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Daniel RODNEY, Congress, DE (1764-1846)

Senate Years of Service: 1826-1827 Party: Adams RODNEY Daniel , a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., September 10, 1764; received a limited schooling…

New Sweden

(Encyclopedia) New Sweden, Swedish colony (1638–55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. With the support of Swedish statesman Axel…

Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.rōdēˈnō [key], 1909–2005, U.S. congressman, b. Newark, N.J., as Pellegrino Rodino, Jr.; grad. New Jersey Law School, 1937. Awarded…

Feodor III

(Encyclopedia) Feodor III, 1661–82, czar of Russia (1676–82), son and successor of Alexis. Although an invalid, Feodor strove to carry out reforms. In 1681 he abolished the system of precedence among…

Walter Sans Avoir

(Encyclopedia) Walter Sans Avoir, Fr. Gautier Sans-Avoir, d. 1096, French Crusader, known as Walter the Penniless. He joined Peter the Hermit as leader of an army to the Holy Land. In what came to be…

Aeneas, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) AeneasAeneasēˈnēəs, ĭnēˈ– [key], palsied man whom Peter cured in the Acts of the Apostles.

Peter I, king of Aragón and Navarre

(Encyclopedia) Peter I, d. 1104, king of Aragón and Navarre (1094–1104), son and successor of Sancho I. He continued the fight against the Moors, taking (1096) Huesca and recapturing (1100) Barbastro…

Alexis, czar of Russia

(Encyclopedia) AlexisAlexisəlĕkˈsĭs [key] (Aleksey Mikhailovich)Alexisəlyĭksyāˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch [key], 1629–76, czar of Russia (1645–76), son and successor of Michael. His reign, marked by numerous…

relics

(Encyclopedia) relics, part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been…