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...disappointment for those expecting to see the Holy Shroud, believed by some to be the sheet that was wrapped around the body of Christ after the crucifixion: only a reproduction is regularly available for viewing at the Capella della Santissima Sindone. More satisfying is the Egyptian Museum, which has the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts outside Cairo...
...Trafalgar the biggest battleship was the Spanish Santissima Trinidad. It was destroyed by Nelson's fleet in spite of its name and 30 guns. The crew of the Corpus Christi should not expect any special protection, at least in this world...
...Dutch and the Spaniards arrived in Formosa in the 1620s. They fought the head-hunting Formosan aborigines and each other. In 1644 the Dutch captured the Spanish stronghold of La Santissima Trinidad at Keelung, but their victory was short-lived. Formosa was being inundated with South Chinese fleeing before the Manchu invaders of China. In 1661 one refugee, the pirate Koxinga, turned up at Formosa with a fleet and an army of 25,000 men, overwhelmed Formosa's small Dutch garrison and proclaimed himself king of the island. Though he ruled for only a year before his death, Koxinga...
Fortnight ago, Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena visited the Holy Father in the Vatican, as they had his predecessor. Last week the King bestowed the Supreme Order of Santissima Annunziata upon Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Papal Secretary of State. This decoration, which makes its owner an honorary "cousin of the King," has long been held by Pius XII. Next, the Holy Father gave Foreign Minister Count Ciano a moderately good decoration, the Order of the Golden Spur. The Vatican whispered that this week Il Duce is to pay a formal call on Il Papa (although the Pa lazzo Venezia...
...They celebrate the village's patron saint and include concerts, processions and evening illuminations. The society of San Giueppe di Riesi will celebrate July 28-30 and that of San Giuseppe di Pietra on Aug. 4-6. Others who have not yet set a date are those of Maria Santissima della Cava di Pletraperzia, San Calegro di Sciacca and the Madonna di Anzano...