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Bonaventura, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bonaventura, Saint: see Bonaventure, Saint. ...

Fortunatus, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Fortunatus, Saint: see Venantius Fortunatus, Saint. ...

Elmo, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Elmo, Saint: see Peter Gonzalez, Saint. ...

Basil, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Basil, Saint: see Basil the Great, Saint. ...

Walpurga, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Walpurga or Walpurgis, Saint: see Walburga, Saint. ...

Birgitta, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Birgitta, Saint: see Bridget of Sweden, Saint. ...

Rathlin Island

(Encyclopedia)Rathlin Island răthˈlĭn [key], 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland. Its cliffs, of limestone and basalt, rise at Slieveacarn to 449 ft (137 m). Farming and fishing are important. St...

Devils Island

(Encyclopedia)Devils Island, Fr. Île du Diable, the smallest and southernmost of the Îles du Salut, in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A penal colony founded in 1852, it was used largely for political prison...

Saint-Raphaël

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Raphaël săN-räfäĕlˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 26,799), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is an elegant resort and a small commercial port as well as an important naval air base ...

David, Saint

(Encyclopedia)David, Saint, d.588?, patron saint of Wales, first abbot of Menevia (present-day Saint David's). He apparently established a strict rule and was a zealous missionary, founding 12 monasteries. His cult...