Friday Basics

Feast of the Beatified Martyrs of England and Wales (England), (Wales Memorial)

Saint of the Day: Blessed Michael Giedroyc

On This Day in Catholic History:

1256 - Augustinian monastic order constituted at Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.

1493 Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503) issued a bull on the West Indies, drawing a line of demarcation between the colonial possessions of Spain and Portugal.

1535 Carthusian monks were hanged, drawn and quartered in London for refusing to submit to Henry VIII as head of the church.

Birthdays:

1889 - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)

1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. 1993)

1975 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)

1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer, (4th place finalist on the 4th Season of American Idol )

1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress

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