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  • 91Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature      …

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  • 92Brother Leo —     Brother Leo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Brother Leo     Friar Minor, companion of St. Francis of Assisi, date of birth uncertain; died at Assisi, 15 November, 1271. He appears to have been a native of Assisi and not of Viterbo, as some… …

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  • 93Giovanni Antonio Bianchi —     Giovanni Antonio Bianchi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giovanni Antonio Bianchi     Friar Minor and theologian, b. at Lucca, 2 October, 1686; d. at Rome, 18 January, 1768. At the age of seventeen he entered the Franciscan Order. He was once… …

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  • 94Nicholas Bonet —     Nicholas Bonet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Nicholas Bonet     Friar Minor, theologian, and missionary, date of birth uncertain; d. 1360. Probably a Frenchman by birth, he taught theology with great success at Paris, where he received the… …

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  • 95Pedro d'Alva y Astorga —     Pedro d Alva y Astorga     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pedro d Alva y Astorga     A Friar Minor of the Strict Observance, and a voluminous writer on theological subjects, generally in defense of the Immaculate Conception; b. at Carbajales,… …

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  • 96Religious Painting —     Religious Painting     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Painting     Painting has always been associated with the life of the Church. From the time of the Catacombs it has been used in ecclesiastical ornamentation, and for centuries after… …

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  • 97St. Berard of Carbio —     St. Berard of Carbio     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Berard of Carbio     (Or BERALDUS).     Friar Minor and martyr; d. 16 January, 1220. Of the noble family of Leopardi, and a native of Carbio in Umbria, Berard was received into the… …

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  • 98St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus —     St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus     Of the Third Order of St. Francis, b. at Naples, 25 March, 1715; d. there, 6 October, 1791. Her family belonged to the …

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  • 99St. Nicholas Pieck —     St. Nicholas Pieck     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Nicholas Pieck     (Also spelled PICK).     Friar Minor and martyr, b. at Gorkum, Holland, 29 August, 1534; d. at Briel, Holland, 9 July, 1572. He came of an old and honourable family. His… …

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  • 100Ven. Louis of Casoria —     Ven. Louis of Casoria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Louis of Casoria     Friar Minor and founder of the Frati Bigi; b. at Casoria, near Naples, 11 March, 1814; d. at Pausilippo, 30 March, 1885. His name in the world was Archangelo… …

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