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(Encyclopedia) BaringBaringbârˈĭng [key], British family of bankers. Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810) founded (1763) the John and Francis Baring Company, which he renamed Baring Brothers and Company in…2013 World News: Egypt
Violent Protests Lead to Ouster of Morsi and Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed MorsiRelated Links Egypt Country Profile 2013 Year in Review…2013 World News: Syria
Diplomacy Trumps Force Over Chemical Weapons Bashar AssadRelated Links Syria Country Profile 2013 Year in Review 2013 News of the…Rome, University of
(Encyclopedia) Rome, University of, at Rome, Italy; founded 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII. It has faculties of jurisprudence; political science; economics and commerce; statistics, demography, and…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…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…Lateran Council, Fifth
(Encyclopedia) Lateran Council, Fifth, 1512–17, 18th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope Julius II and continued by his successor Leo X. Julius called the council to…Amadeus VIII
(Encyclopedia) Amadeus VIIIAmadeus VIIIămədēˈəs [key], 1383–1451, count (1391–1416) and duke (from 1416) of Savoy, antipope (1439–49) with the name Felix V. In 1434 he appointed his son regent of…Gregoras, Nicephorus
(Encyclopedia) Gregoras, NicephorusGregoras, Nicephorusnīsĕfˈərəs grĕgˈərəs [key], c.1295–c.1359, Byzantine historian and theologian, one of the most learned men of his time. Among his scientific and…antipope
(Encyclopedia) antipope [Lat.,=against the pope], person elected pope whose election was declared uncanonical and in opposition to a canonically chosen pontiff. Important antipopes were Novatian;…Trending
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