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"Many recall what happened in Rome, at St. Peter’s Basilica, the night of Christmas Day of the year 800. After the Mass, pope Leo III solemnly placed upon the head of Charlemagne the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.

"That night, the basilica of St. Peter gleamed with breathtaking brilliance. A few years earlier, Leo III’s predecessor, pope Hadrian I, had covered the entire floor of the sanctuary with plates of silver; he had covered the walls with gold plates and enclosed it all with a balustrade of gold weighing 1,328 pounds. He had remade the sanctuary gates with silver, and had placed on the iconostasis six images also made of silver, representing Christ, Mary, the archangels Gabriel and Michael, and saints Andrew and John. Finally, in order to make this splendor visible to all, he had ordered the assembly of a candelabrum in the form of a huge cross, on which 1,365 candles burned.

"But less than half a century later, none of this remained..." -- Sandro Magister

Comments

[freder1ck.livejournal.com]

I must thank you for posting this link. I confess myself ignorant of the history of jihad, so this work may be of use to me. I am well acquainted with the many evils of Western civilization, Christianity, etc. I know that many would prefer to turn a blind eye to history, but it can be profoundly useful to know the history of cultures and ideas.

As Cicero said, "not to know what happened before you were born is to remain a child forever."