Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

A farmer’s 1860 discovery in Slovakia, the Monomachos Crown, may link to Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX. Featuring enameled ...

A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...

This is why Roman (Byzantine) emperors were referred to as the “Lord’s Anointed” and linked to biblical heroes, as they became the default defenders of Christ’s faith in this world. The new Roman ...

One such event was a crucial letter written on June 22, 1525, by Pope Clement VII to Mercurio Arborio di Gattinara, Grand Chancellor to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI's speech at a German university, which has angered Muslims around the world.