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February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

January 28, 2017
Roman Sundial Shaped Like a Ham is Reactivated A small timekeeping device shaped like a chunk of prosciutto has been reanimated, though not quite in the flesh, by a team of researchers at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli using 3-D printing technology.

January 22, 2017
Constantine III was Byzantine Emperor for just four months in 641

January 22, 2017
The joint feast day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, executed by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 304, and Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Christian convert killed in 628, is celebrated on 22 January.

January 14, 2017
The British Museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759.

January 8, 2017
On 8 January 1963 the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. set a precedent for the blockbuster museum shows that dominated the rest of the century.

December 31, 2016
Lorenzo de’ Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was born on 1 January 1449 in Florence.

December 25, 2016
As foretold in Isaiah’s prophesy about the Messiah (Isaiah 1:3) and recounted in the Gospels, Christ’s life on earth began in a stable in Bethlehem.

December 18, 2016
The Galleria Alessandra Bonomo in Rome is the site of a new installation by Joan Jonas designed specifically for the space.

December 11, 2016
The Mona Lisa is the focus of much creative projection and sleuthing.