FYI: Know Your Catholic History!

Author: Walter Nuñez

On July 27:

82 – St Joseph of Arimathea, dies.

432 – Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies and ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

916 – Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies.

1101 – Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies.

1230 – Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II & Pope Gregory IX.

1298 – Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed.

1501 – Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral.

1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reached Japan.

1833 – Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26.

1953 – Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory.

1993 – Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed.

(Source: HistoryOrb.Com, Copyright 2000-2010)