Saturday 20 April |

Saint of the Day: Bl. Chiara Bosatta

Medieval

SOURDOUGH BREAD

J-P Mauro

Discovery of sourdough bread oven offers insight into a medieval Cistercian monastery

Sainte Chapelle

V. M. Traverso

Some of the most beautiful stained glass churches of the world

MALTA STORY

Jean Pierre Fava - Malta Tourism Authority

The fascinating story of the Marian National Shrine and Our Lady of the Grotto of Mellieħa, in Malta

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John Burger

Treasured art collection at Princeton now free online for limited time

DOOM PAINTING, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

J-P Mauro

See the Coventry “Doom” painting, hidden for nearly 500 years

MEDIEVAL SHRINE

J-P Mauro

U.K. rail workers discover a medieval shrine in cave

Nelli’s “Last Supper”

J-P Mauro

21-foot Last Supper painted by a nun restored to former glory

CHANT

J-P Mauro

Dominicans’ YouTube channel will teach you to chant, for free

Uncovering the house of the Blackfriars in Stirling

J-P Mauro

Remains of Scottish revolutionary-era friar identified from clothes

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

J-P Mauro

St. Thomas Becket’s bloodied tunic to return to Canterbury

REYES VISIGODOS

Daniel Esparza

Aleteia is now on Spotify! Here’s our Visigothic chant playlist

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J-P Mauro

This stained glass window is larger than a tennis court

J-P Mauro

Trobár’s authentic medieval music educates with each performance

Hagia Sophia

J-P Mauro

Scientists digitally recreate Hagia Sophia acoustics

Rievaulx Abbey

Zelda Caldwell

Here’s how medieval monks prepared for Christmas

GREGORIAN CHANT

Daniel Esparza

Listen to the Benedictine Monks of Silos singing Gregorian Chant

POPE GREGORY I

Daniel Esparza

How Gregorian chant was born and why it’s called Gregorian

GREGORIAN CHANT

Daniel Esparza

Listen to all the mysteries of the Rosary, in Gregorian chant

CHOIR BOOK

Lucien de Guise

Medieval choirs sang from these 3-foot-tall books

CODEX,AMIATINUS

Daniel Esparza

The “Codex Amiatinus” is the earliest surviving manuscript of the complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate

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