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Earthquake Date: 1137 A.D.

Catania, in Sicily, overturned by earthquake, and 15,000 persons buried in the ruins.


“Hope in this life is a perishing thing, but the hope of good men, when it is cut off from this world, is but removed like a tree, transplanted from this nursery to the garden of the Lord.”
–Matthew Henry, Commentary, Job 19