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Saint-Hilaire, Étienne Geoffroy

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Hilaire, Étienne Geoffroy: see Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne. ...

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. ...

More, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia)More, Sir Thomas (Saint Thomas More), 1478–1535, English statesman and author of Utopia, celebrated as a martyr in the Roman Catholic Church. He received a Latin education in the household of Cardin...

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...

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...