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Climax, Saint John

(Encyclopedia)Climax, Saint John: see John Climax, Saint. ...

Great Saint Bernard

(Encyclopedia)Great Saint Bernard, pass: see Saint Bernard. ...

Gregory Theologus, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Gregory Theologus, Saint: see Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. ...

Xavier, Saint Francis

(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...

Simeon Stylites, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Simeon Stylites, Saint stīlīˈtēz [key] [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small platform on top of a high pillar. He had many imitators (called styli...

Saint David's Head

(Encyclopedia)Saint David's Head, Wales: see under Saint David's. ...

John Damascene, Saint

(Encyclopedia)John Damascene, Saint: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

Harriot, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Harriot, Thomas hârˈēət [key], 1560–1621, English mathematician and astronomer. He was tutor to Sir Walter Raleigh, who sent him in 1585 to Virginia as surveyor with Sir Richard Grenville. Retur...

Valentine, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Valentine, Saint, d. c.270, Roman martyr priest. The customs connected with him in English-speaking countries are probably a survival from a period when a pagan festival associated with love occurred ...

Malachy, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Malachy, Saint mălˈəkē [key], 1095–1148, Irish churchman, reformer of the church in Ireland. His Irish name was Máel Máedoc ua Morgair. He was assistant to Cellach (Celsus), bishop of Armagh, ...