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(Encyclopedia)Pavlovsk pävˈləfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 25,500), NW Russia, a summer resort near St. Petersburg. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1777, it was named for Czar Paul I, for whose country estate it ...Cajetan, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...Sarpi, Paolo
(Encyclopedia)Sarpi, Paolo päˈōlō särˈpē [key], 1552–1623, Venetian councillor, theologian, and historian. In 1565 he became a Servite friar and later theologian and adviser to the republic. In the conflic...Paulus Diaconus
(Encyclopedia)Paulus Diaconus: see Paul the Deacon. ...Aegineta, Paulus
(Encyclopedia)Aegineta, Paulus: see Paul of Aegina. ...Passionists
(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...Bowles, Jane Auer
(Encyclopedia)Bowles, Jane Auer: see under Bowles, Paul. ...Bon Homme Richard
(Encyclopedia)Bon Homme Richard: see Jones, John Paul. ...Opus Dei
(Encyclopedia)Opus Dei ōˈpəs dāˈē [key] [Lat.,=work of God], Roman Catholic organization, particularly influential in Spain, officially the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Opus Dei was founded in 19...Tychicus
(Encyclopedia)Tychicus tĭkˈĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul. ...Browse by Subject
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