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Bride, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bride, Saint: see Bridget, Saint.

Bridget, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bridget, Saint, 453?–523?, Irish holy woman. She is often called St. Brigid, St. Bride, or St. Bridget of Kildare. Little is known of her, but she did found a great monastery at…

Bridget of Sweden, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bridget of Sweden, Saint, c.1300–1373, Swedish nun, one of the great saints of Scandinavia. She was a noblewoman at court and the mother of eight children. After her husband's death…

Bridget Fonda Biography

Bridget Fonda actressBorn: 1/27/1964Birthplace: Los Angeles Talented actress with an impressive Hollywood lineage: daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda, and granddaughter of the late…

Birgitta, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Birgitta, Saint: see Bridget of Sweden, Saint.

bishop

(Encyclopedia) bishop: see orders, holy.

Brewer's: Bishop

(Evêque ), the same word, episcopus; whence episc, evesc, evesque, evéque; also 'piscop, bishop. Bishop, Cardinal, Pope (as beverages): Bishop is made by pouring red wine (such as claret…

Columba, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Columba, SaintColumba, Saintkəlŭmˈbə [key], or Saint ColumcilleColumba, Saintkŏlˈəmkĭlˌ [key] [Irish,=dove of the church], 521–97, Irish missionary to Scotland, called the Apostle of…

Riley, Bridget

(Encyclopedia) Riley, Bridget, 1931–, English painter. Associated with the pop art movement, Riley covers large canvases with interlocking bands, undulating curves, scattered discs, or repeated…