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Molina, Tirso de
(Encyclopedia)Molina, Tirso de: see Tirso de Molina. ...Molinos, Miguel de
(Encyclopedia)Molinos, Miguel de mēgĕlˈ dā mōlēˈnōs [key], 1640–1697?, Spanish priest and mystic. He was the founder of quietism, which he adhered to in its most extreme form. From 1669 he lived principal...Oñate, Juan de
(Encyclopedia)Oñate, Juan de hwän dā ōnyäˈtā [key], fl. 1595–1614, Spanish explorer in the American Southwest, possibly b. New Spain. In 1598 he led an expedition north from New Spain, took possession of N...Niccoli, Niccolò de'
(Encyclopedia)Niccoli, Niccolò de' nēk-kōlôˈ dā nēkˈkōlē [key], 1363–1437, Italian humanist. One of the distinguished Florentine scholars in Cosimo de' Medici's circle, he wrote little but is remembered...Ninon de Lenclos
(Encyclopedia)Ninon de Lenclos: see Lenclos, Ninon de. ...Niza, Marcos de
(Encyclopedia)Niza, Marcos de: see Marcos de Niza. ...Nobili, Roberto de
(Encyclopedia)Nobili, Roberto de rōbĕrˈtō dā nōˈbēlē [key], 1577–1656, Italian Jesuit missionary. He was ordained in Rome in 1603 after seven years of training in Naples and sailed the following year for...Noé, Amédée de
(Encyclopedia)Noé, Amédée de: see Cham.Nogaret, Guillaume de
(Encyclopedia)Nogaret, Guillaume de gēyōmˈ də nôgärāˈ [key], 1265?–1313, French statesman. A jurist, he was a member of the royal council of King Philip IV. During Philip's conflict with Pope Boniface VII...Neri, Filippo de'
(Encyclopedia)Neri, Filippo de': see Philip Neri, Saint. ...Browse by Subject
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