Showing posts with label Catholic Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic Church. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 January 2013

Joan of Arc, Cross-dressing Christian Saint and Martyr.

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b.  ca. 1412 (formally celebrated in France on January 6th) d. 30 May 1431 Among all the multitude of queer saints,  Joan of Arc is on...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

November 15th in Queer History

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Events this Day in Queer History 1980 - Michael Harcourt , an alderman consistently supportive of the gay community, is elected mayor of...
Saturday, 27 October 2012

Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536

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Erasmus, born on the 27th October 1466, was a Dutch humanist and theologian,  who merits serious consideration by queer people of faith. ...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Pope Julius III (born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte), boy-loving pope.

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b. 10 September 1487 r. 7 February 1550 to 1555 d. 23 March 1555) In his early career in the Church Julius established a reputation as ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Giovanni Bosco

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Giovanni was born to an impoverished rural family in Castelnuovo, Piedmont. Patronage from clerics allowed him to be ordained priest in 1841...
Sunday, 9 October 2011

October 9th in Queer History: Cardinal John Henry Newman

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Saint's day: Blessed John Henry Newman Cardinal  Newman  was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on October 2011, which means that alt...
Sunday, 2 October 2011

Archbishop George Augustine Hyde

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 b. 1923 From LGBT Religious Archives: George Augustine Hyde (1923), who led the first known church to openly minister to and with h...
Friday, 8 October 2010

Gay Lovers in Church History

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SS Sergius & Bacchus: Gay lovers, Roman soldiers, martyrs and saints. For St Valentine's day, a partial roll call of same sex lover...