NOVEMBER 6
SAINTLY BARLAAM GAINED FOLLOWERS AND STARTED A FAMOUS MONASTERY (1193)
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Events
1193
Death of Barlaam, who had been born to wealth but gave it all away to become a hermit on the Volga River. He had gained such a following that he founded the Khutyn Monastery of Saviour’s Transfiguration. His fame increased even more after he healed a Grand Prince. After his death, his tomb will become a popular pilgrimage destination.
Authority for the date: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=16761789
Pope Pius VI confirms the election of the Rt. Rev. John Carroll to be the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States (the diocese of Baltimore). He will be consecrated in England in 1790, and become archbishop in 1808.
Authority for the date: ” Archbishop John Carroll.” http://www.baltimorebasilica.org/index.php?page=archbishop-john-carroll1881
William Temple, future Archbishop of Canterbury, is christened. He will become an advocate of the common man and active in social issues.
Authority for the date: Somervell, D.C. William Temple Archbishop of Canterbury. Oxford, 1963.1905
Death of George Williams, founder of the YMCA, through which he had sought to give young men an alternative to the soul-destroying recreations in London. His endeavor had spread to the whole world.
Authority for the date: Encyclopedia Americana, 1956.1935
Death of American revivalist Billy Sunday, a baseball player who had become one of America’s most famous evangelists.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1977
A dam bursts near Toccoa Falls, Georgia, killing thirty-eight students and instructors at a local Christian college.
Authority for the date: Foster, K, Neill. Dam Break in Georgia. Beaverlodge, Alberta Canada: Horizon Books, 1978.