Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. The Praise of Folly is perhaps his best-known work.
Common in the Romantic languages, including French, Didier has its origins in the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. The translation of Desiderius, from the Latin “desiderium,” means ...
Saint Januarius was the Bishop of Benevento in Campania; he was arrested and taken to Nola, where he was cast into a burning furnace, from which he came forth unharmed; at Puteoli, together with ...