Parma Cathedral, 2019. Photo by author. The phrase I have chosen to call myself may conjure up images of someone poring over placidly smiling Madonnas or gazing skyward at towering cathedral pillars. And while I do enjoy both of these activities, and many more related to the study of religious art and architecture, I want to clarify that this is not what I mean. For me, the study of history is nothing more or less than sacred. I do not mean to say that I only study that which