DAILY CATHOLIC    MONDAY     March 22, 1999     vol. 10, no. 56

MILLENNIUM MILESTONES & MEMORIES: TIME CAPSULES

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Historical Events in Church Annals for March 22:

  • 752 A.D.
  • Election of Stephen to succeed Pope Saint Zachary but he died from a stroke four days later before he was consecrated so he was never considered a Pope according to Canon Law. His immediate successor would be the true Stephen II.

  • 1459 A.D.
  • Birth of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

  • 1594 A.D.
  • Paris surrenders to King Henry IV of France

  • 1947 A.D.
  • Saint Nicholas Von Flue of Switzerland is canonized by Pope Pius XII

  • 1591 A.D.
  • Pope Gregory XIV bans all wagering on papal elections as well as betting on the length of a papal reign or when cardinal would be named and who.

  • 1947 A.D.
  • Pope Pius XII publishes his eleventh encyclical Fulgens radiatur on Saint Benedict.

March 22, 1999       volume 10, no. 56
TIME CAPSULES
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