The church and convent of Sant’Antonio al Seggio sits on an intersection of southern Italy’s narrow cobblestone streets. Its arched entrance faces a bench and a handful of foliage. Inside the cozy ...

A medieval prayer scroll once left forgotten in a box of old leaflets, the Bar Convent Arma Christi, has been revealed as a ...

Emerging in monasteries and convents, apothecaries were later incorporated into guilds to serve the general public. But the ...