dark ages

Note the bit towards the bottom about the clergy being married (including probably some monks) and that some of the female "saints" were probably their wives (though there were probably mixed monastic centers where married couples had children for "God," that is known to have been true of...

The Guardian tends to use copy-protect on their photographs (some copy and some don't) so this article may be best viewed at the link. I THINK this is the same excavation that I posted about a couple of months ago but I'm not sure, either way, they are both windows into the 6th century, just...