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Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia)Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed by fire in 967....Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Alexandria)
(Encyclopedia)Cyril, Saint (Saint Cyril of Alexandria) sĭrˈəl [key], d. a.d. 444, patriarch of Alexandria (412–44), Doctor of the Church, known for his animosity toward heretics and heathens. He drove the Jews...Bonaventure, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Bonaventure or Bonaventura, Saint bŏnˌəvĕnˈchər, bōˌnävānto͞oˈrä [key], 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, called the Seraphic Doctor, b. near Viter...São Vicente, Cabo de
(Encyclopedia)São Vicente, Cabo de: see Saint Vincent, Cape. ...Liguori, Alfonso Maria de'
(Encyclopedia)Liguori, Alfonso Maria de': see Alphonsus Liguori, Saint. ...Loyola, Ignatius of
(Encyclopedia)Loyola, Ignatius of: see Ignatius of Loyola, Saint. ...Nepomuk, John of
(Encyclopedia)Nepomuk, John of: see John of Nepomuk, Saint. ...Miquelon
(Encyclopedia)Miquelon, French island: see Saint Pierre and Miquelon. ...Marcus
(Encyclopedia)Marcus, in the Bible: see Mark, Saint. ...Martin de Porres
(Encyclopedia)Martin de Porres: see Porres, Saint Martin de. ...Browse by Subject
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