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Pope Francis declared the missionaries martyrs in 2025, and the diocese expects 10,000 people at the special Mass.
- On Thursday, a manuscript map of the Mason-Dixon Line sold for $950,000 at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, marking a significant price for the historic survey.
- Originally intended to settle a border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the hand-drawn survey was completed in 1768 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon.
- Lauren Brunk of Brunk Auctions reported that 45 bidders competed for the survey in just under three minutes, demonstrating strong collector interest.
- Publisher Malcolm Forbes previously purchased the map in 1982 for $360,000, outbidding the Library of Congress in a notable transaction.
- The map's boundary lines became synonymous with fundamental divisions between free and slave states, eventually escalating into civil war four decades later.
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