| Today is: Monday, Adar II 22, 5771 · March 28, 2011
• Earthquake Saves Roman Jews from Forced Conversion (1430)
The church and the government of Rome set Wednesday, March 6, 1430, as the day when all the Jews of Rome must convert or face death. On that day a great earthquake shook Rome and many of the archbishops and priests who conceived the decree were killed. Following the earthquake, Pope Martin V annulled the decree. All is foreseen, and freedom of choice is granted
- Ethics of the Fathers 3:15
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