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Optional Memorial of St. Isidore

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Today in Catholic History:

719 Wynfrith was consecrated as bishop Boniface (ca. 672–754). He would carry the Gospel across the region of Germany and Prussia.

1948 Father Edward Flanagan, founder of the U.S. Home for Homeless Boys (later called Boys Town) in Omaha, Nebraska, died (b. 13 July 1886).

Birthdays:

1567 - (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)

1608 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)

1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)

1902 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)

1918- Eddy Arnold, American singer

1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress

1937 - Trini López, American musician

1967 - John Smoltz, baseball player

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