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Today in Christian History January 19 825 Vikings wipe out the monastery on the Isle of Iona. They allow its monks to celebrate mass before slaying them. 1563 The...

Today in Christian History January 18 1271 Death of St. Margaret of Hungary, princess and Dominican nun. 1460 Pope Pius II issues his bulla Execrabilis, condemning as detestable any...

Today in Christian History January 17 395 With the death of Emperor Theodosius I (the Great), this became the last day the (Christian) Roman Empire was...

Today in Christian History January 16 648 Death at Forsheim, France, of St. Fursey who had founded monasteries in England and Gaul. Many years earlier,...

Today in Christian History January 15 341 (traditional date) Death of Paul of Thebes in Egypt at the remarkable age of one hundred and thirteen years. He...

Today in Christian History January 15 341 (traditional date) Death of Paul of Thebes in Egypt at the remarkable age of one hundred and thirteen years....

Today in Christian History January 13 533 Death of St. Remigius, apostle of France and the first bishop of Reims. In one of the most famous...

Today in Christian History January 12 1167 Death at the Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx (in Lincolnshire) of Aelred, an Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer of devotional works. 1525 At Zwingli's...

Today in Christian History January 11 705 Death of Pope John VI. A Greek by birth, he will be remembered for his intervention in a squabble between...

Today in Christian History January 10 236 Fabian, a farmer visiting Rome, is elected pope (tradition says after a dove descends on him). He will serve until...