Novatians denied the Church's power to absolve those who had lapsed under persecution — a position touching on the authority to "bind and loose." ↩
Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) — Marie slightly conflates it with the Third. The 1215 council mandated annual confession for all Catholics. ↩
Marie refers to the legend of Pope Joan, sometimes called John VIII — a purported female pope of the 9th century. The legend is not supported by contemporary sources. ↩
sedia stercoraria: the pierced or perforated chair, a contested fixture in medieval papal election ritual whose function remains debated by historians. ↩
The truncated Latin phrase from the Pope Joan legend, implying the ritual verification question addressed to a newly elected pope. ↩
La Rochefoucauld, Maximes, no. 276 (1678). Marie quotes it with approval in the next paragraph. ↩