Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ...

This past January, Pope Francis appointed Simona Brambilla ... working to protect them from domination by the Holy Roman Empire to the north—in one instance by deposing and murdering the ...

Originally founded by Holy Roman Emperor Otto III in 998, St. Bartholomew is the titular church of Cardinal Blase Cupich following Cardinal Francis George before him. (Brian Cassella/Chicago ...

Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, married Louis XVI in 1774, when she was 14 and the royal just 15. It was said that her smile had an 'enchantment' that could win ...

However, he had no desire to replace the fitful Francis with the even more erratic Henry. Another foe was the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, boasted a court of equal ...

The next pope isn’t expected to be a “Francis II” or a “Benedict XVII ... door—avoiding the pack of journalists outside the Holy Office. He ducked into a nearby café, pausing ...

The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by various European nations for various reasons, ignited in 1618 over an attempt by the king of Bohemia (the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand ... In ...

Knaus presented it in 1760 to the Holy Roman Emperor Francis Stephen. The automata, shown in the nearby figure, was made by Knaus in 1764 and was donated to his patron Prince Charles of Lorraine. The ...

A cottage industry has sprung up around Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope. Many of the revenue streams—even in Rome—are ...