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15 hours ago · Albino Luciani approximately at the age of 10, c.1922–23. Albino Luciani was born on 17 October 1912 in Forno di Canale (now Canale d'Agordo) in Belluno, a province of the Veneto region in Northern Italy. He was the son of Giovanni Luciani (c. 1872–1952), a bricklayer, and Bortola Tancon (c. 1879–1947).
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15 hours ago · Circumcision controversies. Male circumcision has been a subject of controversy for a number of reasons including religious, ethical, sexual, and medical. [1][2][3][4][5] During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in a rapidly changing medical and surgical world, circumcision rose in popularity as a means of prophylaxis in the Anglosphere. [6]
15 hours ago · Battle of Loos. Awards. 1914–15 Star. British War Medal. Victory Medal. Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. Mosley was the son of a baronet.
15 hours ago · Bosniaks mostly live in the Marmara Region, in the north-west. The biggest Bosniak community in Turkey is in Istanbul; the borough Yenibosna (formerly Saraybosna, after Sarajevo), saw rapid migration from the Ottoman Balkans after the founding of the Republic of Turkey. [citation needed]
15 hours ago · Die Geschichte des Papsttums reicht von der Spätantike bis in die Gegenwart. Grundlegend für das Selbstverständnis der Päpste ist ihr Anspruch, in der Nachfolge des Apostels Simon Petrus zu stehen. Die Institution des Papsttums geht auf die Tradition der stadtrömischen Kirche zurück, wonach Petrus und Paulus in Rom den Märtyrertod ...
15 hours ago · e. In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, [1] which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of ...
15 hours ago · January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland) Second day of Hogmanay (Scotland) December 31-January 1, in some cases until January 2. The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
