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Cyril of Alexandria, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Alexandria, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Alexandria). ...

Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Cyril of Jersualem, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem). ...

Christians of Saint John

(Encyclopedia)Christians of Saint John: see Mandaeans. ...

Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint: see Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier. ...

Francis de Sales, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Francis de Sales, Saint, 1567–1622, French Roman Catholic preacher, Doctor of the Church, and key figure in the Counter Reformation in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family of Savoy and ...

Francis of Assisi, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Francis of Assisi, Saint: see Francis, Saint. ...

Francis of Sales, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...

Isidore of Seville, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Isidore of Seville, Saint ĭzˈədôrˌ [key], c.560–636, Spanish churchman and encyclopedist, bishop of Seville, Doctor of the Church. Born of a noble Hispano-Roman family from Cartagena, he spent ...

Ivo of Chartres, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Ivo of Chartres, Saint īˈvō, shärˈtrə [key], c.1040–c.1116, French churchman, bishop of Chartres (after 1090). He was fearlessly outspoken and was briefly imprisoned for opposing the irregular...

Hugh of Lincoln, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Hugh of Lincoln, Saint, 1140–1200, bishop of Lincoln, b. Avalon, Burgundy, of a noble family. He was educated and made his profession at the priory of Augustinian canons at Villarbenoît. Hugh joine...