800 Saint’s Skulls

800 Saint’s Skulls May 5, 2013

Did you know that the cathedral of Otranto in southern Italy is decorated with the skulls of 800 Christians who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers in 1480? (yes they are REAL SKULLS)

Well you should because next Sunday, May 12, they will become the skulls of saints, Pope Francis is canonizing all of them. He will instantly break the record for the pope who has created the most saints. Wow! 

You can read more about it here, in a great article by Damian Thompson 


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