Fintan
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Fintan, Finntan, Fintaan, Fionntan, Finntain (gen.) [proto-Celtic
vindo-senos, white ancient (?);
vindo-tenos, white fire (?)]. Name borne by numerous figures in early Ireland, secular and ecclesiastical, including seventy-four saints and pseudo-saints and dozens of names cited in genealogies and pedigrees. The best-known Fintan, usually cited without patronymic, is
Fintan mac Bóchra.
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/9/1997; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 12/21/1998; 645 words
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Curie, Marie
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Curie, Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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Curie, Marie (1867-1934)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
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Eve Curie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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