(Encyclopedia) Benedict the Black, Saint, d. 1589, Sicilian friar. Born a slave, he became a hermit and later a Franciscan lay brother. Although illiterate, his humility and extraordinary powers as…
(Encyclopedia) Clement, in Philippians, one of Paul's coworkers. He is traditionally identified with St. Clement of Rome, the likely author of a letter written from there to the Corinthian church in…
(Encyclopedia) Day of the Dead, Span. Día de los Muertos, annual festival in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, commonly on November 1st and 2d. Its ancient Mesoamerican roots now augmented by…
(Encyclopedia) Eden, in the Bible. 1 Son of Joah. 2 Priest. Perhaps this is the same as 1. 3 See Eden, Garden of. 4 Unidentified trading center, possibly in Mesopotamia. 5 Place somewhere near…
(Encyclopedia) EmmausEmmausĕmāˈəs [key], in the Bible. 1 Place, outside Jerusalem, where Cleopas and another disciple met the risen Christ. 2 Place, where Judas Maccabeus defeated Gorgias. It is now…
(Encyclopedia) Bosporus, University of the, at İstanbul, Turkey; opened 1863 as Robert College, with funds contributed by Christopher R. Robert and other Americans for the higher education of Turkish…
Asian loan words in English
by Ann-Marie Imbornoni One of the chief characteristics of English is its teeming vocabulary, an estimated 80% of which has come from other languages!…
GREEN, Wharton Jackson, (grandson of Jesse Wharton and cousin of Matt Whitaker Ransom), a Representative from North Carolina; born in St. Marks, Wakula County, Fla., February 28, 1831; was…
