***Is the skull missing? That would be the first clue I would look for.***
That would probably be in Rome or Venice. When the Crusaders sacked Constantinople they brought back THREE HEADS of John the Baptist.
“When the Crusaders sacked Constantinople they brought back THREE HEADS of John the Baptist.”
JTB had three heads? Wow! He must have looked like the 3-headed giant from Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie. /silly
Wow. John The Baptist had three heads. Who knew?
That must be the origin of the old saying “Why are you looking at me like I have three heads?”. Superstition. Kind of like Muslims hating dogs because one reputedly ran off with Mohammed’s head after decapitation.
You’d think they’d decide to stop decapitating people, but nooooo they’ve hated dogs for centuries instead.
Well, one of him as a teen, young man and then finally as an old man. Three times the proof it was Jean Baptiste!