EVENTS
1128: Templars receive the rules of their order
WHO WAS BORN
1381: Saint Colette
Colette
reformed the Poor Clares and founded the Colettine Poor Clares with
the support of antipope
Benedict XIII.
WHO DIED
1599: Edmund Spenser
Spenser,
who is best known for his masterpiece The
Faerie Queene, was born into a poor family and acquired his
education through the sponsorship of others and by working to pay his
way. He is one of the most significant authors of the English
Renaissance and contributed many fine works to the body of English
literature during his short life.
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