139th birthday of P. Charles SEARSON (born this day in 1946).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1590
Father Robert Bellarmine was appointed by Gregory XIV to supervise the revision of the Vulgate, a work begun by Sixtus V.
1614
The arm of Xavier brought from Goa to Rome, was received in the Eternal City with extraordinary solemnity.
1616
At Paris died Fr. John Gontery. He was very dull as a scholastic, but imploring Our Lady's help he became a powerful defender of the Church against Calvinists.
1649
In the Philippines, Father Vincent Damiani, a devoted worker in the Lord’s vineyard, was run through with a spear out of hatred of the faith.
1982
Robert Gleason, S.J. dies Fordham University, theologian, Grace.
