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  • 51Vernazza (disambiguation) — Vernazza is a town and commune in Liguria, Italy.Vernazza may also refer to:* Paolo Vernazza (b. 1979), English football player * Santiago Vernazza (b. 1928), former Argentine football player * Battista Vernazza (1497 1587), Italian canoness… …

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  • 52Asmild Abbey — was a house of Augustinian nuns with a close connection to the Augustinian canons at Viborg Cathedral in north central Jutland, Denmark. History The relatively large church, which predated the nunnery, had its beginnings about 1090 as a parish… …

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  • 53Thaïs (saint) — St. Thaïs of Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentent courtesan. Accounts of her LifeSt. Thaïs reportedly lived in Roman Egypt during the fourth century. She is included in literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek… …

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  • 54Albert VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen — (died 9 January 1475), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt Köthen.He was the youngest son of Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt Köthen but the first by his second wife Elisabeth, daughter of Gebhard …

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  • 55New Hall School — circa 1920 The Best Start In Life Location Boreham Chelmsford, Essex …

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  • 56Sade, Marquis de — orig. Donatien Alphonse François, count de Sade born June 2, 1740, Paris, France died Dec. 2, 1814, Charenton, near Paris French novelist and philosopher. After abandoning a military career at the end of the Seven Years War, he married and became …

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  • 57Albany, Louise Maximilienne Caroline, Countess of — ▪ Austrian noblewoman born Sept. 20, 1752, Mons, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium] died Jan. 29, 1824, Florence [Italy]       wife of the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward, unsuccessful Stuart claimant to the English throne. Later she… …

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  • 58Vernazza, Tommasina — • Entered the monastery of St. Maria delle Grazie, and became a canoness regular, taking the name of Battistina (1497 1587) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 59Tommasina Vernazza —     Tommasina Vernazza     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tommasina Vernazza     Born at Genoa, 1497; died there, 1587. Her father, Ettore Vernazza, was a patrician, founder of several hospitals for the sick poor in Genoa, Rome, and Naples. Her… …

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  • 60PEARSON, Charles Henry (1830-1894) — historian and statesman was born in London on 7 September 1830. His father, the Rev. John Norman Pearson, M.A., was then principal of the Church Missionary College, Islington. His mother, Harriet Puller, was descended from the famous Lord… …

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