Encyclopedia - Patron Saint: Encyclopedia - Patron Saint
In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Flor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patron Saint: Encyclopedia Ii - Patron Saint - Saints Associated With Protection From Ailments Or Illness
Patron saint - Other protective help. Wulfram of Sens is called upon for protection against the dangers of the sea. ... See also:P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patron Saint: Encyclopedia Ii - Patron Saint - Countries And Places Under Mary's Patronage
A large number of countries, places and groups claim the Blessed Virgin Mary as a patron, though usually under a specific title or appari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint: Encyclopedia - Saint
In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. It can be applied to both the living and the dead an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Mungo: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Mungo - Patron Saint
Mungo's four religious miracles in Glasgow, which are represented in the city's coat of arms. Glasgow's current motto Let Glasgow flouris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palermo: Encyclopedia Ii - Palermo - Patron Saints
The patron saint of Palermo is Santa Rosalia, who is still widely venerated. On the 14th of July, people in Palermo celebrate the "Festin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palermo: Encyclopedia Ii - Palermo - Patron Saints
The patron saint of Palermo is Santa Rosalia, who is still widely venerated. On the 14th of July, people in Palermo celebrate the "Festin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secular Saint: Encyclopedia Ii - Secular Saint - Created Patron Saints In The Arts
Leonard Cohen advertises himself as being the "patron saint of envy" in the song Field Commander Cohen St. Corleone, the Sicilian 'Godfat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint David: Encyclopedia - Saint David
Saint David (c. 512–587) (known in Welsh as Dewi Sant) was a church official, later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calendar Of Saints: Encyclopedia - Calendar Of Saints
The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Martin: Encyclopedia - Saint Martin
Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 150 miles east of Puerto Rico. The 88 km² (38 square-mile) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Botolph: Encyclopedia - Saint Botolph
Botolph, Botulph or Botulf (born 610, died circa 680) was an English abbot and saint. He is the patron saint of the various aspects of fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Andrew: Encyclopedia - Saint Andrew
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Birgitta: Encyclopedia - Saint Birgitta
Saint Birgitta, also known as St. Bridget of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), was a saint, mystic, pilgrim, and founder of the Bridgettin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint George: Encyclopedia - Saint George
Saint George (ca 275/280–April 23, 303) was a soldier of the Roman Empire and later Christian martyr. It is also said that he was the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Of Saint Wenceslas: Encyclopedia - Crown Of Saint Wenceslas
Crown of Saint Wenceslas is the part of Czech crown jewels (also called Czech treasure) made in 1347. Charles IV had it made for his coro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Saints: Encyclopedia - List Of Saints
A small selection of Christian saints are listed below in alphabetical order by Christian name, but if necessary by surname, the place or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Alberto Hurtado: Encyclopedia - Saint Alberto Hurtado
Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, popularly known as Padre Hurtado (January 22, 1901 – August 18, 195...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Boniface: Encyclopedia - Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifacius)(German: Bonifatius), (c. 672 - June 5, 754), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Valentine: Encyclopedia - Saint Valentine
Saint Valentine or Saint Valentinus refers to one of at least three martyred saints of ancient Rome. The feast of Saint Valentine was for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Mary's County Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Mary's County Maryland - Cities And Towns
Saint Mary's County includes one municipality, classified as a town under Maryland law: Leonardtown, the county seat (incorporated 1858)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - History
Tsar Peter the Great founded the city on May 27 (May 16, Old Style), 1703 after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden. He named it af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - History
Tsar Peter the Great founded the city on May 27 (May 16, Old Style), 1703 after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden. He named it af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - History
Tsar Peter the Great founded the city on May 27 (May 16, Old Style), 1703 after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden. He named it af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Gissi - S. Berardino From Siena Patron Saint Of Gissi
A very old oral tradition states that S. Berardino came to preach in Gissi in the year 1434. However, he was not welcomed. However as tim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Joseph: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Joseph - Sainthood
Within the Roman Catholic tradition, Joseph is the patron saint of various things and places. Pope Pius IX proclaimed him the patron of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santo Niño: Encyclopedia Ii - Santo Niño - Patron Saint
The Santo Niño was long considered to be the patron "saint" of Cebu. However, the Santo Niño is a representation of Jesus Christ as a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-denis Seine-saint-denis: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-denis Seine-saint-denis - History
During its history, Saint-Denis has been closely associated with the French royal house; starting from Dagobert I, almost all French king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - Miscellaneous
The Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne is a football club based in this area. St. Étienne used to be the capital of the French bicyc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - Formal Veneration Of The Saint
Among the Greeks and Italians he is a favourite of sailors, fishermen, ships and sailing. As such he has become over time the patron sain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - Miscellaneous
The Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne is a football club based in this area. St. Étienne used to be the capital of the French bicyc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint - Definition Specific To Religion
Saint - Christianity. In the Roman Catholic church, the title of Saint - with a capital 'S' - refers to a person who has been formally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Kitts: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Kitts - Parishes
There are nine parishes on the island of St. Kitts: Christ Church Nichola Town Saint Anne Sandy Point Saint George Basseterre Saint John...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Kitts: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Kitts - Parishes
There are nine parishes on the island of St. Kitts: Christ Church Nichola Town Saint Anne Sandy Point Saint George Basseterre Saint John...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - The Face Of The Historical Saint
Whereas the importance of relics and the business associated with pilgrims and patron saints caused the remains of most saints to be spre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - The Face Of The Historical Saint
