Borromeo was the name of the Italian saint who was the patron of apple orchards and stomach diseases. Bosco Bosco means “forest” and pronounced as BOH-sko. Bosco is an Italian saint name but better known as a chocolate syrup. Brando Brando is an Italian variation of Brand which means “...
In fact, for the teachers of Christian doctrine, it was evident that Mary, being the mother of God the Son, King of Heaven, should also have royal status, and, therefore, deserve the dignity of being crowned as Queen of Heaven by who had the legitimate title of Emperor of Heavenly ...
. . To hear the story of the martyrdom of a saint, the zeal and constancy of a virgin, or the Passion of Christ himself are things that really touch a chord; but for the martyred saint to be placed here in living color before our eyes, with the distressed virgin on one side, and ...
The Catholic World Important voices from the world of Italian Catholics came from the intellectuals who gravitated around the journals, some of which linked to the ecclesiastic Institution (La Civiltà cattolica was the Jesuit journal, founded in 1850), with others appearing in the second post-war...
Saint Bonaventure ; canonized April 14, 1482; feast day July 15) was a leading medieval theologian, minister general of the Franciscan order, and cardinal bishop of Albano. He wrote several works on the spiritual life and recodified the constitution of h
was a scholar who founded the Neoplatonic academy and collected an extensive library. He gathered around him the foremost writers and classical scholars of his day, among themMarsilio Ficino, the Neoplatonist who served as the tutor of Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo’s grandson.Lorenzobecame the cent...
was a scholar who founded the Neoplatonic academy and collected an extensive library. He gathered around him the foremost writers and classical scholars of his day, among themMarsilio Ficino, the Neoplatonist who served as the tutor of Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo’s grandson.Lorenzobecame the cent...
and sects down to the 16th century appropriated his prophecy of a third age. But Joachim has always had a double reputation, as saint and as heretic, for cautious Christian thinkers and leaders have seen his writings as highly dangerous. The debate as to whether he was orthodox or heretic ...
Raphael: Saint Michael Overwhelming the DemonSaint Michael Overwhelming the Demon (also known as The Small Saint Michael), oil on wood by Raphael, c. 1505; in the Louvre Museum, Paris. 30 × 26 cm.(more) High Renaissance art, which flourished for about 35 years, from the early 1490s to...
was a scholar who founded the Neoplatonic academy and collected an extensive library. He gathered around him the foremost writers and classical scholars of his day, among themMarsilio Ficino, the Neoplatonist who served as the tutor of Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo’s grandson.Lorenzobecame the cent...