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Popović, Milentije

(Encyclopedia) Popović, MilentijePopović, Milentijemēlĕnˈtēyə [key]Popović, Milentije pōˈpōvĭˈtyə [key], 1913–71, Yugoslav politician. Active in the Communist student movement, he became a member of…

Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem)

(Encyclopedia) Cyril, Saint (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem)Cyril, Saintsĭrˈəl [key], c. 315–386, bishop of Jerusalem (c. 350–386), Doctor of the Church. Ordained by his predecessor as bishop, St. Maximus…

Calixtus II

(Encyclopedia) Calixtus II,&sp;Callixtus II, or Callistus II, d. 1124, pope (1119–24), named Guy of Burgundy, successor of Gelasius II. The son of count William I of Burgundy, he was archbishop…

Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore

(Encyclopedia) Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore, c.1580–1632, English colonizer of North America. In 1606 he became private secretary to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, then a secretary of state…

Athanasius, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Athanasius, SaintAthanasius, Saintăthənāˈzhəs [key], c.297–373, patriarch of Alexandria (328–73), Doctor of the Church, great champion of orthodoxy during the Arian crisis of the 4th…

Gregory of Nyssa, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Gregory of Nyssa, SaintGregory of Nyssa, Saintnĭsˈə [key], d. 394?, Cappadocian theologian; brother of St. Basil the Great and his successor as champion of orthodoxy. He became bishop…

Küng, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Küng, HansKüng, Hanshäns küng [key], 1928–, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and author. Ordained in 1954, he became (1960) professor of theology at Tübingen Univ. and later served (…

Cadbury, Dame Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Cadbury, Dame ElizabethCadbury, Dame Elizabethkădˈbərē, –bĕrē [key], 1858–1951, English social worker and philanthropist, b. Elizabeth Mary Taylor, studied in France and Germany; wife…