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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

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From the Eyewitness to History website , this report of the beheading of Mary Stuart, the deposed Queen of Scotland on February 8, 1587, 4...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Today is the 520th anniversary of the Bonfire of the Vanities, led by Fra Girolamo Savonarola in Florence, Italy. As the History Channel ...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Charles II's Deathbed Conversion

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Apologizing that it was taking him so long, Charles II died on February 6, 1685. He had suffered a fit of apoplexy on February 2 (O.S.) a...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

"Orange Peel"/"No Peel" Robert Peel Born

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Robert Peel, twice Prime Minister of England, was born on February 5, 1788. He held many political offices during the reigns of George IV,...
Saturday, February 4, 2017

Alcuin of York's Pupil, Rabanus Maurus

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Rabanus Maurus died on February 4, 856; he was a German Benedictine and pupil of Alcuin of York. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

February 2, 1879: A Cardinal's Hat for Newman?

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At the end of January, 1879, Father John Henry Newman had a bad cold and was resting in bed when he received a summons from Bishop Ullath...
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Candlemas and St. Anne Line

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Please see my blog post for The National Catholic Register in which I first discuss the greatness of the Feast of the Presentation of ...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Bishop Fox's Corpus Christi in Washington

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( Image Credit ) The Wall Street Journal has a well-illustrated review of an upcoming exhibition of manuscripts and artifacts from the...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Anticlericalism and the English Reformation

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On the First Things blog, Peter Leithart cites some quotations from David Loades' chapter "Anticlericalism in the Church of Eng...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

The Queen's Chaplain Resigns

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On Epiphany, a verse from the Koran was read in the Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow, as Christianity Today explains : The congregation a...