I am here because of a PBS documentary on cats that I saw recently. Plague in Cats. The Vox in Rama encouraged Conrad of Marburg to overreach himself and that same year he accused Henry II, Count of Sayn of taking part in satanic orgies. Id already discounted that idea. In those days, papal inquisitors extracted confessions from prisoners that they worshiped the devil and his black cat by torturing them vigorously. Though Ive learned important lessons from each of my trips, my trip to Chile the string bean-shaped country was my favorite. Because the powers that be dictated that the cat composed one of the main identifiers of a witch, the Church officially excommunicated the entire species. The proverbial compendium of collective human knowledge at that point was certainly shorter and harder to access than it is now, but people back then still used their brains. Tying the cat to satanic worship was a natural progression- and one that would have dire consequences. Retrieved from https://owlcation.com/humanities/Cats-and-the-Black-Plague, Encyclopaedia Britannica. So, cats went from being the targets of pagan worship to Catholic contempt for these perceived similarities to the devil. People can make all manner of animals do what we likewe can teach oxen to plow, dogs to fetch game, elephants to paint, and ravens to hold grudges.2 But you cant make a cat do anything. Theres a little bit about a cat in the third paragraph but what Gregory is really talking about here is a ritual carried out by a Satanic sect, as reported by an overzealous inquisitor named Conrad von Marburg. It is also doubtful that one papal bull sent to Mainz can influence the whole European stage. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'historyofyesterday_com-box-3','ezslot_6',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-historyofyesterday_com-box-3-0');uper-spies James Bond and Austin Powers dont have cats. On June 13, 1233, Gregory issued the Vox in Rama, an official papal decree declaring that Satan was half-cat and sometimes took the form of a cat during Satanic masses. It was one of the most deadly pandemics in history. Cats and the Black Plague. Gregory lived from 1145 to 1241, AD. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article-abstract/CXXII/498/1075/457108/The-Black-Death-in-Egypt-and-England-A-Comparative?redirectedFrom=fulltext, Kattenstoet. Elsewhere in Europe, the legacy of cat killings passed into folk practices. On June 13, 1233, the Pope issued the Vox in Rama to King Henry of Germany. My mum always said the best way to get rid of a flea infestation was to let a cat walk through your house. Pope Gregory XII (Latin: Gregorius XII; Italian: Gregorio XII; c. 1327 - 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario, or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. As a journalist, I spoke daily with public affairs officers who represented diverse government and corporate clients. In the 13th century, an inquisitor described, in a report to the pope, a Satanic cult in Germany that used cats as part of a ritual, and the pope's response quoted some of his information (which has been described as medieval propaganda by some). In this case, with no cats around, disease-carrying rats multiplied like crazy, spreading the Plague. Pope Innocent VIII came to power in the late 1400s, during the throes of witch crusades in Western Europe. Its believed by some that the plague spread, at least in part,via rats. Homeless Cats Recruited to Fight Rising Tide of Rats, Erika Engelhaupt National Geographical, September 29, 2017. 1999. Oh and I like dogs but dog people kind of irritate as they always say or think negative stuff about cats, like cats are arseholes. Classical Cats: The Rise and fall of the Sacred Cat, Donald W Engels, Psychology Press. Other sects, such as the Cathars or Albigensians had more esoteric beliefs. Good read, thanks! Required fields are marked *. Cats breed quickly, know how to survive on their own, and are hard to catch. With this thought in mind, I spent two years at CIA, where I was a supervisor in the Public Communications Branch at the Office of Public Affairs. There are two types of people in this world: cat people, and not cat people. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. These new, heretical beliefs varied. In 2021, I dont think that most Catholics or people of other religious believe that cats are evil. The Popes were all lecherous greedy thieves seeking nothing but power for themselves & their families. If these furry creatures association with fictitious international criminals isnt enough, cats also have been linked to witchcraft: In the Middle Ages, women who owned black cats came under suspicion as did the cats, who were assumed to bewitches in disguise and were burned at the stake. In 1233, Pope Gregory IX's "Vox in Rama," a warning against the perils of witchcraft, accused its targets of canoodling with a black cat that was actually Lucifer in disguise. While the papal bull was sent to several rulers such as Emperor Frederick II and King Henry of Germany, the central prominent figure that assumes that task very seriously is one Konrad von Marburg. They definitely dont stop fleas. Did Pope Gregory's comfort with the law cause him to overstep his station as the pope? If anything, the cathunt is Konrads interpretation of the papal bull. Retrieved from http://historycollection.co/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/, Gibbens, Sarah. Even in Egypt, where they still view cats as sacred animals, plague hits. They came to us willingly because we offered so much prey and have been a benefit to mankind whether you like em or not. The Obscene Kiss, Wood engraving from