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Willibald and Mother Church, like a hen that cherishes her offspring beneath her wings, won over many adoptive sons to the Lord, protecting them...

They had caught the black plague. So great a hold had it got on them that, scarcely able to move, worn out with fever...

But Tzachas pursued him systematically and did not slacken in rowing. When they approached Chios, Opus managed to anchor his ships first in the...

In both East and West the reverence we pay to images has crystallized into formal ritual. In the Latin Rite the priest is commanded...

Beautiful spot near EphesusThence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...

If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...

After saying this and encouraging the others, he was the first to dash like a firebrand upon the Scythians and struck at the first...

How many souls were slain in the reservoir of Mamel! How many perished of hunger and thirst! How many priests and monks were massacred...

His notices of the Holy Places at Jerusalem, however, are of the highest interest, and some of them are of great archaeological value. Among...

I know that it may seem very bold on my part to write this book when there are so many holy priests capable of...