Wednesday Highlights and Spiritual Insights
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
On This Day in Catholic History
211/216 (traditional date) Clement of Alexandria, the first early church theologian to show an extensive knowledge of pagan and Christian writings in his refutations of pagan criticisms, died (b. ca. 150).
531/532 Sabas, a monk since childhood, died five days after returning from a diplomatic mission to Constantinople (b. 439, Cappadocia).
1484 Pope Innocent VIII (1432–1492) issued the bull
Summis desiderantes, ordering the Inquisition of Germany.
1590 Niccolò Sfondrati (1535–1591) became Pope Gregory XIV, succeeding Pope Urban VII (1521–1590), who died two months earlier.
Birthdays:
1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1871 - Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932)
1879 - Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1954)
1886 - Rose Wilder Lane, American writer and reporter, daughter of 'Little House' books writer Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1968)
1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)
1905 - Gus Mancuso, baseball player (d. 1984)
1972 - Mike Mahoney, baseball player
1988 - David Rodriguez, Accomplished Father, Husband, Songwriter, Musician, and Spear fisherman
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