The Great Storm of August, 1792
August 10th, 1792, has been called the day the devil entered the Kingdom of France. On that day, the Jacobin commune stormed...
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A History of Multiple Voices in the Passion Readings
The most distinguishing feature of the Palm Sunday liturgy, whether modern or ancient, is of course the blessing, distributi...
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Anti-Catholicism in the Salem Witch Trials
It is well known that in 1692 a hysteria of witch-hunting spread throughout the region of Salem, Massachusetts, leading the ...
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Archbishop Aelfsige Dies in the Alps
In the year 959, Aelfsige, the newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury, was summoned to Rome to receive the pallium from Po...
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Eilmer of Malmesbury
Eilmer is not a saint, but he certainly deserves a place in the annals of obscure but important ecclesiastical personages of...
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Bregowine of Canterbury (d 764)
Saint Bregowine (also known as Bregwin or Bregwine) was the thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury, holding that See from 759 u...
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