Wednesday Basics

Liturgical Calendar/Saint of the Day:

St. Mark, the Evangelist

On This Day in Catholic History:

387 Saint Augustine (354–430) was baptized.

799 Pope Saint Leo III (perhaps ca. 750-816) was attacked, his eyes stabbed and his tongue torn. He recovered and crowned Charlemagne emperor. He was pope from 795 to 816.

1214 Louis IX, king of France and saint, was born (d. 25 August 1270). Leader of the Seventh and Eighth Crusades (he died in the latter), he was known for his humility.

1982, John Cardinal Cody, American cardinal died.

Birthdays:

1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)

1915 - Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)

1939 - Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate

1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress

1969 - Joe Buck, American sports broadcaster

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