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1252: Giovanni da Pian del Carpine Visited Mongolia before even Marco Polo

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1252: Giovanni da Pian del Carpine Visited Mongolia before even Marco Polo

This day in 1252 marked the death of famous Christian missionary Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. He is of s ...

This day in 1252 marked the death of famous Christian missionary Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. He is of special interest since he traveled from Europe to the far-off capital of the great Mongol Empire ...

August 01, 2019
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54 BC: Aurelia Cotta – Mother of Julius Caesar

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54 BC: Aurelia Cotta – Mother of Julius Caesar

On this day in 54 BC, Aurelia Cotta, the mother of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, died. She was ...

On this day in 54 BC, Aurelia Cotta, the mother of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, died. She was born in the year 120 BC and married Caesar’s father, who was a Roman senator and a praetor, als ...

July 31, 2019
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1614: Saint who Devoted his Life to Caring for the Sick and Wounded

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1614: Saint who Devoted his Life to Caring for the Sick and Wounded

On this day, in 1614, significant saint who was particularly dedicated to caring for the sick and wounded ...

On this day, in 1614, significant saint who was particularly dedicated to caring for the sick and wounded - St. Camillus de Lellis, died. His own experience from war and of being wounded, led him to e ...

July 14, 2019
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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 ...

May 12, 2019
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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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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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