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Cajetan, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...

Sarpi, Paolo

(Encyclopedia)Sarpi, Paolo päˈōlō särˈpē [key], 1552–1623, Venetian councillor, theologian, and historian. In 1565 he became a Servite friar and later theologian and adviser to the republic. In the conflic...

Paulus Diaconus

(Encyclopedia)Paulus Diaconus: see Paul the Deacon. ...

Aegineta, Paulus

(Encyclopedia)Aegineta, Paulus: see Paul of Aegina. ...

Passionists

(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...

Bon Homme Richard

(Encyclopedia)Bon Homme Richard: see Jones, John Paul. ...

Bowles, Jane Auer

(Encyclopedia)Bowles, Jane Auer: see under Bowles, Paul. ...

Tychicus

(Encyclopedia)Tychicus tĭkˈĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul. ...

Ferdinand I, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia)Ferdinand I or Ferdinand the Great, d. 1065, Spanish king of Castile (1035–65) and León (1037–65). He inherited Castile from his father, Sancho III of Navarre, conquered León, and took parts of ...

Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert, duke of glŏsˈstər, glôˈstər [key], 1900–1974, British prince; third son of George V, brother of Edward VIII and George VI, and uncle of Elizabeth II...