In 2005 the bones of St. Augustine were brought to Rome from Pavia to the Church of St. Augustine, where there is also the tomb of Augustine’s mother, Monica.
It was the first time in 1617 years that they had been reunited.
- I posted about my favorite image of St. Augustine over at my evolving Substack. I’m still figuring out how it works. HERE
- I can take a few Mass intentions.
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I feel like such an underachiever…
Jonny is giving us all a chance now ? Enjoy retirement ? https://t.co/c20wIDQYor pic.twitter.com/bWPOZiO8qz
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) August 27, 2026
And…
That’s a relief pic.twitter.com/TPG5KjFoxY
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) August 28, 2026
And… knock on wood!
this is amazing. the semantron has existed since early christian monastic communities, & during periods of persecution such as it was under ottoman rule, who often restricted the use of church bells, wooden semantrons were used instead. https://t.co/ubqfqHXIAN
— ????? ? (@byzantinecopt) August 28, 2026
White to move and mate in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
She is clearly the Neil Peart of Samantron.
White to move and mate in 4
Note that if the white queen moves from the 5th rank black has immediate mate with Rh5. So if white moves the queen all black’s following moves must be forced. In a way this makes the solution easier to find and certainly makes it easier to write the solution down.
1. Qxb7+ Rxb7 forced
2. Rxb7+ Ka8 forced
3. Rc8+ Bb8 forced
4. Rcxb8#