Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Prelude to the Battle of Manila Bay -- Late April, 1898

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Dewey's flagship Olympia in Hong Kong, painted gray and ready for battle. This week less 120 years, the protected cruiser USS Olymp...
Friday, March 30, 2018

The Shroud of Turin ~ A brief theoretical early provenance

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A 16th century image showing the Shroud of Turin by Giulio Clovio. Click here to see the full image. Today being Good Friday for Chri...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Paul, Apostle of Christ ~ Telling part of the story

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Click here to view the trailer. With the idea of supporting religious film-making, I took the family out to see Paul the Apostle last n...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Pulcheria ~ Princess. Empress. Saint. A brief video biography.

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The daughter of the Eastern emperor Arcadius, Aelia Pulcheria (AD 398-453) was the granddaughter of Theodosius the Great, the last man to...
Friday, March 23, 2018

"They went with all speed to the palace carrying weapons and raising a great tumult" ~ March 23, AD 536, Mutiny of Justinian's Army in Africa

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6th century mosaic of Saint Vitalis attired as a gray-haired late Roman soldier. After his stunning re-conquest of Roman north Africa, a...
Monday, March 19, 2018

"An object of dread to the demons" ~ A brief video bio of Saint Moses the Black

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Saint Moses the Black ~ From the Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen, AD 445 Presenting a brief video biography of one of the most fascinatin...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Fortune Cookies for Geeks -- The Top 60 Fortunes

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Several years ago, when I still thought Fantasy/Sci-Fi conventions were good places to sell books, we came up with a promotion to give aw...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Belisarius smashes the retreating Goths -- Procopius's description of the end of the great siege of Rome, AD 538

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Click to share on Facebook. Of all Belisarius’s victories, the defeat of the great Gothic host under King Vittiges which had besieged Ro...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

The second-most-famous vision of a cross in the sky

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Cross in the sky over Jerusalem - as imagined by Jan Luyken, ca. 1700. Most people are aware of the famous vision seen by Constantine th...
Sunday, March 04, 2018

"This scoundrel does not even have a bone in his body" ~ Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of Italy

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Theodoric slays Odoacer, March 15, AD 493. On March 5 in AD 493, Theodoric the Ostrogoth entered Ravenna, having forced Odoacar the Scir...
Thursday, March 01, 2018

"Cut off a thong of his skin" ~ The martyrdom of Saint Herculanus AD 549

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The Burial of St. Ercolano outside the Gates of Perugia by Benedetto Bonfigli, ca. 1460. March 1 is the feast day of the ancient Itali...
Monday, February 26, 2018

"Remain quiet and leave me to act as an emperor" ~ The accession of Valentinian I as Roman Emperor

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The " Colossus of Barletta " which may be a likeness of Valentinian I.  February 26 in the year AD 364, Valentinian I succeed...
Friday, February 09, 2018

"Now, leave if you can" ~ Saint Scholastica and her brother, Saint Benedict

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Click to share on Facebook. February 10 is the feast of Saint Scholastica, the lesser-known sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the foun...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

Saint Ignatius to Trajan: "You are in error when you call the dæmons of the nations gods."

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Click here to share on Facebook. "Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?" ~Sai...