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  • 1965: Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Lift Mutual Excommunications

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    1965: Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Lift Mutual Excommunications

    1965: Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Lift Mutual Excommunications

    On this day, just one day before the end of the Second Vatican Council, the bilateral abolition of excomm ...

    On this day, just one day before the end of the Second Vatican Council, the bilateral abolition of excommunication between the Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople was announced. Just to recall, these ...

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  • 1352: The Pope who Protected Jews during the Black Death

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    1352: The Pope who Protected Jews during the Black Death

    1352: The Pope who Protected Jews during the Black Death

    On this day died Pope Clement VI, born Pierre Roger. This pope was a Frenchman by nationality, and it is ...

    On this day died Pope Clement VI, born Pierre Roger. This pope was a Frenchman by nationality, and it is interesting that he did not rule from Rome, but from Avignon, a city which was the papal seat a ...

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  • 343: Why is St Nicholas the Symbol of a Good Giver?

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    343: Why is St Nicholas the Symbol of a Good Giver?

    343: Why is St Nicholas the Symbol of a Good Giver?

    This day is known among Christians as the day of St. Nicholas the saint who, in the fourth century, died ...

    This day is known among Christians as the day of St. Nicholas the saint who, in the fourth century, died a martyr’s death in a dungeon after severe torture. St. Nicholas was a bishop in Myra (now Demr ...

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  • 1154: The Only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

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    1154: The Only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

    1154: The Only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

    On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected.  His birth na ...

    On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected.  His birth name was Nicholas Breakspear, and as pope he took the name of Adrian IV. He succeeded Pope Anasta ...

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  • 1552: St. Francis Xavier Dies in China Trying to Convert the Chinese

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    1552: St. Francis Xavier Dies in China Trying to Convert the Chinese

    1552: St. Francis Xavier Dies in China Trying to Convert the Chinese

    The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – ...

    The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – died on this day. By birth he was probably Basque, a member of the perhaps the oldest indigenou ...

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  • 1154: The only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

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    1154: The only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

    1154: The only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

    On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth nam ...

    On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth name was Nicholas Breakspear, and as pope he took the name of Adrian IV. He succeeded Pope Anastas ...

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  • 1858: Katherine Drexel: The Saint who Donated her $20 Million to American Indians and African Americans

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    1858: Katherine Drexel: The Saint who Donated her $20 Million to American Indians and African Americans

    1858: Katherine Drexel: The Saint who Donated her $20 Million to American Indians and African Americans

    Katherine Drexel, who later became a saint known for her generosity, was born on this day. She devoted he ...

    Katherine Drexel, who later became a saint known for her generosity, was born on this day. She devoted her life to caring for American Indians and African Americans. St. Catherine was born in the U.S. ...

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  • 615: Irish Saint Columbanus Founded Monasteries throughout France, Germany, and Italy

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    615: Irish Saint Columbanus Founded Monasteries throughout France, Germany, and Italy

    615: Irish Saint Columbanus Founded Monasteries throughout France, Germany, and Italy

    The well-known St. Columbanus died on this day in 615. He was a missionary known for founding monasteries ...

    The well-known St. Columbanus died on this day in 615. He was a missionary known for founding monasteries throughout Europe. The spreading of monasteries from Ireland towards continental Europe repres ...

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