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4 days ago · How Ghent is being transformed into Ancient Greece. Over 30 Greek tragedies will be performed in Ghent over the next eight weeks, inviting audiences to observe the stark parallels between modern and ancient society. Thursday, 2 May 2024.
5 days ago · Short Biography of St Catherine of Siena. Caterina Benincasa was born in Siena on March 25th 1347, the last of 25 children of the wealthy wool-dyer Jacopo Benincasa and Lapa di Puccio dé Piacenti. At the age of six, Catherine received her first vision, near the Church of San Domenico. From this moment onwards the child began to follow a path ...
3 days ago · The steep descent of Via Santa Caterina leads to the Sanctuary and House of St Catherine, which has become a popular place of pilgrimage. The house of the saint was converted into a sanctuary in 1464 and today contains a number of documents and paintings related to her. The original entrance to the complex was from Vicolo del Tiratoio, through ...
St. Catherine of Siena is a saint, mystic and doctor of the Church. Here are 8 things about her to know and share. Jimmy Akin, April 29, 2020 – National Catholic Register. April 29 is the memorial of St. Catherine of Siena. She is a saint, a mystic and a doctor of the Church, as well as a patroness of Italy and of Europe.
5 days ago · Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement, Greece.Credit: Paraxeno. CC BY 3.0/Wikimedia Commons/Paraxeno A 7,000-year-old Neolithic settlement in modern-day Greece has, for the first time, been accurately dated down to the precise years it was built, and findings may provide a reference point in time in dating other archaeological sites in southeastern Europe.
4 days ago · The tale is based on Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone, and all who fall prey to unbending hubris and the destruction it causes. This is the story of a bright Jewish college senior named Judy...
2 days ago · The Proto-Indo-European homeland was the prehistoric linguistic homeland of the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE). From this region, its speakers migrated east and west, and went on to form the proto-communities of the different branches of the Indo-European language family. The most widely accepted proposal about the location of the Proto ...
