Child removed from his family by papal authority
Edgardo Mortara
Life
1851–1940
His removal after a secret baptism provoked international protest.
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In 1858, papal police removed Edgardo Mortara from his family after a secret baptism. The Mortara case mobilized liberal protest and weakened papal temporal authority.