Daily Medieval

According to tradition, the apostles Bartholomew and Jude Thaddeus (the double name was to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot and from stor...

Gregorio Papareschi was a Cluniac monk who was made a cardinal deacon in 1116 by Pope Paschal II . After Paschal, Pope Calixtus II sent him...

Speaking of the monastic life... Today (13 May) is the feast day of John the Silent (452-558), who took living a private life to an extr...