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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...

Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of

(Encyclopedia)Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of, New York City, the world's largest Gothic cathedral. The Episcopal cathedral was begun in 1892 in the Byzantine-Romanesque style after designs by G. L. Heins and C...

Leopold III, margrave of Austria

(Encyclopedia)Leopold III or Saint Leopold, c.1073–1136, margrave of Austria (1095–1136). By his marriage (1106) with Agnes, widow of Duke Frederick I of Swabia (see Hohenstaufen), he became the stepfather of G...

Didymus

(Encyclopedia)Didymus: see Thomas, Saint.

Hieronymus

(Encyclopedia)Hieronymus: see Jerome, Saint.

Theatines

(Encyclopedia)Theatines: see Cajetan, Saint.

corposant

(Encyclopedia)corposant: see Saint Elmo's fire. ...

Chrysostom

(Encyclopedia)Chrysostom: see John Chrysostom, Saint. ...

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