Daily Medieval

After King Henry IV of Germany and Pope Gregory VII clashed over several issues, Henry decided to depose Gregory and put Guibert of Ravenna ...

When St. Benedict decided to create a place where men could quietly contemplate God, removed from the cares of the world, he chose a 1700-f...

Willibald spent ten years at Monte Cassino, sharing the experiences of his wide travels and helping to shape the monastic experience for Mo...

Although St. Willibald wrote about St. Boniface (to whom he was related on his mother's side), what we mostly know about him came from ...

I suppose if we wanted to find a Christian parallel to Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas would be an obvious choice. Born into the aristocracy, not...

You would think that being named pope is the highest achievement for a man in that particular field, and that it comes with the power to ...

St. Peter Damian, letter writer Peter Damian (c.1007 - 21 February 1072/3), the author of the Liber Gomorrhianus , was more than just a ...