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  • 51Pope Saint Hilarus —     Pope Saint Hilarus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Saint Hilarus     [Also spelled HILARIUS]     Elected 461; the date of his death is given as 28 Feb., 468. After the death of Leo I, an archdeacon named Hilarus, a native of Sardinia,… …

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  • 52Saint Leo IV —     Pope St. Leo IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo IV     (Reigned 847 55)     A Roman and the son of Radoald, was unanimously elected to succeed Sergius II, and as the alarming attack of the Saracens on Rome in 846 caused the people… …

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  • 53Pope Saint Leo IV —     Pope St. Leo IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo IV     (Reigned 847 55)     A Roman and the son of Radoald, was unanimously elected to succeed Sergius II, and as the alarming attack of the Saracens on Rome in 846 caused the people… …

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  • 54St. Hormisdas —     Pope St. Hormisdas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Hormisdas     Date of birth unknown, elected to the Holy See, 514; d. at Rome, 6 August, 523.     This able and sagacious pontiff belonged to a wealthy and honourable family of… …

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  • 55Pope St. Hormisdas —     Pope St. Hormisdas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Hormisdas     Date of birth unknown, elected to the Holy See, 514; d. at Rome, 6 August, 523.     This able and sagacious pontiff belonged to a wealthy and honourable family of… …

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  • 56The Rosary —     The Rosary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rosary     I. IN THE WESTERN CHURCH      The Rosary , says the Roman Breviary, is a certain form of prayer wherein we say fifteen decades or tens of Hail Marys with an Our Father between each ten,… …

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  • 57essence — (Lat., esse, to be) The basic or primary element in the being of a thing; the thing s nature, or that without which it could not be what it is. A thing cannot lose its essence without ceasing to exist, and the essential nature of a natural kind,… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 58incessant — I adjective adsiduus, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, continuus, endless, eternal, everlasting, frequent, indefatigable, infinite, interminable, interminate, iterative, long lasting, never ending, nonstop, perennial, perpetual,… …

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  • 59cease — 1 verb (I, T) formal to stop doing something or stop happening: cease (doing) sth: The company ceased trading at 6 pm today. | It rained all day without ceasing. | cease sth: The committee decided to cease financial support. | cease to do sth:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 60eternal — e•ter•nal [[t]ɪˈtɜr nl[/t]] adj. 1) without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing: eternal life[/ex] 2) perpetual; ceaseless; endless: eternal chatter[/ex] 3) enduring; immutable: eternal principles[/ex] 4) pho existing outside all… …

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