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Sep 27 Teresa of Avila declared the first female doctor of the church

Today in 1970 and travel to Rome where Pope Paul VI finally named the Spanish Mystic and reformer, Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, a...

Sep 14, 20215 min read

Sep 6 Blaise Pascal, Jansenism and Salvation

Today in 1657 the Vatican placed Blaise Pascal’s Provincial Letters on the Index of Prohibited Books. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum...

Jul 10, 20213 min read

July 10 Cardinal Richelieu and the French Academy

Its 1637 and we are in Paris where at Cardinal Richelieu's urging, King Louis XIII granted letters patent formally establishing a council...

Jan 29, 20213 min read

Jan 11- Danish Bishop who was father of Geology

Today we go back to year 1638 when Nicholas Steno was born in Copenhagen. He was recently commemorated with a Google Doodle as the...

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