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Maccabees, books of the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Maccabees, two books included in the Septuagint and placed as the last two books in the Old Testament of the Vulgate; they are not included in the Hebrew Bible and are placed in the…Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di
(Encyclopedia) Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte diCavour, Camillo Benso, conte dikämēlˈlō bānˈsō kônˈtā dē käv&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1810–61, Italian statesman, premier (1852–59, 1860–61) of the Kingdom…Brescia
(Encyclopedia) Brescia Brescia brāˈshä [key], city, capital of Brescia prov., Lombardy, N Italy. It is a…Vicenza
(Encyclopedia) VicenzaVicenzavēchānˈtsä [key], city (1991 pop. 107,454), capital of Vicenza prov., Venetia, NE Italy. It is an agricultural, commercial, and highly diversified industrial center.…Solferino
(Encyclopedia) SolferinoSolferinosōlfārēˈnō [key], village, Lombardy, N Italy, near Mantua. There, on June 24, 1859, the French and Sardinians fought a bloody battle with the Austrians (see…Bartoli, Cecilia
(Encyclopedia) Bartoli, CeciliaBartoli, Ceciliachāchēlˈyä bärtōˈlē [key], 1966–, Italian mezzo-soprano, b. Rome. Bartoli debuted at Verona (1987), first performed in the United States at Lincoln…Lizard, The
(Encyclopedia) Lizard, The, peninsula, Cornwall, SW England. Its southern extremity (the southernmost point of Great Britain) is called Lizard Point or Lizard Head. The coast has colored serpentine…Tartaglia, Niccolò
(Encyclopedia) Tartaglia, NiccolòTartaglia, Niccolònēk-kōlôˈ tärtäˈlyä [key], c.1500–1557, Italian engineer and mathematician. Largely self-educated, he taught mathematics at Verona, Brescia, and…Ezzelino da Romano
(Encyclopedia) Ezzelino da RomanoEzzelino da Romanoĕtˌsālēˈnō dä rōmäˈnō [key], 1194–1259, Italian Ghibelline leader (see Guelphs and Ghibellines) and soldier. After 1232 a faithful supporter of Holy…Acts of the Apostles
(Encyclopedia) Acts of the Apostles, book of the New Testament. It is the only 1st-century account of the expansion of Christianity in its earliest period. It was written in Greek anonymously as…Trending
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