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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 incidents of his life, he had baptized King Clovis of...

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 suggestion, Zurich Council passes an ordinance to use the assets...

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 Saint Wilfred of York and the see of Canterbury. 1523 German reformer...

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 250, when he will become one of the first martyrs...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 9 710 Death of St. Adrian (or Hadrian) of Canterbury, an African. Well-educated, he had made Canterbury a center of learning for the British isles. 1522 Cardinals elect the Dutchman Adrian Dedel to...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 8 482 Death in a monastic cell at Favianae (in modern Austria), of Severinus, an early missionary from Africa who preached Christianity along the Danube River. 1198 Lothair of Segnei is elected as...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 7 312 Lucian, Presbyter of Antioch, is tried and executed for his faith in Nicomedia. 1450 In Scotland, the University of Glasgow was founded. 1610 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, 46, discovered four satellites of Jupiter...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 6 548 This was the last year the Church in Jerusalem observed the birth of Jesus on this date. (Celebrating Christmas on December 25th began in the late 300s in the...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 5 1527 Swiss Anabaptist reformer Felix Manz, 29, was drowned in punishment for preaching adult (re-)baptism. Manz's death made him the first Protestant in history to be martyred at the hands...

Today in Christian History Thursday, January 41286Death of Eustathius I (aka Jevstatije), the sixth Serbian archbishop. He will be commemorated as a saint. 1528Ferdinand of Austria, younger brother to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, issued the...