There are many variables to navigate to make this assertion, but it doesnt look good for Gregory. I like cats, but I dont wear leopard skin or go around posting pictures of cats everywhere. Some people are sick. Although witch trials did occur on a local scale, they were mainly for the practice of pre-Christian beliefs and tried in secular rather than ecclesiastical courts. Actually, the murder of cats in Europe continued for hundreds of years, and another Plague swept through Europe again in the 17th Century. So why not witches? The theory that plague pandemics happen amidst a cat vacuum doesnt hold up: Europe didnt keep its cat population depleted for nearly 500 years. Locusts and every other kind because the sparrow not only ate grain but also insects the great 3 year famin followed and the official Chinese records showed 15 million people died of starvation but later studies done by experts from outside of China say the official numbers are fudged badly in an optimistic attempt to cover the true death toll of around 45 million plus some even say as high as 70 million!! if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'historyofyesterday_com-large-mobile-banner-2','ezslot_5',111,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-historyofyesterday_com-large-mobile-banner-2-0');Ancient Peruvians may have been attracted to cats in a way similar to Egyptians. One small fact you havent taken account of here. Henry was acquitted when he appealed to the bishop of Mainz and later that year Marburg himself was mysteriously murdered- probably at Henrys behest. As I understand it, people used small dogs for rat hunting. Good luck keeping them down for half a millennium.6, Maybe the biggest hole in the cat theory comes from the history of the plague. (Accessed 2018, June 1). Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Vox-in-Rama-authentic-What-effects-did-it-have, PetMD. Home; About; Contacts; Location; FAQ There are two things we need to shed light on; whether Gregory IX endorse the newly-coined cathunt and whether the cathunt directly correlates with the black plague that happens 100 years after. Cats, especially black cats, were now seen as evil and representatives of the . After all, the devil was already at work through heretics. Pope Gregory IX, who held the papacy from 1227 to 1241, most definitely fell in the second camp largely because he believed that the fluffy hairball-hackers embodied Lucifer himself. Anyone with a thing against cats may get some satisfaction from a weird history "fact" circulating on the internet. Interestingly enough, the author of the article writes that one reason cats are evil is that they are the favored pets of witches. Actually, witches both modern ones and the one who were burned at the stake during Middle Ages owned cats because being close to nature is central to theirreligious beliefs. It was one of the most deadly pandemics in history. Tying the cat to satanic worship was a natural progression- and one that would have dire consequences. 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. The truth is a little messy. But some of their adversaries do. But the cars we have for pets are not naturally in the wild for thousands of years. 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. Reply . The few versions of this story that bother to give anything like some substantiation claim that cats were declared servants of evil by Pope Gregory IX in 1232 or even that he declared that they should all be killed. During these witch trials, a woman even testified in court that cats spoke to her, and threatened to hurt her if she didnt abuse children in the town. Many believed this was the end of the human race, and who could blame them? For example, ever heard of Oxford University? Name is important in the papacy as it is seen as a signal of how their reign is envisioned. 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. But it starts to fall apart once you roll it around in the ol brainpan. It was his distaste for cats that penned the Vox in Rama. Even for modern times, that is not a young age to take on the papal role. So, rather than being a document banning cats from Europe, it was a letter sent to a city warning them about a cult. THE RELIGIOUS SECTOR ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS W/ THEIR POOR REASONING OF ENCOURAGING BIG FAMILIES. First the novice, then the master, then each one of the order who are worthy and perfect, kiss the cat on its buttocks. The Sphinx being the most obvious representation of their reverence of cats, Egyptians also covered their walls with images ofregal-lookingcats and made fine statues of them too. You know, small-town sh*t.9. It was also a time when, people many believe, Pope Gregory IX hated on cats. At length, when the novice has come forward, [he] is met by a man of wondrous pallor who has black eyes and is so emaciated [and] thin that since his flesh has been wasted, seems to have remaining only skin drawn over bone. Pope Gregory IX became pope of the Catholic Church in 1227 and he wanted to kill cats. 