“Art experts and conservative clerics are holding an unusual ‘trial’ in Leonardo da Vinci’s hometown aimed at sorting out fact from fiction in the book The Da Vinci Code after many readers took the smash hit novel as gospel truth… The novel’s contentious allegations — namely, that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and sired a bloodline — have provoked unprecedented protest among Roman Catholic and Protestant conservatives.” The trial is being organized by the director of a Leonardo da Vinci museum, and is being backed by several Catholic officials,