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Saint Lawrence, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), SE Canada, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to Newfoundland on the east. At i...

Christians of Saint John

(Encyclopedia)Christians of Saint John: see Mandaeans. ...

South Saint Paul

(Encyclopedia)South Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 20,197), Dakota co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1887. It was long known for its large stockyards and meatpacking industries. The f...

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. ...

Gregory II, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Gregory II, Saint, d. 731, pope (715–31), a Roman; successor of Constantine. When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the empero...