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These Medieval Monks Scribbled Notes in the Margins of Their Books More Than 1,000 Years Ago
In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental Europe. Written during Ireland’s golden age (between the sixth and ninth centuries), the manuscripts ...
Editor’s Note: EWTN News In Depth correspondent Colm Flynn recently traveled to Bobbio, Italy, to share some amazing facts about an Irish saint. Below is an adapted transcribed report, printed with ...
Was Christopher Columbus really the first European to discover America? Since the discovery of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows in eastern Canada in the 1960s, historians have begun to ...
Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture. Now on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, the ...
For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...
MUSKEGON, MI -- The Hackley Public Library stuns with its high ceilings and painted-glass windows. There’s plenty to discover in Muskegon’s local library, but tucked up against the back wall is a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Over seven miles off the Irish coast, lie the sea crags of Skellig Michael, a breathtaking island once home to a community of reclusive monks.
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