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101Astronomy — • Divided into two main branches, astrometry and astrophysics; the former concerned with determining the places of the investigation of the heavenly bodies, the latter, with the investigation of their chemical and physical nature Catholic… …
102Southwark — • Suffragan of Westminster, England Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Southwark Southwark † …
103The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
104Christian views on Hell — vary, but in general traditionally agree that hell is a place or a state in which the souls of the unsaved suffer the consequences of sin. Different Hebrew and Greek words are translated as hell in most English language Bibles. They include:… …
105Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville — (also known as Celeron de Bienville, or Céleron or Céloron, etc.) was a French Canadian Officer of Marine. In 1739 1740 he led a detachment to Louisiana to fight the Chickasaw in the abortive Chickasaw Campaign of 1739. In 1749 he led the Lead… …
106Andrew's, St. — 1) ANDREW S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Boarhills, Grange,… …
107John Aidan Liddell — John Aidan Liddell, VC, MC (3 August, 1888 ndash; 31 August, 1915) was an English pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and… …
108Stanwick St John — Infobox UK place official name= Stanwick St John country=England static static image caption= region=Yorkshire and the Humber shire county=North Yorkshire shire district=Richmondshire latitude= 54.49818 longitude= 1.71303Stanwick St John is a… …
109Rydzyna Castle — The castle in Rydzyna [IPA pl|r|y| |dz|y|n|a] was built at the beginning of 15th century by Jan of Czernina. At the end of the 17th century Italian architects Joseph Simon Bellotti and Pompeo Ferrari erected the present Baroque castle on its… …
110Hosseini, Khaled — ▪ 2008 born March 4, 1965, Kabul, Afg. In 2007 Khaled Hosseini published his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, which quickly topped American and British best seller lists. His latest release did little, however, to dent the international… …
