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Saint Gregory of Tours
Saint Gregory of Tours 538-94, French historian, bishop of Tours (from 573), b. Clermont-Ferrand, of a prominent family. He had a distinguished and successful career as bishop. Gregory wrote accounts of miracles of the saints, an astronomical work to determine movable feasts, and a commentary on th... Read more
Tours
Tours , city (1990 pop. 133,403), capital of Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Loire River. It is a wine market and a tourist center, with metallurgical, chemical, electrical, clothing, and printing industries. An old Gallo-Roman town, it grew rapidly after the death (397) ... Read more
Berengar of Tours
Berengar of Tours , c.1000-1088?, French theologian, also called Bérenger and Berengarius, b. Tours. He was archdeacon of Angers (c.1040-1060). After studying at Chartres, he returned to Tours to become head of its cathedral school. Berengar is said to have denied the Real Presence in the Eu... Read more
Saint Gregory the Illuminator
Saint Gregory the Illuminator d. c.330, churchman, called the Apostle of Armenia. He was the first metropolitan of Armenia and is revered as founder of the Armenian Church . Feast: Sept. 30. ... Read more
Saint Gregory II
Saint Gregory II d. 731, pope (715-31), a Roman; successor of Constantine. When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the emperor could not decide tenets of faith. He was supported by a popular uprising directed at the exarch of ... Read more
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa , d. 394?, Cappadocian theologian; brother of St. Basil the Great and his successor as champion of orthodoxy. He became bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia in 371, was removed in 376, and was restored in 378. He was prominent in the First Council of Constantinople (see Constantin... Read more
Saint Gregory I
Saint Gregory I (Saint Gregory the Great), c.540-604, pope (590-604), a Roman; successor of Pelagius II. A Doctor of the Church, he was distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership. His feast is celebrated on Mar. 12. Early Career Gregory was born to a wealthy patrician family ... Read more
Saint Gregory VII
Saint Gregory VII d. 1085, pope (1073-85), an Italian (b. near Rome) named Hildebrand (Ital. Ildebrando); successor of Alexander II. He was one of the greatest popes. Feast: May 25. Life Gregory was chaplain to Gregory VI and accompanied him into exile in Cologne in 1046. He returned to R... Read more
Gregory XIII
Gregory XIII 1502-85, pope (1572-85), an Italian named Ugo Buoncompagni, b. Bologna; successor of St. Pius V. He is best known for his work on the calendar , and the reformed calendar, the Gregorian, is named for him. He was prominent at the Council of Trent (1545, 1559-63; see Trent, Council of ... Read more
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Maurice Quentin de La Tour , 1704-88, French portraitist working in pastel. From 1737 to 1773 he exhibited at the Salon portraits of considerable technical virtuosity and psychological penetration. They brought him an immense and continuing popularity. Among his famous sitters were Louis XV, Mme de ... Read more

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Saint Gregory of Tours
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 538-94, French historian, bishop of Tours (from 573), b. Clermont-Ferrand, of a...distinguished and successful career as bishop. Gregory wrote accounts of miracles of the saints...contemporary events is of great importance. Gregory's Late Latin is of linguistic interest... Read more
St. Gregory of Tours
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...after Chilperic had died in 584, Gregory was involved in a great deal of...peace and order in the church of Tours, reacting with a quiet firmness...occasionally proved troublesome. Gregory also found time to write. He produced...and social customs of that people. Gregory wrote from a partisan, ... Read more
Tours
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...397) of its bishop, Saint Martin, whose remains...learning, notably under Gregory of Tours and Alcuin. It was there...in 853. The history of Tours is essentially that of...château of Plessis-lès-Tours. The city has produced... Read more
Alcuin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...him several monasteries, including that of St Martin's at Tours, where he died. Alcuin became involved in political life and...the Virgin and of St Martin. His reception of visitors at Tours, and his acquisition of books from England, spread English...and influential. Alcuin's thinking was influenced by Pope ... Read more
Cuthbert, St
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...became prior in 664 and undertook teaching tours in Northumbria. He also visited Pictish...forthcoming return. Cuthbert's promotion as saint, and his historiography, are, in part...the episcopal virtues expounded by Pope Gregory I: an exemplar for Bede's contemporaries... Read more

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Gregory
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Gregory ♂ Via Latin Gregorius from the...bestowed from medieval times onwards, were Gregory of Nazianzen ( c. 329–90), Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 395), Gregory of Tours (538–94), and Pope Gregory the Great ( c. 540–604). A famous...name in modern times is the ... Read more
Dionysius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Dionysius (3) of Paris, St ( c. 250), also St Denys, patron saint of France. According to Gregory of Tours (6th cent.), he was sent to convert Gaul and, after becoming Bp. of Paris, was martyred. In 626 his remains were translated to... Read more
Mary, Blessed Virgin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Alphonsus Liguori . The doctrine of her bodily assumption into heaven was first formulated in orthodox circles by Gregory of Tours (d. 594), and was defined as Catholic dogma in 1950. At the Reformation there was a strong reaction against Marian... Read more

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St. Gregory of Nyssa.(Fathers Of The Church VIII)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...the three Cappadocian Fathers, Gregory (c.335-c.395, Feast Day Marcia...Assuming Basil's mantle, he (with Gregory Nazianzen) routed the Arians at...Jerusalem and Arabia) and lecture tours, dying soon after a final Constantinople...in Migne's Patrologia Graeca), Gregory's style (though praised by ... Read more
Saint Hilary of Poitiers.(FATHERS OF THE CHURCH XI)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...frequently cradled; he is the patron saint of handicapped children. Though...extolling his anti-Arian victories, Gregory of Tours (History of the Franks 1:39...Leiden, 1982); P.Galtier, Saint Hilare de Poitiers: le premier...treatise On the Trinity by Saint Hilary, bishop The Father's... Read more
Books follow religious in the cloister, the world.(RELIGIOUS LIFE)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/20/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...the intertwined stories of Hilary of Poitiers and Martin of Tours illustrate the value of spiritual mentorship. Sellner draws...for friendship, Brigit of Kildare's compassion, and how Pope Gregory the Great and Bernard of Clairvaux grappled with the tension... Read more
Coppelia. (Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...in-house production of Arthur Saint-Leon's Coppelia (1870) that...virtuosic trio (notably performed by Gregory Hughes, Tad Snider, and Tyler...thrusts. His superb series of four tours en l'air (right and left) highlighted...attacked the grandes pirouettes and tours de reins with facility and ... Read more
(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 6/6/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...theology once succinctly described by Saint Anselm: faith seeking understanding...church's life. She provides us with Gregory of Nyssa's life of his sister, Macrina; a generous selection of Saint Jerome's writings on the ascetic women...Radegunde, written by such luminaries as Gregory of ... Read more
Joffrey back in action.(Joffrey Ballet performances)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 12/1/1995; ; 505 words ; ...Omaha will see Joffrey this month when it tours with Robert Joffrey's Nutcracker. (For...Walters, Cynthia Giannini, Calvin Kitten, Gregory Russell, Adam Sklute, Nicole Marie Duffy...Deux, Mehmet Sander's Inner Space, Arthur Saint-Leon's La Vivandiere Pas de Six, and Arpino... Read more