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. 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. The Decretals reorganized the whole library of Catholic laws. As people began to get sick and the Black Plague began spreading, more and more cats were killed. We may not be that much superior to that time frame, but we have learned a thing or two since then, I hope. Besides, it mutated into septicemic and pneumonic forms, thus spreading even faster. Gregory immediately recognizing Conrad as a useful tool in his war against religious dissent. My guess is this had something to do with ancient cat worship in places like Egypt, which made its clams by farming the fertile land around the Nile.1. You cant even accept that cats may have offered some protection from the plague. But, despite all the people who make their livings as cat psychologists, cats will just be cats. Ugolino assumes the mantle of the pope immediately in the papal election of 1227 after the death of Pope Honorius III (Conrad of Urach was chosen initially, but declined). I have no idea where you get the idea that cats place is in the wild. You can say that Im addicted to it. Indeed, there is evidence of animals dying from the Plague. A quick Internet search brings up a series of articles, including one on the 13 reasons why cats are just plain evil. Denmark's Fastelavn held at the start of lent was based on the premise that for spring to begin, evil had to be banished. In the years ahead, feline-kind all across Europe saw their status slammed from a sacred and protected animal to a false idol. I am in France since 3 years and I would see the amount of cats I saw here during that time, maybe in a day or two in Turkey. The only problem is that this story probably isnt true. Statues of black cats dont come to life, and you sure as sh*t cant get a cat to walk backwards and let you kiss its butthole.5. If the Black Death was airborne, then rats had nothing to do with it, exonerating Gregory. The disease was ravaging Asia before it ever made its way to Europe. What effects did it have? Cats were seen as agents of the devil, throughout much of history, and slaughtered again centuries later in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. (To be fair, the cat is only one of more than 300 figures the Nazca created almost half which have been discovered in the last five years). 23 April 2018, Vox in Rama, Pope Gregory IX, uoregon.edu, Conrad of Marburg, Kevin Knight, Catholic Encyclopaedia, 2017, Was there a great Cat Massacre in the Middle Ages? BUT HUMANS , NOT SO. Cat burning and other forms of cat hating have survived the centuries since. CATS ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE & ALWAYS WILL BE BETTER THAN HUMANS. So theres a lot of weak info out there about the backwards things that Medieval people were wont to do. So, cats went from being the targets of pagan worship to Catholic contempt for these perceived similarities to the devil. By Gregorys decree, there was a target on the head of every black cat. Im coming out pretty strong against this cat-plague connection, but the truth is I cant say for sure. Check out France, rats on the street, brave-pigeons without flight reflex, but no cats. Did Pope Gregory's comfort with the law cause him to overstep his station as the pope? They catch cockroaches, snakes, and scorpions too. DeAgostini/Getty Images. Denmarks Fastelavn held at the start of lent was based on the premise that for spring to begin, evil had to be banished. Pope Gregory IX How did this come about? 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). Though the Nazca Lines themselves werent discovered until 1926, when air travel started to become common, its been a World Heritage site since 1994, and is famous for its humming bird and astronaut geoglyphs. This seems to add up for the modern reader. The cat throwing. Much like modern-day Chicago, Egypt had a rat problem. On June 13, 1233, Pope Gregory IX instigated the first bull of his papacy: the Vox in Rama. why did pope gregory think that cats were evil? After Pope Gregory IX associated cats with devil worship, cats throughout Europe were exterminated in droves. And it gets repeated because it feels right to many people - it makes our ancestors look stupid and so make. The PBS documentary pointed out that cats dont have the musculature in their faces to reproduce human-like facial expressions the way dogs do, which is probably the main reason people think they are aloof and why they think dogs are so much more companionable (cause we love things that are more like us). I adore cats, they are so zen. And whatever else fleas like to nosh on.8. The truth of the plague variations that wiped out Europe is, they were the results of a perfect storm. Costs of living dropped. By rough estimates, as many as 200 million people died. In the decree, he declared that Satan is half cat and claimed that there were . This sudden lack of cats led to an increase in rat infestation which in turn increased the spread of disease, the most devastating being the Bubonic Plague. This demonization led to the widespread, violent persecution of black cats in particular. Sometimes it appears unduly large, and sometimes equivalent to a goose or a duck, and sometimes it even assumes the size of an oven. From there, its just a couple of logical leaps to the connection to the Black Death: inspired by Pope Greg IXs bull, everyone across Europe killed off all the cats. 