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Saint-Nicolas

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Nicolas: see Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. ...

Saint Stephens

(Encyclopedia)Saint Stephens: see Gaines, George Strother. ...

Saint-Trond

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Trond: see Sint-Truiden, Belgium. ...

Methodius, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Methodius, Saint: see Cyril and Methodius, Saints. ...

Louis, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Louis, Saint: see Louis IX, king of France. ...

Kunigunde, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Matilda, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Matilda, Saint: see Henry I (Henry the Fowler). ...

relics

(Encyclopedia)relics, part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been associated with th...

Saint Lucia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Saint Lucia sānt lo͞oˈshə, –sēə [key], island nation (2015 est. pop. 177,000), 238 sq mi (616 sq km), West Indies, one of the Windward Islands. The capital is Castries. Morne Gimie (3,1...

Coram, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Coram, Thomas kôrˈəm [key], 1668?–1751, English philanthropist and colonizer. He lived for some years in Massachusetts, working as a shipbuilder. On his return to England he became (1732) a trust...

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