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1621 16 January – the Parliament of England sits for the first time since 1614. 3 May – Francis Bacon imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of corruption; he is pardoned by King James I later in the year.
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska , Brian Blessed and Melanie C .
1621 Robert Bellarmine: 1542 1621 Cardinal and Bishop of Capua: Blessed Francis Taylor (Tailler) 1621 Dominic Shamada 1622 Fidelis of Sigmaringen: 1577 1622 Francis de Morales 1622 Francis de Sales: 1567 1622 Bishop of Geneva: Francis of St. Bonaventure 1622 Joseph of St. Hyacinth 1622 Leo Satsuma 1622 Peter Paul of St. Claire 1622 Blessed ...
Pope Gregory XV (Latin: Gregorius XV; Italian: Gregorio XV; 9 January 1554 – 8 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 until his death in 1623.
Saints Dominic and Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger is an oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, executed in 1620, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. It is linked to his similar work The Virgin Mary and Saint Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger (Brussels).
April 15 – The University of Saint Francis Xavier is founded in Bolivia. April 29 – Louis XIII of France appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council). May 8 – Capture of Bahia: A Dutch West India Company fleet captures the Brazilian city of Salvador, Bahia from the Portuguese Empire (at this time in the Iberian Union).
There are countless seventeenth- and eighteenth-century depictions of Saint Francis of Assisi and a musical angel in churches and museums throughout western Europe. The titles of these depictions vary widely, at times describing Francis as "consoled", "comforted", in "ecstasy" or in "rapture"; the presence of the musical angel may or may not be ...
Ana de Jesús, known in English as Anne of Jesus (25 November 1545 – 4 March 1621), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and writer. She was the founder of the Carmelite reform and a close companion of Teresa of Ávila, and served to establish new monasteries of the Order throughout Europe.