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Jul 14, 20215 min read

July 15 - Nanette, the velvet brick and mother of slaves

We remember an extraordinary French woman Anne-Marie Javouhey, often known as Nanette. who died today at the age of 72. One of her last...

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...

Jun 21, 20213 min read

June 19 Acton - Power Corrupts, Absolute Power corrupts absolutely

Today in 1902 Lord Acton died. John Acton was the English Catholic historian, died in Bavaria, Germany. Now famous for his saying...

Mar 21, 20214 min read

Mar 21 - Papier Mache Papal Tiara

Today in an extra-ordinary ceremony Pius VII was crowned Pope in a Benedictine Monastery with a temporary papal tiara made of...

Jan 31, 20215 min read

Jan 30 - Cromwell and the day of two Executions

Today in 1661 the puritan, Oliver Cromwell, and former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was ritually executed more than two...

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