![Rick Brutti on Twitter: "Queen Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated 447 years ago today by Pope Pius V. https://t.co/pydCJbWsNe https://t.co/MG8PKJOFKP" / Twitter Rick Brutti on Twitter: "Queen Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated 447 years ago today by Pope Pius V. https://t.co/pydCJbWsNe https://t.co/MG8PKJOFKP" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5gga1wUsAAfefs.jpg)
Rick Brutti on Twitter: "Queen Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated 447 years ago today by Pope Pius V. https://t.co/pydCJbWsNe https://t.co/MG8PKJOFKP" / Twitter
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![The Pope's Bull Against the Queen. The pope excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England Stock Photo - Alamy The Pope's Bull Against the Queen. The pope excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ACWNH4/the-popes-bull-against-the-queen-the-pope-excommunicating-queen-elizabeth-i-of-england-2ACWNH4.jpg)
The Pope's Bull Against the Queen. The pope excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England Stock Photo - Alamy
![Unexpected on Twitter: "Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I #onthisday 1570 for heresy and the persecution of English Catholic's. The excommunication also served to absolve her subjects from allegiance to Elizabeth and Unexpected on Twitter: "Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I #onthisday 1570 for heresy and the persecution of English Catholic's. The excommunication also served to absolve her subjects from allegiance to Elizabeth and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERpGlFeX0AMha3e.jpg)