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![Saint Peter's Basilica by Giovanni Paolo Panini](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ca%27_Rezzonico_-_Interno_della_basilica_di_San_Pietro_a_Roma_-_Giampaolo_Pannini.jpg/100px-Ca%27_Rezzonico_-_Interno_della_basilica_di_San_Pietro_a_Roma_-_Giampaolo_Pannini.jpg)
- 1506 – Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica (interior pictured) in Vatican City, to replace the old St. Peter's Basilica built in the 4th century, began.
![Pope Benedict XVI during visit to São Paulo, Brazil.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BentoXVI-30-10052007.jpg/100px-BentoXVI-30-10052007.jpg)
- 1012 - Martyrdom of St. Alphege in Greenwich, London.
- 1054 - Pope Leo IX dies.
- 1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification.
- 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI (pictured) on the second day of the Papal conclave.
![Pope Clement V](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Papst_klemens_v.jpg/100px-Papst_klemens_v.jpg)
- 1314 - Pope Clement V (pictured) dies.
- 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII .
- 1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, is born.
- 1884 - Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus.
![Pope Alexander II](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Papa_alessandro_II.jpg/100px-Papa_alessandro_II.jpg)
- 1073 - Death of Pope Alexander II. (pictured)
- 1109 - Death of Anselm of Canterbury.
- 1854 - Birth of William Stang.
![Pope Caius](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/PCaius.jpg/100px-PCaius.jpg)
- 296 - Death of Pope Caius
- 536 - Birth of Pope Agapetus I
- 1610 - Birth of Pope Alexander VIII.
![Saint George](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Stgeorge-dragon.jpg/100px-Stgeorge-dragon.jpg)
- 303 - Death of Saint George.(pictured)
- 997 - Death of Saint Adalbert of Prague.
- 1725 - Birth of Saint Gerard Majella.
![Wilfrid](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/StWilfrid.jpg/100px-StWilfrid.jpg)
- 709 - Death of Wilfrid.
- 1342 - Death of Pope Benedict XII.
- 1581 - Birth of Vincent de Paul.
- 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- 1467 - The miraculous image of Our Lady of Good Counsel appears in Genazzano, Italy.
- 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence.
- 1878 - Birth of Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia. (pictured)
![Pope Julius II](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pope_Julius_II.jpg/100px-Pope_Julius_II.jpg)
- 1509 - Pope Julius II (pictured) places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
- 1605 - Death of Pope Leo XI.
- 1613 - Death of Robert Abercromby.
- 1533 - Death of Nicholas West.
- 1716 - Death of Louis de Montfort (pictured) .
- 1841 - Death of Peter Chanel.
![Joan of Arc](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Joan_of_Arc_miniature_graded.jpg/100px-Joan_of_Arc_miniature_graded.jpg)
- 1380 - Death of Catherine of Siena.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc (pictured) arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans, and is considered the second coming of Jesus Christ in the body of a woman, and is later burned at the stake by the English.
- 1863 - Birth of Maria Theresa Ledochowska.