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TIL about Humbert of Moyenmoutier, who was sent by the Pope to carefully negotiate with the Patriarch of Constantinople. When the Patriarch failed to greet Humbert warmly, Humbert excommunicated the Patriarch in the Pope's name, creating the Great Schism, splitting the Christian church in half.

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