Monday Basics
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: Blessed Rosa Venerini
On This Day in Catholic History:
1429 - St. Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River.
1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
1999 - Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
Birthdays:
1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
1931 - Teresa Brewer, American singer
1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
1984 - Alex Smith, American football player
Saint of the Day: Blessed Rosa Venerini
On This Day in Catholic History:
1429 - St. Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River.
1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
1999 - Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
Birthdays:
1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
1931 - Teresa Brewer, American singer
1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
1984 - Alex Smith, American football player
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