Venice and Bari competed for the saint’s remains and Bari won, largely because of its large Greek community. (Greeks have ...

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The discovery could muddy the conventional wisdom about the true resting place of the saint’s relics, which is currently ...

The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

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Agios Dionysios was born in Zakynthos in 1547. He was the son of an aristocratic family and was given a Christian upbringing ...

The discovery of Saint Nicholas’ possible burial site is a fascinating reminder of the historical roots of our modern ...

The coffin of St. Nicholas — considered the primary inspiration for Santa Claus due to his generosity — may have been ...

By hanging his black canvases from the ceiling, Murillo devised a disorienting, labyrinth-like space where viewers could lose ...