Roca Barraidh
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Roca Barraidh [cf. ScG
roc, anything that tangles a fishing-hook; tops of seaweed that appear above the water]. Name current on the Isle of
Barra in the Outer Hebrides for an enchanted island on the dim western horizon, visible on rare occasions only to privileged fishermen. See also
TÍR NA NÓG.
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Beit She'an: Bastion of ingenuity
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...remains of a mosaic pavement, called "Palladius Street" by the archaeologists in honor...found in the pavement: "In the time of Palladius son of Porphyrus, the most magnificent...an elegant boulevard. Halfway along Palladius Street, which was the main road leading...
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Making the most of historic vines.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 5/30/2008; 626 words
; ...famous wines is Eben Sadie, who makes his Palladius white blend from Perdeberg grapes. A...acidity for a wine's balance. The Palladius 2006 comes across as a beguilingly soft...pay around R349 in fine wine shops. If Palladius is unavailable, get hold of some of...
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From Darlo to Drumtochty to throw his weights about
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 6/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...grounds of Drumtochty Castle and next to St Palladius's church. William Ewart Gladstone...heavy hammer is, sadly, unrecorded. St Palladius, the meenister explains, was a 5th...Episcopalean Church, the folk of St Palladius, have a bottle stall - six straws for...
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Stroll through Beit She'an of the Romans
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...office and start at the southern end of Palladius Street (so-named due to an inscription...conspiratorial planning. About halfway along Palladius Street, on the left, stands the semi...The junction at the northern end of Palladius Street, with one street heading right...
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OBITUARIES.(Obituaries)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...Funeral Home in Phoenix, Ariz. Remembrances to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Portland. Nestor Palladius Nestor Palladius of Eugene died Jan. 3 of lung cancer. He was 83. A service will be later. He was born Aug. 31,
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St Patrick -the historical facts
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 3/22/2007; 466 words
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FACT - OR FICTION - FILE.(Analysis)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 3/13/2003; 567 words
; ...Christianity. St Patrick's wish was to travel to Ireland to convert the pagans but his superiors appointed St Palladius instead. Palladius remained in Ireland for only two years before being transferred to Scotland. It was then that Patrick, having...
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Meet the real St. Patrick
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 3/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...Celestine I, whom he personally had served, sent a bishop named Palladius who was "the first bishop to the Irish believing in Christ...historic Patrick, or in his Latin name, Patricius, and Palladius are one in the same man, although this cannot be proved beyond...
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Ancient Glories at Beit She'an
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...Israel To wander along the once-opulent shops that lined Palladius Street in Nysa Scythopolis is to realize that the ancients...archeology, pointed to the gigantic pillars that again line Palladius Street, explaining that the marble ones were brought here...
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Patrick the Superman
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 3/16/2004; 663 words
; ...qualifying as a priest in Auxerre he returned to Ireland. He arrived back to replace the bishop Palladius, sent by Pope Celestine to evangelize Ireland. Palladius had found the task beyond him and suffered a nervous breakdown. Patrick landed at Inverdea...
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Palladius
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Palladius was, according to the contemporary chronicler...first bishop in AD 431. As a deacon Palladius was responsible for inducing Celestine...glorify Armagh and Patrick , claimed that Palladius rapidly gave up his mission and soon...
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Palladius, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Palladius, St (5th cent.), first bishop of...to Prosper of Aquitaine , as a deacon Palladius persuaded Celestine I (422–...St Patrick from the 7th cent. portray Palladius as an unsuccessful missionary who left...
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Saint Palladius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Palladius , d. 431, first bishop of Ireland. Probably of Gallo-Roman origin, Palladius was sent (431) by Pope Celestine I to proselytize among the Irish. He built three churches but met with much opposition and left the same year...
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Christianization
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...communities already existed in 431 when their first bishop, Palladius , was papally appointed. Patrick worked apparently in a pagan...sphere of activity was Ireland's northern half; that of Palladius, it seems, was Leinster. Tradition asserts the pre...
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Patrick, Saint
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Patricks, the ‘second’ being a Gaul named Palladius, which has not gained wide acceptance. Further lives of...enslaved him. Other Christian missionaries, notably the Gaulish Palladius, would have preceded him, but St Patrick was more successful...
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