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  • 41Antonio Montesino —     Antonio Montesino     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antonio Montesino     A Spanish missionary, date of birth unknown; died in the West Indies, 1545. Of his early life little is known. He entered the Order of St. Dominic and made his religious… …

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  • 42Antonio Vieira —     Antonio Vieira     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antonio Vieira     Missionary, diplomat, orator, b. at Lisbon, 6 February, 1608; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 July, 1697. Brought when a child to Bahia, he studied under the Jesuits, and entered the… …

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  • 43Maurice de Sully —     Maurice de Sully     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Maurice de Sully     Bishop of Paris, born of humble parents at Sully sur Loire (Soliacum), near Orléans, at the beginning of the twelfth century; died at Paris, 11 Sept., 1196. He came to Paris… …

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  • 44St. Winefride —     St. Winefride     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Winefride     Born at Holywell, Wales, about 600; died at Gwytherin, Wales, 3 Nov., 660. Her father was Thevit, a Cambrian magnate, the possessor of three manors in what is now Flintshire; her… …

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  • 45Diet of Dalmatia — Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Dalmatia The Diet of Dalmatia (Croatian, Dalmatinski sabor, Serbian: Далматински сабор, Dalmatinski sabor; Italian: Dieta della Dalmazia) was the regional assembly of the Kingdom of Dalmatia …

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  • 46Maria (gens) — The gens Maria was a plebeian family at Rome. Its most celebrated member was Gaius Marius, one of the greatest generals of antiquity, and seven times consul.[1] Contents 1 Origin of the gens 2 Praenomina used by the gens …

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  • 47Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca — Maria Luisa of Spain Maria Luisa and her son Charles Louis, by Goya, 1800 Queen of Etruria Consort 21 March 1801 – 27 May 1803 …

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  • 481 Samuel 25 — 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;… …

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  • 49plaideur — /pleydar/ An obsolete term for an attorney who pleaded the cause of his client; an advocate …

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  • 50Burke — noun 1. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729 1797) • Syn: ↑Edmund Burke • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader …

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