Oct 272008
Births
- Blessed Alberto Marvelli
- Blessed Antony Page
- Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz
- Blessed George Beesley
- Blessed Maria Angeles of Saint Joseph
- Blessed Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia
- Blessed Richard Sergeant
- Blessed Robert Thorpe
- Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus and of Saint John of the Cross
- Blessed Thomas Atkinson
- Blessed William Southerne
- Saint Giovanni Piamarta
- Saint Teresa of the Andes
- Venerable Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Dolé de Champlâtreux
Founded
Elevations
Other Events
- Pope John Paul II meets Rome‘s Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at a Roman synagogue
- concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- Donald E Pelotte, the first Native American bishop, is ordained in Gallup, New Mexico
- the Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
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