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January 1

This Date in Medieval History

By Melissa Snell, About.com


EVENTS

1348: Albert II crowned King of Hungary

1515: Francis of Angoulême becomes King of France


ANNUAL EVENTS & HOLIDAYS

The Feast of Fools


WHO WAS BORN

1431: Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia)

1484: Huldrych Zwingli

1499: Lorenzo de' Medici


WHO DIED

533: St. Fulgentius
As Bishop of Ruspe, Fulgentius took the side of orthodoxy against Arianism in the controversy of the sixth century. He also wrote polemics against Semipelagianism. Fulgentius' feast day is celebrated on January 1.

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