January 3
From Christianity Knowledge Base
The third day of January.
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[edit] Events
- 1431: Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
- 1521: Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
[edit] Births
- 1840: Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)
[edit] Deaths
- 1098: Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)
[edit] Feast days
[edit] Roman Catholicism
- Feast day of St Genevieve
- The ninth day (and tenth night) of Christmas.
[edit] Eastern Orthodoxy
- Holy Prophet Malachi (400 BC)
- Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd century)
- Venerable Genevieve of Paris
- Saint Abelard, abbot
- Repose of Schemahierodeacon Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent
