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Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint: see Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier. ...Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier
(Encyclopedia)Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier zāˈvyər kəbrēˈnē [key], 1850–1917, American nun, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, b. near Lodi, Italy. Founded in Italy in 1880, h...Xavier, Saint Francis
(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix zhäN bätēstˈ də lä krwä săN-välyāˈ [key], 1653–1727, Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, b. France. He succeeded François Xavier de Laval in 1688 af...Laval, François Xavier de
(Encyclopedia)Laval, François Xavier de fräNswäˈ zävyāˈ də lävälˈ [key], 1623–1708, French prelate in Canada, first bishop of Quebec. Of noble family (his family name in full was Laval-Montmorency), he...Laval-Montmorency, François Xavier de
(Encyclopedia)Laval-Montmorency, François Xavier de: see Laval, François Xavier de. ...Francis de Sales, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis de Sales, Saint, 1567–1622, French Roman Catholic preacher, Doctor of the Church, and key figure in the Counter Reformation in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family of Savoy and ...Francis Xavier, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506–52, Basque Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle to the Indies, b. Spanish Navarre, of noble parents. He studied in Paris (1525–34), where he became an associate of St....Darusmont, Frances Wright
(Encyclopedia)Darusmont, Frances Wright: see Wright, Frances. ...Stuart, Frances Teresa, duchess of Richmond and Lennox
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Frances Teresa, duchess of Richmond and Lennox: see Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of. ...Browse by Subject
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