Saturday Basics

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Optional Memorial of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Optional Memorial of St. Pancras, martyr

More here about Sts. Nereus and Achilleus.

On This Day in Catholic History:

1003 Pope Sylvester II died (b. ca. 950 near Aurillac, Auvergne, France).

1012 Pope Sergius IV died (b. ?, Rome).

Birthdays:

My mom, Rita, was born this day. (More to come on this.)

1820 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (d. 1910)

1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)

1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)

1915 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)

1925 - Yogi Berra, American baseball player

1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality

1995 - Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors

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