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- thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ... later made public. There are different types of museums all over the world ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of ... in Utah, but lacking funds for full teams of oxen or horses, nearly 3,000 ...42 KB (6,112 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... the Quinisext Council of 692. At the Council of Florence (1431-1445), these ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- in Wellesley, Massachusetts (13 miles west of Boston), Wellesley college ... As one of the "Seven Sisters," Wellesley has been and continues ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 23:29, 3 May 2023
- taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death ... Fire safety is often a component of building safety. Those who inspect ...10 KB (1,424 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- Pope Saint Caius, or Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from December 17 ... was later turned into the historic Church of Santa Susanna, which stands ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- theologian and socialist recognized as one of the most important thinkers ... His friends included some of the leading intellectuals of his time ...29 KB (4,360 words) - 10:32, 11 April 2024
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...30 KB (4,978 words) - 14:44, 18 July 2023
- Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all ... it include that circumcision is a form of ritual sacrifice or offering ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- Nicholas of Cusa (born in 1401 in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany – died ... of twenty-eight archbishops for the Council of Florence and the pope. In 1438 ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago ... that it was meant to ensure the promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit ...25 KB (3,909 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- He was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment ... Vladimir Bukovsky was born in the town of Belebey, Bashkirian ASSR ...20 KB (2,721 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
- continues to be optional, though the Council of Florence councilflorence/ Ecumenical Council of Florence (1438-1445)] The Circumcision ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony ... royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who furnished the city ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- and churches claimed to possess fragments of the True Cross to legitimize ... For over a millennium, these supposed fragments of the True Cross ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...24 KB (3,589 words) - 18:47, 29 July 2023
- staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- The Rule of Saint Basil refers to the monastic regulations formulated ... union with Rome, concluded at the Council of Florence, gave a certain prestige ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- (Thomas Robinson). Defining the beginning of the era is difficult, given ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals ... (seat or chair), and refers to the presence of the bishop's or archbishop ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco ... often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression ...32 KB (4,849 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2023
- An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... arrival at the otherwise ineffective Council of Florence of Gemistos Plethon ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- in society that are deemed to be the objects of discrimination. Since the late 1980s, advocates of the term use it to describe a preference ...38 KB (4,999 words) - 19:46, 31 October 2022
- to promote the health and well being of children. UNICEF was awarded ... Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 11:42, 3 May 2023
- in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- 13, 1519 – January 5, 1589) was born in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria ... she was queen consort of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559. ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- :This article is concerned with the methodology of iconography, principally ... Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- and actor. Ben Jonson lived during the age of William Shakespeare and proved ... Jonson was undoubtedly one of the most well-read men in the England ...17 KB (2,769 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, born in ... him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, he lived ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- population 3,145,300 (2005), is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802 ... The city is located on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is located ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- (Narkompros) responsible for the Ministry of Education. In addition to his ... His brother-in-law was Alexander Bogdanov, a close associate of Vladimir ...35 KB (4,665 words) - 20:09, 31 August 2023
- Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She ... June 16, 1917, in New York City to a family of French and German heritage ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:10, 5 October 2022
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- The Pueblo People are a diverse group of Native American inhabitants ... The Pueblo people have retained their pre-Spanish way of life to a ...29 KB (4,495 words) - 18:09, 14 April 2023
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... from Emperor Zara Yaqob attended the Council of Florence in 1441, they were ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto. For one-thousand ... and architectural treasure. Since the end of the eighteenth century, tourism ...34 KB (5,043 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- A Benedictine is an adherent of the teachings of Saint Benedict of ... Beyond its religious influences, the Rule of St Benedict has been ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
