DePaul University Via Sapientiae Vincentian Studies Institute Monographs & Jean-Baptiste Etienne Publications 2001 Chapter Three Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/jean_baptiste Recommended Citation Chapter Three. https://via.library.depaul.edu/jean_baptiste/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Vincentian Studies Institute Monographs & Publications at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in Jean-Baptiste Etienne by an authorized administrator of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 81 Chapter 3 Restoration, Dissolution, Restoration, and Schism Napoleon and the Daughters of Charity On 13 February 1806, Napoleon wrote Pius VII, "In the temporal sphere your Holiness will have for me the regard that I have for him in the spiritual. Your Holiness is the sovereign of Rome, but I am the Emperor and all my enemies must be his."1 The pope, however, re fused to support the emperor's anti-English foreign policy. He also wanted to safeguard the sovereignty of the Papal States. These posi tions caused relations between the Holy See and the emperor to worsen. On 17 May 1809, these relations collapsed as the empire annexed the Papal States. Several months later, the French took the pope into custody, beginning a five-year incarceration. Simultaneously, because of the British sea blockade, the foreign missions played less of a factor in the emperor's plans. Because of these developments, the Lazarists' utility became more tenuous. Fa tally, Napoleon also came to doubt their loyalty. The most important factor, however, in the Congregation's and Hanon's fall from favor, concerned a struggle over the control of the Daughters of Charity.