Theveste
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Theveste see Tébessa , Algeria.
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; ... marl box the same time as a notice from a colleague that March 12 is the feast day of St. Maximillian, who was martyred in Theveste, in what is modern Algeria, for refusing to serve in the Roman army. According to popular versions of the saint's life, he ...
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The Independent - London; 3/12/1999; 115 words
; ... for cars in built-up areas, 1935. Today is the Feast Day of St Alphege of Winchester, St Bernard of Capua, St Maximilian of Theveste, St Paul Aurelian or of Leon, Saints Peter, Gorgonius and Dorotheus, St Seraphina or Fina and St Theophanes the Chronicler.
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Anniversaries: 12th March 1996
The Independent - London; 3/12/1996; 165 words
; ... States by Juliette Gordon Low, 1912. Today is the Feast Day of St Alphege of Winchester, St Bernard of Capua, St Maximilian of Theveste, St Paul Aurelian or of Leon, Saints Peter, Gorgonius and Dorotheus, St Seraphina or Fina and St Theophanes the Chronicler.
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First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 5/1/2001; Wilken, Robert Louis; 1548 words
; ... wholly unknown to us until recently. A huge church dedicated at the shrine of St. Crispina, for example, was discovered at Theveste (Tebessa in Algeria), having been erected by a fellow Catholic bishop with an eye for superb craftsmanship. Nothing is said ...
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