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Bernadette, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bernadette, SaintBernadette, Saintbûrnədĕtˈ [key], 1844–79, French peasant girl who reported seeing the Virgin Mary in apparitions at a grotto near Lourdes, her home, in 1858. She was…

saint, in Christianity

(Encyclopedia) saint [O.Fr., from Latin sanctus=holy], in Christianity, a person who is recognized as worthy of veneration. Accounts of saints' lives have been favorite reading material for many,…

Ford, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Ford, Tom (Thomas Carlyle Ford), 1961–, American fashion designer and film director, b. Austin, Tex. After designing for Kathy Hardwick (1986–88) and Perry Ellis (1988–90), he moved to…

Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis de

(Encyclopedia) Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis deGouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis delōräNˈ märkēˈ də g&oomacr;vyôNˈ-săN-sēr [key], 1764–1830, marshal of France. He served in the French…

Celestine I, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Celestine I, SaintCelestine I, Saintsĕlˈəstĭn [key], d. 432, pope (422–32), an Italian; successor of St. Boniface I. The opposition of St. Cyril of Alexandria to Nestorianism inspired…

Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem)

(Encyclopedia) Cyril, Saint (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem)Cyril, Saintsĭrˈəl [key], c. 315–386, bishop of Jerusalem (c. 350–386), Doctor of the Church. Ordained by his predecessor as bishop, St. Maximus…

Saint Matthews

(Encyclopedia) Saint Matthews, city (1990 pop. 15,800), Jefferson co., N Ky., E suburb of Louisville; inc. 1950. It is residential.

Khartoum

(Encyclopedia) KhartoumKhartoumkärt&oomacr;mˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 947,483), capital of Sudan, a port at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Khartoum is Sudan's second…

Buhari, Muhammadu

(Encyclopedia) Buhari, Muhammadu, 1942–, Nigerian military officer and political leader. A Fulani from Katsina State, he joined the army in 1961; he rose to the rank of general and participated in…

Leopold III, margrave of Austria

(Encyclopedia) Leopold III or Saint Leopold, c.1073–1136, margrave of Austria (1095–1136). By his marriage (1106) with Agnes, widow of Duke Frederick I of Swabia (see Hohenstaufen), he became the…