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Sainte Anne de Beaupré
(Encyclopedia)Sainte Anne de Beaupré săNtănˈ də bōprāˈ, Fr. săNtănˈdə bōprāˈ [key], village (1991 pop. 3,146), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River and NE of Quebec. It is the site of a famous s...Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem
(Encyclopedia)Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem: see Knights Hospitalers. ...Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of
(Encyclopedia)Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of: see Knights Hospitalers. ...Saint John's, city, Antigua and Barbuda
(Encyclopedia)Saint John's, city (1991 pop. 21,514), capital of Antigua and Barbuda, in the West Indies. St. John's, at the head of a harbor formed by an inlet, is the commercial center of the country. Tourism is i...Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de
(Encyclopedia)Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de āmēˈlyä kōndāˈsä dā pärˈᵺō bäthänˈ [key], 1852–1921, Spanish novelist and critic. Her biography of St. Francis of Assisi appeared the same year as h...Hugh of Saint Victor
(Encyclopedia)Hugh of Saint Victor, 1096–1141, French or German philosopher and theologian, a canon regular of the monastery of St. Victor, Paris, from c.1115. In 1133 he was made head of the monastery school, wh...Milton, John
(Encyclopedia)Milton, John, 1608–74, English poet, b. London, one of the greatest poets of the English language. Milton's theology, although in the Protestant tradition, is extremely unorthodox and individu...relics
(Encyclopedia)relics, part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been associated with th...Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis de lōräNˈ märkēˈ də go͞ovyôNˈ-săN-sēr [key], 1764–1830, marshal of France. He served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was made mars...Francis Xavier, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506–52, Basque Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle to the Indies, b. Spanish Navarre, of noble parents. He studied in Paris (1525–34), where he became an associate of St....Browse by Subject
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