Italy On This Day

Financially shrewd pontiff used papal cash for building projects Pope Clement XII commission many architectural works in Rome and Ancona Lor...

The L’Aquila Earthquake Shock measuring 6.3 magnitude killed more than 300 The central Italy region of Abruzzo suffered a major disaster on ...

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere - condottiero Medici soldier who fathered Cosimo I de' Medici Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, the military leader ...

NEW - Benedict the Moor – Saint Devout son of slaves was canonised by a Pope An Afro-Sicilian Franciscan friar known as Benedict the Moor, ...

Devout son of slaves was canonised by a Pope Benedict the Moor was recognised for his compassion towards the poor and his forbearance An Afr...