TODAY
IN HISTORY
- In South Africa, the parents of teenager Manche Masemola kill her and bury her by a granite rock. Masemola had refused to abandon Christianity, worshiping in the Anglican Church at every opportunity. Decades later, she will be honored with a statue at Westminster Abbey.Authority for the date:
Dictionary of African Christian Biography. - Elizabeth Fry, reared a Quaker, has a conversion experience. She will become a notable prison reformer.Authority for the date:
Kent, John. Elizabeth Fry. B. T. Batsford, 1962. - Muslims execute Joseph of Aleppo, claiming he had promised to become a Muslim but reneged. He seals his fate by testifying against Islamic beliefs at his hearing.Authority for the date:
http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/02/saint-joseph-new-martyr-of-aleppo.html - English reformer John Rogers is burned at stake at Smithfield, the first of many martyrs in the reign of Mary Tudor.Authority for the date:
Standard encyclopedias. - Death of Christian educator, encyclopedist and archbishop Rabanus Maurus.Authority for the date:
Standard encyclopedias.
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