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November 7 in Church History

Willibrord, Apostle of Frisia

November 7 in church history: the death of Willibrord, apostle of Frisia, the Bolshevik seizure of power and the birth of Billy Graham.

On this day

  1. 739Willibrord dies at his monastery of Echternach
  2. 1685Covenanter John Nisbet is seized near Fenwick
  3. 1732Dutton Lane, Separate Baptist pioneer in Virginia, is born
  4. 1917Bolsheviks seize power in Russia, beginning decades of pressure on the churches
  5. 1918Billy Graham is born near Charlotte, North Carolina

Feast days

Willibrord, apostle of Frisia

Also kept today: Congar

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Sources. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints; Curtis and Graves, This Day in Christian History; Robert J. Morgan, On This Day; Rusten and Rusten, The One Year Christian History; standard reference works.

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