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The Soil In The Crypt Came From Jerusalem
As monks died, the longest-buried monk was exhumed from the crypt to make room for the newly-deceased. The newly-reclaimed bones were then added to the decorative motifs on the walls.Bodies typically spent 30 years decomposing in the soil, before they were exhumed.
The Dark Side of Rome: 3,700 Bodies Displayed In a Chapel
October 31st 2013 Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. – Pope Paul VI, Italian Pope (1897 - 1978).
Since it’s that time of year again – Halloween – I will tell you about the haunting adventure I had in Rome.
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
