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Sep 8, 20214 min read

Sep 3 The Heliand - Old Norse Epic Poem about the life of Christ

Today in 1830 the first complete edition of the Heliand was published by Johann Andreas Schmeller. This was a ninth century epic poem...

Jul 22, 20215 min read

July 22 Mary Magdalene

Today in 2016 Pope Francis passed a decree declaring a major feast day in honour of Mary Magdalene to be celebrated annually on July...

Jul 2, 20213 min read

July 3 Prester John and Marco Polo

For more than 500 years, Europeans believed a Christian king ruled over a vast empire somewhere in the wilds of Africa, India or the Far...

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Jan 12 Digging up the Bible

Today in 1897 we remember an amazing discovery in ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt. Two English archaeologists, Bernard...

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