2012 Event Rick Majerus, the head basketball coach at Saint Louis University, announces his retirement due to health issues 2012 Event The 'Lamb of God', the first panels of the Ghent Altarpiece are secretly moved from Saint Bavo Cathedral for a five-year restoration at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts; the panels are likely the most frequently stolen artwork in history 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints - including American saint Kateri Tekakwitha - and appoints 22 new cardinals 2010 Event Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Square 2010 Event The Vatican approves of Australian Mary MacKillop as their first saint for canonization 2008 Death Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71 2004 Event World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0 2002 Death Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60 1997 Event Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic 1993 Death Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85 1993 Event Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint 1993 Event "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1991 Death Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77 1989 Death Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123 1988 Death Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1982 Event Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1979 Event Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds 1978 Event Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James 1977 Event Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint 1975 Event Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries 1975 Event Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint 1975 Birthday Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint 1973 Birthday Gavin Hassett, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, rower 1996 Olympics 1969 Death Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 1969 Event KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Mitch Hedberg, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown' 1967 Birthday Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics 1959 Event KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1957 Death Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1957 Event KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances 1954 Event "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances 1954 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City 1954 Event KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event Pope Pius X canonized a saint 1954 Event KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday Christopher Cox, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-R-California 1989 - 2005 1946 Birthday Susan Saint James, Miller, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, McMillian and Wife 1946 Event Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint 1944 Birthday Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber 1940 Birthday Bruce Vento, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000 1938 Event America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified 1938 Birthday Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1936 Birthday Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century 1932 Birthday Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass 1927 Birthday Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint 1927 Birthday Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint 1926 Birthday Barbara Jefford, actress, Saint, Reunion, Ulysses 1924 Birthday Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, On the Waterfront 1924 Birthday Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus 1924 Event Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London 1923 Birthday Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1922 Event WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1920 Event Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint 1917 Death Francesca Saveria Cabrini, U.S. saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 1917 Birthday John Whiting, British dramatist/actor, Saint's Day 1909 Birthday Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Event Joan of Arc declared a saint 1907 Birthday Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1906 Death Elisabeth Saint Drieeenheid, French mystic (Souvenirs), dies at 26 1903 Death Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25 1891 Birthday Henry Oscar, born in London, England, actor, Saint in London 1891 Birthday Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back 1888 Birthday Johanna E F G, Bachigaloupi, Tourniaire, actress, Saint Joan 1882 Birthday Sybil Thorndike, England, actress, Saint Joan 1880 Birthday Elisabeth of Saint Drieeenheid, Catez, French mystic, Souvenirs 1878 Birthday Gemma Galgani, Italian saint 1865 Birthday Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1860 Death St. John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male U.S. saint, dies 1850 Birthday Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, 1st U.S. saint 1850 Death Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 1844 Birthday Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, saint/visionary 1836 Birthday Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint, preached unity of religions 1835 Birthday Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten 1833 Death Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 1821 Death Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland 1816 Event Bavarian joins Saint Alliance 1795 Birthday Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint 1787 Death Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 1774 Birthday Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975 1719 Death Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 1693 Death Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies 1690 Death Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 1654 Death Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies 1651 Birthday Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint 1648 Event French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together 1647 Birthday Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint 1646 Event Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 1644 Birthday Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals 1639 Death Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 1624 Death Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74 1622 Death Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 1622 Death Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1622 Event Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 1614 Death Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 1608 Death Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44 1599 Birthday Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit and saint 1597 Death Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 1595 Death Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 1591 Death Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies 1591 Death Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 1587 Death Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies 1585 Event Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1582 Death Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint 1572 Death Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61 1571 Event Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Event Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League 1569 Birthday Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice 1568 Birthday Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince, jesuit and saint 1567 Birthday Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint 1567 Birthday Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1563 Birthday Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, Caracciolini 1562 Death Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies 1556 Death Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint 1555 Death Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies 1550 Birthday Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint 1550 Death Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 1547 Death Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies 1542 Birthday Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint 1540 Birthday Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr, Decem Rationes 1539 Death Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies 1521 Birthday Peter Canisius, Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs, jesuit/saint 1515 Birthday Theresa of Avila, Spanish mystic writer/saint 1515 Birthday Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint 1515 Birthday Saint Teresa, Spanish Saint 1511 Event England signs on to the Saint League 1511 Event Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League 1510 Birthday Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint 1506 Birthday Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 1505 Death Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1504 Birthday Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri saint, pope, 1566 - 1772 1495 Event Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1495 Birthday Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder, Brothers of Mercy 1492 Event Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas 1491 Birthday Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint 1487 Death Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 1484 Death Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 1479 Death Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies 1478 Birthday Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1474 Birthday Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint 1459 Death Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies 1458 Birthday Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint 1455 Death Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint, dies at 73 1450 Death Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 1444 Death Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 1443 Death Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 1433 Death Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53 1420 Event Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike 1402 Birthday Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint 1393 Death Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed 1392 Death Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78 1381 Birthday Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint 1380 Birthday Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint 1380 Birthday Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint 1380 Birthday Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint 1374 Death Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies 1373 Death Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies 1359 Death Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies 1341 Death Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies 1336 Death Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 1317 Death Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies 1314 Birthday Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint 1305 Death Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies 1274 Death John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 1274 Death Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 1272 Death Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 1270 Death Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 1267 Death Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies 1260 Death Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies 1258 Death Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies 1254 Death Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies 1249 Death Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies 1246 Death Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 1240 Death Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies 1236 Death Sava [Rastko], son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64 1225 Death Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 1222 Birthday Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint 1213 Death Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 1192 Death Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27 1189 Death Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1167 Death Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 1160 Birthday Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder, Trinitarians 1160 Death Erik IX Helgi, The Saint, King of Sweden, dies 1153 Death Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies 1142 Death Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies 1134 Death Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Cateaux/saint, dies 1124 Death Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies 1116 Death Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies 1109 Death Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies 1109 Death Albericus of Cateaux, French saint, dies 1086 Death Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered 1085 Death Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies 1073 Death Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies 1073 Death Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 1054 Death Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies 1031 Event Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord 1012 Death Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies 1010 Death Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 1004 Death Abbo van Fleury, Floriacensis, French abbott/saint, dies 1004 Event Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy 1004 Event Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy 1002 Event German king Henry II the Saint crowned 999 Death Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 921 Death Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies 917 Death Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies 916 Death Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies 891 Death Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies 867 Death Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies 865 Death Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies 826 Death Theodorus Studites, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies 821 Death Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies 809 Death Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 779 Death Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies 754 Death Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 739 Death Willibrord, Clemens, 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 729 Death Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 727 Death Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 709 Death Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 689 Death Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies 672 Death Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies 660 Death Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies 659 Death Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 641 Event Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon 640 Death Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies 638 Death Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 615 Death Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies 587 Death Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies 545 Death Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 540 Death Vedastus St. Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies 533 Death Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 482 Death Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies 482 Death Severinus, saint, dies 439 Death Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 430 Death Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75 397 Death Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 379 Death Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 354 Birthday Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians 352 Death Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies 336 Event Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope 312 Death Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies 303 Death George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded 303 Death George, knight of Cappadocie?/saint/patron of England, beheaded 290 Death [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated 290 Death [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed 267 Death Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies 258 Death Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58 250 Event Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) 250 Death Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies 155 Death Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies
