Probus
A Dictionary of British Place-Names
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Probus Cornwall.
Sanctus Probus 1086 (
DB). From the dedication of the church to St Probus.
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News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/19/2006; ; 700+ words
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Turin Residents Stunned by Victory
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Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 1/19/2006; ; 700+ words
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
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Turin Hours
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
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Turin Shroud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Turin Shroud A relic housed in a chapel in Turin (or Turino), Italy, and believed by some to be the shroud...known of the particular piece of cloth known as the Shroud of Turin until its appearance in the church of Lirey, Troyes, France...
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Turin shroud
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Turin shroud Sheet of very old linen kept in Turin Cathedral, nw Italy, by tradition the cloth in which the body of Christ was wrapped after the Crucifixion. When photographed in 1898, negatives appeared to show the outline of a human figure...
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