

The Roman Basilica of St Stephen
Since we saw the chapel of Ss Primus and Felician in the basilica of St Stephen on the Caelian Hill in Rome yesterday, today we
Since we saw the chapel of Ss Primus and Felician in the basilica of St Stephen on the Caelian Hill in Rome yesterday, today we
Today is the feast day of Ss Primus and Felician, who were martyred for the Faith around the year 297. Their traditional story is not
Yesterday, we looked at the library of Federico da Montefeltro (1422-82), the duke of Urbino, who turned his little fiefdom into one of Italy’s major
On this day in the year 1422 was born the creator of one of the great libraries of the Italian Renaissance, Federico da Montefeltro. He
Today marks the anniversary of the birth in 1436 of a German mathematician and astronomer who is usually known by the Latin name Regiomontanus. His
Earlier this week, we saw the signature which Michelangelo added to his famous sculpture of the Pietà in St Peter’s Basilica, “Michael Angelus Bonarotus Florentinus
When historians of antiquity speak of “the Sack of Rome”, they generally mean the sack perpetrated by the Goths in A.D. 410. This event was
On the calendar of the Novus Ordo and in the Byzantine Rite, today is the feast of the Church Father St Justin, who was martyred