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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 2159885, member: 14916&quot;]Maybe this has a connection: In 1570 the Ottoman forces invaded Cyprus. The Venetian doge asked pope Pius V for help. The pope tried to engage Habsburg Spain to form a great force called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_League_(1571)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_League_(1571)" rel="nofollow">Holy League</a>. In October 1571 the Holy League defeated the Ottomans at the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto" rel="nofollow"> Battle of Lepanto</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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