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  • 121Maronites — • History of the Maronite nation and Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maronites     Maronites     † …

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  • 122Theatines — • A religious order of men, founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Paolo Consiglieri, Bonifacio da Colle, and Giovanni Pietro Carafa, afterwards Pope Paul IV Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Theatines     Theatines …

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  • 123Alain Chartier —     Alain Chartier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alain Chartier     A French poet, born about 1390, at Bayeux, died between 1430 and 1440. It is believed he studied at the University of Paris, as did his brother Guillaume, Bishop of Paris, who… …

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  • 124Blessed John Ruysbroeck —     Blessed John Ruysbroeck     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John Ruysbroeck     Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics, b. at Ruysbroeck, near Brussels, 1293; d. at Groenendael …

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  • 125Early African Church —     Early African Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Early African Church     The name, Early African Church, is given to the Christian communities inhabiting the region known politically as Roman Africa, and comprised geographically within the …

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  • 126Ernst Deger —     Ernst Deger     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ernst Deger     Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885. Little is known concerning his early life. In 1828 he went to the Berlin Academy of… …

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  • 127Hebrew —     Hebrew Language and Literature     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hebrew Language and Literature     Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament. The name Hebrew …

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  • 128Hubert and Jan van Eyck —     Hubert and Jan van Eyck     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hubert and Jan van Eyck     Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and consequently of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe. Hubert was …

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