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==== Religion ====
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[papacy]] of [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]] ends. [[Pope Callixtus I|Callixtus I]] is elected as the  sixteenth [[pope]], but is opposed by the [[theology|theologian]] [[Hippolytus (writer)|Hippolytus]] who accuses him of laxity and of being a [[Sabellianism|Modalist]], one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the [[Trinity]].
* Hippolytus begins his "[[pontificate]]" as [[antipope]] and sets up a breakaway [[church (building)|church]] for [[Christians|Christian]] followers.

==== Sports ====
*According to a tradition noted by 19th-century historian [[Stephen Glover (antiquary)|Stephen Glover]], the earliest recorded game of [[association football]] (soccer) took place in [[Derby]], [[England]] as a celebration on [[Shrove Tuesday]], the day before commencement of the Lent season on [[Ash Wednesday]], and 47 days before [[Easter Sunday]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ls8DAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22shrove+tuesday%22+217+football&pg=PA41 p41 ''Foot-Ball: Its History for Five Centuries''], by Montague Shearman and James E. Vincent (Field & Tuer, 1885) p41</ref><ref>Marion von Adlerstein, ''The Penguin Book Of Etiquette'' (Penguin UK, 2007)</ref>
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