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Xavier, Saint Francis
(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint: see Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier. ...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....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...Antigonish
(Encyclopedia)Antigonish ănˌtĭgōnĭshˈ [key], town, N central N.S., Canada, on an inlet of St. Georges Bay. The town was founded in 1784 by disbanded British soldiers and later set...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...Tirunelveli
(Encyclopedia)Tirunelveli tĭro͞onĕlˈvĕlē [key], town (1991 pop. 366,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. Now an agricultural trading center with motor workshops and manufactures in textiles, jewelry, and cigaret...Francis of Assisi, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Assisi, Saint: see Francis, Saint. ...Francis of Sales, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...Yamaguchi
(Encyclopedia)Yamaguchi yämäˈgo͞ochē [key], city (1990 pop. 129,461), capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A great castle city from the 14th to 16th cent. and the site of many Buddhist temples an...Browse by Subject
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