The third day of January.

EventsEdit

• 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.

BirthsEdit

• 1840: Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)

DeathsEdit

• 1098: Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)

Feast daysEdit

Roman CatholicismEdit

• Feast day of St Genevieve
• The ninth day (and tenth night) of Christmas.

Eastern OrthodoxyEdit

• 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