Even Pope Benedict XVI agreed in a 2012 book that Dionysius Exiguus, the sixth-century monk who first calculated the year of Jesus' birth, miscounted, and that Jesus was likely born between 7 B.C. and 2 B.C. (Note that modern writers often use "C.E." for "Common Era" instead of ...
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When was Aaron Burr born? Aaron Burr: Aaron Burr had a remarkably interesting life. He was married twice: first to a woman with whom he had had an affair during the Revolutionary War and later to a widow nineteen years younger than him. He also killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. ...
Saint Scholastica is the twin sister of Saint Benedict, born to noble Romans around the year 480 CE. Her mother died in childbirth, and Saint Scholastica was known, literally from her birth, to be both a blessing from the Divine and wholeheartedly dedicated to the Divine. ...
Question: When and where did Diego Velazquez die? Diego Velazquez Diego Velazquez was a painter and courtier during the Spanish Golden Age. Born in 1599 with the name Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velazquez, he was trained as an artist from a young age by Francisco Pacheco. As his reputation...
Like Mary, I was born into a similar updated version of this cult—three hundred years later (at least burning/hanging witches stopped, for now). By the time of her abduction duringKING PHILIP’S WAR,the beginning of the real end for the sovereignty of New England’s Native People, Mary...
Antonio José Martínez, eldest of his siblings, was born in 1793 at Abiquiú, NM six years before President Washington died, the year the cornerstone of the White House was laid, and the Cotton Gin invented. The family moved to Taos when Antonio José was eleven. He was seventeen when Pad...
I was in the vendor room so I didn’t get to see all the panels, and gave my friend Rock priority for the panels he wanted to see (the ladies panel included). But I did catch some. Saturday I walked into the ballroom to Richard Speight, Jr. asking Rob Benedict: Do you want the...
The beautiful thing about arepas is that you could fill them with about anything. I had been cooking a whole bunch of chicken thighs and legs in the crockpot, and a recipe was born. I looked at a few other chicken arepa recipes for inspiration, and got to work. Here’s what you need...