EASTER SUNDAY EASTER MONDAY April 23-24, 2000 volume 11, no. 80	To print out entire text of Today's issue, go to	SECTION ONE SECTION TWO

Historical Events in Church Annals for April 23:

• 303 A.D.
  
• Death of Saint George by beheading at the order of Diocletian. This martyred soldier is not only the Patron Saint of England and Portugal, but also of soldiers and the Boy Scouts of America.

• 981 A.D.
• Death of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg also of Prague who was an Archbishop who played a key role in the conversion of Russia.

• 1014 A.D.
• Brian Boru, King of Ireland defeats the Danes at the Battle of Clondarf, preserving the faith in the emerald isle.

• 1445 A.D.
• Margaret of Anjou marries King Henry VI, monarch of England with the blessings of Pope Eugene IV.

• 1500 A.D.
• Explorer Pedro Alvarez de Cabral lands in Brazil and proclaims it for Portugal, bringing the faith to this largest of South American countries.

Historical Events in Church Annals for April 24:

• 709 A.D.
• Death of Saint Wilfrid, Bishop from Northumbria, England.

• 858 A.D.
• Pope Saint Nicholas I is elected as the 105th successor of Peter. With the Emperor Louis II, he launched an army against the Saracen threat. He is also the Pope who proclaimed August 15th as the permanent date of the Feast of the Assumption.

• 1519 A.D.
• Representatives of the Aztec chief Montezuma II attend the first Easter Mass to be held in Central America.

• 1576 A.D.
• Birth of Saint Vincent de Paul in Gascony, France to a poor family. He would go on to become a priest and found the Vincentians.

• 1585 A.D.
• Pope Sixtus V is elected by the College of Cardinals, becoming the 227th successor of Peter. Sixtus is credited with finishing the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and constructing the obelisk in the center of St. Peter's Square.

          

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