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Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier
(Encyclopedia)Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier zāˈvyər kəbrēˈnē [key], 1850–1917, American nun, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, b. near Lodi, Italy. Founded in Italy in 1880, h...Leo the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Leo the Great, Saint: see Leo I, Saint. ...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. ...Porres, Saint Martin de
(Encyclopedia)Porres, Saint Martin de märtēnˈ dā pôrˈrās [key], 1579–1639, Peruvian Dominican lay brother, b. Lima. He was the son of a Spanish soldier and a black freedwoman from Panama. Apprenticed to a ...Bruno the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Bruno the Great, Saint: see Bruno, Saint (d. 965). ...Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Jersualem, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem). ...Bernardine of Siena, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Bernardine of Siena, Saint bûrˈnərdĭn, sēĕnˈə [key], 1380–1444, Italian preacher. He was a Franciscan of the Observant congregation and one of the most effective and most widely known preach...Cyril of Alexandria, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Alexandria, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Alexandria). ...Browse by Subject
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