Banners outside the San Giovanni Bosco church on the city's outskirts described him as the “King of Rome”. The priest said he had no control over what happened outside the church. It comes ...
Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts ...
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The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified ...
A piece of heaven An important part of this strategy involved religion. The Emperor of Rome was already the most powerful man on earth, but this wasn’t enough. Augustus wanted a piece of heaven ...
The royal, 52, joined King Felipe VI on their first stop in Rome, where the pair dropped by an art school - the Royal Academy of Spain - to meet with the Hispanitas Italiano Association for its ...
In the early days, Rome was ruled by kings. Romulus was supposedly the first king. The last king was Tarquin the Proud. He ruled until 509BC, when the people of Rome drove him out. Rome then ...
But the royal reburial has brought back difficult memories for many and caused anger, as the BBC's Sofia Bettiza in Rome reports. King Victor Emmanuel III was infamously nicknamed Sciaboletta ...
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