Curiosity

Tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, son of Herod the Great. He imprisoned and beheaded John the Baptist, sought to see Jesus out of curiosity, and — uniquely in Luke — examines him…

Hegemonius is the name attached to a book called the *Acts of Archelaus*, written in the first half of the fourth century. Nothing about the man survives; the name comes from…

Selina Hastings was a countess who lost her husband in 1746 and decided the family money now belonged to God. Aristocrats could not be dragged to a field meeting, so she…