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. All this was about to change. no; mice? But still, cultural images of cats being a marker of femininity didnt sprout fromVogue,any more than the idea that cats are plain evil stem fromSports Illustrated. This cruel practice continued until 1817 although the Kattenstoet continues to this day- involving stuffed cats instead. Others posit that the smaller geoglyphs were used as location markers for travelers. Afterwards, they sit down to a meal and when they have arisen from it, the certain statue, which is usual in a set of this kind, a black cat descends backwards, with its tail erect. Good read, thanks! Not only did the Egyptians hold the cat sacred in the form of Bast, a warrior goddess associated with fertility and the moon, but so too did the Romans, for whom the cat was one of the symbols of the goddess of freedom, Liberta. (dogma defined as the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology, or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted, or diverged from). I dont really agree that cats offered no protection from the plague. HUMAN OVER-POPULATION ISNT PRETTY, IT IS THE CAUSE BEHIND CHRONIC WARS. Lead bulla of Gregory IX. The Black Death came in 1347. 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. This isa cautionary tale to all you cat haters out there. Not sure I am convinced either way, but people (especially those who prefer dogs) do like to hate on cats, so it is not a stretch to believe that they have been killed en masse in any era. This info on Pope Gregory the ASSWHOLE is just another scandal caused by a Pope. (Accessed June 1, 2018). This persecution was so savage that some scholars believe that by the 1300s, Europes cat numbers were sufficiently depleted to prevent them efficiently killing rats and mice- thus allowing the bubonic plague to spread. For one, rate outnumber cats by a huge margin, like everywhere, and always have. Some historians have forgiven the rats. Its true that paper cutouts of these furry creatures make nice imagery at Halloween parties. Kitty cats are not everyones flavor of pudding, but they serve an important role in many urban areas, especially in the developing nations outside the western world. Which means that killing off the rats main predators was probably not the best idea. In this case, with no cats around, disease-carrying rats multiplied like crazy, spreading the Plague. For he had inherited the problem of heresies which were blossoming across thirteenth century Christian Europe and challenging the universal church. A quick Google search shows that a felinefemme fatalecat mask is conveniently available on Amazon for only $25.22. A witch and her cat. What Im seeing here is a well-researched fact piece angering someone who kinda half-remembers something she thinks she read somewhere this one time. Classical Cats: The Rise and fall of the Sacred Cat, Donald W Engels, Psychology Press. ), Then, in 1484, another pope, Innocent VIII, issued apapal bullthat condemned to death all cats and their human companions. STOP W/ THE BABIES ALREADY. There is little real evidence for this. Its also true that there was a pope at the time who was not a fan of cats, who banned them. Also, in 1182, to aid the churchs vendetta against the Cathars, the French theologian Alain de Lille falsely claimed that the sect took its name from the cat instead of the real source, the Greek katharoi or pious ones. Tomb of Ancient Viking High King Discovered, The Most Bizarre Relics From The Ancient Funeral Rite. In a papal bull of 1233 he denounced the black cat as diabolical. In 2021, I dont think that most Catholics or people of other religious believe that cats are evil. 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. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death, Georgievska, Marija. But how did cats become to be seen as evil? Public Domain. I SAY GOOD FOR ALL THOSE SENSELESS HUMANOIDS. Another belief is that the plague wasairborne. To learn more about me and my digital travels, visit myTwitterpage. It came from was Asia, but it is still believed by many to have traveled on the backs of fleas living on rats. The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study. 