Category: NBTB

Bible Fact #43: Valentine's Day Honors a Somewhat Mysterious Saint

St. Valentine, the namesake behind Valentine’s Day, is a fairly obscure historical figure, with several different early Christian martyrs sharing that name across early church records.

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Bible Fact #42: Mother Teresa Founded a Global Charity Order

Mother Teresa, known for her work with the poor in Kolkata, founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and was canonized as a saint in 2016.

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Bible Fact #41: Joan of Arc Claimed Visions Guided Her

Joan of Arc, a French Catholic figure, said visions guided her military leadership before she was executed in 1431 and later canonized as a saint centuries afterward.

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Bible Fact #40: St. Patrick Wasn't Actually Irish

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was actually born in Roman Britain, not Ireland, before being taken there as a young captive.

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Bible Fact #39: St. Francis Is Credited With the First Nativity Scene

St. Francis of Assisi, known for his devotion to poverty and nature, is traditionally credited with staging the first live nativity scene reenactment in 1223.

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Bible Fact #38: Augustine Wrote One of the First Western Autobiographies

St. Augustine of Hippo, a hugely influential early Christian theologian, wrote Confessions, widely considered one of the first autobiographies in Western literature.

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Bible Fact #37: Monasticism Started With the Desert Fathers

Christian monasticism developed early in church history, with the Desert Fathers of Egypt, hermits and ascetics living in isolation, among its earliest and most influential practitioners.

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Bible Fact #36: Christianity Became Rome's Official Religion

Christianity was made the official state religion of the Roman Empire under Emperor Theodosius I in 380 AD, decades after Constantine’s earlier tolerance edict.

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