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The Externsteine

from wikipedia:

The Externsteine are a distinctive rock formation located in the Teutoburger Wald region of northwestern Germany, not far from the city of Detmold at Horn-Bad Meinberg. The formation consists of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills. The name probably means "stones of the Egge".

It is generally assumed that Externsteine was a center of religious activity for the Teutonic peoples and their predecessors prior to the arrival of Christianity in northern Europe.

Whatever its early history, in 1093 the land surrounding the stones was supposedly bought by the Abdinghof monastery of Paderborn, as a questionable inscription inside the Stones indicate. Another dating suggests an early monastery, which might have been founded as early as 815, after the destruction of the Irminsul by Charlemagne. The findings, however, are not yet conclusive, though the dating of 1093 has been proven as false by art historians, dating the relief as early 9th century.

Top Malta Knight Passes

A solemn Mass has been held to remember the grand master of the order of theKnights of Malta , a Catholic order that traces its origins to the Crusades.
His Most Eminent Highness Fra' Andrew Bertie was the first Englishman to lead the order since the 13th Century and was grand master for almost 20 years.



Also present were the senior members of the order, dressed in their fine black robes embroidered with a white eight-pointed cross.

One mourner said: "He was an extraordinary man in the sense that he was on the one hand very British but on the other hand, he spoke six languages and [he was] a very international man."

The order will meet next Tuesday to select Fra' Bertie's successor. Grand masters, like popes, are elected for life.

Fifty people will vote in the secret ballot and all the votes cast will be destroyed.

The voting continues until one candidate has a simple majority plus one.

The result will stay secret until the new grand master has revealed his identity to the Pope.

credit: BBC