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Today in Christian History January 25 1077 Emperor Henry IV submits to Pope Gregory VII at Canossa, Italy, and will be forced to stand for three days...

Today in Christian History January 24 1529 Tatars bind John of Kazan in Kazan (now a Russian Federation city but then under control of the Mongols)...

Today in Christian History January 23 1549 Death at Kronstadt, Transylvania (now Brasov, Romania), of Johannes Honter, a humanist scholar, theologian, and the reformer of Transylvania. 1579 The...

Today in Christian History January 22 304 (probable date) Martyrdom of Vincent of Saragossa, Spain's first famous martyr, who had been starved, racked, exposed in the...

Today in Christian History January 21 885 Pope Adrian III rules in favor of Rothad who had deposed a priest for unchastity and called a church council....

Today in Christian History January 20 250 Death of Fabian, bishop of Rome, under the persecution of Emperor Decius. 473 Death of Euthymius the Great in the desert northeast...

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,...