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The protests of the bishops against many of the new teachings in the schools after the expulsion of the Jesuits were dismissed as invalid, One of the last of his acts was the abolition of the chinea, that is the annual tribute which the kings of Naples since the time of Charles of Anjou had paid to the pope as sovereign (1776).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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