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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, die ...

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, died in Rome. Thomas was the younger brother of the last emperor in Constantinople - Constantine X ...

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1996: The Body of Former CIA Director Found in a River

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1996: The Body of Former CIA Director Found in a River

On this day, in a tributary of the Potomac River near the U.S. capital Washington, the body of former CIA ...

On this day, in a tributary of the Potomac River near the U.S. capital Washington, the body of former CIA director William Colby was found. He was last seen nine days earlier at his home on Cobb Isla ...

May 06, 2019
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1986: The Efforts of John Paul II in Interreligious Dialogue

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|Date: April 13, 2016
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1986: The Efforts of John Paul II in Interreligious Dialogue

On this day in 1986 Pope Saint John Paul II took a historic step when he, as the first pope in history, o ...

On this day in 1986 Pope Saint John Paul II took a historic step when he, as the first pope in history, officially visited a Jewish synagogue. He visited the Great Synagogue of Rome, where he was welc ...

April 13, 2016
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1378: Pope who Returned the Seat of the Papacy from Avignon to Rome

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1378: Pope who Returned the Seat of the Papacy from Avignon to Rome

This day in 1378 marked the death of Pope Gregory XI, the last of the so-called Avignon popes. Namely, it ...

This day in 1378 marked the death of Pope Gregory XI, the last of the so-called Avignon popes. Namely, it was precisely Gregory XI who returned the seat of the papacy from Avignon to Rome. The well-kn ...

March 27, 2016
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1452: The Last Imperial Coronation in Rome

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1452: The Last Imperial Coronation in Rome

The papal coronation of Frederick III was the last such event in the city’s history. The last imperial co ...

The papal coronation of Frederick III was the last such event in the city’s history. The last imperial coronation in the history of Rome was held on this date in 1452. Pope Nicholas V crowned Frederic ...

March 19, 2016
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269: Who was St. Valentine?

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269: Who was St. Valentine?

Let us see what the stories about St. Valentine have to say and why is St. Valentine’s Day associated wit ...

Let us see what the stories about St. Valentine have to say and why is St. Valentine’s Day associated with people in love. It is necessary to admit that reliable historical data about Christian martyr ...

February 14, 2016
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1798: Napoleon’s Marshal who Conquered Papal Rome

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1798: Napoleon’s Marshal who Conquered Papal Rome

Marshal Berthier was one of the most important of Napoleon’s associates. Bonaparte awarded him the titles ...

Marshal Berthier was one of the most important of Napoleon’s associates. Bonaparte awarded him the titles of Prince of Wagram, Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel, and Duke of Valangin, he also received the ...

February 10, 2016
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42 BC: Julius Caesar Proclaimed God

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42 BC: Julius Caesar Proclaimed God

On this day in 42 BC Julius Caesar was declared a god by the Roman Senate. It was the first time in histo ...

On this day in 42 BC Julius Caesar was declared a god by the Roman Senate. It was the first time in history that a Roman citizen was officially deified. Interestingly, Caesar was officially declared a ...

January 01, 2016
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