Whereas the importance of relics and the business associated with pilgrims and patron saints caused the remains of most saints to be spre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - Saint Nicholas The Festive Gift-giver
Saint Nicholas Day is a festival for children in much of Europe related to surviving legends of the saint, and particularly his reputatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - Saint Nicholas The Festive Gift-giver
Saint Nicholas Day is a festival for children in much of Europe related to surviving legends of the saint, and particularly his reputatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secular Saint: Encyclopedia Ii - Secular Saint - Others Acclaimed As Saints
Herbert "Betinho" de Souza - loved and admired for confronted economic injustice and government corruption in Brazil. Christopher Manion ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - The Church In Saint-Étienne
Before the French Revolution the town comprised only two parishes: Saint-Étienne (or the mother church, thirteenth century) and Notre-Da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - Demographics
Population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 180,210 inhabitants (177,300 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Populati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - History
Prior to the arrival of French explorers in 1763 the area that would become Saint Louis was a major center of the Mississippian mound bui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Elmo National Historic District: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Elmo National Historic District - Settlement
In 1777, Chief Dragging Canoe and several hundred Cherokee warriors migrated to the Chicamauga Creek after objecting to a treaty between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - Economy
Saint Louis punches above its weight as a center for corporate headquarters. Beer commercials have made the city well known as the home o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - Geography
St. Louis is located at 38°38′53″N, 90°12′44″W (38.648056, -90.212222).GR1 The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - Demographics
Population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 180,210 inhabitants (177,300 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Populati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Julian: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Julian - Origins
Today, scholars believe the story of St. Julian is fully legendary. There are three main schools to his origins: Born in Le Mans, France...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - History
In the 16th century, Saint-Étienne possessed an arms factory, and it was this industry which accounted for the town's importance, though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-lô: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-lô - Sights
Among the only standing buildings after the 1944 bombings was the Notre-Dame church, built in Flamboyant Gothic style from the 13th to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - Geography
St. Louis is located at 38°38′53″N, 90°12′44″W (38.648056, -90.212222).GR1 The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-léonard—saint-michel: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-léonard—saint-michel - History
"Saint-Léonard" riding was first created in 1976 from parts of Maissoneuve—Rosemont, Mercier and Saint-Michel ridings. The name of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-bruno—saint-hubert: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-bruno—saint-hubert - History
The electoral district of "Saint-Hubert" was created in 1987 from parts of Chambly and La Prairie ridings. Saint-Hubert initially consist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Culture
Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg has always been known for its high-quality cultural life. The world-famous K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-omer: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-omer - Sights
The fortifications (which had been improved by Vauban in the 17th century) were demolished during the last decade of the 19th century and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Culture
Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg has always been known for its high-quality cultural life. The world-famous K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - The Church In Saint-Étienne
Before the French Revolution the town comprised only two parishes: Saint-Étienne (or the mother church, thirteenth century) and Notre-Da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Nicholas: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Nicholas - Deeds And Miracles Attributed To Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors and is often called upon by sailors who are in danger of drowning or being shipwrecked. Acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Helier: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Helier - History
It is thought that the site of St. Helier was settled at the time of the Roman control of Gaul. The medieval hagiographies of Helier, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Mungo: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Mungo - Miracles
In the legend of Saint Mungo, he performed four religious miracles in Glasgow. The following verse is used to remember Mungo's four mirac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-lô: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-lô - History
In the past called Briovère (meaning "Bridge on the Vire River" in Gaulish), the city is built on, and around ramparts. The name "Saint-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Kitts And Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Kitts And Nevis - Politics
Main article: Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis The country is an independent Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Étienne: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Étienne - History
In the 16th century, Saint-Étienne possessed an arms factory, and it was this industry which accounted for the town's importance, though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Helier: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Helier - Saint
Major article: Helier. Saint Helier is named for Helier (or Helerius), a 6th century ascetic hermit. The traditional date of his martyrdo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - People And Culture
Social changes in the twentieth century influenced radically the sorts of people who exist in Saint Louis now. From 1810, the date of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Lucia: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Lucia - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Saint Lucia The small population of Saint Lucia is mostly black or of mixed descent; just 1% are of Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Mina: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Mina - The Saint's Story
Saint Menas was born in Egypt in 285 A.D., in the city of Niceous (Nakiyos or Nikiu), which lies in the vicinity of Memphis. His parents ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Kitts And Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Kitts And Nevis - History
Main article: History of Saint Kitts and Nevis Originally colonies of the United Kingdom, Saint Kitts and Nevis along with Anguilla, beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Giles: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Giles - Memory
Around his tomb in the abbey sprang up the town of St-Gilles-du-Gard. His cult spread rapidly far and wide throughout Europe in the Middl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - Crime And Social Issues