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. The reforms were based on the suggestions of the Italian scientist Luigi Lilio, with some modifications by the Jesuit mathematician and astronomer Christopher Clavius. One can love animals, the Catechism says. Based on the Vox in Rama translation there is no exact phrase that urges Konrad or other inquisitors to go on a cathunt all across Europe. Wikimedia Commons. By removing many cats from the food chain, the population of rodents began to rise across Europe, as Asian and other foreign ships carrying rats brought them to European harbors. Retrieved from https://owlcation.com/humanities/Cats-and-the-Black-Plague, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Before the 13th century, many societies, . It also saw the breakup of the Carolingian Empire in 843. 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. These new, heretical beliefs varied. Cats dont generally take on rats. In fact, the picture of a white Persian cat in Bond villain Ernst Blofelds lap is an indelible cultural image, as is that of the hairless cat that Dr. Further down the line, his influence grew larger and larger, and by 1217 he was named the papal legate and Honorius chief representative in Liguria and Tuscany. As a strategic communicator, I juggle many balls but Im a writer first. No one can say for sure how many cats were killed because of the association made between them and witchcraft by the Vox in Rama. Conrad had initially been involved in the persecution of the Cathars and enjoyed significant successes during the Albigensian crusade of 1209 -1229. Black Death. 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. 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. (2010, February 4). Public Domain. As a noble hailing from the prestigious noble family of Conti di Segni, Ugolino is still related to other popes such as Innocent III, Alexander IV, and Innocent XIII. 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. 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. as a dvm (research quickly with phd, now DO, but still love animals) I agree about cat fanatics but this loser has all wrong about the need for cats to kill the Y Pestis flea vector rats; also, that species of flea does not infest on cats or dogs- their anticoagulant is perfect match for RATTUS NORweigica, and humans; not even mice suit them; his map of plague is laughingly inaccurate. They spread via trade boats. Home chairman meow wisdom Why Cats Were (Wrongly) Blamed for the Black Plague in Europe. So as you say, cats couldnt have contained bubonic plague. Honestly, I feel like even thinking that the cathunt resulted or directly influence the black plague is a bit of a stretch. 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. While there appears to be no evidence that Pope Gregory IX ever told people to kill cats, there have been smaller historical examples of Medieval folks killing cats for weird reasons. Interesting article. some particularly superstitious believers seized on the idea that the black cats were servants of Satan. Wierd Tales, Vol 36. Cats breed quickly, know how to survive on their own, and are hard to catch. 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. The Nazcacat geoglyphwas only discovered last October. The Popes were all lecherous greedy thieves seeking nothing but power for themselves & their families. Apparently torture produced some pretty convincing confessions from people who worshipped the devil and his black cat. If the Nazca thought enough of cats to etch a 37-meter geoglyph of one into the mountain that persists 2,000 years later, they must have thought highly of them. 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. On January 23, 1229, he sent messages to Riga, Lubeck, Sweden, to Gotland with an appeal to begin . He has a brother named Adenulphus who later on in life served as the rector of Anagni, while Ugolino himself was educated in Paris and per known tradition, Bologna. And neither of these areas were parts of the Holy Roman Empire and thus subject to anything Pope Gregory IX might have said (but didnt) about a no-cats policy. (2017, June 6). Wolves/dogs integrated themselves into society. Gregory was a reluctant pontiff- and not just because of his age. 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. Required fields are marked *. February 8, 2013. 