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  • 101Kane, Paul — born Sept. 3, 1810, Mallow, Ire. died Feb. 20, 1871, Toronto, Ont., Can. Irish born Canadian painter. His family immigrated to Canada in 1819. He worked mainly in Toronto but traveled as far as the Pacific coast depicting landscapes, Native… …

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  • 102Hermann of Minden — • Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hermann of Minden     Hermann of Minden …

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  • 103Prudentius — • Bishop of Troyes (d. 861) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prudentius     Prudentius     † …

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  • 104Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi —     Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi     A cardinal deacon ( see Cardinal, II ), born at Rome, about 1270; died at Avignon, 23 June, 1343. He was the son of the senator Pietro Stefaneschi and… …

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  • 105Victor (Bishop of Tunnunum) —     Victor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Victor     Bishop of Tunnunum (Tonnenna, Tunnuna) in Northern Africa and zealous supporter of the Three Chapters; died about 569, probably in confinement at a monastery in Constantinople. On account of his …

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  • 106Dov ben Samuel Baer — was a Polish Ḥasidic writer of the end of the 18th century. He is the author of Shibḥei ha Besht (Praises of Israel Ba al Shem Ṭob), which his son Judah Löb published after his death, in 1815. The book, which is a collection of the legends… …

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  • 107Masson, David — (1822 1907)    Biographer and historian, b. at Aberdeen, and ed. at Marischal Coll. there and at Edin., where he studied theology under Chalmers. He did not, however, enter the Church, but began a literary career by ed. a newspaper in Aberdeen.… …

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  • 108literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 109United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 110biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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