The Pope struck a medal to celebrate the 1572 massacre of Huguenots on this saint's day
..... medal struck with the motto Ugonottorum strages 1572 (Latin 
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Philip II of Spain, and Pope Gregory XIII had a medal struck to celebrate the event
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