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. Gregory believed him. Gregory lived from 1145 to 1241, AD. But, was it because of cats andrats? The Bull arose in response to rumors of satanic cults in Germany by the areas grand inquisitor, Conrad of Marburg. This bull, the story goes, declared cats as the instruments of Satan, and set Medieval Europe on a great cat purge, with special attention paid to black cats, who were particularly Luciferian. I laughed to I almost passed out One thing though some of the Pussy Persecution may have derived from the Witch connection. Cats came to be seen as a symbol of witchcraft, and even as the embodiment of Satan himself. Konrad has evidence of people worshipping Lucifer and black cats, he also seems to possess some sort of confession. He believed that cats were evil creatures because they were related to Satan. No one can say for sure how many cats were killed because of the association made between them and witchcraft by the Vox in Rama. Wildcat7 Youd rather see an animal domesticated for thousands of years in the wild doing what they are meant to do than indoors as pets? On October 11, 1231, he appointed Conrad as the first grand inquisitor of Germany. Why did Pope Gregory IX issue Vox in Rama in the first place? In Belgium, an entire festival, Kattenstoet, is dedicated to throwing cats from buildings and burning them in the streets. So a thing about the inquisition was that they would torture people to get confessions and such because that's a good way to make people say what you want to hear. Its funny thinking about cats as the symbol of evil. That is the well-accepted history, but is it really true? There were probably several strains of plague spreading through Europe. The purpose of Vox in Rama, rather, was to condemn a cult that had allegedly popped up in the Rhinelandand the bull was specifically sent to the city of Mainz. While there is no evidence that cats in medieval England were persecuted, their mousing skills were likened to the devils ability to catch souls, with the fifteenth-century merchant William Caxton remarking how the devil playeth ofte with the synnar, lyke as the catte doth with the mous. Some historians believe that the persecutions across Europe so depleted cat numbers that mouse- and rat-catching by cats diminished- one of the reasons why the Bubonic Plague took such a deadly hold in Europe during the fourteenth century. Zealousness is a common occurrence in medieval times, the same thing goes for Gregory IX. (along with other predators including snakes, which had long since carried the label of being evil). Pope Gregory IX (Source: les.tresors.de.lys.free.fr) It is also doubtful that one papal bull sent to Mainz can influence the whole European stage. 1999. Further, the plague wasnt a one-off event in Europe. While there appears to be no evidence that Pope Gregory IX ever told people to kill cats, there have been smaller historical examples of Medieval folks killing cats for weird reasons. Cats that I know are devoted to their humans my dog runs off as soon as the door is open, my cat sits on my knee, engages in conversation with me, stays closeby our home, and kills lots of mice, bringing them to me rather than eating them cats keep down rodent populations for farmers and humans who store and eat grain etc definitely as handy as dogs. Following years brought the great plaque of insects! Next the myth of toxoplasmosis! To start, lets look at what Pope Gregory IX actually said about cats in his bull (special formatting is my own): (2007, September 1). The nauseating details of the cult initiation process plunge Europe into a manhunt of felines a cathunt. . As mentioned, this Pope initiated what has been described as the feline Holocaust 3 in Europe. Just want to add that I like pretty much all animals, even dogs, but I am a cat person. I AGREE. ps. Did Pope Gregorys comfort with the law cause him tooverstephis station as the pope? As one might have predicted, thereafter, mass slaughters of cats blanked Europe. 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 !!.. On March 19, 1227, 80-year-old cardinal Ugolino di Segni became Pope Gregory IX. The final point though is that contemporary accounts and the examination of modern doctors and historians of the evidence from them has shown bacteria that caused the Black Death can take the form of a lung infection called pneumonic plague, which was spread easily between humans. Consider a quote from Rastafari leader Haile Selassie; Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Iz just as true during Dark Ages as iz now. Learn how cats first spread around the world. By 1198 under the reign of his cousin, Pope Innocent III, Ugolino was named the cardinal deacon of St. Eustachius and quickly rose as one of the most prominent cardinals. ANIMALS ARE BECOMING EXTINCT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT AMOUNT OF NEEDLESS BABIES BEING BORN. Retrieved from https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/ravens-memory-unfair-trade/. The Vox (or Voice in Rama, after the city of Ramah in ancient Judah) beseeched the archbishops Mainz and Hildesheim to lend their full support to Conrad in his efforts to root out the cult and its adherents. 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. Cats are natural hunters. Denmarks Fastelavn held at the start of lent was based on the premise that for spring to begin, evil had to be banished. 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