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brethren</c><00:19:52.759><c> and</c><00:19:53.000><c> sisters</c><00:19:53.599><c> underwent</c><00:19:54.259><c> horrific</c><00:19:55.099><c> persecutions.</c><00:19:56.480><c> They're</c><00:19:56.880><c> detailed</c><00:19:57.200><c> for</c> 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.900 us<00:19:57.599><c> in</c><00:19:57.720><c> books</c> 00:19:57.900 --> 00:20:01.140 like<00:19:58.180><c> Fox's</c><00:19:58.559><c> book</c><00:19:58.759><c> of</c><00:19:59.019><c> martyrs</c><00:19:59.380><c> and</c><00:19:59.500><c> Moore's</c><00:19:59.900><c> martyrology.</c> 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.480 Reading<00:20:01.500><c> from</c><00:20:01.779><c> Hebrews</c><00:20:02.079><c> 11</c><00:20:02.539><c> it</c><00:20:02.900><c> describes</c><00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:04.019><c> age</c><00:20:04.259><c> of</c> 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.440 the<00:20:04.660><c> patriarchs</c><00:20:05.240><c> of</c><00:20:05.359><c> the</c><00:20:05.559><c> forefathers</c><00:20:06.039><c> but</c><00:20:06.200><c> 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so</c><00:26:56.940><c> what</c><00:26:57.539><c> Charlemagne</c><00:26:57.980><c> did</c><00:26:58.279><c> was</c><00:26:58.460><c> he</c><00:26:58.619><c> came</c><00:26:58.880><c> down</c><00:26:59.259><c> into</c><00:26:59.559><c> Italy</c><00:27:00.000><c> and</c> 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:02.059 he<00:27:00.599><c> drove</c><00:27:00.819><c> the</c><00:27:01.140><c> lombards</c><00:27:01.640><c> out</c> 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:07.579 and<00:27:02.880><c> so</c><00:27:03.240><c> Charlemagne</c><00:27:03.740><c> defeated</c><00:27:04.319><c> them</c><00:27:04.619><c> and</c><00:27:04.880><c> became</c><00:27:05.200><c> the</c><00:27:05.579><c> patriarch</c><00:27:06.099><c> or</c><00:27:06.400><c> the</c><00:27:06.799><c> protector</c><00:27:07.240><c> of</c> 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.319 Italy.<00:27:08.720><c> Now</c><00:27:09.019><c> some</c> 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:15.500 26<00:27:09.859><c> years</c><00:27:10.359><c> later</c><00:27:10.980><c> when</c><00:27:12.019><c> 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else</c><00:27:27.319><c> and</c><00:27:27.759><c> Pope</c><00:27:27.960><c> Leo</c><00:27:28.220><c> III</c><00:27:29.059><c> picked</c><00:27:29.519><c> up</c> 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:34.299 the<00:27:30.519><c> Roman</c><00:27:31.059><c> crown</c><00:27:31.400><c> the</c><00:27:31.700><c> iron</c><00:27:32.119><c> crown</c><00:27:32.539><c> and</c><00:27:33.440><c> put</c><00:27:33.779><c> it</c><00:27:34.000><c> upon</c> 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:37.859 Charlemagne's<00:27:35.119><c> head</c><00:27:35.420><c> and</c><00:27:36.119><c> crowned</c><00:27:36.640><c> him</c><00:27:36.900><c> pronounced</c><00:27:37.380><c> him</c><00:27:37.599><c> to</c> 00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:42.500 be<00:27:38.259><c> the</c><00:27:38.700><c> emperor</c><00:27:39.420><c> of</c><00:27:39.920><c> the</c><00:27:40.299><c> Holy</c><00:27:40.799><c> Roman</c><00:27:41.259><c> Empire.</c> 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:47.180 Now<00:27:42.880><c> Leo</c><00:27:43.119><c> had</c><00:27:43.519><c> 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