Daily Rome Shot 1691: When Augustine and his mother Monica were reunited after 1617 years

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.

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