Events from 1274

St. Thomas dies (March 7) - 'I receive You, the price of my redemption, for Whose love I have watched, studied, and labored' - Monks report mysterious light and fragrance

First Mongol invasion of Japan - kamikaze (divine wind) destroys invasion fleet

Second Council of Lyons - temporary reunion under Pope Gregory X and Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus

Death of Aquinas at Fossanova Abbey - 'I receive You, the price of my redemption'

St. Bonaventure dies at same Council - representing completion of medieval synthesis

Death of St. Bonaventure at Council of Lyon - Doctor of the Church, unified theology and mysticism

Edward I crowned after returning from Crusade - 'English Justinian' begins legal reforms and conquest of British Isles