early Christianity

May 27, 2018
Barbarian Burial Sheds Light on Legion’s Legends Roman writers and artists often made the “wild and savage” “barbarians” of Germania the subject of their historical reconstructions and commemorative stonework.

February 19, 2017
On 19 February 356 Emperor Constantius II issued a decree closing all the pagan temples in the Roman Empire.

January 13, 2017
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2016 it was celebrated on January 10 ).

December 13, 2015
13 December is the Feast of St. Lucy of Syracuse.

November 23, 2015
23 November is the Feast Day of Saint Clement .

September 19, 2014
Today, September 19, is the feast day of St. Januarius , better known as San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples believed to protect the city from volcanic eruptions.

August 10, 2014
Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo), who died on 10 August 258 in Rome.

January 13, 2014
Today is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2014 it was celebrated on January 12 ).

November 27, 2013
Recently restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla have stirred the debate about whether women were leaders in the early Christian church.