Time Line 1621

Beatifications

• Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

Births

• Blessed Nicolas Barré

Deaths

• Blessed Francis Taylor
• Saint John Berchmans
• Saint Robert Bellarmine
• Pope Paul V

Professions

• Saint Anthony Daniel (Jesuits)

Papal Ascensions

• ascension of Pope Gregory XV

Other Events

• Papal Chancery adopts 1 January as the beginning of the calendar year instead of 25 March
• relics of Saint Germanus of Montfort enshrined by Saint Francis de Sales

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