iful ▁God , ▁as ▁you ▁know , ▁raised ▁up ▁against ▁these ▁most ▁dire ful ▁enemies ▁a ▁most ▁holy ▁man , ▁the ▁ill ust ri ous ▁parent ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Order ... ▁he ▁proceeded ▁und a unt edly ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁enemies ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church , ▁not ▁by ▁force ▁of ▁arms ; ▁but ▁trust ing ▁wh olly ▁to ▁that ▁dev otion ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁inst itute ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Ros ary .... " ▁▁ ▁The ▁Al big ens ians ▁were ▁a ▁“ neo - Man ich ae an ▁sect ▁that ▁fl our ished ▁in ▁southern ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁and ▁ 1 3 th ▁centuries ... The ▁Al big enses ▁assert ed ▁the ▁co ex istence ▁of ▁two ▁mut ually ▁opposed ▁principles ▁one ▁good , ▁and ▁one ▁evil .   ▁The ▁former ▁is ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁spiritual , ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁world .” ▁▁ ▁Leo ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁pray ing ▁of ▁the ▁Ros ary ▁had ▁resulted ▁in ▁Catholic ▁vict ories ▁over ▁enemies ▁in ▁batt les : ▁ ▁"... ▁in ▁the ▁six teenth ▁century , ▁when ▁the ▁vast ▁forces ▁of ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁threatened ▁to ▁imp ose ▁on ▁nearly ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁Europe ▁the ▁y oke ▁of ▁super st ition ▁and ▁bar bar ism ... ▁the ▁Christian ▁fleet ▁gained ▁a ▁magnific ent ▁victory , ▁with ▁no ▁great ▁loss ▁to ▁itself , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁enemy ▁were ▁rout ed ▁with ▁great ▁sla ugh ter . ▁ ▁... Sim