Daily Archives: 5 November 2023

ROME 23/10 – Day 36: SURPRISE!

The sun rose over Rome at 06:45 and it set some time ago at 17:02 The Ave Maria is still in the 17:30 cycle. It is the Feast of Holy Relics and the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. I have two … Read More

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VIDEO: Feast of the Holy Relics

In the traditional Roman calendar,  the Vetus Ordo, today is the Feast of Holy Relics. No, we are not celebrating your superannuated pastor. Someone will, I hope, correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe there is a … Read More

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What does the new Latin inscription really say? – “P.M.A.X.”

UPDATE: This was suggested by a reader… The letters “P. M. A. X” are not a – ridiculous – maltreatment of ‘P. MAX.’, but should be read as ‘P.M. A.X’, i.e. ‘Pontifex Maximus, anno decimo’. The work was done *in … Read More

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