Friday Basics
Memorial of St. Justin the Martyr
Today in Catholic History:
1265 Poet and politician Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy, was born in Florence, Italy (d. 13/14 September 1321).
Birthdays:
1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball
player
Today in Catholic History:
1265 Poet and politician Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy, was born in Florence, Italy (d. 13/14 September 1321).
Birthdays:
1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball
player
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