Saturday, March 5, 2011

History Trivia

March 9 1074 Reforming Pope Gregory VII excommunicated all married Roman Catholic priests. 1440 Saint Frances of Rome died.Although she early felt the call to a spiritual life, Frances obeyed her family and married Lorenzo de' Ponziani. When the Ponzianis lost their fortune due to the Great Schism of the Western church, she founded the Oblates of Mary.1444 Leonardo Bruni died.Humanist scholar and secretary to the papal chancery, Bruni wrote the first history of Florence based on a critical examination of source materials, translated Greek classics into Latin, and wrote Italian-language biographies of Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch. 1566 David Riccio was murdered.Riccio (or Rizzio) was secretary and advisor to Mary, Queen of Scots, and arranged her marriage to Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. After Mary became pregnant with her only son (who would be the future James I of England), Darnley grew increasingly unstable and, manipulated by Scottish lords who sought the eventual deposition of Mary, became jealous of Riccio's relationship with his wife.
While Darnley was present and did nothing to stop them, armed men dragged Riccio from Mary in her supper room in Holyroodhouse and stabbed him to death.

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