Before his death, he was absolved from the excommunication ; moreover, the Pope also promised that the King of Hungary and his relatives would not be excommunicated without the special permission of the Pope.

Before his election as Pope, he served as Bishop of Caere, which made his election controversial, because, at this stage of history, a bishop was expected never to leave office to move to another see.

Before his accession as Pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.

Before Michele Ghislieri could return to his episcopate, Pope Pius IV died.

Before his elevation to the papacy, Sinibaldo was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church ( 1226 – 27 ), being created Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 18 September 1227 by Pope Gregory IX, later serving as governor of the March of Ancona from 1235 until 1240.

Before becoming Pope, he spent time at the then very liberal and cosmopolitan University of Padua, which maintained considerable independence from the Church and had a very international character.

Before the abolition of the Italian monarchy in 1946, it was the residence of the king of Italy, and before 1871 it was, as originally, a residence of the Pope.

Before the reform of Pope Pius XII, only the priest received Communion in the framework of what was called the " Mass of the Presanctified ", which included the usual Offertory prayers, with the placing of wine in the chalice, but which omitted the Canon of the Mass.

Before his death, however, Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople had drawn up the Ecthesis in response to the orthodox synodical letter of Sophronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and on learning of the death of Pope Honorius had convinced the Emperor to issue this document as an imperial edict in December 638, thus valid across the entire empire.

Before all other heads of State, Pope Benedict XV in October 1918 congratulated the Polish people on their independence.

Before all other heads of State, Pope Benedict XV in October 1918 congratulated the Polish people to their independence.

Before his sudden death, Stefan Dušan tried to organize a Crusade with the Pope against the threatening Turks.

Before the coronation of Pope Paul VI, coronations had fallen into disuse even in western countries that had kept a monarchical form of government, with the exception of the British monarchy ( see Coronations in Europe ).

Before the dawn of the third day, the Pope, exhausted by grief and the long vigil he had kept, dozed off.

Before the reform of the rite by Pope Pius XII, the blessing of the palms occurred inside the church within a service that followed the general outline of a Mass, with Collect, Epistle and Gospel, as far as the Sanctus.

( Before the reform of Pope Pius XII, only the priest received Communion in the framework of what was called the " Mass of the Presanctified ", which included the usual Offertory prayers, with the placing of wine in the chalice, but which omitted the Canon of the Mass.

Before he could be ordained, he was replaced in December by Dagobert of Pisa, whom Pope Paschal II had appointed legate.

Before him, there were three bishops / Metropolitans who became Popes of Alexandria: Pope John XIX ( 1928 – 1942 ), Pope Macarius III ( 1942 – 1944 ) and Pope Yousab II ( 1946-1956 ).

Before his sudden death, Stefan Dušan tried to organize a Crusade with the Pope against the threatening Turks.

Before the Second Vatican Council, Rahner had worked alongside Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac and Marie-Dominique Chenu, theologians associated with an emerging school of thought called the Nouvelle Théologie, elements of which had been condemned in the encyclical Humani Generis of Pope Pius XII.

Before starting for the East she had met Alexander Pope, and during her absence he wrote her a series of extravagant letters, which appear to have been chiefly exercises in the art of writing gallant epistles.

Before the actual trial could be held, Clement persuaded Philip to leave the question of Boniface's guilt to the Council of Vienne, which met in 1311.

Before the council was both Boniface's account and biography personally approved by Adalbert ( neither Boniface nor Aldebert were actually present at the Council ).

Before he can answer, the Kents tell her that they raised Superman alongside Clark like a brother.

Before Baldorioty de Castro, other leaders had mentioned the possibility of autonomy, generally as an answer to the Spanish insistence in instituting special laws to govern the colonies.

Before May was out he was once more in Rome in answer to a summons for the countess Matilda of Tuscany, whose troops held the Leonine City and Trastevere, but when at the end of June the antipope once more gained possession of St. Peter's, Victor again withdrew at once to his Monte Cassino abbey.

Before 212 BC, Archimedes had developed a method to derive a finite answer for the sum of infinitely many terms that get progressively smaller.

Before the regents gave any answer, they requested that the Protestants give them the opportunity to confer with their superior, Adam von Waldstein, who was not present.

Before an answer came to their petition, the same bishops had recourse to the Holy See for an entirely different matter.

Before the beginning of the game, the host announces a satirical sponsor for the episode ( similar to YDKJ: The Ride ); If a player manages to buzz in with the wrong answer associated with the sponsor, they win $ 4, 000 ( double in Round 2 ) and a ' prize ' from the sponsor, instead of losing cash.

Before Chloe can answer the Department of Domestic Security ( DDS ) appears and arrests her for hacking into the government database.

Before the end of the meeting, he gave another answer, which was that Neo Atlantis stops the evil empires from colonizing developing countries, just so that it can colonize the whole world, thus it is the supreme evil.

Before most advertisement breaks a clip from an upcoming TV show or movie would be shown, a question being asked by one of the hosts about it ; the answer would be revealed after the advert break, along with details of the show or film.

Before they part ways after saving the universe Rose challenges the Doctor on the words he didn't get to say previously, but he does not answer.

Before he could answer her, they were attacked by Omega Red, who had tracked Ivanova to Maverick in hopes of recovering the carbonadium synthesizer.

Before they could answer a question, they had to get all four feet off the ground by means of either a small peg, a high-wire, a pair of teeter-totters, a pair of surfboards on springs, on a spinning log, or a simple balance beam.

Before Shelley could give an answer, he was attacked by Aries and Strong and kicked out of Generation Next, turning him into a fan favorite in the process.

Before Aurora can answer, Romney enters Marian ’ s room.

Before a case is heard, a preliminary enquiry by a Committee decides whether there is a case to answer.

-- Before you answer just make sure you can handle these children also known as men.

Before Quigley can answer, Cora comes into the ticket office and stands by his side.