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Augustine, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Augustine, Saint ôˈgəstēn, –tĭn; ôgŭsˈtĭn [key], Lat. Aurelius Augustinus, 354–430, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church and a Doctor of the Church, bishop of Hippo (near present-day An...

Saint-Jean d'Acre

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Jean d'Acre: see Akko, Israel. ...

Teresa of Calcutta, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Teresa of Calcutta, Saint: see Teresa, Mother. ...

Patrimony of Saint Peter

(Encyclopedia)Patrimony of Saint Peter: see Papal States. ...

Léger, Alexis Saint-Legér

(Encyclopedia)Léger, Alexis Saint-Legér: see Perse, St.-John. ...

Saint-Cyran, Abbé de

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Cyran, Abbé de: see Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean. ...

Benedict of Aniane, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Benedict of Aniane, Saint, c.750–821, French abbot who became a monastic adviser to Louis I. He first founded (c.780) an austere monastic community at Aniane in Languedoc, based on Eastern asceticis...

Boniface, Saint, German missionary

(Encyclopedia)Boniface, Saint, d. 1009, German missionary, known also by his lay name, Bruno of Querfurt. He evangelized the Balts and died a martyr. He is known as the Apostle of the Prussians. Feast: June 19. ...

Saint Gotthard, mountain group, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia)Saint Gotthard sānt gŏtˈhərd, gŏtˈərd [key], mountain group of the Lepontine Alps, S central Switzerland, rising to Pizzo Rotondo (10,472 ft/3,192 m high). The Reuss, Rhine, Ticino, and Rhône ...

Saint Elmo's fire

(Encyclopedia)Saint Elmo's fire, luminous discharge of electricity extending into the atmosphere from some projecting or elevated object. It is usually observed (often during a snowstorm or a dust storm) as brushli...