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Tone, Theobald Wolfe

(Encyclopedia) Tone, Theobald Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish revolutionary. He was called to the bar in 1789 but soon turned his attention to politics. Inspired by the example of the French Revolution, he…

Francis

(Encyclopedia) Francis, 1936–, pope (2013–), an Argentinian (b. Buenos Aires to Italian immigrants) named Jorge Mario Bergoglio; successor of Benedict XVI. Francis, the first non-European to assume…

Benedict XVI

(Encyclopedia) Benedict XVI, 1927–2022, pope (2005–13) and Roman Catholic theologian, a German (b. Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) named Josef (or Joseph)…

Magnificat

(Encyclopedia) MagnificatMagnificatmăgnĭfˈĭkăt [key] [Lat.,=magnifies], song of the Virgin Mary, beginning “Magnificat anima mea Dominum” [my soul doth magnify the Lord], from Luke 1.46–55. It is the…

Saint Mary's College

(Encyclopedia) Saint Mary's College, at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; for women; est. 1844 as St. Mary's Academy, chartered 1850 at Bertrand, Mich.; moved and chartered 1855. The…

Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de

(Encyclopedia) Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise deMaintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise defräNswäzˈ dōbēnyāˈ märkēzˈ də măNtənôNˈ [key], 1635–1719, second wife of the French king Louis XIV…

Mai, Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Mai, AngeloMai, Angeloänˈjālō mī [key], 1782–1854, Italian philologist and, from 1838, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an official at the Ambrosian Library in Milan and the…

Apollinaris Sidonius

(Encyclopedia) Apollinaris Sidonius (Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius)Apollinaris Sidoniusəpŏlĭnârˈĭs sīdōˈnēəs, sĭdōˈ– [key], fl. 455–75, Latin writer, b. Lyons. He had a minor role in imperial…

Issy-les-Moulineaux

(Encyclopedia) Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux ēsēˈ-lā-m&oomacr;lēnōˈ [key], suburb SW of Paris, Hauts-de-…

Clogher

(Encyclopedia) Clogher Clogher klŏkhˈər [key], town, Co. Tyrone, central Northern Ireland, on the Blackwater…