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Anastasia, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Anastasia, Saint ănəstāˈshə [key], 4th cent., Roman noblewoman, kind to the poor, martyred under Diocletian. Her cult can be traced back to 5th-century Rome. In the Roman Catholic Church, her fea...

William IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland

(Encyclopedia)William IV, 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1830–37), third son of George III. He went to sea in 1779, served under Admiral George Rodney in action off Cape St. Vincent (1780), and b...

Aristides, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Aristides, Saint ârĭstīˈdēz [key], 2d cent., Greek philosopher, author of an early Christian apology. It was presented (c.126 or 136) to the emperor to protest anti-Christian slanders and persecu...

Saint Hyacinthe

(Encyclopedia)Saint Hyacinthe sānt hīˈəsĭnth, Fr. săNtyäsăNtˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 38,292), S Que., Canada, on the Yamaska River, NE of Montreal. It is an industrial center, with textile mills and plants...

Bartholomew, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bartholomew, Saint bärthŏlˈəmyo͞o [key], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, usually identified with Nathanael. Nathanael is a given name, Bartholomew an Aramaic patronymic meaning ...

Eustathius, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Eustathius, Saint yo͞ostāˈthēəs [key], c.280–c.335, patriarch of Antioch (324?–330?), leader at the First Council of Nicaea. He was deposed and exiled by a faction led by Eusebius of Nicomedi...

Joachim, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Joachim, Saint jōˈəkĭm [key], in tradition, the father of the Virgin and husband of St. Anne; there is no mention of him in the Bible. His cult is ancient in the East, but modern in the western Ch...

Cuthbert, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cuthbert, Saint kŭthˈbərt [key], c.a.d. 635–a.d. 687, Celtic monk, bishop at Lindisfarne (685–86). He spent some time in the monastery at Ripon. When St. Wilfrid introduced the Roman computatio...

Saint Boniface

(Encyclopedia)Saint Boniface sānt bŏnˈĭfās [key], former city and historic community, SE Man., Canada, on the Red River opposite Winnipeg. It is now part of Winnipeg. It is an industrial center, with large sto...

Saint-Tropez

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Tropez săN-trôpāˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,760), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is a fashionable beach resort and a picturesque small fishing port, made famous by film ...