{"id":3550,"date":"2025-03-14T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaisabalons.lv\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:47:33","slug":"kapec-mes-gaisabalons-lv-atzimejam-11-martu-un-pateicamies-pavestam-leo-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaisabalons.lv\/en\/blog\/kapec-mes-gaisabalons-lv-atzimejam-11-martu-un-pateicamies-pavestam-leo-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we celebrate 11 March and thank Pope Leo X at Gaisabalons.lv?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like others celebrate birthdays or Easter, we at Gaisabalons.lv<\/strong> celebrate 11 March<\/strong> – the day when In 1513 <\/strong> Leo X<\/strong>, chosen by the College of Cardinals on 9 March 1513, became Pope. Why? Because at the time of his coronation ,<\/strong>figures of<\/strong> saints filled with hot air were said to have risen into the sky above the Vatican<\/strong>!<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Who put them there, in heaven? The official Vatican archives are silent, but history enthusiasts<\/span> point to a contemporary of the Pope – <\/strong>Leonardo da<\/strong>Vinci<\/strong>who had long been obsessed with the idea of flight in his sketches. Were these the first hot-air figures he designed? Maybe! And if so <\/span>The first hot air balloon flights took place 270 years before the Montgolfier brothers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leo X realised that ascension and ascension – whether as a holy figure, an angel or a happy passenger in a hot air balloon – is a magical sight<\/strong>. So today we thank him !<\/strong> <\/p>\n

If you see a saint flying in the sky today, don’t worry.It’s either a divine miracle… or our balloon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

See you upstairs!<\/strong>
– Gaisabalons.lv team<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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