Sacredness

revered due to association with holiness

7 dated entries naming Sacredness, drawn from 7 separate years between 339 BCE and 1258 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Consecration in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century BC

339 BCEDuring a meeting of the Amphictyonic Council, Philip accuses the citizens of the town of Amfissa, in Locris, of intruding on consecrated ground. The Amphictyonic Congress, with the initial support of the Athenian representative, Aeschines, decides to inflict a harsh punishment upon the Locrians. After the failure of a first military excursion against the Locrians, the summer session of the Amphictyonic Council gives command of the league's forces to Philip and asks him to lead a second excursion. Philip acts at once, and his forces pass through Thermopylae, enter Amfissa and defeat the Locrians who are led by Chares, the Athenian general and mercenary commander.source

7th century

640May 28 – Pope Severinus succeeds Honorius I as the 71st pope. He dies in Rome only two months after being consecrated.source
683June 28 – Pope Leo II dies at Rome 10 months after being consecrated.source

8th century

752March 22 – Pope Zachary dies at Rome after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by Stephen, but he dies four days after, and is not considered legitimate because he was not consecrated.source

9th century

805The Palatine Chapel in Aachen (modern Germany) is consecrated by Pope Leo III.source
898January – Pope John IX is consecrated, and succeeds Theodore II, as the 116th pope of the Catholic Church. His rival Serguis III (a Spoletan ally of Lambert II) is excommunicated, and takes refuge at the court of Adalbert II.source

13th century

1258September 29 – Consecration of the newly rebuilt Salisbury Cathedral in England.source