Portal:Catholic Church/DYK/23

Ruins of the Old Church of Banagher, County Londonderry, in 1833

• ...that legend at Banagher says its church (pictured) was founded by a saint, led there by a stag acting as a lectern and carrying a book on its antlers?
• ...that French cardinals in the Papal conclave, 1758 vetoed the candidature of cardinal Cavalchini when he was only one vote short of being elected to the papacy?
• ...that medieval cycles of the Life of the Virgin could have as many as 53 scenes before reaching the Annunciation of her pregnancy?