Pope Clement XIV – VOLTAIRE STUDIO

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Contemporary copy of 'Las Castrats', 1771

Repository: Private Collection

Date: 1771

CMV: cmv37526

Epître de M. de Voltaire au Pape Clement XIV au Sujet de l'Ordonnnance de sa Sainteté qui deffend la Castration

The poem concerns the castration of young singers, and Pope Clement XIV’s attitudes towards this practice. The poem may have been written by Charles Bordes (1711-1781).

Repository: McGill University

CMV: cmv34157