New Books

New titles that may be of interest to our readers. Both are available at Amazon.com

• The Pantamerone: Or, The Story of Stories by Giambattista Basile

Publisher: Legare Street Press
Publication Date: July 18, 2023
Hardcover: $33.95
Language: English
Pages: 266

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• The Philosophy of Giambattista Vico by Benedetto Croce

Publisher: Alpha Edition
Publication Date: September 22, 2023
Paperback: $15.82
Language: English
Pages: 246

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A Pilgrimage to Rome

A friend on pilgrimage to Rome sent us a few pictures of the churches she visited so far in the Eternal City.

Santa Maria Scala Coeli

Transito di Santa Caterina da Siena

Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva

San Paolo alle Tre Fontane

Santa Maria Maggiore

Unquantifiable and Irrelevant Data

Yesterday we reached over 2,000,000 visitors and would like to thank all fifteen or twenty of our regular readers who keep coming back.

I believe in what we are doing and stand by our project, but I have a sneaking suspicion the numbers are being manipulated by bots or referrer spam. We are way too “niche” to be this “popular.” Plus, I know I’m not that good of a writer.

On the other hand, people do write us encouraging emails and strangers recognize me at certain events more often than I’m comfortable with. So I guess anything is possible.

I don’t care enough about content analytics to study them, after all, this is not a money-making venture or a popularity contest. Unwilling to pander, we wouldn’t change a thing if we had ten or ten thousand readers.

Whatever the real numbers, we are truly grateful to everyone who believes in our mission and supports us. Il Regno is a labor of love and I feel blessed to be a part of it. Thanks and God bless you all.

~ Giovanni di Napoli, September 28, Feast of San Venceslao

Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo (Part 6)

As our confratello travels through the Old Kingdom, he continues to send us pictures of old haunts and newly discovered treasures from our ancestral homeland. The latest batch just arrived from the Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo on Mount Gargano in Foggia, Apulia.

See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5