Holy Roman

Famous quotes containing the words holy roman, holy and/or roman:

    “Ce corps qui s’appelait et qui s’appelle encore le saint empire romain n’était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire. This agglomeration which called itself and still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    “Most holy Satyr,
    like a goat,
    with horns and hooves
    to match thy coat
    of russet brown.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)