👑 #OTD in #History 25 February 1570, Pope #PiusV excommunicated Queen #ElizabethI of England, through the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis,' for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. Her subjects were also absolved from allegiance to the crown.

👑 #OTD in #History 25 February 1570, Pope #PiusV excommunicated Queen #ElizabethI of England, through the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis,' for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. Her subjects were also absolved from allegiance to the crown.