Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Spain’s King Charles ... Inca emperor Atahualpa is shown in a 19th-century portrait. BPK/Scala, Florence The Inca emperor Atahualpa received warning that Spanish ...

The name also conjures memories of one of the most distinctive of all papal canvases, Raphael’s 1518-20 group portrait of Pope ... of a western European Holy Roman Emperor.

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ...

Despite the legend of Michelangelo lying on his back painting all these scenes, we know from his own poems and sketches (including a sketched self-portrait ... of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles ...

Leo also means “Lion.” Online sources say a lion symbolizes “courage, strength, power, leadership and majesty. In some cultures, the lion also represents justice, ferocity and protection.” A lion is ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

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Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...