[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 6

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born

0317:Flavius Julius Constantius, Eastern Roman Emperor



1504: Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. As the second Anglican
Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-1575), he tried to set limits to reformers'
doctrines. He was against Puritanism, calling it "mutinous individualism."

Other events

0258: St. Sixtus II, pope from 257 to 258, died. He was beheaded while
celebrating services in a cemetary.



0523: St. Hormisdas, pope from 514 to 523, died. He effected the union of
Orthodox and Catholic churches.



1162: Death of Ramon Beringer, Count of Barcelona and husband of Petronilla,
Queen of Castile



1181: Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers



1187: Beirut falls to Saladin



1221: St. Dominic, Spanish founder of the Order of Friar Preachers
(Dominicians), died at about the age of 50. The Dominician Order combines
the contemplative life of the monk with the active work of the evangelist.



1223: Coronation of Louis VIII as King of France



1458: Calixtus III, pope from 1455 to 1458, died.



1480: Alfonso of Portugal cedes Canary Islands to Ferdinand & Isabella of
Spain by the Treaty of Alcova



1514: Marriage of Margaret of England, widowed Queen of Scotland, to the
Earl of Angus