Saturday Basics

Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Peter Morrone (Pope Celestine V)

Today in Catholic History:

715 Saint Gregory II (d. 731) was consecrated pope.

988 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, died (b. 909).

1956 Pope Pius XII (1876–1958) condemned artificial insemination as immoral and illicit.

Birthdays:

1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)

1934 - Jim Lehrer, American television journalist

1939 - Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)

1940 - Mickey Newbury, American musician

1975 - London Fletcher, American football player

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