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Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Jason, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Jason, in the New Testament. 1 St. Paul's host at Thessalonica. 2 Companion of Paul at Corinth, perhaps the same as 1. ...Saul of Tarsus
(Encyclopedia)Saul of Tarsus: see Paul, Saint.Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de
(Encyclopedia)Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de äntōˈnyō ᵺā ārāˈrä ē tôrᵺāsēˈlyäs [key], 1559?–1625, Spanish historian. Appointed official historiographer of Castile and the Indies under Philip...Portocarrero, Luis Manuel Fernández de
(Encyclopedia)Portocarrero, Luis Manuel Fernández de lwēs mänwĕlˈ fĕrnänˈdāth dā pôrˈtōkärāˈrō [key], 1635–1709, Spanish statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Created cardinal in 1669...Louis X, king of France
(Encyclopedia)Louis X, Fr. Louis le Hutin lwē lə ütâNˈ [key] [the quarrelsome], 1289–1316, king of France (1314–16), son and successor of Philip IV. His reign was dominated by his uncle, Charles of Valois,...Pérez, Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Pérez, Antonio äntôˈnyō pāˈrĕth [key], b. 1534 or 1539, d. 1611, Spanish politician. Ambitious and unscrupulous, he became secretary to King Philip II and was, with the princesa de Éboli, a c...Pius IV
(Encyclopedia)Pius IV, 1499–1565, pope (1559–65), a Milanese named Giovanni Angelo de' Medici; successor of Paul IV. He was probably not related to the great Medici family. His career in Rome began in 1527, and...Philemon, epistle of the New Testament
(Encyclopedia)Philemon fĭlēˈmən [key], letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul, probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.a.d. 60). Onesimus, Philemon's fugitive slav...Browse by Subject
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