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    Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was...
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  • Buddhist culture is exemplified through Buddhist art, Buddhist architecture, Buddhist music and Buddhist cuisine. As Buddhism expanded from the Indian...
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  • In Greek mythology, Hippodamia (/,hɪpoʊdəˈmaɪə/; also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια means 'she who masters horses' derived from...
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    Christians are a religious community residing in the Indian state of Jharkhand. As per 2011 Census of India, 4.3% of people in Jharkhand are Christians...
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    Scindia Ghat (Hindi: सिंधिया घाट) is one of the ghats in Varanasi and borders Manikarnika, a place of Hindu cremation, to the north. At this ghat, a tilted...
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    Solomon III (died 919) was the Bishop of Constance from 890 to his death. In 885, the Emperor Charles III made him archchancellor of the Empire, for Konstanz...
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    Francesco Zabarella (10 August 1360 – 26 September 1417) was an Italian cardinal and canonist. Born in Padua, he studied jurisprudence at Bologna and at...
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  • Mosques in Kolkata refers to mosques in the city of Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta), in India. Kolkata is the capital city of West Bengal, a state...
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  • Diomede Carafa (1492–1560) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. A member of the House of Carafa, Diomede Carafa was born in Ariano on 7 January...
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  • Yaochidao (瑤池道 "Way of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake"), also known by the name of its corporate form the Holy Church of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake, Taiwan Yauchi...
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  • Girolamo Doria (1495 – 25 March 1558) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Girolamo Doria was born in Genoa in 1495, the son of Andrea Doria. Early...
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    Pavel hrabě Huyn (German: Paul Graf Huyn) (17 February 1868 in Brno – 1 October 1946 in Bolzano) was a Moravian-German Roman Catholic clergyman. He was...
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    Agostino Bausa, O.P. (Italian pronunciation: [aɡoˈstiːno ˈbauza]; 23 February 1821 – 14 April 1899) – born Antonio Vincenzo Giuseppe Bausa – was an Italian...
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  • Thumbnail for Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
    The Church of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca is one of the titular churches of Rome to which Cardinal Priests of the Roman Catholic...
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  • Fr. Vasco do Rego SJ (8 January 1925 – 17 February 2021) was a Jesuit priest from the region of Goa, who played a significant role in the promotion of...
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  • John of Lodi (1025–1106) was an Italian hermit and bishop. John was born in Lodi Vecchio in 1025. In the 1060s he became a hermit at the Camaldolese monastery...
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    Johann von Eych (died 1464) was a German Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Johann von Eych was born in Heldburg ca. 1404, the son of Karl von Eych and...
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  • Radical Unintelligibility, a term coined by Bernard Lonergan, is the philosophical idea that we can act against our better judgment. We can refuse to choose...
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    Jean Simon de Champigny (died 1502) was a French prelate who was Bishop of Paris from 1492 to 1502. Jean Simon de Champigny was the son of Jean Simon,...
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  • Romolo de Valentibus (died 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Conversano (1561–1579). In 1561, Romolo de Valentibus was appointed...
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