TUESDAY May 16, 2000 volume 11, no. 93

Historical Events in Church Annals for May 16:

• 578 A.D.
• Death of Saint Brendan, the Irish saint who was known as "the Voyager" for his many sailing expeditions including a seven-year journey to what he called the "Land of Promise" and which he documented in his epic saga Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis.

• 1265 A.D.
• Death of Saint Simon Stock, the Carmelite to whom the Blessed Mother bestowed the the Brown Scapular promising salvation to all who wore it. Born in Kent, England, he died in Bordeaux, France while traveling to various monasteries as superior general of the Carmelites.

• 1532 A.D.
• Saint Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England because he cannot abide by King Henry VIII's apostasy.