The Pope struck a medal to celebrate the 1572 massacre of Huguenots on this saint's day
The Massacre of Saint 
Bartholomew's Day was the culmination of a series of events: ... Catherine had 
not obtained the Pope Gregory XIII's permission to celebrate this .... after) and 
had a medal struck with the motto Ugonottorum strages 1572 (Latin for "
overthrow" or... [DOC] [TLE] Saint Bartholomew Day's Massacre - Skeptically.org [PAR] A celebrated event in history, to which Voltaire's comments thereon have done 
much to ... An Eyewitness Account of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre ... 
Medal struck by Pope Gregory XIII (1572-85) to commemorate the slaughter of 
over ...