February 11
1302: Philip IV 'the Fair' (denoting how handsome he was and not his moral character), the King of France, publically burns Pope Boniface...
February 10
1546: Martin Luther exhorted in a letter to his wife Kate: 'Pray, and let God worry.'
1856: Anthony Mary Claret, Archbishop of Santiago who...
February 8
356: Athanasius of Alexandria goes for the third time into hiding, after escaping the soldiers. He was falsely accused of being a traitor...
February 6
679: Passing away of Amandus, the founder of Belgian monasticism, who also had established eight abbeys.
897: (Probable date) Death of Photius, the...
February 4
856: Death of Archbishop Rabanus Maurus, Christian educator and encyclopedist from Germany.
1441: Pope Eugene IV publishes the encyclical "Cantante domino," asserting the biblical...
February 3
865 (traditional date) Death of Anskar (St. Ansgar), an early English missionary, who worked hard to evangelize Scandinavia.
1238 Surrounded by Mongols, the citizens...
