Shortly afterwards in December 1154, Pope Anastasius IV died. At that time, all the Popes had been high ranking and Italian. Nevertheless, ... and clashed with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I ...

Peter’s merits, said Pope Leo I (440-460), were unique; but the Petrine powers could be and had been transmitted, accruing to the Roman church as a matter of grace.

Measuring an impressive six by three metres, the mosaic design features local fauna, such as sheep, alongside exotic animals like elephants, leopards, and giraffes, identifying Gaza's role as a hub of ...

The grandeur of this church, adorned with gold-plated ceilings and Persian-inspired motifs, directly challenged the legitimacy of the upstart Justinian dynasty, generating a political intrigue that ...

Selected Writings of E. W. Brooks, in 383 bookmarked pdf pages. Ernest Walter Brooks (1863-1955), a distinguished historian and Syriac scholar, published these ...

For example, the silver spoons, typical of the Byzantine era, bear Greek inscriptions that could be linked to Christian rituals. A silver platter, known as the “Anastasius Dish”, bears the monogram of ...

Church of John the Baptist sits east of the Jordan River. Built during the reign of Emperor Anastasius (491-518 AD), this Byzantine church is revered as the site where Jesus was baptized by John the ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE. Born around 430 CE in Dyrrhachium (modern-day Albania), and was originally a high-ranking official in the Byzantine civil service before ...

AIGIALEIA, GREECE—ArtNet News reports that a portrait of the Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was discovered during restoration work at the Holy Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarchon ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

Basic Catholic doctrine on the ordering of society was laid down by Pope Gelasius I in a letter to the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I in 494: “Two there are, august Emperor, by which this world ...

It is located in the center of the city Venetian bread located in the center of the fortress, it was built by the Byzantine emperor Anastasius. Mosaic of the Beauty of Durrës it is the pride of the ...