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Showing posts with label Pope Adrian I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Adrian I. Show all posts
22 January 2025

Second Council of Nicaea, Part 2

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The first part of the Second Council of Nicaea—in which I discuss the agenda of the first three sessions—is here . The fourth session was to...
21 January 2025

Second Council of Nicaea, Part 1

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The Second Council of Nicaea (24 September - 13 October 787) was the last of seven ecumenical councils that took place with participation fr...
22 September 2023

Medieval Mosaics

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Mosaic art—arranging pieces of stone, glass (called  tesserae ), or other material to make shapes and pictures—has existed since the 3rd mil...
09 March 2023

Charlemagne's Wives & Concubines, Part 2

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Continuing with Hildegard of Vinzgau, Charlemagne's official second wife (as opposed to a concubine like Himiltrude): with her he had ni...
20 December 2022

The Life of Charlemagne

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There are two "Lives" of Charlemagne, one by Einhard who was a member of the Carolingian court for decades, and one by a "Mo...
02 December 2015

Charlemagne's Father-in-Law

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Desiderius, from a 15th century miniature I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and s...
01 December 2015

Charlemagne and the Popes

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The Vatican is considered the "Smallest Country in the World." Its 0.17 square-mile size (110 acres) makes it the smallest recogn...
02 December 2013

The Deal with Charlemagne

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Charlemagne is no stranger in this blog, and most people learned in school of his Christmas Day coronation . The truth is, as I mentioned ...