Wednesday Basics
Today in Catholic History:
1231 Anthony of Padua, the "hammer of the heretics" and one of the first Franciscans, died at age thirty-six (b. 15 August 1195, Lisbon, Portugal).
1525 - Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy doctrine decreed by the Roman Catholic Church on priests.
1757 By decree Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758) said the nations could have the Bible in their own tongues.
Birthdays:
1649 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic, Priest (d. 1706)
1892 - Basil Rathbone, English actor (d. 1967) (Sherlock Holmes)
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