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1296-Gold medallion presented to Edmund Barton by Pope Leo XIII, 1902.

Edmund Barton visited Pope Leo XIII in Rome before he attended the Coronation of Edward VII in London in 1902. Barton’s classical education enabled him to converse with the Pope in Latin. The meeting between Barton and the head of the Roman Catholic Church provoked controversy among Protestants in Australia.

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