Crying 'the City is lost, but I live,' Emperor Constantine stripped and flung off his royal regalia and 'spurred on his horse and reached the spot where the Turks were coming in large numbers.'
(LifeSiteNews) — An “exciting discovery” has been made at a Greek monastery: a portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos—“believed to be the only portrait of the last emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire”—was uncovered.
This is noteworthy, indeed. Like so many other Christian leaders, Constantine XI (1404-1453) is a forgotten and unsung hero in the West’s long war with Islam, not least due to his inspiring—though ultimately tragic—defense of Constantinople against the Muslim Turks. That moving story is retold below.
Crying 'the City is lost, but I live,' Emperor Constantine stripped and flung off his royal regalia and 'spurred on his horse and reached the spot where the Turks were coming in large numbers.'
(LifeSiteNews) — An “exciting discovery” has been made at a Greek monastery: a portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos—“believed to be the only portrait of the last emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire”—was uncovered.
This is noteworthy, indeed. Like so many other Christian leaders, Constantine XI (1404-1453) is a forgotten and unsung hero in the West’s long war with Islam, not least due to his inspiring—though ultimately tragic—defense of Constantinople against the Muslim Turks. That moving story is retold below.
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