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Jørgensen, Jens Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Jørgensen, Jens Johannes yĕns yōhäˈnəs yörˈgənsən [key], 1866–1956, Danish poet and religious writer. He reacted against the naturalism of Georg Brandes and, in such works as Poems (1898),...

Anguier, François

(Encyclopedia)Anguier, François fräNswäˈ äNgyāˈ [key], 1604–69, French sculptor. He is noted for the monuments of the Longuevilles and of Jacques Souvré (Louvre). His most ambitious work is probably the m...

Cajetan, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...

Saint Martin's

(Encyclopedia)Saint Martin's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

Saint-Nicolas

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Nicolas: see Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. ...

Saint Stephens

(Encyclopedia)Saint Stephens: see Gaines, George Strother. ...

Saint-Trond

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Trond: see Sint-Truiden, Belgium. ...
 

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