Concordat
a compact, a convention, or an agreement entered into be- CONCORDAT, a compact, a conventween the Pope and a sovereign prince or a government for regulating the affairs of the Church within the kingdom. or a government for regulating the af- fairs of the Church within the kingdom. A Concordat between Pope Calixtus II. and the Emperor Henry V. of Germany was agreed on in 1122, which terminated the fierce controversy about investitures, and still to a certain extent regulates the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. In 1516 a Concordat took place between Pope Leo X. and Francis I., King of France, by which the Chapters were deprived of the right which they had formerly enjoyed of electing the bishops of the several sees. much delay and royal importunity the the bishops of the several sees. After March 15, 1518. Omitting less interesttered this surrender of privilege on ing Concordats, a celebrated one took place on July 15, 1801, between Pope After gh Cardinal Con- Pius VII., acting through salvi, and Napoleon Bonaparte, then first consul. This engagement re-established the Papal authority in France, but placed the clergy, in temporal and in some spirconsul. This engagement re-established the civil power. Other concordats with the French Government were on Jan. 25, 1813, and Nov. 22, 1817. On Aug. 18, the civil power. Other concordats with Pope Pius IX. and the Emperor Francis Joseph I. of Austria considerably increased the legal power of the Papacy in that empire; it was virtually abolished in 1868.