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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 ).

March 19, 2016
As we know from a document referring to his widowed wife Catalina, Italian painter Giuliano da Rimini was dead by 19 March 1346.

December 28, 2015
Today (28 December) is the Feast Day of the Holy Innocents.

December 27, 2015
Today (27 December) is the Feast Day of St. John the Evangelist.

December 11, 2015
New Exhibition: ‘Maestà’: Gaddi’s Triptych Reunited at the New York Historical Society, 11 December 2015­­–20 March 2016.

New Exhibition: ‘Maestà’: Gaddi’s Triptych Reunited at the New York Historical Society, 11 December 2015­­–20 March 2016.

July 2, 2015
2 July is the Feast of the Visitation , which is recounted in Luke 1:39-57 .

March 25, 2015
March 25 marks the Feast of the Annunciation, commemorating Gabriel’s visit to Mary with the message that she would bear the Son of God.

January 13, 2015
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 2015 it was celebrated on January 11 ).

October 9, 2014
Word of the day: aia (Italian)

October 3, 2014
October 3 marks the anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.