Kircher’s Heart Lies Here

Joscelyn Godwin, author of Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge, recently returned with photographs from his visit to Mentorella. Mentorella is the spot where St. Eustace, a first-century Roman general, received a vision in the antlers of a stag and converted to Christianity. Father Kircher restored a chapel at this ancient pilgrimage site and spent the better part of his last decade caring for pilgrims there. Though Kircher’s body is buried in Rome, his heart is buried in the chapel. Godwin has uploaded his annotated photos to flickr.
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