the 1608 edition of the Compendium Maleficarum. Granted, Im sure it was easier to get into back then, but thats right in the Medieval period. It was Gregorys past as an astute lawyer that connected him to his acts of justice within the church. One can love animals, the Catechism says. Gregory was a reluctant pontiff- and not just because of his age. A quick Internet search brings up a series of articles, including one on the 13 reasons why cats are just plain evil. AKSHAY. While ancient Egyptians would have rathersurrenderto invading army than harm a hand on a cat, the belief by others that cats cannot be trained to be loyal and obedient like a dog, was a source ofanxietyover cats during medieval times. To start, lets look at what Pope Gregory IX actually said about cats in his bull (special formatting is my own): So, Im not so sure cats stop the plague. At first glance, these rites, with their orgies and obscenities seem to be deliberately far-fetched. HUMAN OVER-POPULATION ISNT PRETTY, IT IS THE CAUSE BEHIND CHRONIC WARS. ALL ANIMALS ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVERY SPECIES KNOWN IS A JOY TO BEHOLD, EVERY ONE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE HIPPO, THE PIGS, EQUINES, PACHYDERMS , FELINES, CANINES, BOVINES. His condemnation of cats may not be responsible for the spread of black death, but its definitely connected to the decline in cat populations at the time, andthe proliferation of rat populations. Gregory IX. Encyclopedia of World Biography, Encyclopedia.com. Zealousness is a common occurrence in medieval times, the same thing goes for Gregory IX. There were probably several strains of plague spreading through Europe. Wierd Tales, Vol 36. But feline-human relations deteriorated sometime in the early 1230s (CE) when Pope Gregory IX issued a papal bull called Vox in Rama. As one might have predicted, thereafter, mass slaughters of cats blanked Europe. These inferences have led to a story that appears to lack evidence. For one, rate outnumber cats by a huge margin, like everywhere, and always have. His papacy started when hereticism run rampant in Europe, and yet, by the end of his term, he saw the completion of one of the most important canon law in the Catholic Church known as the Decretales Gregorii IX, excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and (allegedly) founded the earliest incarnation of the papal inquisition. This was seen as a critical time as the sixth crusade had recently been defeated in Damietta, Egypt. Where do we get our stuff? As I learned at the Profs and Pints event, cats persist as a marker of femininity in the media and our language of pop culture. I didnt expect to read the whole article, but I found myself tickled in all the right places, so dear sir, I did indeed finish the article in its entirety. However, historian Donald Engel believes that the Vox acted as a death warrant for the cat. Others posit that the smaller geoglyphs were used as location markers for travelers. After all, the devil was already at work through heretics. Cats just arent dogs, and I respect and love them specifically for that reason. In fact, most people who believe the Europeans wiped out cats which caused the Black Death bull crap, is that cats werent the only animals used for catching rats. When an animal is removed from the ecosystem (especially out of fear) it usually causes a chain reaction. I suppose its possible that Vox in Rama simply set the stage for a cat-killing trend that would, generations later, result in the Black Death. Then, there is the fact that cats just arent good ratters-, which is why dogs; especially terriers are employed to catch rodents. The truth is a little messy. He is mostly known for issuing the Decretales and starting the Papal Inquisition. But the association between cats and gender is not a new one. It also saw the breakup of the Carolingian Empire in 843. *Coupons: Check out our coupons for stores like Checks Unlimited and CheapOair! He said they ate too much grain and it was the responsibility of every person to kill a sparrow if they saw one and they were not to give up until they achieved it !!.. I get why we have dogs. This info on Pope Gregory the ASSWHOLE is just another scandal caused by a Pope. For Conrad in his quest for heretics around Mainz and Hildesheim claimed to have uncovered a Luciferian cult. And the Black Death didnt just travel to Europeit did its thing in Egypt, too, where it may have done more damage than it did in England.7. Dogs are sweet but they dont really have that self respect that cats do. He was born Ugolino di Conti but took the name Gregory when he becamethe pope. Cats, especially black cats, were now seen as evil and representatives of the . He believed that cats were evil creatures because they were related to Satan. Exterminating cats during the black plague epidemic in the 14th century: Cat owners were often accused of witchcraft, and often murdered along with their pets. Reply . That was when Ugolino was over 80 years old. (Ive decided not the repost the link here). Between 1347 and 1352, some 100 million people died of the Plague, representing almost half of Europes population. (along with other predators including snakes, which had long since carried the label of being evil). The fleas just love cat blood so much more than ours. Wikimedia Commons. These were, however, local affairs and dont serve as proof of the kind of massive cat recall modern folks have inferred from Pope Gregory IXs bull. Elsewhere in Europe, the legacy of cat killings passed into folk practices. In an era when unknown phenomena seemed like they could only be explained by powerful deities, it seemed only natural to the Egyptians