This garden is a memorial to St. Clare of Assisi (c. 1193-1253), religious mystic and follower of apostolic poverty, spiritual friend of St. Francis, and the first woman in Western Europe to compose a ...

The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library is one of the ...

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located southwest about 4 miles from downtown St. Louis in the Tower Grove Park area. It is open year-round Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wear ...

Medieval commentators interpreted this ancient erotic love song to be an allegory of the Virgin Mary, the sealed garden into which the Holy Spirit entered at the Annunciation. Adoration of the Lamb, ...