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    were translated to Santbeck in the duchy of Cleves, where his intercession is devoutly implored, especially for relief under the gout and in fevers ;...
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    George Mason (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
    Mason caught a chest cold. When Jefferson visited Gunston Hall on October 1, 1792, he found Mason, long a martyr to gout, needing a crutch to walk, though...
    97 KB (13,489 words) - 19:07, 28 May 2024
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    William King (bishop) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    refusing to get up from his chair, saying that he was too old to stand; he might reasonably have pointed out instead that he was a martyr to gout, from which...
    8 KB (908 words) - 10:57, 2 August 2023
  • The Martyrs of Alexandria under Decius were a number of Christians (Julian, Eunos [Chronion], Beza, Justus, Macarius etc.) who were martyred in Alexandria...
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    for treason, is also worthy of note. Gout-ridden, he was carried to the execution site in a chair and bound fast to a table. The executioner then ripped...
    28 KB (3,589 words) - 05:32, 16 May 2024
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    Apollinaris of Ravenna (category 1st-century Christian martyrs)
    he is alleged to have been martyred, and his feast is ranked as a lesser Double. The present General Roman Calendar devotes this day to Saint Bridget...
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    affecting the genitals - Vitalis of Assisi Gout, sore throat, fever, whooping cough - Andrew the Apostle Gout - Apollinaris Pathologies of the hands and...
    21 KB (1,848 words) - 08:42, 4 May 2024
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    Quirinus of Neuss (category 2nd-century Christian martyrs)
    martyr) is venerated as a martyr and saint of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. His cult was centred at Neuss in Germany, though he was a Roman...
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    referred to by destination country, roughly as: Goût anglais ("English taste", between 22 and 66 grams); note that today goût anglais refers to aged vintage...
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    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    seriously afflicted with gout, presumably caused by a diet consisting mainly of red meat. As he aged, his gout progressed from painful to crippling. In his retirement...
    185 KB (20,100 words) - 07:24, 29 May 2024
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    appointed a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. Although he was temporarily disabled by gout and unable to attend...
    205 KB (22,006 words) - 06:34, 28 May 2024
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    Charles I of England (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Charles and Strafford went north to command the English forces, despite Strafford being ill himself with a combination of gout and dysentery. The Scottish...
    118 KB (14,442 words) - 19:09, 29 April 2024
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    Pontius Pilate (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    reluctant to execute Jesus, the Ethiopian Church believes that Pilate became a Christian and venerates him as both a martyr and a saint, a belief which...
    101 KB (13,551 words) - 11:30, 24 May 2024
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    corns and, externally, as a 'warm pack for gout.' William Turner, in 1597, repeated this, saying that willow bark, 'being burnt to ashes, and steeped in vinegar...
    38 KB (3,451 words) - 12:52, 30 May 2024
  • Headache Migraine Acute gout Dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) Metastatic bone pain Postoperative pain Muscle stiffness and pain due to Parkinson's disease Pyrexia...
    104 KB (11,179 words) - 00:16, 30 May 2024
  • Countess of Wiltshire, wife of Thomas Boleyn Stephen Gardiner John Lambert (martyr) Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton...
    63 KB (138 words) - 12:40, 23 April 2024
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    Security Advisor, for a military solution to the crisis. Vance, struggling with gout, went to Florida on Thursday, April 10, 1980, for a long weekend. On Friday...
    114 KB (11,903 words) - 19:03, 29 May 2024
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    possibly had gout. His obesity and other medical problems can be traced to the jousting accident on 24 January 1536 in which he suffered a leg wound. The...
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    a gold record from SACEM, selling over 110,000 copies. In December 2011, he released a three-track maxi-single titled Avant-goût, which earned him a nomination...
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    Calendar"). "At Alexandria, the passion of St. Julian, martyr. Although he was so afflicted with the gout that he could neither walk, not stand, he was taken...
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