Pater Napoleon

He won't make much of a historical appearance unless he goes on to be a pope.

With his tendencies perhaps he would unite Italy and the holy roman empire under the papal state and make a new holy(-er?) papal empire :p
 
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What if Napoleon went on a priest seminary and became a chatolic priest ?

A chat-olic priest? Comme ça, peut être?
 
He won't make much of a historical appearance unless he goes on to be a pope.

With his tendencies perhaps he would unite Italy and the holy roman empire under the papal state and make a new holy(-er?) papal empire :p

Constantinople could use a bit of Napoleon
 
We really need a TL, my writing skills and history of that Era isn't good enough for the job.

Any volunteers? :cool:
 
In January 1779, Napoleon was enrolled at a religious school in Autun, in mainland France, to learn French.
In May he tried to join the military academy at Brienne-le-Château. However the academy rejected him, citing that due to his marked Corsican accent and inability to learn to spell French properly, he was not fit to join the military. So Napoleon stayed at Autun.

On completion of his studies at Autun in 1784, Napoleon became an ordained priest and was placed as the Priest of Saint-Roch, located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement, Paris.

For the first five years, it was a beautiful and quiet church, with a large congregation, however on, 14 July 1789, there was an assault on the medieval fortress and prison, known as the Bastille, this marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
Father Bonaparte and the church of Saint-Roch was often at the centre of events and the church was the scene of many shootings which have left their mark on the façade.
This was pivotal in the rise of Father Bonaparte, for he made his religious mark known regarding the Revolution.
On 5 October 1795, Archbishopric of Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel was visiting, the church of Saint-Roch, when a bloody battle broke out on the street outside, Archbishopric Gobel was trying to demand peace, when French Royalists General, Richer de Sévigny accidentally shot him, causing the revolutionary party to push harder against them.
Father Bonaparte, held Archbishopric Gobel, pleading for the 68 year old, cleric to stay with him, however their was no pleading with God's will and Archbishopric Gobel died in his arms.

The Republic army was said to have informed General Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, of this brave act and de Barras, Lead Member of the French Directory, appointed Napoleon Bonaparte as the new Archbishopric of Paris, this was accepted by Pope Pius VI, who at the same time named Napoleon as a Cardinal
 
Best thing, he could still have an Italy campaign. Can't wait for the part where he conquers Italy with the Swiss guards :D
 

TFSmith121

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Talk about the Church Militant...

Talk about the Church Militant...liberation theology with a vengeance in the Eighteenth Century.

Of course, the idea of a celibate priesthood might take some modification... for the needs of the Revolution, of course!

Best,
 
Talk about the Church Militant...liberation theology with a vengeance in the Eighteenth Century.

Of course, the idea of a celibate priesthood might take some modification... for the needs of the Revolution, of course!

Best,

Perhaps he can change it by saying that the representative of the apostles must have children for whatever reason.

Napoleon wasn't only good in military OTL, he did have a lot of administrative , engineering and even mathematical skills that he can apply as the pope. Maybe a more forward thinking and scientifically minded church?
 
Napoleon wasn't only good in military OTL, he did have a lot of administrative , engineering and even mathematical skills that he can apply as the pope. Maybe a more forward thinking and scientifically minded church?

Except those are typically the kind of skills you'd learn in military school, se a priest Napoleon wouldn't have them
 
Napoleon wasn't only good in military OTL, he did have a lot of administrative , engineering and even mathematical skills that he can apply as the pope. Maybe a more forward thinking and scientifically minded church?

Except those are typically the kind of skills you'd learn in military school, se a priest Napoleon wouldn't have them

Hello, Jesuits?
Administrative skills were WIDELY appreciated in the Church, and there was lots of training, one way or another. Scholars were very often priests or monks, as they had the leisure to pursue abstract ideas. OK, not so much in Napoleon's time as a century or two earlier, but still.

Engineering, rather less, so, I'll admit. But math and admin? You bet.
 
Hello, Jesuits?
Administrative skills were WIDELY appreciated in the Church, and there was lots of training, one way or another. Scholars were very often priests or monks, as they had the leisure to pursue abstract ideas. OK, not so much in Napoleon's time as a century or two earlier, but still.

Engineering, rather less, so, I'll admit. But math and admin? You bet.

Damn, forgot about the Jesuits, you got me there. My intention was not to go on the "bwaaah catholic church for dummmzz trolol" but just that math/engineering as well as public administration (so not just keeping accounts) would have been more emphasised in the lycée system which was specifically designed to train people like Napoleon :)
 
If Napoleon becomes a priest, then a different French general ends up overthrowing the Directory. He was not the only successful general during the Revolutionary Wars.
 
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