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Kingis Quair, The

(Encyclopedia)Kingis Quair, The: see James I, king of Scotland. ...

Philip the Fair

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France. ...

Philip the Tall

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France. ...

William the Conqueror

(Encyclopedia)William the Conqueror: see William I, king of England. ...

Philip the Handsome

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile. ...

Water Bearer, The

(Encyclopedia)Water Bearer, The, English name for Aquarius, a constellation. ...

Akinola, Peter Jasper

(Encyclopedia)Akinola, Peter Jasper, 1944–, Nigerian Anglican prelate. He was ordained a deacon in 1978 and a priest in 1979. From 1978 on he built the Anglican church in Abuja, Nigeria, from practically nothing ...

Dee, John

(Encyclopedia)Dee, John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and occultist. He was educated at Cambridge. Accused of practicing sorcery against Queen Mary I, he was acquitted and later was a favorite of Queen Elizab...

litany

(Encyclopedia)litany lĭtˈənē [key] [Gr.,=prayer], solemn prayer characterized by varying petitions with set responses. The term is mainly used for Christian forms. Litanies were developed in Christendom for use...

Charles Borromeo, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Charles Borromeo, Saint bōrōmāˈō [key], 1538–84, Italian churchman, b. near Lago Maggiore. His uncle, Pius IV, summoned Charles, a student at Pavia, to Rome in 1560. In rapid order he was made ...