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61Christendom — Christianity Percentage by country. It should be noted that this map is of the nominal population and thus, especially in Europe, the numbers are higher than those of actual believers …
62Universal power — In the Middle Ages, the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor were the universal powers. Both were struggling for the so called Dominium mundi or world dominium. This is an ideological concept with implications for earthly political supremacy as well… …
63Hubert and Jan van Eyck — Hubert and Jan van Eyck † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hubert and Jan van Eyck Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and consequently of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe. Hubert was …
64Lombardy — • A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle Ages to designate the country ruled over by the Longobards, which varied in extent with the varying fortunes of that race in Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lombardy… …
65Adrian I — Pope Adrian I † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Adrian I From about 1 February, 772, till 25 December, 795; date of birth uncertain; d. 25 December, 795. His pontificate of twenty three years, ten months, and twenty four days was… …
66Pope Adrian I — Pope Adrian I † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Adrian I From about 1 February, 772, till 25 December, 795; date of birth uncertain; d. 25 December, 795. His pontificate of twenty three years, ten months, and twenty four days was… …
