Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

Boulogne-sur-Mer

(Encyclopedia) Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer b&oomacr;lôˈnyə-sür-mĕrˈ [key], city, Pas-de-Calais dept., N…

Brewer's: Miracles

(Latin, miraculum). Vespasian, the Roman emperor, is said to have cured a blind man and a cripple by his touch during his stay in Alexandria. Mahomet's miracles. He took a scroll of the…

Berceo, Gonzalo de

(Encyclopedia) Berceo, Gonzalo deBerceo, Gonzalo degōnthäˈlō ᵺā bārthāˈō [key], c.1198–1265?, earliest known Spanish medieval poet. He was a religious in a Benedictine monastery who wrote…

miracle

(Encyclopedia) miracle, preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs…

Valois, Dame Ninette de

(Encyclopedia) Valois, Dame Ninette deValois, Dame Ninette devălˈwä [key], 1898–2001, English ballet director, b. County Wicklow, Ireland. She was originally named Edris Stannus. After attaining…

The Third Miracle

Director:Agnieszka HollandWriter:John RomanoSony Pictures Classics; R; 119 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl Ed Harris's solid confidence works wonders for…

Fulk of Neuilly

(Encyclopedia) Fulk of Neuilly, Fr. Foulques de NeuillyFulk of Neuilly,f&oomacr;lk də nöyēˈ [key], d. 1201, French preacher. His sermons and alleged miracles gave him a wide popular following in…

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Maur-des-FossésSaint-Maur-des-FosséssăN-mōr-dā-fôsāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 77,492), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. An industrial suburb of Paris, it…

Sully, Maurice de

(Encyclopedia) Sully, Maurice deSully, Maurice demōrēsˈ də sülēˈ [key], c.1100–1196, French bishop. After studying theology in Paris he was named (1160) bishop of that city. While serving in this…

Louis, titular duke of Burgundy

(Encyclopedia) Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. François de…