Church Fathers
The Death of St Benedict
In the Byzantine tradition, Pope St Gregory I is given the epithet “Διάλογος – the Dialogist.” This comes from a collection of stories of the
Gregory DiPippo March 21, 2023 No Comments
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Historia
The Ides of March
March 15th, the Ides of March in the ancient Roman dating system, is of course the single most famous date in ancient Roman history, the
Gregory DiPippo March 15, 2023 No Comments
Historia
Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne
On this day in the year 840, one of the biographers of Charlemagne, a man named Einhard, died at the age of roughly 65. (His
Gregory DiPippo March 14, 2023 No Comments
Church Fathers
The Regula Pastoralis of St Gregory the Great
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Pope St Gregory I in the year 604, after a reign of 13½ years. His feast was
Gregory DiPippo March 13, 2023 No Comments
Church Fathers
The Forty Martyrs
In the Eastern churches, among the most famous of the early martyrs is a group of forty soldiers who died for the Faith during the
Gregory DiPippo March 10, 2023 No Comments
Church Fathers
A Sermon of St Augustine on Ss Perpetua and Felicity
On Tuesday, we looked at the Passion of Ss Perpetua and Felicity, one of the most important surviving accounts of an early Christian martyrdom. The
Gregory DiPippo March 9, 2023 No Comments
Church Fathers
The Martyrdom of Ss Perpetua and Felicity
On this day in the year 203 AD, two young women named Perpetua and Felicity were martyred in the arena at Carthage. Their feast is
Gregory DiPippo March 7, 2023 No Comments
Church Fathers
Vocabula Mira: “Cenodoxia” – St John Cassian on Vainglory
As we noted two days ago, eight of the twelve books of St John Cassian’s Institutes for Monasteries treat of the principal vices which monks
Gregory DiPippo March 2, 2023 No Comments