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Cossa, Baldassare

(Encyclopedia) Cossa, BaldassareCossa, Baldassarebäldäs-säˈrā kôsˈsä [key], c.1370–1419, Neapolitan churchman, antipope (1410–15; see Schism, Great) with the name John XXIII. He had a military career…

The Devil's Dictionary: Benedictines

by Ambrose Bierce BELLADONNABENEFACTORBENEDICTINES -n. An order of monks otherwise known as black friars. She thought it a crow, but it turn out to be A monk of St. Benedict…

Holy See Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Holy See Index: People and History Government and Institutions Foreign Relations U.S.-Holy See Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAlmost all of Vatican City's…

Biographies: Anthropologist

AnthropologistPeople in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryAdams, Robert McCormick, Jr., American anthropologist Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, American anthropologist and…

Richard Hovey: The Thought of her

The Thought of herRichard HoveyMy love for thee doth take me unaware, When most with lesser things my brain is wrought, As in some nimble interchange of thought The silence enters, and the…

James FORBES, Congress, MD (17311780)

FORBES, James, a Delegate from Maryland; born near Benedict, Charles County, Md., about 1731; appointed justice of the peace of Charles County, Md., April 1, 1777; tax commissioner of Charles…

1999 Womens College Basketball Tournament

WNIT (Mar. 23 at Fayetteville, Ark.): Final— Arkansas def. Wisconsin, 67-64.NCAA Division II (Mar. 20 at Pine Bluff, Ark.): Final— North Dakota def. Arkansas Tech, 80-63.NCAA Division III (…