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Balue, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Balue, JeanBalue, JeanzhäN bälüˈ [key], c.1421–1491, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A trusted adviser of the French king Louis XI, he saved Paris for the king…

Székesfehérvár

(Encyclopedia) SzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvársāˈkĕshfĕˌhârvär [key], Ger. Stuhlweissenburg, city (1991 est. pop. 109,100), W central Hungary. It is a county administrative center, a road and rail…

Current U.S. Supreme Court Members

The following table lists the current members of the United States Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, creating a vacancy…

papacy

(Encyclopedia) CE5 papacypapacypāˈpəsē [key], office of the pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is pope by reason of being bishop of Rome and thus, according to Roman Catholic belief,…

Ruthenia

(Encyclopedia) RutheniaRutheniar&oomacr;thēˈnēə [key], Latinized form of the word Russia. The term was applied to Ukraine in the Middle Ages when the princes of Halych briefly assumed the title…

Nestorianism

(Encyclopedia) Nestorianism, Christian heresy that held Jesus to be two distinct persons, closely and inseparably united. In 428, Emperor Theodosius II named an abbot of Antioch, Nestorius (d. 451…

Franciscans

(Encyclopedia) FranciscansFranciscansfrănsĭsˈkənz [key], members of several Roman Catholic religious orders following the rule of St. Francis (approved by Honorius III, 1223). There are now three…