of England who became Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York. Geoffrey
held some minor clerical offices before becoming bishop in 1173, and was
ordained a priest in 1189. In 1173–74 he led a campaign in northern
England to help put down a rebellion by his legitimate half-brothers,
capturing William the Lion, the King of the Scots. After Pope Lucius III
ordered him to resign Lincoln or be consecrated, Geoffrey resigned and
became Chancellor. After succeeding to the throne, Richard I of England,
his half-brother, nominated him Archbishop of York, probably to
eliminate a potential rival. He was consecrated in France in 1191, and
was briefly imprisoned in Dover Castle on his return during a dispute
with William Longchamp, Richard's regent in England. Geoffrey spent much
of his time as archbishop in various disputes with Richard and John,
Richard's successor and another half-brother. Geoffrey also quarrelled
with his suffragan bishops, his cathedral chapter, and other clergy in
his diocese. In 1207, he was forced into exile in France by John, and
died there five years later.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_(archbishop_of_York)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
627:
A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated Emperor
Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh, near
present-day Mosul, Iraq.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(627)>
1531:
According to traditional Catholic accounts, the image of the
Blessed Virgin Mary miraculously appeared imprinted on Juan Diego's
tilma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe>
1939:
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess collided with the
battleship HMS Barham she was escorting and sank with heavy loss of
life.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duchess_(H64)>
1964:
Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of
Kenya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta>
2000:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the election
recount of the ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election
must stop, effectively making George W. Bush the winner.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
svelte:
1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
2. Refined, delicate.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svelte>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices
of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their
conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of
moral courage. The great mass of mankind shun the labor and
responsibility of forming opinions for themselves.
--William Lloyd Garrison
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison>
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