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In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Journalist
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Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Constantinople
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