07 Works, Today, June 23rd, is Barbaros the Myrrhgusher’s day, his story in Paintings #174

Barbaros the Myrrhgusher lived in the ninth century during the reign of King Michael the Stutterer (820–829). He came from among the heathen of the Barbary Coast of North Africa and was a member of a fearsome band of pirates which ravaged the coastlines of Palestine, Sicily, and Crete, the Aegean islands, and Epiros…

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