Germanus, St
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Germanus, St (d. 437/48), Bp. of Auxerre probably for 30 years.
Prosper of Aquitaine records that he was sent to Britain in 429 by
Celestine I to quell
Pelagianism. His Life portrays him as an ascetic bishop of considerable standing; it mentions two visits to Britain and a journey to
Ravenna. Feast day, 31 July.
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Queens man claims Lotto jackpot; $3 million offered Wednesday. (Quirinus M. Joseph, New York State Lottery)
PR Newswire; 8/29/1989; 700+ words
; QUEENS MAN CLAIMS LOTTO JACKPOT; $3 MILLION OFFERED WEDNESDAY ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Qurinus M. Joseph, 44, of Queens was the sole winner of the $4 million Lotto jackpot in last Saturday's (Aug. 26) drawing. The jackpot for tomorrow's (Wednesday, Aug. 30) drawing will be $3 million.
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Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...but are interesting nonetheless. The entry "Quirinus" is justified this way: "Quirinus, a Roman god progressively identified with...theophoric element in the name of P Sulpicius Quirinus at Luke 2:2." Pretty marginal. But mention...
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Where poetry and history meet.
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...James Zetzel treats in detail in his essay "Dreaming About Quirinus", in the Woodman and Feeney volume, Horace tells of how...as Zetzel writes, "late one night he had a dream in which Quirinus, the deified Romulus ... told him to stick to Latin: there...
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The Messenger-Inquirer Keith Lawrence column: Keith Lawrence.
Newspaper article from: Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY); 12/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...as the Julian calendar in his honor. He even changed the name of the month Quirinus to July to honor himself. And that's good because I can't pronounce Quirinus. Anyway, things went along fine for a few centuries. But then, the folks...
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE `The Chairgod asked if anyone except war gods wished to talk about the coming war in Iraq. Had any peace gods got anything to say?'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...gods of war did, too. The only dissenting note was struck by Quirinus, another Roman god of war, who said it had always been his...of this war. 15). Mars said that over the years poor old Quirinus had done more worrying about the aftermath of war than a chariotful...
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CLAUS BOCK
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to promote German Baroque studies in England, a field then in its infancy. His PhD dissertation, Quirinus Kuhlmann als Dichter ("Quirinus Kuhlmann as a Poet", 1957) rescued from obscurity a highly original poet, who was burnt at the stake...
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Slave fear as dissidents plan tax riots
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Echo; 12/24/2007; 387 words
; ...promised war if taxation proposals come into force. The forthcoming census, ordered by the governor of Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinus, on behalf of Emperor Augustus, will ensure a tax income for the Roman occupiers in the region. Local people have described...
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The facts and the fiction of nativity ; The Nativity: a rustic stable with three kings, some angels, a bunch of shepherds and a menagerie of animals all adoringly gathered around Mary and Joseph, with the baby Jesus sweetly laying in a manger. Baptist minister Jonathan Skinner asks if this is fact or fairytale, myth or marvel?
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 12/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...of Syria, and when Herod was King of Judea. The problem is that historians tell us that Herod's reign ended in 4BC, and Quirinus was never governor of Syria during this period, but only later. Luke must have got it wrong - history contradicts the Bible...
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I'll stand by Mary, says the fiance of 'miracle birth' mum
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Echo; 12/16/2007; 603 words
; ...give birth in his stable. Mary and Joseph, from Nazareth, who had travelled 90 miles to get to Bethlehem for the Census of Quirinus, were shocked to discover that there were no free beds in the town, despite Mary being in labour with her first child. Fifteen...
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Constraint on Trial: Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious Freedom. (Reviews).
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...him a miracle and the only phoenix of all of Europe. Coornhert had been trained in legal matters by Erasmus' secretary, Quirinus Talesius, and at the end of his life had been completing a translation into Dutch of Erasmus' Paraphrasis. He seems to have...
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Quirinus (or Quirus)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Quirinus (or Quirus) A fabled precious stone, described as "a juggling stone...sleeping person, it "forces him to discover his rogueries." The word quirinus is also used to describe the third of the ancient gods (after Jupiter and...
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Bachmann, Augustus Quirinus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Bachmann, Augustus Quirinus also known as Augustus Quirinus Rivinus ( b . Leipzig, Germany, 9 December 1652; d. Leipzig, 30 December 1723) botany . Bachmann was a son of the physician Andreas Bachmann (1600 – 1656), professor...
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Quirinus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Quirinus , in Roman religion, an early god, possibly of war. Worshiped originally by the Sabines, he was one of the chief gods of ancient Rome, associated with Jupiter and Mars. In the late republic he was identified with Romulus, legendary founder of Rome.
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Sofiia Alekseevna (1657–1704; Ruled 1682–1689)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...affairs. The penalties for religious dissidents (the Old Believers) were drastically strengthened, and the Protestant mystic Quirinus Kuhlmann was arrested and condemned to death. In contrast, foreign Catholics received permission for the first time ever...
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Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...poor neighborhood in New York City, shining shoes to earn money. He served on active duty as a gunnery officer on the USS Quirinus. He went on to graduate from Tufts University, receiving three graduate degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy...
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