Mersey
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Mersey (river) Ches.–Lancs.
Mærse 1002. ‘Boundary river’. OE
mǣre (genitive -
s) +
ēa. The Mersey forms the old boundary between Cheshire and Lancashire.
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From nationalism to internationalism: civil religion and the festival of Saint Catherine of Siena, 1940-2003.
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pantheon" of civic saints, (9) while beyond Siena her cult was fostered...century, however, that Catherine of Siena and her cult began to...Pope Pius IX proclaimed Catherine a Co-Patron Saint of Rome--which was...
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Catherine & Teresa: doctors of the church. (Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Catherine of Siena)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...precedent by declaring Catherine of Siena (1347-80) and Teresa...against the orders of Saint Paul." In 1922...Teresa I and Saint Catherine of Siena the title doctor of...later he celebrated Catherine's "charism of wisdom...
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Saint Catherine's first journey; The Renaissance in Siena.(Sienese Renaissance art)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...National Gallery RENAISSANCE Siena was Tuscany's second city...as the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, a bank founded early in...of a slender, youthful St Catherine in the Oratorio di Santa Caterina to leave Siena for the very first time...
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The letters of Catherine of Siena, 2d ed.; v.4.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2009; 498 words
; 9780866984034 The letters of Catherine of Siena, 2d ed.; v.4. Catherine, of Siena, Saint. Trans. by Suzanne Noffke. ACMRS 2008 428 pages $65.00 Hardcover Medieval and Renaissance...
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The letters of Catherine of Siena, 2d ed.; v.3.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2009; 485 words
; 9780866983778 The letters of Catherine of Siena, 2d ed.; v.3. Catherine, of Siena, Saint. Trans. by Suzanne Noffke. ACMRS 2007 428 pages $55.00 Hardcover Medieval and Renaissance...
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Renaissance Siena. Art in Context
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...question: did the Tuscan city of Siena experience a Renaissance, particularly...facade emerged in Renaissance Siena only after the systematic removal...Sienese intercessory images of Saint Catherine of Siena and the decline of those of the...
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The Saintly Politics of Catherine of Siena.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Eight Saints between Florence...the career of Catherine as a saint would not have...event enabled Catherine and her followers...alliance between Siena and Florence...of the Eight Saints; and the fifth...moment at which Catherine of Siena stepped forth...herself ...
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Cybertalk; In Search of the First Cyber-Saint; Some Modest Proposals for Surfers Seeking Holy Intervention
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the search for a patron saint of the Internet -- that...and wondering if one saint can really do the job...but I wonder if other saints might have a role here...always been partial to Saint Catherine of Siena, who is so beloved by...
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A Tremor of Bliss: Contemporary Writers on the Saints.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 3/10/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...comedic stories. The saints - the cranky...Dulles writes about Saint Robert Bellarmine...with the life of Saint Catherine of Siena. In an effort...the lives of the saints to realize the...mouth of the other Catherine when she received...
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Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417
Magazine article from: Fifteenth Century Studies; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Poets, Saints, and Visionaries...Marie Robine, Catherine of Siena, Constance de Rabastans, Saint Vincent Ferrer...boasted major saints, for example Saint Vincent Ferrer...Cadierine of Siena, speaking...and Saint Catherine. In the meantime...
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Saint Catherine of Siena
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Catherine of Siena , 1347-80, Italian mystic and diplomat...Giacomo Benincasa, a Sienese dyer, Catherine from early childhood had mystic visions...English The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena or A Treatise on Divine Providence...
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St. Catherine of Siena
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...de la Bedoy è re, The Greatest Catherine: The Life of Catherine Benincasa, Saint of Siena (1947), which shows the woman as she...Additional Sources Baldwin, Anne B., Catherine of Siena: a biography, Huntington, Ind...
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Catherine of Siena, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Catherine of Siena, St (1347–80). Christian saint who saw a vision of Christ when she was 7, after which she took a vow of virginity. She became a member of the Third Order of...
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Jens Johannes Jørgensen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...autobiography (7 vol., 1916-28; tr., 2 vol., 1928-29). Among his works are Saint Francis of Assisi (1907, tr. 1912) and Saint Catherine of Siena (1915, tr. 1938). Flowers and Fruit (1907) and The Brig Marie of Svendborg (1926...
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weeping
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...ecstasy and mystical joy, and confession. Medieval religious sources, such as the lives of saints, depict people like Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena as weeping during intense prayer or during a mass. The most famous early modern weeper...
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