Scholars aim to study a neglected series of Medieval Welsh-language sources...
Tag: Medieval Saints
What’s in a Name?
March 2013 a jesuit was elected Pope and chose the name of Francis. Here he explains why...
What’s in a name 1?
St. Francis was famously called by a Crucifix in San Damiano to be a rebuilder of churches...
What’s in a name 2?
Gentle, humble, friendly and always cheerful: St. Francis was a master in humility...
What’s in a name 3?
St. Francis, who preached to birds and talked to fish and foxes, was an enthusiastic Lover of Nature…
What’s in a Name 4?
St. Francis was a charismatic crusader…
Pope Resigns
Celestine V (1295) was until now the only resigned pope...
Visionary Work
Hildegard of Bingen was a visionary person...
Hildegard von Bingen-Boom
In 2012, as a recognition her her "holiness of life and the originality of her teaching", Hildegard of Bingen was named Doctor of the Church. This is boosting local heritage business at Bingen.
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen is appointed Doctor of the Church...
Jeanne d’Arc as a French Icon
Jeanne d'Arc as a French Icon
Giotto and Dante
A double portrait of San Francesco by Dante and Giotto reflects the crisis in Italy...
St. Agnes of Bohemia and her Franciscan Convent in Prague
Exhibition in Prague (2012) tells the story of St. Agnes of Bohemia, who followed in the footsteps of her cousin, St. Elisabeth, and founded a Franciscan convent