FRI-SAT-SUN March 3-5, 2000 volume 11, no. 45	To print out entire text of Today's issue, go to	SECTION ONE SECTION TWO SECTION THREE

Historical Events in Church Annals for March 3:

• 536 A.D.
• Death of Saint Titian, Bishop of Brescia who was born in Germany but little else is known about this saint.

• 561 A.D.
• Death of Pope Pelagius I, 60th successor of Peter. Born in Rome, he was elected on April 16, 556. His elevation to the papacy was influenced by the Eastern emperor Justinian since Rome was then a province of the Byzantine Empire. Pope Pelagius remained faithful to the principles of Catholic orthodoxy and had the Church of the Twelve Apostles built.

• 803 A.D.
• Death of Saint Anselm of Nonantola, Benedictine abbot who came from royalty for his wife was the brother of the Lombard King Aistulph. But Anselm disdained the trappings of the world to embrace monasticism and found the abbey of Fanano outside Modena, Italy where he also built a hospital and sleeping quarters for pilgrims. When Aistulph was deposed by King Desiderius the latter punished his relatives, exiling Anselm to Monte Cassino but seven years later the great Charlemagne came into power and brought Anselm back to Nonantola where he lived out the rest of his life before dying on this date.

• 1431 A.D.
• Election of Cardinal Gabriele Condulmer as Pope Eugene IV, 207th successor of Peter.

Historical Events in Church Annals for March 4:

• 1152 A.D.
• Frederick I Barbarossa assumes the crown of Germany and, through the Diet of Wurzburg sets about to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Blessed Pope Eugene III, but ambition, greed and the lust for power would consume Barbarossa and after Pope Eugene died, he would be a constant thorn in the side of the Popes as was his predecessor Conradin and his later successors.

• 1483 A.D.
• Death of Saint Casimir, Polish ruler who died at the age of 25. For more, see DAILY LITURGY.

• 1853 A.D.
• Pope Pius IX, 255th successor of Peter, in a sweeping move to found new dioceses and re-establish old hierarchies in Europe, restores the See of Utrecht and brings the hierarchy of Netherlands back into tow. It was a resurgence of Catholicism in this Dutch region which in recent years has fallen back into apathy, schism and despair.

• 1979 A.D.
• Pope John Paul II publishes his first encyclical Redemptor hominis - "The Redeemer of man" as his first step in preparing mankind for the millennium and a Christ-centered society. It showed a tremendous grasp of intelligence, compassion and understanding of cultures that continues to flourish over these past two decades.

Historical Events in Church Annals for March 5:

• 138 A.D.
• Death of Saint Oliva, virgin and martyr from Breschia who received her eternal reward of Heaven through martyrdom at the hands of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

• 254 A.D.
• Death of Pope Saint Lucius I, 22nd successor of Peter. Born in Rome, he was elected on June 25, 253. Possessing an aesthetical nature, he forbade men and women not related by blood to live together; he also decreed that clergy could not live with deaconesses even if given lodging for reasons of charity. His pontificate was cut short after less than nine months as Roman Pontiff, by the cruel persecution of the Roman emperor Valerian who ordered the execution of this martyred Pope.

• 423 A.D.
• Death of Saint Eusebius of Cremona. He succeeded Saint Jerome as Abbot of Bethlehem and was quite close to the saintly Doctor of the Church who translated the Bible into the Latin Vulgate.

• 1179 A.D.
• Pope Alexander III convenes the Third Lateran Council, better known as the 11th Ecumenical Council in which papal elections would be regulated to insist on two-thirds majority for confirmation of an election - something still in effect today. The Council Fathers also condemned Albigensianism and Waldensesism. The well-attended and short Council would last only two weeks, being closed on March 19th.

          

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