Church of San Vitale in Ravenna
We know him best from one portrait, made when he was in his sixties and shimmering in colored mosaic stone on the walls of...
Mid-September for the feast of Cyprian
A market festival occurred there every year in mid-September for the feast of Cyprian, the martyred Christian bishop of Africa in the third century....
Danube frontier
This empire’s sway at the outermost boundaries of territory changed little in the eastern provinces. Though there had been military alarms and excursions in...
Antiochus Strategos part 27
Willibald and Mother Church, like a hen that cherishes her offspring beneath her wings, won over many adoptive sons to the Lord, protecting them...
Antiochus Strategos part 26
Soon after he came there, the archbishop St. Boniface, Burchard and Wizo consecrated him and invested him with the sacred authority of the episcopate....
Antiochus Strategos part 25
The Supreme Pontiff, in whom is vested the highest authority, at once replied that his command was sufficient permission, and he ordered him to...
Antiochus Strategos part 24
After this, a priest who came from Spain to St. Benedict’s and stayed there asked permission of Abbot Petronax to go to Rome. When...
Antiochus Strategos part 23
Embarking once more, they came to a city called Naples and remained there several days. It is the seat of an archbishop whose dignity...
Antiochus Strategos part 22
They were there for a long time waiting for a ship to get ready. Afterwards they sailed during the whole of the winter, from...
Antiochus Strategos part 21
Then they travelled across a wide plain covered with Olive trees, and with them travelled an Ethiopian and his two camels, who led a...
