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Showing posts with label Roman Catholic Saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roman Catholic Saints. Show all posts
Friday, April 29, 2016

History Trivia - birth of Catherine of Siena

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April 29 1347 Catherine of Siena was born. Catherine, the patron saint of Italy, played a significant role in returning the Papacy from...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

History Trivia - birth of St. Francis Xavier

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April 7 1506 St. Francis Xavier was born. A passionate missionary of Catholicism, Francis was instrumental in establishing Christ...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

History Trivia - Saint Walburga dies

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February 25 777 Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereb...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

History Trivia - The Battle of Varna - Turkish victory

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November 10, 627 - Saint Justus died.  The fourth archbishop of Canterbury, Justus had a role in converting Northumbria to Christianity. ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

History Trivia - Saint Jerome dead at age 80

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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 li...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

History Trivia - King Henry VIII of England excommunicated

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August 31 651 St. Aidan died. A monk at Iona, Scotland, Aidan became the first bishop of Lindisfarne. 1056 Byzantine Empress Theod...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

History Trivia - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized

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July 4    993 Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany) was canonized. He studied at the monastery...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

History Trivia - French victory over English at Orleans

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April 29, 1109 Hugh of Cluny died. Hugh was the driving force in bringing the monastery of Cluny to preeminence in medieval France. ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

History Trivia - Thomas Seymour executed

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March 20 687 Saint Cuthbert, a shepherd and hermit who achieved fame as a holy man, healer, and bishop, died. 1345 Saturn/Jupiter/...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

History Trivia - Cesare Borgia killed

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March 12  538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ended his siege of Rome and retreated to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the v...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

History Trivia - Anne Stuart becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland

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March 8 1144 Pope Celestine III, whose pontificate lasted six months, died.  1495 Saint John of God, patron of hospitals and the dyi...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

History Trivia - Henry VIII withdaws his armies out of France

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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 lib...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

History Trivia - Macedonian dynasty ends with the death of Byzantine Empress Theodora

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August 31  12 Caligula, Emperor of Rome 37-41, was born. He was noted for his insanity and cruelty. 161 Commodus, Emperor of Rome 18...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.

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April 24  1184 BC The Greeks entered Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date). 709 Saint Wilfrid died. A monk of Lindisfarne A...
Friday, March 28, 2014

History Trivia - Paris sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok,

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March 28 37 Roman Emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.   Didius Julianus   ...