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  • 51Francis Borgia —     St. Francis Borgia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Francis Borgia     (Span. FRANCISCO DE BORJA Y ARAGON )     Francis Borgia, born 28 October, 1510, was the son of Juan Borgia, third Duke of Gandia, and of Juana of Aragon; died 30… …

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  • 52St. Athanasius —     St. Athanasius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Athanasius     Bishop of Alexandria; Confessor and Doctor of the Church; born c. 296; died 2 May, 373. Athanasius was the greatest champion of Catholic belief on the subject of the Incarnation… …

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  • 53holy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. consecrated, saintly; blessed, sacred, godly. See piety, deity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Divine] Syn. sacred, divine, consecrated; see divine 2 . 2. [Sinless] Syn. devout, pious, blessed,… …

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  • 54angelical — adjective 1. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint angelic beneficence a beatific smile a saintly concern for his fellow men my sainted mother • Syn: ↑angelic, ↑beatific, ↑saintlike, ↑ …

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  • 55sainted — adjective marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint angelic beneficence a beatific smile a saintly concern for his fellow men my sainted mother • Syn: ↑angelic, ↑angelical, ↑beatific, ↑ …

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  • 56saintlike — adjective marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint angelic beneficence a beatific smile a saintly concern for his fellow men my sainted mother • Syn: ↑angelic, ↑angelical, ↑beatific, ↑ …

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  • 57Hasidic Judaism — Hasidic Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb Part of a se …

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  • 58Saint — For other uses, see Saint (disambiguation) and The Saint (disambiguation). Sainthood redirects here. For the Tegan and Sara album, see Sainthood (album). In traditional Christian iconography, saints are often depicted as having halos, which is a… …

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  • 59Penda of Mercia — Penda (died November 15, 655Manuscript A of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle gives the year as 655. Bede also gives the year as 655 and specifies a date, November 15. R. L. Poole ( Studies in Chronology and History , 1934) put forward the theory that… …

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  • 60Mary MacKillop — Saint Mary of the Cross Mary MacKillop, 1869 Born 15 January 1842(1842 01 15) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Died 8 August 1909 …

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