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

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