February 26
398: John Chrysostom - called, the "golden-mouthed," - becomes bishop of Constantinople; he had a troubled episcopacy due to inner church politics,...
February 25
1296: Pope Boniface VIII issues the bull Clericis laicos forbidding the clergy from paying taxes to secular rulers without papal consent.
1536: Jacob...
February 24
303: Roman Emperor Galerius Valerius Maximianus issues the first official Roman edict for the persecution of Christians.
1208: Francis of Assisi receives the call...