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Current Events This Week: October 2024

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of October…

Honorius II

(Encyclopedia) Honorius II, d. 1130, pope (1124–30), an Italian named Lamberto, b. Bologna; successor of Calixtus II. Before becoming pope he spent several years in Germany adjusting the quarrel over…

Eugene III

(Encyclopedia) Eugene III, d. 1153, pope (1145–53), a Pisan named Bernard (probably in full Bernardo dei Paganelli di Montemagno); successor of Lucius II. Before his election he was called Bernard of…

Zacharias, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Zacharias or Zachary, SaintZacharias or Zachary, Saintzăkərīˈəs, zăkˈərē [key], pope (741–52), a Calabrian Greek; successor of St. Gregory III. He was the first pope after Gregory the…

Nicholas I, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, Saint, c.825–867, pope (858–67), a Roman; successor of Benedict III. He was a vigorous and politically active pope who arbitrated both temporal and religious disputes. His…

Formosus

(Encyclopedia) FormosusFormosusfôrmōˈsəs [key], c.816–896, pope (891–96), probably a Roman; successor of Stephen VI. Under Pope Nicholas I he had been bishop in Bulgaria, where he pursued a rigorous…

Clouet, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Clouet, JeanClouet, JeanzhäN kl&oomacr;āˈ [key], called Janet or JehannetClouet, Jeanboth: zhänĕˈ [key], c.1485–1540, portrait and miniature painter. He was court painter and valet…

Francis Carlin: The Provinces

The ProvincesFrancis CarlinO God that I May arise with the Gael To the song in the sky Over Inisfail!Ulster, your dark Mold for me; Munster, a lark Hold for me!Connaght, a `caoine' Croon…

Brewer's: St. Francis

(See Francis.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. George's CrossSt. Elmo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…