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71Litany of the Saints — • The model of all other litanies, of great antiquity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Litany of the Saints Litany of the Saints …
72Micheas, Son of Jemla — • A prophet of the Kingdom of Samaria, contemporary with Elias and Eliseus Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Micheas, Son of Jemla Micheas, Son of Jemla …
73Peru — • A republic on the west coast of South America, founded in 1821 after the war of independence, having been a Spanish colony. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Peru Peru …
74Schools — • History and development of education as related to the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schools Schools † …
75Sierra Leone — • Comprises the English colony of that name and the surrounding territory from French Guinea on the north and east to Liberia on the south Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone …
76Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha — Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.) Known as the Lily of the Mohawks , and the Genevieve of New France an Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe,… …
77Francis Nugent — Francis Nugent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francis Nugent Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin Order, founder of the Irish and the Rhenish Provinces of said order; b. in 1569 at Brettoville, near Armagh, Ireland, according to some;… …
78Maria Cosway — Maria Cosway † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Maria Cosway Miniature painter, born in Florence, Italy, 1759; died at Lodi, 5 January, 1838. Her maiden name was Hadfield, her father being an Englishman. She showed great talent in drawing at… …
79St. Gilbert of Sempringham — St. Gilbert of Sempringham † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gilbert of Sempringham Founder of the Order of Gilbertines, b. at Sempringham, on the border of the Lincolnshire fens, between Bourn and Heckington. The exact date of his birth… …
80precation — noun A prayer or act of praying; an earnest request. The Litany . . . was ordered to be sung immediately before High Mass, by the priests with others of the choir . . . . and this solemn form of precation, like so many other things, assumed the… …
