14 events with tag "poverty"
380 BC
ID: 280
Diogenes arrives in Athens - lives in barrel, mocks conventions, searches with lantern for honest man
ID: 280
1173
ID: 211
Peter Waldo begins preaching apostolic poverty in Lyon - Waldensian movement spreads despite persecution
ID: 211
1184
ID: 5057
Waldensians condemned at Verona - Pope Lucius III condemns Poor Men of Lyons and other groups
ID: 5057
1210
ID: 2147
Franciscan Order receives verbal approval - new form of religious corporation with radical poverty, challenging traditional monastic property holding
ID: 2147
1223
ID: 139
Franciscan Rule approved by Honorius III - St. Francis wanted no possessions, not even Rule written down
ID: 139
1406
ID: 117
St. Colette reforms Poor Clares - receives vision from St. Francis to restore original poverty
ID: 117
1745
ID: 523
St. Benedict Joseph Labre born - future 'Beggar Saint' who chooses radical poverty
ID: 523
1770
ID: 577
St. Benedict Joseph Labre begins life as pilgrim beggar visiting every major European shrine
ID: 577
1783
ID: 616
St. Benedict Joseph Labre dies in Rome - 136 miracles verified immediately
ID: 616
1849
ID: 874
Marx infant son Heinrich Guido dies during harsh winter poverty
ID: 874
1850
ID: 883
New York had 8,141 cellars sheltering 18,456 people
ID: 883
1880
ID: 1027
Dark, desperate, impossible decade with widespread malnutrition
ID: 1027
1920
ID: 1295
250,000 US children die annually from poverty
ID: 1295
1997
ID: 3026
September 5, 1997
St. Teresa of Calcutta dies - Served 'Jesus in distressing disguise' of poor - 'Do small things with great love' - Dark night revealed
ID: 3026