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Scorpion, The

(Encyclopedia)Scorpion, The, English name for Scorpius, a constellation. ...

Virgin, The

(Encyclopedia)Virgin, The, English name for Virgo, a constellation. ...

Crab, The

(Encyclopedia)Crab, The, English name for Cancer, a constellation. ...

Goat, The

(Encyclopedia)Goat, The, English name for Capricornus, a constellation. ...

Fishes, The

(Encyclopedia)Fishes, The, English name for Pisces, a constellation. ...

Twins, The

(Encyclopedia)Twins, The, English name for Gemini, a constellation. ...

Archer, The

(Encyclopedia)Archer, The, English name for Sagittarius, a constellation. ...

Bull, The

(Encyclopedia)Bull, The, English name for Taurus, a constellation. ...

Lyons, First Council of

(Encyclopedia)Lyons, First Council of lyôNˈ [key], 1245, 13th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened at Lyons, France, by Pope Innocent IV to deal with his struggle with Holy Roman Emperor Fred...

Guelphs

(Encyclopedia)Guelphs gwĕlfs [key], European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph III (d. 1055) was made...

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