Kyriacus ) was a Renaissance merchant who loved to travel (by
ship throughout the eastern Mediterranean and its contiguous
seas.) He may have been the leading 'mover and shaker' among the
'powers that be' during the 15th century - just as the printing
press was being 'invented'. Thanks to his travels, discoveries
and subsequent communications with the leaders of the era, he
most likely instilled in others a 'born again' respect for
things ancient and, more importantly, The Roman Catholic Church
moved its headquarters back to Rome from Ravenna subsequent to
Ciriaco's visits - it also restarted the preservation of ancient
Christian archealogy and, thanks to the printing press, written
history that had first been initiated, formally and legally, 11
centuries earlier by Damasus, the pagan child who eventually
became the last Bishop of Rome (366-384) before the term 'Pope'
was applied to that supreme leadership position within "The
Church". [ In other words, Cyriacus was a 'Community Activist'
in the communities o