When in Rome
a journal of life in Vatican City
1st. ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - Doubleday, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
72,250 words, Guess
Page Count
289 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL697999M
- ISBN-100385486472
- OCLC Control Number37827480
- OCLC Control Numberwheninromejourna00hutc_0
- Library of Congress Control Number97045569
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- Goodreads162932
- LibraryThing28248
Classifications
- DDC945.6/34
- LCCDG794 .H87 1998
Description
When in Rome is a backstairs tour of one of the world's most mysterious and eccentric cities. Hutchinson introduces the varied and colorful individuals who live and work in the Vatican. In the process, he explores the mysterious orders of medieval knights, some dating back to the First Crusade, which still play a vital role in the Vatican; explains how bumbling Vatican archaeologists found, and then lost, the bones of St. Peter; probes the sex lives of the popes, from the "pornocracy" of Sergius III to the incestuous orgies of Rodrigo Borgia; experiences high fashion in the Holy See, including a visit to the pope's personal tailor; encounters the weird relics of Catholicism, such as the mummified body of St. Pius X and a museum made entirely out of human bones; recounts the true story behind the True Cross, now kept in a run-down church near the Colosseum; and much, much more.
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