Sybel became prominent as an opponent of the Ultramontane party. Quebec, where he performed various duties that required a bishop for the ultramontane Bishop Bouget. In other issues Abel showed his absolutist and ultramontane position. He was much affected by the romantic movement and the Ultramontane revival. Known as Ultramontane Catholicism, the church adopted positions condemning all manifestations of liberalism. Janssen was a stout champion of the Ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church. In parallel to this, a new Catholic and ultramontane nationalism emerged. Politically he was a Conservative and ultramontane (supporter of the clergy). Irish Catholicism was "ultramontane", which meant its adherents professed total obedience to the Pope. The most important and powerful of the "ultramontane" University of Bologna was the German nation. There he embraced ultramontane sentiments, and became an ardent champion of Catholicism. They strongly supported the "ultramontane" position favoring the authority of the pope. He favoured an ultramontane view of politics that acknowledged the supreme authority of the pope. Hughes founded the Ultramontane newspaper the "New York Freeman" to express his ideas. Continuing the vertical theme, a church party may get dubbed Ultramontane.