Cherbourg
Cherbourg , city (1990 pop. 28,773), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel, at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula. It is a naval base and seaport, and a major industrial center where submarines, oil tankers and platforms, electronics, and metals are manufactured. The site has been settled since ancient times and was frequently fought over by the French and English because of its strategic value. Fortifications were begun under Louis XIV.
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A model saint?(Moments in Time)(Celestine V, pope for less than a year in 1290)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 9/19/2003; ; 665 words
; Celestine V, pope from July 5 until Dec. 13 in the...disciples, who eventually became the Celestine Order. Because of his deeply spiritual...brilliant plan didn't work out as expected. Celestine's reign was a disaster. A holy person...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Some already considering `Saint John Paul II'.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...it. We have another saint in heaven." Some experts...John Paul II becoming a saint suggests the shift that...a person to become a saint, instead of coming from...more than 470 people as saints, more than all other...as saints, including Celestine V, a monk who abdicated...
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Top German bishop calls for Pope's retirement
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...dating back to the 13th century. Pope Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone in southern Italy...where he died just over a year later. But Celestine was later canonised and became known as Saint Celestine. According to Canon 332 of Church law...
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For some, a message in pope's perseverance
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 2/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Father Mark Francis, superior general of the Clerics of Saint Viator, a Catholic religious order. ''But I have...and there is a mechanism for doing so, the last was Saint Celestine V, who was elected in 1294 at the age of 79 and reigned...
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Even fast-track path to sainthood still takes years.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...it. We have another saint in heaven." Some experts...John Paul II becoming a saint suggests the shift that...a person to become a saint, instead of coming from...more than 470 people as saints, more than all other...have become saints: Celestine V, a monk who abdicated...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Football: Newcastle v Southampton; The weekend's FA CUP 5th round games at a glance Today, 5.40pm. Tickets: Sold out. Ref: Martin Atkinson.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/18/2006; 426 words
; ...Albert Luque are also added but full-back Celestine Babayaro begins a two-match ban. Saints have Grzegorz Rasiak, Richard Chaplow and...SAYS... NEWCASTLE WIN 2-0 STATS DOM SAYS Saints' win at Leicester in the last round is their...
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In modern world, Christendom's relics still hold many spellbound
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 3/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and leading expert on saints. "It's beyond religion...in the Middle Ages. Saints were medieval celebrities...provincial city on the map. Saints were dug up, dismembered...body of a 13th-century saint, Pope Celestine V. In 1991, four masked...
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A Revived Veneration for Relics; Pope, New Millennium Inspire Comeback for Old Christian Tradition
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and leading expert on saints. "It's beyond religion...in the Middle Ages. Saints were medieval celebrities...provincial city on the map. Saints were dug up, dismembered...body of a 13th-century saint, Pope Celestine V. In 1991, four masked...
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REMEMBERING GOOD POPE JOHN : He always tried to be a saint. And he made it.(Pope John XXIII)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 8/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...my life. I remember Saint Joseph and imitate him...XXIII, Simpleton or Saint?, puts the choice rather...effective popes who were not saints, and holy men who were...to regard Pius X as a saint and to think that his...count, was disastrous. Celestine V was so inept that he...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Popes more sinners than saints
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...2005 Popes more sinners than saints -- Meet the 'Christian Caligula...predecessor's ear as he slept: "Celestine, Celestine, lay down your office. It is...cardinals united and elected Alexander V in 1409. Only hitch was, neither...
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Saint Celestine V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Celestine V 1215-96, pope (elected July 5, resigned...Murrone; successor of Nicholas IV. Celestine's election ended a two-year deadlock...dominated him and kept the pope in Naples. Celestine freely granted privileges and offices...
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Pope Boniface VIII
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...pontificate of the hermit-pope Celestine V ended with his resignation in December...he took the name Boniface VIII. Celestine's brief pontificate and the unique...ecclesiastical groups who had regarded Pope Celestine V as a saint and accused Boniface of having tricked...
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Franciscans
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...stronger and saw one of their heroes made pope as St. Celestine V . His abdication made their agitation one of the major...regular Franciscan tertiaries. Of canonized and beatified saints, far more have been Franciscans than members of any other...
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