He protected many cities and provinces from heresy or restored those in error to the Catholic Faith. St Ignatius made him superior of the upper province of Germany, where he founded many houses and colleges. He wrote two excellent books against the Centuriators of Magdeburg and published a Cate...
The project to erect a statue of Beethoven in his birthplace stalled in 1839 due to lack of funds, and the Beethoven commitee in Bonn announced that it had failed to raise enough money despite an international appeal. An outraged Liszt wrote to the committee offering to make up the funds ne...
Who is Semiramis? According to the historian Eusebius, Semiramis was the wife of Nimrod. In the Sumerian language, her name is “Sammur-amat.” According to less trustworthy traditions, Semiramis was Noah’s granddaughter, and both the mother and wife of Nimrod. Semiramis – The Mother and W...