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Brewer's: Pope Joan
Said to have succeeded Leo IV. Gibbon says, “Two Protestants, Blondel and Bayle, annihilated her;” but Mosheim seems half-inclined to believe there was such a person. The vulgar tale is…Brewer's: Pope's Sermon
(A). Only once has a pope been known to preach a sermon in three hundred years. In 1847 a great crowd had assembled to hear the famous Padre Ventura preach in Santa Andrea della Valle, of…Brewer's: Pope's Tiara
(The). He calls himself (1) Head of the Catholic or Universal Church; (2) Sole Arbiter of its Rights; and (3) Sovereign Father of all the kings of the earth. From these assumptions he…Brewer's: Anti-pope
is a pope elected by a King in opposition to the pope elected by the cardinals; or one who usurps the popedom in opposition to the rightful pope. Geddes give a list of twenty-four anti-…Peck, Gregory
(Encyclopedia) Peck, Gregory, 1916–2003, American movie actor, b. La Jolla, Calif., as Eldred Gregory Peck. Peck studied at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and debuted on Broadway in The Morning…Salazar, António de Oliveira
(Encyclopedia) Salazar, António de OliveiraSalazar, António de Oliveiraəntôˈny&oobreve; ᵺĭ &oobreve;lēvāˈrə sələzärˈ [key], 1889–1970, Portuguese statesman and dictator. After studying at the…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XIII
Sonnet XII Sonnet XIV XIII O! that you were your self; but, love you are No longer yours, than you your self here live: Against this coming end you should prepare, And your sweet…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder XIII
Landholder XIIIOliver EllsworthMonday, March 24, 1788 The attempt to amend our federal Constitution, which for some time past hath engrossed the public regard, is doubtless become an old…James Winthrop: Agrippa XIII
Agrippa XIIIJames Winthrop14 January 1788by James Winthrop(concluded from our last)To the Massachusetts Convention.Gentlemen,The question then arises, what is the kind of government best…XIII Pan American Games
The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 23-Aug. 8, 1999. More than 5,000 athletes from 42 countries in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean…Trending
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