to worship kitty cats. They were pure evil seeking nothing but power & control of the population. Was considering writing a song about the folly of feline flaying, now Im not so sure. On June 13, 1233, he issued a papal decree, Vox in Rama, based on bogus evidence provided by a Spanish Inquisitor. The mass murder of cats was not the only cause of the Black Plague, but it removed a crucial natural predator of the flea-carrying rats that spread the disease. The Bubonic plague was carried not by rats themselves but their fleas; fleas which could just as easily transfer to dogs- and cats. People banged drums and kept the sparrow in the air not permitting them to land until they died of exhaustion! Pope Gregory IX was a pretty good pope by medieval standards. Cat burning became a favorite medieval pastime in France, where cats were suspended over fires in cages or doused and set alight- even chased on fire through the streets by cat chasers. Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Vox-in-Rama-authentic-What-effects-did-it-have, PetMD. Anyone with a thing against cats may get some satisfaction from a weird history "fact" circulating on the internet. Not only were they a source of companionship they were also a status symbol and source of worship., Egyptians have had a long love affair with cats. One assault (I despise catholic church so much-am true protestant) by a pope- I do not bother with their names- was due to cat allegedly not suiting him mentioned in their bible; one pope reversed these edicts-seeing half of europe dead- and anyone abusing a cat was severely punisheds), I love catholic people, but HATE the evil infiltration that came early, making a mockery of Jesus real story, one mother superior teaching mary got impregnated by another man when engaged to Joseph; also, during world war II; we fought germany japan and ITALY; so his holie ness: (misspelled to mean he is full of holes) sat in basement- the asshole that had power to divide spain and portugal surely could have rallied his cult to fight nazis and japanese fanatics; Luther returned us, PRAISE JESUS to the real truth of Jesus, God the Father, the Holy Spirit, this jackass is an I read one briticanna entry, now I know it all- when he knows zero; he paints pope as trusting one bad apple in this eradication of the limiting factor on rats- either a sharpshooter (as healthcare provider, like my clients who read one footnote in a pharmacology book I am not immediately aware of, suddenly, they should have DVM and PHD and DO (believe it or not, I do)-. The bull does not, however, dictate that Catholics across Europe kill all cats to stop Satan. Poor cats though. Yeah you have a good point there! His papacy started when hereticism run rampant in Europe, and yet, by the end of his term, he saw the completion of one of the most important canon law in the Catholic Church known as the Decretales Gregorii IX, Decretales Gregorii IX, In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX, pope from 1227-1241, believed that cats actually carried the spirit of Satan himself within them. Gregorys response was to issue the Vox in Rama. But feline-human relations deteriorated sometime in the early 1230s (CE) when Pope Gregory IX issued a papal bull called Vox in Rama. Pope Gregory IV (Latin: Gregorius IV; died 25 January 844) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 827 to his death. Cats are natural hunters. Pope Gregory IX did issue a papal bull, . Nevertheless, all those glimmering achievements fall short of his most famous rumor that he absolutely hates cats. Once the initial hysteria died down, cats, like the would-be witches were left alone for a time, giving them time to repopulate- and remained prolific enough to continue to be culled. In the 13th Century a wave of anti-cat sentiment swept through Europe, with religious leaders labeling cats as evil and diabolical, including Pope Gregory IX who did so in 1232 AD. Although the explicit heretic activities mentioned within the Vox in Rama do mention something about our feline friend, this doesn't mean that Gregory IX endorse cathunt. Even for modern times, that is not a young age to take on the papal role. Public Domain. Based on these confessions, in 1233 Pope Gregory IX issued an official papal decree declaring that Satan was half-cat and sometimes took the form of cat. A bit hard to read when YOU ARE SCREAMING AT ME though! Fewer cats, more rats, more fleas, and more plague. Weve discovered that the two diseases were one and the same, spread by contact, not the air. The Bubonic plague was carried not by rats themselves but their fleas; fleas which could just as easily transfer to dogs- and cats. THE RELIGIOUS SECTOR ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS W/ THEIR POOR REASONING OF ENCOURAGING BIG FAMILIES. Home chairman meow wisdom Why Cats Were (Wrongly) Blamed for the Black Plague in Europe. If they were dumb, then that means were comparatively smart. After years of consultation and research, Pope Gregory XIII signed a papal bull in February 1582 promulgating the reformed calendar that came to be known as the Gregorian calendar. With Halloween is around the corner, Chairman Meow is reminded of a time hundreds of years ago when similar institutional dogma helped fuel the outbreak of The Black Plague across Europe, leading to the (ignorant) mass killing of cats in the 14th century. You can say that Im addicted to it. Its a little school in England that was established in the year 1096. The bull began by bewailing the various woes that afflicted the church- the most recent being the satanic cult identified by Conrad of Marburg as flourishing in Northern Germany. While there were no immediate