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  • 91Christopher Columbus —     Christopher Columbus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christopher Columbus     (Italian CRISTOFORO COLOMBO; Spanish CRISTOVAL COLON.)     Born at Genoa, or on Genoese territory, probably 1451; died at Valladolid, Spain, 20 May 1506.     His… …

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  • 92Church of Antioch —     The Church of Antioch     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church of Antioch     (Antiocheia, Antiochia)     I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE CITY     Of the vast empire conquered by Alexander the Great many states were formed, one of which… …

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  • 93Desiderius Erasmus —     Desiderius Erasmus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Desiderius Erasmus     The most brilliant and most important leader of German humanism, b. at Rotterdam, Holland, 28 October, probably in 1466; d. at Basle, Switzerland, 12 July, 1536. He was… …

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  • 94Epistle of St. James —     Epistle of St. James     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle of St. James     The questions concerning this epistle are treated in the following order:     I. Author and Genuineness; II. Tradition as to the Canonicity; III. Analysis and… …

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  • 95Joseph Sadoc Alemany —     Joseph Sadoc Alemany     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph Sadoc Alemany     First Archbishop of San Francisco, California, U.S.A., b. at Vich in Spain, 3 July, 1814; d. at Valencia in Spain, 14 April, 1888. He entered at an early age the… …

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  • 96Order of Preachers —     Order of Preachers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers     As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …

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  • 97Bl. Urban II —     Pope Bl. Urban II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Bl. Urban II     (Otho, Otto or Odo of Lagery), 1088 1099, born of a knightly family, at Châtillon sur Marne in the province of Champagne, about 1042; died 29 July, 1099. Under St. Bruno… …

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  • 98Pope Bl. Urban II —     Pope Bl. Urban II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Bl. Urban II     (Otho, Otto or Odo of Lagery), 1088 1099, born of a knightly family, at Châtillon sur Marne in the province of Champagne, about 1042; died 29 July, 1099. Under St. Bruno… …

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  • 99Society of Saint-Sulpice —     Society of Saint Sulpice     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Society of Saint Sulpice     Founded at Paris by M. Olier (1642) for the purpose of providing directors for the seminaries established by him (see OLIER). At the founder s death (1657)… …

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  • 100St. Bonaventure —     St. Bonaventure     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Bonaventure     Doctor of the Church, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, Minister General of the Friars Minor, born at Bagnorea in the vicinity of Viterbo in 1221; died at Lyons, 16 July, 1274.… …

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