for March 10
EVENTS
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1302: |
Dante Alighieri condemned to death |
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1586: |
Saint Margaret Clitherow arrested |
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Raised in Protestant England, Margaret converted to Roman Catholicism and was repeatedly fined for refusing to attend the Anglican Church. She allowed secret masses to be held in her home and hid Roman Catholic missionary priests. She was imprisoned and released on several occasions, until during a raid on her home she was seized and, according to a recent law, sentenced to death for aiding Jesuits. She was executed on March 25, 1586. |
WHO WAS BORN
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1452: |
King Ferdinand II of Aragon |
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The marriage of Ferdinand to Isabella of Castile eventually resulted in a united Spain. During their reign the monarchs completed the reconquest of Muslim Spain by taking back Granada, sponsored the expeditions of Columbus, expelled the Jews from the kingdom and established the Spanish Inquisition to enforce religious uniformity. |
WHO DIED
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483: |
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1173: |
Richard of St. Victor |
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A theologian, philosopher and monk at the Abbey of St. Victor, Richard profoundly influenced medieval and modern mysticism with his writings and teachings, which made the school of St. Victor renowned through Europe in the 12th century. |
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Medieval History |
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