If you read my last post, you will know how the Catholic Church is obsessed with death. What you may not know, and I didn’t, is how many bodies are entombed in basilica, cathedrals and other churches. In four days in Florence and in three edifices, I stood on or before the tombs of hundreds of saints, popes, cardinals, wealthy church patrons, and notable historic figures including
Charlotte Napoleon Bonaparte
Machiavelli
Dante
Michaelangelo
Enrico Fermi
Leonardo DaVinci
Raphael and Marconi
Donatello
Plus the Italians are great fashion designers, chefs, performers… what a debt we owe to this beautiful culture.
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