Word: calixtus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry, also appeared in the sky on the eve of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William the Conqueror told his Norman soldiers that the comet was indeed a bad omen-for the English troops, who subsequently went down to defeat. In 1456, Pope Calixtus was said to have been so upset by the appearance of a comet after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople that he issued a bull of excommunication against the interloper-"to rid the earth and mankind of its calamities...
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