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Camacho, Manuel Ávila
(Encyclopedia) Camacho, Manuel Ávila: see Ávila Camacho, Manuel.Ávila, Gil González de
(Encyclopedia) Ávila, Gil González de: see González de Ávila.Alfonso IX, Spanish king of León
(Encyclopedia) Alfonso IX, 1171–1230, Spanish king of León (1188–1230), son and successor of Ferdinand II. He conquered from the Moors several cities in Extremadura and was frequently at war with…Salamanca, University of
(Encyclopedia) Salamanca, University of, at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology,…Henry of Burgundy
(Encyclopedia) Henry of Burgundy, d. 1112, count of Portugal. One of a group of French nobles called by Alfonso VI of León to assist in the fight against the Moors, he arrived in Spain c.1095. He was…Teresa, Mother
(Encyclopedia) Teresa, Mother (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), 1910–97, Roman Catholic missionary in India, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, b. Skopje (now in North Macedonia) as Gonxha Agnes…Wright, Teresa
actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1918Died: 2005Brewer, Teresa
singerBirthplace: Toledo, OhioBorn: 5/7/31Brewer's: Teresa
(St.). The reformer of the Carmelites, canonised by Gregory XV. in 1621. (1515-1582.) (See Sancho Panza.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Term TimeTerence A…John of Ávila, Saint
(Encyclopedia) John of Ávila, Saint, c.1500–1569, Spanish Catholic preacher, author, clerical reformer, and spiritual leader, Doctor of the Church. After studying law, philosophy, and theology in…Trending
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