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Catherine of Siena – a very odd medieval saint
I was in Italy in August and September this year and visited many medieval sites – in the next few blog posts, I’ll give you some highlights In late August, I went to Siena – a gorgeous medieval city in…
Read MoreSan Gimignano – Templar church or not?
I have been travelling round Italy and will be sharing some amazing videos and images from that incredible country in the next few posts. To begin with, here is a church in the medieval town of San Gimignano that claims…
Read MoreA medieval object called an Oliphant made from an elephant
A medieval object called an Oliphant made from a real elephant – that you can see in York Minster in England
Read MoreWho invented the crib of Jesus and nativity scene?
My Irish grandmother used to usher myself and my sister into her room at Christmas to show off her nativity set. There was the crib of Jesus centre stage, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, three kings and a couple of…
Read MoreA saint for your lottery numbers
Saint Pantaleon is the patron saint of the lottery – proving there really is a saint for everything. I have even found several prayers online beseeching Pantaleon to pick the right numbers for the faithful. One went like this: Dear…
Read MoreFlorence – a church the Templars would have known
Most of the great churches of Florence would have been unknown to the Templars as they were crushed in 1307 and the places we now see were largely adorned in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. But one church –…
Read MoreChrysanthus and Daria – relics of saints
What happened to saints Chrysanthus and Daria and are the bones under an Italian church really those of the two martyred Romans? The relics of two Roman era saints are, according to faithful Catholics, contained within the medieval cathedral…
Read MoreThe anti-mafia magistrate and a Templar plot
I reproduce below an article written a few years ago. In the 1980s, Carlo Palermo was a brave, anti-mafia magistrate in Italy who resigned from the judiciary in the aftermath of a car bomb assassination attempt. In the 1990s, he…
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