by Deb McCoy | Dec 1, 2020 | Popes
Anastasius was born around 865, son of a Roman noble named Lucian. The theory that he was really the son of Pope Sergius and Marozia, the daughter of Theophylact, one of the leading men of Rome, is not likely. Sergius was born about five years before him and Marozia...
by Deb McCoy | Nov 17, 2020 | Popes
Sergius was a young Roman, the son of Benedictus. And he had a taste for adventure. Ordained a subdeacon by Pope Marinus I (882-884) and a deacon by Pope Stephen V (885-891) he was consecrated bishop of Caere in 893 by the much-maligned Pope Formosus. He appeared to...
by Deb McCoy | Nov 10, 2020 | Popes, Saints
Martin, son of Fabricius, was born sometime between 590 and 600, near Todi, Umbria. His biographer, Theodore, wrote of Martin that he was of noble birth, of commanding intelligence and of great charity to the poor. Obviously high in the Church hierarchy, Martin, a...
by Deb McCoy | Nov 5, 2020 | Saints
NOVEMBER 5 is the traditional memorial of STs. ZACHARIAS AND ELIZABETH (1st CENTURY). These two were the parents of St. John the Baptist. Does anyone remember the background? Zacharias was one of the chief priests of the great temple in Jerusalem. There were several...
by Deb McCoy | Oct 24, 2020 | Popes
Originally printed at catholic365.com on October 23, 2020: At the beginning of the 10th century, the pope did not have jurisdiction over most of the Papal States. That privilege was argued over by the Holy Roman Emperor and the various kings of the Italian peninsula....
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