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Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de
(Encyclopedia) Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal deRetz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal dezhäN fräNswäˈ pōl də gôNdēˈ, də rĕts [key], 1613–79, French prelate and political leader. He…Prud'hon, Pierre Paul
(Encyclopedia) Prud'hon, Pierre PaulPrud'hon, Pierre Paulpyĕr pôl prüdôNˈ [key], 1758–1823, French painter; 13th child of a Cluny stonemason. He gained recognition in 1796 with Truth Descending from…Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint, 1887–1968, Italian Capuchin friar and mystic known as Padre Pio. Born Francesco Forgione, he was a sickly child who experienced visions and ecstasies at a…Teleki, Count Paul
(Encyclopedia) Teleki, Count PaulTeleki, Count Paultĕˈlĕkĭ [key], 1879–1941, Hungarian premier (1920–21, 1939–41), geographer, and political writer. He studied law, political science, and geography…Wigner, Eugene Paul
(Encyclopedia) Wigner, Eugene PaulWigner, Eugene Paulwĭgˈnər [key], 1902–95, American physicist, b. Hungary, grad. Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1925. He was a professor at Princeton from 1930 to…papal election
(Encyclopedia) papal election, election of the pope by the college of cardinals meeting in secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel not less than 15 nor more than 18 days after the death of the previous…Brewer's: Alexander's Beard
A smooth chin, no beard at all. An Amazonian chin. “Disgracëd yet with Alexander's bearde.” Gascoigne: The Steele Glas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Alexandrian
Anything from the East was so called by the old chroniclers and romancers, because Alexandria was the depôt from which Eastern stores reached Europe. “Reclined on Alexandrian carpets” (i.e…Russian Revolution: The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 Rasputin and his coterie of admirers Related Links Russian Revolution: OriginsSt. PetersburgRussian HistoryRasputinWorld War IThe Russian Revolution of 1905…Onesimus
(Encyclopedia) OnesimusOnesimusōnĕsˈĭməs [key], in the New Testament, runaway slave about whom Paul wrote the epistle to Philemon.Trending
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