Saturday, December 15, 2007

Great Barnabite Dates For December

Barnabite December dates: (any I missed?)
  • Early in the month the birth of our Holy Founder St. Anthony M. Zaccaria
  • Dec 1, 1543 - Bull of Pope Paul III granting perpetual exemption from local jurisdiction to the Order.
  • December 11, 1904 - Canonization of St. Alexander Sauli by Pope Pius X
  • December 14, 1894 - Death of Fr. Francesco Denza - meterologist, astronomist, restorer of the Vatican Observatory
  • December 19, 1528 - Deacon Ordination of St. Anthony M. Zaccaria
  • December 18, 1987 - Death of Bishop Placido Cambiaghi, Bishop of Novara and Council Father Vatican II
  • December 21, 1963 - Death of Fr. Egidio Caspani - first Chaplain to the Italian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, one of the Founding Fathers of the North American Province.
(Source: Jubilee Calendar 2002 (Italian))

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is GREAT to have these historic dates in CRSP history to recall and remember!