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Cajetan, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...

Saint Martin's

(Encyclopedia)Saint Martin's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

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. ...

Bonaventure, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bonaventure or Bonaventura, Saint bŏnˌəvĕnˈchər, bōˌnävānto͞oˈrä [key], 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, called the Seraphic Doctor, b. near Viter...

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). ...

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