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  • Saint Catherine's Monastery (Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας ... The monastery was named after St. Catherine of Alexandria whose relics were ...
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  • Gertrude Morgan, Åsa Waldau, Catherine of Alexandria, Catherine of Siena ... St. Catherine of Alexandria, a virgin and martyr of the Roman Catholic ...
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  • In the Roman Catholic Church, a Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor ... and Pope Gregory I were the original Doctors of the Church and were named in ...
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  • , a cathedral dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria, stands in Old Goa ... main altar has been dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria. Several old paintings ...
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  • The Epistle of Barnabas, also known as Pseudo-Barnabas, is a Christian ... Today, it is included in most collections of the Apostolic Fathers. ...
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  • Lucian of Antioch, also known as “Saint Lucian of Antioch” (c ... study and is known for his critical revision of the text of the Septuagint ...
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  • Basil of Caesarea (ca. 330 - January 1, 379 C.E.) (Latin: Basilius ... In addition to being recognized as one of the Cappadocian Fathers ...
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  • the nineteenth century with the translation of the Rosetta Stone. Yet interest ... this culture, including the great Pyramids of Giza, reveal not only their ...
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  • was an Italian master painter and architect of the Florentine school in High ... *Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1507) National Gallery, London ...
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  • The Second Council of Constantinople, also known as the Fifth Ecumenical ... Justinian hoped that the public rejection of these supposedly Nestorian ...
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  • September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... He shared the privations and hardships of camp life with his soldiers ...
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  • that is especially honored either because of its antiquity, association ... building, usually located at the center of a Roman town (forum). Public ...
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  • Europe and prepared it for an explosion of complex refugee issues. He ... Born in Paris, France, he was the son of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga ...
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  • The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse ... The "curse of Ham" had been used by some members of Abrahamic ...
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  • The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Edessa, Constantinople, Athens, Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning ...
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  • Cairo (Arabic: al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt. Cairo is the ... Modern Cairo remains the cultural center of the Arabic world, and ...
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  • Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...
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  • Volga is widely regarded as the national river of Russia. ... in Central Russia to the Caspian Sea. Four of the ten largest cities of Russia ...
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  • divided into two very distinct stages, that of a lost and disillusioned youth ... Waugh "the greatest English novelist of the century." Time magazine ...
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  • [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ... cities formed in locations where a number of people were gathered to live ...
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  • He was reputed to have killed 21 men, one for each year of his life. ... a wildly sensationalistic biography of the outlaw called The Authentic ...
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  • ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... eighteenth century as the de facto capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ...
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  • was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance ... *Catherine of Alexandria, portrait of Caterina Sforza (c. 1475) - ...
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  • Joan of Arc, also Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc's name was written ... – May 30, 1431), is a national heroine of France and a saint of ...
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  • He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he was the first great ... *Saint Catherine of Alexandria *Still Life with a Basket of Fruit ...
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  • and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of ...
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  • an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, he was ... wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax on large corporations ...
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  • best known for his single-handed composition of a new Latin translation of ... (the Vulgate) is the most important version of the text ever composed, as ...
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  • The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( "Протоколы сионских ... Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the ...
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  • Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong or plainchant ... Gregorian chant developed mainly in the Frankish lands of western ...
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  • Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ... Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France ...
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  • ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...
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