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Nevis

(Encyclopedia)Nevis: see Saint Kitts and Nevis. ...

Becket, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Becket, Thomas: see Thomas à Becket, Saint. ...

neo-Thomism

(Encyclopedia)neo-Thomism: see Thomas Aquinas, Saint. ...

Valentine's Day

(Encyclopedia)Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. ...

Simon Peter

(Encyclopedia)Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint.

Borgia, Francis

(Encyclopedia)Borgia, Francis: see Francis Borgia, Saint. ...

Canisius, Peter

(Encyclopedia)Canisius, Peter: see Peter Canisius, Saint. ...

Hadrian, Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia)Hadrian hāˈdrēən [key], a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor (117–138), b. Spain. His name in full was Publius Aelius Hadrianus. An orphan, he became the ward of Trajan. Hadrian distinguished himself as...

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