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Challoner, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Challoner, RichardChalloner, Richardchălˈənər [key], 1691–1781, English Roman Catholic prelate. Brought up a Protestant, he became a Roman Catholic in his teens and was ordained in…

Frank Sinatra

Perhaps more important than his gold trophy were Sinatra's new friends in Tinstletown. He starred in 1958's Some Came Running with Dean Martin. The two became fast friends, and the Rat Pack was…

State Department Notes on Andorra

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government Economy U.S.-Andorran Relations PEOPLE Andorra is the last independent survivor of the March states, a number of buffer states…

Feckenham, John de

(Encyclopedia) Feckenham, John deFeckenham, John defĕkˈənəm [key], 1518?–1585, English abbot. He became a Benedictine monk at Evesham, studied at Oxford, and later served as chaplain to the bishop of…

Selwyn, George Augustus

(Encyclopedia) Selwyn, George AugustusSelwyn, George Augustussĕlˈwĭn [key], 1809–78, English prelate. In 1841 he was appointed to the colonial diocese of New Zealand, becoming the first Anglican…

Cyprian, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Cyprian, SaintCyprian, Saintsĭpˈrēən [key], 200?–258, Father of the Church, bishop of Carthage (c.248), and perhaps a disciple of Tertullian. Converted in his middle age, he rose…

Pike, James Albert

(Encyclopedia) Pike, James Albert, 1913–69, American Episcopal bishop, b. Oklahoma City. A lawyer who had been raised as a Roman Catholic, he served (1943–45) in the U.S. navy and then studied for…

Titus , in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Titus, in the Bible, early Christian, a missionary and friend of St. Paul. According to later tradition he was a bishop in Crete.

Gregory XI

(Encyclopedia) Gregory XI, 1330–78, pope (1370–78), a Frenchman named Pierre Roger de Beaufort. He was the successor of Urban V, who had made an unsuccessful attempt to remove the papacy from Avignon…