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George Gregory SADOWSKI, Congress, MI (1903-1961)
SADOWSKI George Gregory , a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., March 12, 1903; attended the Ferry School, Detroit, Mich., and high school in Foley, Ala.; was graduated from…Thomas Gregory SKINNER, Congress, NC (1842-1907)
SKINNER Thomas Gregory , a Representative from North Carolina; born near Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., January 22, 1842; attended private schools, Friends Academy, Belvidere, N.C., Horners…Comtat Venaissin
(Encyclopedia) Comtat VenaissinComtat VenaissinkəNtäˈ vənäsăNˈ [key] or Comtat, region of SE France, Vaucluse dept., comprising the territory around Avignon. Well-irrigated, it is a truck-farming and…Cuala Press
(Encyclopedia) Cuala PressCuala Pressk&oomacr;ˈlä [key], private printing press founded in Dundrum, Ireland, in 1902 by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the sisters of William Butler Yeats. Called the…investiture
(Encyclopedia) investiture, in feudalism, ceremony by which an overlord transferred a fief to a vassal or by which, in ecclesiastical law, an elected cleric received the pastoral ring and staff (the…iconoclasm
(Encyclopedia) iconoclasmiconoclasmīkŏnˈōklăzəm [key] [Gr.,=image breaking], opposition to the religious use of images. Veneration of pictures and statues symbolizing sacred figures, Christian…Catherine of Siena, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Catherine of Siena, SaintCatherine of Siena, Saintsēĕnˈə [key], 1347–80, Italian mystic and diplomat, a member of the third order of the Dominicans, Doctor of the Church. The daughter…plainsong
(Encyclopedia) plainsong or plainchant, the unharmonized chant of the medieval Christian liturgies in Europe and the Middle East; usually synonymous with Gregorian chant, the liturgical music of the…Clavius, Cristoph
(Encyclopedia) Clavius, CristophClavius, Cristophkrĭsˈtôf klāˈvēəs [key], 1537–1612, German astronomer and mathematician. He entered the Jesuit order in 1555 and studied at Coimbra and Rome. He…Brill
(Encyclopedia) Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys BrillMattys Brillmäˈtīs [key], 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Paul…Trending
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