effects of the unjust cathunt, Europe will be affected in the years to come, with the rise of the Bubonic Plague. https://owlcation.com/humanities/Cats-and-the-Black-Plague, https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/ravens-memory-unfair-trade/, http://historycollection.co/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/, https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Vox-in-Rama-authentic-What-effects-did-it-have, https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article-abstract/CXXII/498/1075/457108/The-Black-Death-in-Egypt-and-England-A-Comparative?redirectedFrom=fulltext, https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death, http://www.kattenstoet.be/en/page/497-511/the-cat-throwing.html, https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/eight-witchcraft-myths/, https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/plague/factsheet.asp, Abee, Holle. Chairman Meow Says: Iz so awful that such a time occurred in our history. Its disgusting the way people treat and exploit these great animals. The Remains of Dead US Presidents Will Be Sent Into Space, The Man Who Surgically Brought Back Unicorns. Before the prospect of burning at the stake for having contact with the purring pets, Catholics around the the continent began slaughtering any feline that entered their property. https://historycollection.co/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/3/, Of course, theres also the wee tiny fact that the paranoia about witchcraft didnt really start to get into full swing until the 16th and 17th century, and that included black cats. And in the 13th Century, people in medieval Ypres, Belgium, had a festival calledKattenstoet, where theyd throw cats from the belfry tower to symbolize the killing evil spirts. They not only killed rodents, hence less infected animals but they themselves are more likely to get bit for you, with their sweet tasting blood. The purpose of the papal bull Vox in Rama, was to condemn a cult that had allegedly popped up in the Rhinelandand the bull was specifically sent to the city of Mainz. (Accessed June 1, 2018). We may still see the effects of the mass cat slaughter today: Its been suggested that the small black cat population in Europe today is a direct result of that breed being deemed particularly devil-like. On October 11, 1231, he appointed Conrad as the first grand inquisitor of Germany. First the novice, then the master, then each one of the order who are worthy and perfect, kiss the cat on its buttocks. This seems to add up for the modern reader. And thats the official take on Halloween from theVatican News. (As a side note, the festival continues in modern Belgium but nowKattenstoethonors felines with a parade that features cute effigies of cats, but I digress. In the decree, he declared that Satan is half cat and claimed that there were . Indeed the belief that the torture or killing of cats could break spells continued across northern Europe. His pontificate was notable for the papacy's attempts to intervene in the quarrels between Emperor Louis the Pious and his sons. Did Pope Gregorys comfort with the law cause him tooverstephis station as the pope? "The whole story is one of those pseudo historical urban myths that keeps getting repeated despite the fact it's complete nonsense. They catch cockroaches, snakes, and scorpions too. These new, heretical beliefs varied. Pope Gregory IX initiated the feline holocaust in Europe which was to continue . Like a lot of other myths about history from the Middle Ages, the idea that Europeans wiped out cats and then paid for it with the Black Death makes more sense the less you think about it. Furthermore, several more black plagues would hit the world in the 18th century or so, and it's unlikely that the cat population still suffers the cathunt after hundred of years. In the meantime, accusations of witchcraft began to spread amongst the ordinary people, as a way of settling grudges or seizing property and cats began to be used as proof of satanic association. But, despite all the people who make their livings as cat psychologists, cats will just be cats. Many superstitions, including fear of black cats, continue to this day. Before you accuse me of clickbait, hear me out. Ravens Hold Grudges Against Cheaters. Those arrested by Conrad, therefore, had only two options: admit to heresy and spend the rest of their lives as a known former heretic or burn. It wasn't until Pope Gregory IX came to power in the 1200s that black cats became a symbol of bad luck. Answer: This looks like a job for History for Atheists! Im on the fence about getting an electronic cat that responds to touch (i.e., purring, meowing and flicking its robotic tail) but I can see why Egyptians of antiquity fell in love with cats. A pandemic so severe that it kills more than 50 million people in Europe in a couple of years, and killed more than 200 million people worldwide. They spread via trade boats. If cats were evil, it made sense that they were responsible for all the death and . Now this seems like a story of immense fiction but as it happened so recently in this modern time we have documented proof this is true so why is it so hard to believe the Pope and cat story? A witch riding a broomstick with a black cat. Even those among us who love cats (not me, I like dogs) freely admit that they are mercurial and probably evil animals that deal death for fun and would eat our eyes if they got the chance. The Vox described the depraved rituals of the cult in detail, portraying the devil worshipped by the witches as a shadowy half cat and half man figure. Your writing is comical! 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