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Bread used during the Divine Liturgy was s
Danny Bird What made you decide to write about the collapse of the western Roman empire and the rise of Christianity? Alice Roberts I’ve long been fascinated by this historical period, especially in B
From penance to indulgence, everything you need to know about Christian holy journeys in Middle Ages Europe
A hoard of British coins bearing the inscription of King Cunobelin and found in a Dutch field in October 2023 have been identified as very likely to be the spoils of war of a Roman soldier from the co
In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle
Collector Simone Daiber presses an antique wax seal stamp into a blob of soft, red wax. As she gently lifts the stamp, a shiny button-like seal is revealed: Je ne chante que pour vous (I sing only for
