Deusdedit (died c. 664) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, the
first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-
Saxon, and perhaps originally named Frithona, Frithuwine or Frithonas,
he became archbishop in 655. The name Deusdedit, which he probably took
when consecrated as archbishop, means "God has given" and was the name
of a recent pope. He was archbishop for more than nine years until his
death, probably from the plague. There is some controversy over the
exact date of Deusdedit's death, owing to discrepancies in the medieval
written work that records his life. Little is known about his
episcopate. The see of Canterbury seems to have been passing through a
period of comparative obscurity and Deusdedit only consecrated one
bishop; the other new bishops in England were consecrated by Celtic or
foreign bishops. He founded a nunnery in the Isle of Thanet and helped
with the foundation of Medeshamstede Abbey, later Peterborough Abbey, in
657. He was considered to be a saint after his demise, with a feast day
of 14 July. A saint's life was written after his relics were moved from
their original burial place in 1091 (location of unmarked grave
pictured).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deusdedit_of_Canterbury>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1871:
Founder of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck was proclaimed
as its first Chancellor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck>
1913:
Over 360 were killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great
Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dayton_Flood>
1937:
A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto
Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest
of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 17
people and injuring over 200 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_massacre>
1945:
World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully
defended the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the
Transdanubian Hills concluded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Transdanubian_Hills>
1963:
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San
Francisco Bay, California—one of the world's most notorious and best
known prisons—was closed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
itchy trigger finger:
(idiomatic) A tendency to act in haste or without consideration.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itchy_trigger_finger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt
alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that
knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints. If you simply
have a consensus, it generally stultifies. It fails to see the problems
of that consensus and it depends on the existence of critics to break up
that iceberg and permit knowledge to develop. This is in fact one of the
underpinnings of democratic theory. It is one of the reasons why we
believe in notions of free speech and its one of the great forces in
terms of intellectual development.
--Walter Gilbert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Gilbert>