Historical Events in Church Annals for December 29th:

• 1170 A.D.
• Death of Saint Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury is murdered in the cathedral by four of King Henry II's knights. For more, see LITURGY

• 1926 A.D.
• The Vatican places the works of Charles Maurras, A Catholic French Fascist on the forbidden list of the Index.

December 29, 2000
volume 11, no. 276
MILLENNIUM MILESTONES

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