Christianity

December 1, 2020
The First Nativity of Saint Francis of Assisi

May 7, 2018
On 7 May 1337 goldsmith Ugolino di Vieri received the first payment for his masterpiece, the reliquary of the Santo Corporale of Bolsena.

December 18, 2017
Mimmo Paladino was Born on 18 December 1948 in Paduli.

August 25, 2017
The First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea concluded on 25 August 325.

April 23, 2017
On 23 April 303 Geṓrgios, the young Roman Legion officer was executed.

January 22, 2017
The joint feast day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, executed by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 304, and Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Christian convert killed in 628, is celebrated on 22 January.

January 20, 2017
Today, 21 January, is the feast day of St. Agnes, celebrated on the anniversary of her martyrdom in 304.

January 13, 2017
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2016 it was celebrated on January 10 ).

January 6, 2017
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying “Where is he that is born King of the Jews?

December 25, 2016
As foretold in Isaiah’s prophesy about the Messiah (Isaiah 1:3) and recounted in the Gospels, Christ’s life on earth began in a stable in Bethlehem.