September 20, 1224: On or about this date, on Italy's secluded Mount Alvernia, Francis of Assisi reportedly prayed, "O Lord, I beg of you two graces before I die—to experience in myself in all possible fullness the pains of your cruel passion, and to feel for you the same love that made you sacrifice yourself for us." Soon his heart was filled with both joy and pity, and wounds appeared on his hands, feet, and side. He reportedly carried these scars (called stigmata) until his death in 1226.
September 21, 1522: First edition of Martin Luther's German translation of the New Testament is published.
September 24, 787: The Second Council of Nicea begins under Pope Hadrian I. The council condemned iconoclasm. The Roman Catholic Church considers this as the seventh of the 21 ecumenical councils; the Eastern Orthodox [and Anglican] churches consider this the last of the ecumenical councils.
September 24, 1757: Jonathan Edwards, father of American revivalism, becomes president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). He served as president until his death in 1758.