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Today in Catholic History:

64 A fire in Rome results in the first Christian persecution under Nero.

1323 Pope John XXII (1249–1334) canonized Italian philosopher and Dominican theologian St. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225–1274).

1870 The Roman dogma on papal infallibility was defined by the First Vatican Council.
Birthdays:

1013 - Hermannus Contractus, learned monk (d. 1054)

1718 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)

1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (d. 1863)

1821 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)

1867 - Margaret Brown, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Titanic survivor (d. 1932)

1902 - Jessamyn West, American writer (d. 1984)

1913 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)

1939 -Dion Francis Dimucci, American singer-songwriter, Catholic revert, ("Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer")

1940 - Joe Torre, baseball player and manager

1980 - Kristen Bell, American actress (Veronica Mars)

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