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Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs

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Saint of the Day: St. Wenceslaus, Martyr

On This Day in Catholic History:

235 Saint Pontianus, bishop of Rome, died.

929 (or 935) King Wenceslas, ruler and patron saint of Czechoslovakia, died (b. ca. 907).

1823 Leo XII (1760–1829) was elected as pope.

1978 Pope John Paul I (b. 17 October 1912), 262nd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died.

Birthdays:

1889 - Jack Fournier, baseball player (d. 1973)

1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)

1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)

1970 - Mike DeJean, American baseball player

1987 - Hillary Duff, American actress, singer

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