for September 8
EVENTS
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1011: |
St. Alphege Captured |
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Alphege (or Elphege or Aelfheah), Archbishop of Canterbury, was captured by marauding Danes, held prisoner for months, and eventually murdered. He refused to allow himself to be ransomed because the money would have had to be raised by taxing the people. After his death he was venerated as a martyr, and the parish church of Greenwich is dedicated to him. |
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1276: |
John XXI Elected Pope |
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John was a physician as well as a theologian. His pontificate only lasted a few months. |
WHO WAS BORN
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1157: |
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1380: |
St. Bernardine of Siena |
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Appalled by the breakdown in morals and secular difficulties that resulted from the Great Western Schism Bernardine preached throughout Italy in an attempt to restore in the people a deep, personal love in Christ. |
WHO DIED
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701: |
St. Sergius |
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Pope Sergius I played a significant role in seventh-century papal politics. |
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Medieval History |
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