Pope Francis becomes only the seventh Holy Father to be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome.

King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I ... was “found vehemently suspect for heresy.” Under Pope Urban VIII, Galilei was, in 1633, sentenced to life imprisonment.

one can search in vain through the interventions of the Holy See - those of Pius V, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV ... Pope Eugene IV in 1435 wrote to Bishop Ferdinand of Lanzarote in his Bull ...

Christopher Columbus is given royal commission by Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II to equip his fleet to ...

The Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state. 1544: Turkish troops occupy Hungary. 1700: ...

Among the hail and hearty was a Portuguese navigator and explorer Pedro Ferdinand de Quiros who sailed into Australian folklore in the year 1606. He secured sponsorship from Pope Clement VIII and King ...

He reigned for nine years with his Danish-born consort Queen Alexandra – an elegant woman whose taste in dresses and ...

After Pope Francis' funeral, the Catholic Church shifts focus to the conclave, where cardinals will elect the next pope. This ...

A royal commissioner arrested him in 1500, and he lost his title and role. But he was later freed, and King Ferdinand II funded a fourth voyage to the New World. He'd convinced them of his ...

Reigning royals like King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain ... He will be laid to rest in the same chapel where Clement VIII, an 11th-century pope whom Francis particularly admired, is also ...