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…the new bishop of Rome: “A warm welcome to the new pontiff Jorge Mario Bergoglio,” said Alemanno on his Twitter account. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was moved by the simplicity…

…called “My Prisons” author Silvio Pellico wrote an account of the suffering endured by Italian patriots at Spielberg and other Austrian dungeons. In August 1836, having accepted the offer of…

…Saint Apollonius was one of these defenders. The account in the Roman Martyrology is as follows: “At Rome, commemoration of Saint Apollonius, philosopher and martyr. Under the Emperor Commodus, he…

The 2013 edition of the “Giugno Pisano” – traditionally the ‘magical’ month for Pisa – will be even more attractive on account of the number and quality of the events…

…After this account, Joseph becomes noticeably absent from scripture. He is not mentioned at the wedding feast of Cana, nor is he mentioned during the ministries of Jesus or at…

…posterity was his book, Il Navigazioni (The Navigations), the first account of the exploration of West Africa. In it, he accurately described the land, rivers, people, places, flora, fauna, trade,…

…are your favorite winemakers in history, through personal account, or their wines? Daniel Schuster is my favorite winemaker. Wine is my life and my passion and I’ve been living around…

…just made up stories and instead, could have possibly existed? Has there ever been a monster in Italy that has been documented by eyewitness accounts. The answer is yes. The…

…one God. Much of the account of Patrick’s life which you read is gleaned from his Confession, a document he wrote entirely in Latin, shortly before his death. The Confession…

…opera, I Pagliacci, the second of nine operas and the only one set in town. The subject of Pagliacci is based on Leoncavallo’s account of that tragic fact.  But what happened…