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In the little Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, in the left aisle of the church, a reliquary is kept containing the skull of the Christian priest Valentine, who may be that very saint glorified in 496
There were several Christian figures of roughly the same period bearing the name Valentine, and alas, there is no way of establishing precisely which of the surviving remains are those of a saint. But the skull from Santa Maria in Cosmedin is venerated by many
Faith · Art · Rome
Plautilla's Veil in Christian Iconography of the Apostle Paul's Beheading
Paul called out to her: "Greetings, Plautilla, daughter of eternal salvation! Lend me the kerchief with which you cover your head, and go yourself beyond the barrier for the people and wait there until I return to you and give back your alms. I shall bind my eyes with
Faith · Art · Museums · Rome
Giotto depicts the kerchief returned to Plautilla on the back of the Stefaneschi Triptych
The Roman noblewoman Plautilla gave Saint Paul her headscarf so that he would have something to blindfold himself with at his execution. Saint Paul promised to return the scarf after his death. On the reverse of the panel showing the beheading of Paul, in the Stefaneschi Triptych, Giotto depicted the
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The Vatican, St Peter's Square in the 1950s
Faith · Art · Museums · Observations · Rome
Guido Reni's Moses, painted between 1620 and 1625, and the influence of Caravaggio
And although the song most apt to the occasion went "don't lose it and don't break it", the masterpiece by Guido Reni in the Galleria Borghese is called "Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law" The canvas dates from 1620-1625. By
Faith · Cinema · Pop Culture · Rome · Humour
A car in a papal mitre rides on a popemobile that is also a car
In the Universe of "Cars", There Is a Pope. And he has not only a papal mitre but also a popemobile, which is to say that he uses as his means of transport, quite literally, creatures of his own kind.
Faith · Science · Society · Rome
Key provisions of the Vatican document on the use of artificial intelligence on its territory
The Governorate of Vatican City, the executive body of the city-state, has established certain rules governing the use of AI on Vatican territory and set up a special Commission on Artificial Intelligence. The main provisions of the document speak of the need to respect human dignity, to ensure the
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Another Circus in the Vatican
Another circus in the Vatican. Nothing new.
Faith · Observations · Rome · Humour
Vatican Publishes Terms of Jubilee 2025 Indulgences, Including Abstaining from Social Media
The Vatican has issued fresh indulgences. In 2025, the remission of sins is offered not only for visiting churches, praying and doing good deeds, but also for giving up television, video games, telephones and social media at least once a week. Folks, we still have a chance. If you thought
Architecture · Mores · Rome · Humour
Benito Mussolini's Personal Gymnasium, the "Palestra del Duce", Designed by the Italian Architect Luigi Moretti
where, judging by the apparatus, the dictator trained, among other things, in hanging upside down
Architecture · Art · Reportage · Rome
You asked for more architecture and interiors, so I went to the newest and most fashionable hotel in Rome: Palazzo Talìa, opened in 2024, whose decoration was the work of Studio Luca Guadagnino, of that very same…
Guadagnino has indeed proved a remarkable decorator. The hotel and its bar occupy a former school built in the 16th century, and nearly everything you see in the interior was made to order for this project. The carpet patterns were designed by the Hermès illustrator Nigel Peake, ceramicists from Sicily