October 22
362: Martyrdom of Theodoritus, a Greek-speaking Syrian Christian priest, under Emperor Julian the Apostate. The relics of the priest were brought to Uzès...
October 20
1349: Pope Clement VI condemns self-flagellation (whipping oneself), initiated by the monk Peter Damien two hundred years earlier as a means to help...
October 19
615: Deusdedit is consecrated pope; later he got the nickname "earthquake pope" because of a violent tremor which occurred during his papacy. He...
October 18
1511: Execution of William Sweeting and John Brewster at Smithfield, England, for heresy.
1534: Pamphlets (containing even violent and abusive terms) appear in Paris...
October 17
1483: Pope Sixtus IV launches the Spanish Inquisition, placing it under joint direction of the Church and state and appointing Tomas de Torquemada...
October 16
1009: (or October 18th)Â Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the ruler of Egypt, destroys the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy Steps) in Jerusalem.
1311: Pope...
