Monday Basics: Today's Highlights
Feast of the Transfiguration Mass Readings This Day in Catholic History: 258 - The Bishop of Rome, Pope Sixtus II , was captured in the catacombs. He was executed on his bishop's chair. 1221 - Saint Dominic , founder of the Dominican order, died (b. 1170). 1651 - Francois Fenelon , Roman Catholic priest, was born in Perigord, France (d. 7 January 1715). 2000 - The Roman Catholic Church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , under Prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger , publishes Dominus Iesus , notable for its lack of the filioque clause in the Latin text of the Nicene Creed. Birthdays: 1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson , English poet (d. 1892) 1868 - Paul Claudel , French poet (d. 1955) 1911 - Lucille Ball , American actress (d. 1989) 1917 - Robert Mitchum , American actor (d. 1997) 1941 - Ray Culp , American baseball player 1949 - Clarence Richard Silva , Catholic Bishop of Honolulu 1957 - Bob Horner , American baseball player 1965 - David Robinson , American basketball pla...