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111Low Countries, history of — Introduction history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579. For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… …
112Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …
113Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius — • A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in Spanish Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius …
114Vizeu — • Diocese in north central Portugal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vizeu Vizeu † C …
115Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) — Ecclesiasticus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiasticus (Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.) The longest of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, and the last of the Sapiential writings in the Vulgate of the Old …
116Order 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… …
117St. Margaret of Cortona — St. Margaret of Cortona † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Margaret of Cortona A penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born at Laviano in Tuscany in 1247; died at Cortona, 22 February, 1297. At the age of seven yeas Margaret lost her …
118The Bollandists — The Bollandists † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …
119The Carmelite Order — The Carmelite Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order One of the mendicant orders. Origin The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …
120Mormonism and Islam — This article is part of the series …
