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  • 81St. James the Less —     St. James the Less     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. James the Less     THE IDENTITY OF JAMES     The name James in the New Testament is borne by several:     ♦ James, the son of Zebedee Apostle, brother of John, Apostle; also called James… …

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  • 82Bernardino de Sahagun —     Bernardino de Sahagún     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bernardino de Sahagún     Missionary and Aztec archeologist, b. at Sahagún, Kingdom of Leon, Spain, in or before the year 1500; d. at Mexico, 23 Oct., 1590. He studied at the convent of… …

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  • 83St. John Joseph of the Cross —     St. John Joseph of the Cross     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. John Joseph of the Cross     Born on the Island of Ischia, Southern Italy, 1654; d. 5 March, 1739. From his earliest years he was given to prayer and virtue. So great was his love …

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  • 84Khlit the Cossack — is a literary character created by Harold Lamb for Adventure Magazine between the years 1917 to 1926. A wandering Cossack hero, Khlit defies conventional stereotypes: he is not a lover, nor is he youthful or flamboyant. An excellent horseman, he… …

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  • 85Messalian — /mi sayl yeuhn, say lee euhn/, n. Euchite. [1585 95; < LGk Messalianós < Syriac masallayane given to prayer] * * * …

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  • 86Francisco Suarez —     Francisco Suárez     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francisco Suárez     Doctor Eximius, a pious and eminent theologian, as Paul V called him, born at Granada, 5 January, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 September, 1617. He entered the Society of Jesus at …

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  • 87St. Bernward —     St. Bernward     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Bernward     Thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. 20 November, 1022. He claimed descent from a noble Saxon family, which counted among its&#8230; …

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  • 88“Compilation of the Meekness and Good Life of King Henry VI” — (Blacman)    An account of the character and personal life of HENRY VI ostensibly written by the king’s chaplain John Blacman, the “Compilation of the Meekness and Good Life of King Henry VI” is the basis of later depictions of Henry as a holy&#8230; …

    Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

  • 89case — I [[t]ke͟ɪs[/t]] INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS ♦ cases 1) N COUNT: oft in N, N of n A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something. Surgical&#8230; …

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  • 90prayerful — a. Given to prayer, of much converse with God, devout, devotional, religious, pious, lowly minded, reverent …

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