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4 days ago · A total of 31 kings were crowned in the Cathedral of Reims, which remains one of the most important religious buildings in France. It is also there that St. Remy baptized Clovis I in 496, making him the first Christian king of France, thus initiating the great Christian history of the country, then called the “Eldest Daughter of the Church.”
4 days ago · Primat of Saint-Denis (died c. 1277) was a French Benedictine monk and historian of the abbey of Saint-Denis. He wrote Roman des rois (Romance of Kings) tracing the kings of the Franks from the origins until the death of Philip II of France in 1223 and extended at a later date to the death of Charles V of France in 1380.
2 days ago · Rumi was born to Persian parents, [35] [12] [13] [36] in Balkh, [37] modern-day Afghanistan or Wakhsh, [4] a village on the East bank of the Wakhsh River known as Sangtuda in present-day Tajikistan. [4] The area, culturally adjacent to Balkh, is where Mawlânâ's father, Bahâ' uddîn Walad, was a preacher and jurist. [4]
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2 days ago · After the reconstruction of the Abbey of Monte Cassino and the papal reconsecration of its cathedral, Dom Antonio shared, “life resumed” at the abbey: Today, it is the humble home of eight Benedictine monks who continue to live a quiet life of prayer, work and study, faithfully observing the rule written by St. Benedict in the abbey 1,500 ...
1 day ago · Plans for the Church of St. Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, were approved in 1757 with a dome 275 feet tall over a Greek cross plan. The architect of the church, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, wanted to surpass the dome of London's St. Paul's Cathedral and, like St. Paul's, the dome consisted of three shells. Unlike St. Paul's, and due to ...
Phone: (518) 489-4442. Visit Website. Send Email. 1. 1. Overview. St. Sophia Greek Festival is BACK this May! Our Festival kicks off Friday, May 17th at 6pm and runs through Sunday, May 19th. Come and enjoy continuous LIVE Greek Music and Greek dancers in traditional costumes, authentic homemade Greek Foods & Pastry, souvenir and jewelry shops ...
2 days ago · It is often referred to simply as Saint-Rémy, its official name until 12 April 1953. Located in the northern part of the ( Alpilles ), of which it is the main town, it had a population of 9,692 as of 2020.
