Over 60,000 killed on this date in 1693 when Mt. Etna erupts destroying much of Catania, Sicily

Podcast prep for recording tonight- the patron saint of 'The daily grind'

This date in Saint History..Legal proceedings against St. Joan of Arc commenced in 1431 at Rouen, France

400 years ago today. Galileo 1st observes the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, visible for next 2 hrs in N. Am

This date in saint history..81 years ago today 18 year old Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (AKA Blessed Mother Teresa) arrives in India to

150 years ago today, St. John Neumann collapsed on a Philadelphia street & died at the age of 48

250 years ago today Arthur Guiness signs lease & starts brewing Guiness..& the rest is history

On a stormy Tuesday in Canterbury, Kent, England 839 years ago at about this time, St. Thomas Becket was murdered in his cathedral

On this 5th Day of Christmas, New SaintCast posted - "Murder in the Cathedral," St. Thomas Becket- at sqpn.com or tinyurl.com/yf7h7de

Working on special podcast in honor of tomorrow's saint (today for those on the Continent and in Asia) - Thomas Becket