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Paul V

(Encyclopedia) Paul V, 1552–1621, pope (1605–21), a Roman named Camillo Borghese; successor of Leo XI. He was created cardinal (1596) by Clement VIII and was renowned for his knowledge of canon law.…

Paul

(Encyclopedia) Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western…

Sandby, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Sandby, PaulSandby, Paulsăndˈbē [key], 1725–1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. During his years in…

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, Prince of Tyre, became a voluntary exile from his dominions, to avert the dreadful calamities which Antiochus, the wicked emperor of Greece, threatened to…

Cadmus, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Cadmus, Paul, 1904–99, American painter, b. N.Y.C.; studied National Academy of Design (1919–26), Art Students' League (1928). From 1933–35 he and painter Jared French traveled to…

Paul VI, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Paul VI, Saint, 1897–1978, pope (1963–78), an Italian (b. Concesio, near Brescia) named Giovanni Battista Montini; successor of John XXIII. The broader international outlook of the…

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

(Encyclopedia) Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'pôl äNrēˈ tērēˈ bärôNˈ dôlbäkˈ [key], Ger. Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron von HolbachHolbach, Paul Henri Thiry,…

Minnesota, University of

(Encyclopedia) Minnesota, University of, main campus at Minneapolis–St. Paul; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1851 and 1868, opened as a university 1869. Other campuses are…

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.