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(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...Patrimony of Saint Peter
(Encyclopedia)Patrimony of Saint Peter: see Papal States. ...Pio, Padre
(Encyclopedia)Pio, Padre: see Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint. ...Gotthard Tunnel
(Encyclopedia)Gotthard Tunnel: see Saint Gotthard, mountain group. ...Teresa of Calcutta, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Teresa of Calcutta, Saint: see Teresa, Mother. ...Thomas More, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Thomas More, Saint: see More, Sir Thomas. ...Winfrid
(Encyclopedia)Winfrid: see Boniface, Saint, c.675–754? ...Ladislaus IV
(Encyclopedia)Ladislaus IV, 1262–90, king of Hungary (1272–90), son and successor of Stephen V. Ladislaus became unpopular by favoring the Cumans, from whom he was descended through his mother. During his reign...Curtis, Benjamin Robbins
(Encyclopedia)Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1851–57), b. Watertown, Mass. After studying law at Harvard, he practiced at Northfield, Mass., and...Porteous, John
(Encyclopedia)Porteous, John pôrˈtēəs [key], d. 1736, British soldier. He was captain of the Edinburgh town guard at the execution (1736) of Andrew Wilson, a smuggler. When the crowd, which was sympathetic to W...Browse by Subject
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