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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death Charles I of Spain co-king with his mother Joanna 1516–1556: 24 February 1500 Ghent son of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile: Isabella of Portugal 10 March 1526 3 children: 21 September 1558 Yuste aged 58 Philip II of Spain 1556–1598: 21 May 1527 Valladolid son of Charles IV and Isabella of ...
Images of Jesus tend to show ethnic characteristics similar to those of the culture in which the image has been created. Beliefs that certain images are historically authentic, or have acquired an authoritative status from Church tradition, remain powerful among some of the faithful, in Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Roman ...
In ancient Roman religion, a lucus ([ˈɫ̪uː.kʊs], plural lucī) is a sacred grove. Lucus was one of four Latin words meaning in general "forest, woodland, grove" (along with nemus , silva , and saltus ), but unlike the others it was primarily used as a religious designation, meaning "sacred grove". [ 1 ]
The king did not have possession of the land nor was he the repository of sovereignty since this was formally held by the Corona de Logu, a council of elders (representatives of the administrative districts - Curadorias) and high priests. They appointed the ruler and attributed the supreme power to him, while maintaining the power to ratify ...
Scientists have re-created what they believe Jesus looked like, and he's not the figure we're used to seeing in many religious images. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked Skip to main ...
Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria di Savoia was born in Turin, the eldest son of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia, and of his wife Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. From his birth to his succession to the throne of Sardinia in 1796, Charles Emmanuel was styled "Prince of Piedmont". [1]
In the traditional scheme of the Stations of the Cross, the final Station is the burial of Jesus. Though this constitutes a logical conclusion to the Via Crucis, it has been increasingly regarded as unsatisfactory [by whom?] as an end-point to meditation upon the Paschal mystery, which according to Christian doctrine culminates in, and is incomplete without, the Resurrection (see, for example ...
Location: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy: Region: Sardinia: Coordinates: Type: Necropolis: History; Founded: 6th century BC: Cultures: Punic, Roman: Site notes; Management: Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage in the Provinces of Cagliari and Oristano (Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Cagliari e Oristano)