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  • monk in the Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena, and served twice as its confessor general. He is known for a few translations and other writings known among...
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    Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor (Greek: Παῦλος; died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337 AD. Paul became...
    9 KB (975 words) - 17:58, 12 October 2024
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    Maximus the Confessor (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian...
    35 KB (3,969 words) - 17:29, 22 October 2024
  • Sylvester I Pope and Confessor (31 December) the previous simples (up to 1955, semidoubles) of St. George Martyr (23 April) St. Alexius Confessor (17 July) Ss...
    64 KB (8,845 words) - 10:59, 29 September 2024
  • 31: St. Sylvester I Pope and Confessor, Double, Com. of the Octave of the Nativity. Although not listed on the general Calendar, a commemoration of St...
    54 KB (7,396 words) - 16:07, 7 October 2024
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    (1787–1788), confessor of Queen Maria I of Portugal. D. José Maria de Melo (1790–1818), Bishop of Algarve, Bishop of Faro and confessor of Queen Maria...
    11 KB (453 words) - 16:52, 25 October 2024
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    complement was as follows: Women (60): 1 Abbess 59 Nuns Men (25): 1 Confessor General 12 Priests 4 Deacons 8 Lay Brethren The different sexes were “to dwell...
    36 KB (4,488 words) - 00:34, 1 October 2024
  • council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor, who is also the leader of the Confessors. The Confessors are a group of women who each have a magical...
    59 KB (8,595 words) - 01:20, 6 November 2024
  • Confessor is the eleventh novel in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, and the last in the Chainfire trilogy bringing an end to the...
    13 KB (1,903 words) - 13:00, 24 October 2022
  • Handbook for a Confessor (also Old English Handbook, or in full, Late Old English Handbook for the Use of a Confessor) is a compilation of Old English...
    8 KB (793 words) - 18:30, 9 July 2024
  • and spoke to Alnwick. On 20 March 1415, Alnwick was appointed as confessor-general of Syon Abbey, but after a year returned to Westminster. During Henry...
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    (August 25, 1624 – January 20, 1709) was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France. François de la Chaise was born at the Château...
    5 KB (612 words) - 07:39, 13 September 2024
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    first large building from the 1040s, commissioned by King Edward the Confessor, who is buried inside. Construction of the present church began in 1245...
    127 KB (13,180 words) - 02:35, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
    apparently withdrawn his application. 6 December 1533, John Fewterer, Confessor-General of Syon Abbey, dedicated his book, The myrrour or glasse of Christes...
    21 KB (2,190 words) - 11:41, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Calendar of saints
    Missal has common formulæ for Masses of Martyrs, Confessors who were bishops, Doctors of the Church, Confessors who were not Bishops, Abbots, Virgins, Non-Virgins...
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    as the "Arms of Edward the Confessor", and the design is based on an emblem historically used by King Edward the Confessor on the reverse side of pennies...
    47 KB (6,025 words) - 05:41, 25 October 2024
  • as accessories with him, against the Abbess Agnes Jordan and the Confessor-General of Syon Abbey. Stokesley acknowledged his guilt, implored Thomas Cromwell's...
    6 KB (586 words) - 21:09, 12 September 2024
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    father, Godwin, Earl of Wessex. After his brother-in-law, King Edward the Confessor, died without an heir on 5 January 1066, the Witenagemot convened and...
    42 KB (4,905 words) - 23:31, 10 November 2024
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    suddenly in 1042 and was succeeded by Magnus in Denmark and Edward the Confessor in England. Harthacnut was the last Dane to rule England. Harthacnut was...
    29 KB (3,717 words) - 11:59, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Felix of Nola
    of Decius or Valerian (c. 253) but is now listed in the General Roman Calendar as a Confessor of the Faith who survived his tortures. Felix was the elder...
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