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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, 2020
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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