The thirteenth day of May.

EventsEdit

• 1917: Pope Benedict XV elevates Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) to archbishop of Sardis.
• 1981:' Assassination attempt. Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Ağca shoots and critically wounds Pope John Paul II. Following the shooting, the pope asked people to "pray for my brother (Ağca), whom I have sincerely forgiven."

BirthsEdit

• 1921: Alexander Schmemann

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