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Concordat of 1801

(Encyclopedia) Concordat of 1801, agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. Napoleon took the initiative in negotiating this…

Cyprian, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Cyprian, SaintCyprian, Saintsĭpˈrēən [key], 200?–258, Father of the Church, bishop of Carthage (c.248), and perhaps a disciple of Tertullian. Converted in his middle age, he rose…

Prout, Father

(Encyclopedia) Prout, Father: see Mahony, Francis Sylvester.

Biographies: 2018 People in the News

2018 People in the News See also 2016 People in the News 2015 People in the News 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People…

Old Pretender

(Encyclopedia) Old Pretender: see Stuart, James Francis Edward.

Townsend plan

(Encyclopedia) Townsend plan: see under Townsend, Francis Everett.

Josephine

(Encyclopedia) Josephine, 1763–1814, empress of the French (1804–9) as the consort of Napoleon I. Born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie in Martinique, she was married in 1779 to Alexandre de…

Assisi

(Encyclopedia) Assisi Assisi äs-sēˈzē [key], town, Umbria, central Italy. A religious and tourist center, it stands on a hill in the Apennines with an expansive view of the…