Cacciaguida

Defending the 12th century since the 14th; blogging since the 21st.

Catholicism, Conservatism, the Middle Ages, Opera, and Historical and Literary Objets d'Art blogged by a suburban dad who teaches law and writes stuff.


"Very fun." -- J. Bottum, Editor, FIRST THINGS

"Too modest" -- Elinor Dashwood

"Perhaps the wisest man on the Web" -- Henry Dieterich

"Hat tip: me (but really Cacciaguida)" -- Diana Feygin, Editor, THE YALE FREE PRESS

"You are my sire. You give me confidence to speak. You raise my heart so high that I am no more I." -- Dante

"Fabulous!"-- Warlock D.J. Prod of Didsbury

Who was Cacciaguida? See Dante's PARADISO, Cantos XV, XVI, & XVII.


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Monday, January 08, 2007
 
"Polish Archbishop quits over revelations of communist ties." I always say: stick to reppe stripes, restrained patterns such as pindots or the kind you find on foulards or ancient-madders; maybe an occasional solid.

"Vatican 'didn't know bishop spied.'" Well he wouldn't have been much of a spy if it did, now would he? (The entry for "profession" on his internal passport probably said, "Not spy, that's for darn sure.")