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September 24, 2014
The classical scholar and poet Angelo Ambrogini, known as Poliziano, died on 24 September 1494 at the age of 40.

January 6, 2014
Today is the Feast day of the Epiphany.

October 2, 2013
October 3 marks the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.

August 15, 2013
On this day in 1483, Pope Sixtus IV dedicated the Sistine Chapel to the Assumption of the Virgin , celebrated each year on 15 August.