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Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint: see Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier. ...

Francis of Sales, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...

Bruno the Great, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bruno the Great, Saint: see Bruno, Saint (d. 965). ...

Saint George's Channel

(Encyclopedia)Saint George's Channel, strait, c.100 mi (160 km) long and 50 to 95 mi (80–153 km) wide, linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. It separates SE Ireland from Wales. ...

Saint Olaf College

(Encyclopedia)Saint Olaf College, at Northfield, Minn.; Lutheran; coeducational; founded 1874 by Norwegians as a school, became a college 1886, chartered 1889. It offers special programs on Scandinavian culture and...

Le Bel, Joseph Achille

(Encyclopedia)Le Bel, Joseph Achille zhôsĕfˈ äshēlˈ ləbĕl [key], 1847–1930, French chemist. He was educated at the École polytechnique and carried out much of his research in his own private laboratory. ...

Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm dēbīˈ [key], 1884–1966, American physicist, b. the Netherlands. He was professor at the universities of Zürich, Utrecht, Göttingen, Leipzig, and Berlin. In 1940 he c...

Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Jersualem, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem). ...

Cyril of Alexandria, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Alexandria, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Alexandria). ...

Saint Louis Park

(Encyclopedia)Saint Louis Park, city (1990 pop. 43,787), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; settled 1854, inc. 1886. There is printing and publishing, machining, food processing, and the manufacture o...