Events Tagged: "violence"

Death of Gaius Gracchus - 3,000 supporters killed, first senatus consultum ultimum (emergency decree), political violence normalized

Robber Council of Ephesus (Latrocinium) - Dioscorus presides, Eutyches vindicated, St. Flavian beaten and dies from injuries

Death of St. Flavian - Patriarch of Constantinople dies from beating received at Robber Council, martyr for orthodox Christology

Martyrdom of St. Stephen the Younger - monk dragged through streets and torn to pieces for defending icons

Slap of Anagni - Philip IV's agents assault Pope Boniface VIII, Pope dies weeks later, papacy humiliated

Peasants' Revolt reaches London - Wat Tyler's army burns Savoy Palace, kills Archbishop of Canterbury

Our Lady of Tears - Miraculous weeping of Madonna image in Cascia, Italy - Same year St. Rita enters monastery - Tears analyzed by authorities, found to be human - Violence ceases after processions