September
30
420 Saint Jerome, one of the great scholars of the early Christian church,
died at age 80. He is the patron saint of librarians and translators.
579 Pope Benedict I died. Famine raged in Italy on
the heels of the Lombard invasion, and it is assumed that Benedict died in an
attempt to cope with this problem. Benedict was succeeded by Pelagius II.
1227 Pope Nicholas
IV, the first Franciscan pontiff, was born.
Nicholas
was pious and learned; he contributed to the artistic beauty of Rome, building
particularly a palace beside Santa Maria Maggiore, the church in which he was
buried and where Sixtus V erected an imposing monument to his memory.
Very enlightening and vital for all generations. At least we are not under the spell of revisionism as is the case with a few religions claiming virgin Truth when it is bold, fat, sinful lie to subvert and dominate the world.
ReplyDelete