The city of Saint Louis has one of the highest per-capita crime rates in the United States, with 111 murders and 7,059 burglaries in 2002...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Servatius: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Servatius - History
Image:Saintservatius.jpg Legend has it that Saint Servatius was born in Armenia as a distant relative of John the Baptist. He became a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Charles Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Charles Missouri - History
Saint Charles Missouri - Louis Blanchette. Louis Blanchette was a Frenchman who travelled to the Americas, it is said, for adventure. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Patrick - Mission
His first converted patron was Saint Dichu, who made a gift of a large sabhall (barn) for a church sanctuary. This first sanctuary dedica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-lô: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-lô - Miscellaneous
In literature Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon fictionalises the event of the discovery by American soldiers of stockpiles of Champagn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Louis Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Louis Missouri - Transportation
Like most American cities, the main method of transportation is the automobile. Use of the automobile is supported by the existence of ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Lawrence: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Lawrence - Veneration
Lawrence is one of the most widely venerated saints of the Roman Catholic Church. Devotion to him was widespread by the 4th century. As h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Transportation
The city is a major transport hub. It is the center of the local road and railway system, and has a seaport (in the Gulf of Finland of Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Economy
The city is a major center of machine building, including power equipment, machinery, shipyards, instrument manufacture, ferrous and nonf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Elmo National Historic District: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Elmo National Historic District - Early St. Elmo And Chattanooga
Up until 1838, the Tennessee River was the dividing line between Hamilton County and the Cherokee country. That year, the community of Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Transportation
The city is a major transport hub. It is the center of the local road and railway system, and has a seaport (in the Gulf of Finland of Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Population
According to results of the government website, St. Petersburg has 4,560,000 inhabitants. That amounts to roughly 3 percent of the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saintes: Encyclopedia Ii - Saintes - History
In Roman times, the town was called Mediolanum Santonum. It was founded in about 20 BC. Saintes was the capital of the former province of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northampton Saints: Encyclopedia Ii - Northampton Saints - History
The club was established in 1880 under the original title of Northampton St. James (Saints) by Rev Samuel Wathen Wigg, a local clergyman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint John New Brunswick: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint John New Brunswick - History
Predated by the Maritime Archaeic Indian civilization, the area of the northwestern coastal regions of the Bay of Fundy came to be inhabi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Jude: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Jude - Saint Juda In Armenia
Though Saint Gregory the Illuminator is credited as the "Apostle to the Armenians", when he baptised King Tiridates III in 301, convertin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint John: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint John - Places
Saint John - Place names including the spellings Saint Johns and Saint John's. Saint John - Antigua and Barbuda. St. John's, Antigua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint John: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint John - People
Saint John - Saints. John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus John the Evangelist, traditionally identified with the apo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Elmo National Historic District: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Elmo National Historic District - Yellow Fever And Urban Development
A yellow fever epidemic in Chattanooga caused an exodus in 1878. Almost 12,000 people fled the city, many going to Lookout Mountain. At t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Economy
The city is a major center of machine building, including power equipment, machinery, shipyards, instrument manufacture, ferrous and nonf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Croix: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Croix - Geography
There are two towns on the island; Christiansted with a 2004 population of 3,000 and Frederiksted with a 2004 population of 830. The tota...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Population
According to results of the government website, St. Petersburg has 4,560,000 inhabitants. That amounts to roughly 3 percent of the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint John: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint John - Places
Saint John - Place names including the spellings Saint Johns and Saint John's. Saint John - Antigua and Barbuda. St. John's, Antigua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg After 1991
Mayor : Jun 1991 -5 Jun 1996:Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak (b. 1937 -d. 2000) Governors : 5 Jun 1996 - 16 Jun 2003:Vladimir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Lawrence Seaway: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Lawrence Seaway - Route
The seaway begins at the port of Montreal, where the South Shore Canal (St-Lambert and Côte Ste-Catherine canal locks) passes the Lachin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Kitts And Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Kitts And Nevis - Geography
Main article: Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis The country has two main islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis. The highest peak is Mount Liamu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Paul Minnesota: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Paul Minnesota - Culture
Saint Paul Minnesota - Sites of interest. Areas of interest include the Science Museum of Minnesota [46], Ordway Center for the Perform...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Mungo: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Mungo - Life And Works
According to the stories about Kentigern, his pregnant mother was abandoned by her family before his birth. Mungo's legend indicates that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-Émilion: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-Émilion - History
The Romans planted vines in what was to become Saint-Émilion as early as the 2nd century AD. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Lucia: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Lucia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Saint Lucia The volcanic island of Saint Lucia is more mountainous than many other Caribbean islands, with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Lucia: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Lucia - Economy
Main article: Economy of Saint Lucia The recent changes in the European Union import preference regime and the increased competition from...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saint Nicholas: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Saint Nicholas
SAINT NICHOLAS Bishop of Myra, died 342 A.D. Patron Saint of Russia and of young people, his day is December 6th. Associated with Teut...   » Read the article