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Sagunto
Sagunto , Latin Saguntum, town (1990 pop. 58,135), Valencia prov., E Spain, on the Palencia River, in Valencia. A seaport on the Mediterranean, it is an important metallurgical center, with iron and steel foundries. Saguntum was an ally of Rome when it was besieged and captured (219-218 BC) by the...
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Bartimaeus
Bartimaeus , in the New Testament, blind man to whom Jesus restored sight.
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Paul Louis Courier
Paul Louis Courier (Paul Louis Courier de Méré) , 1772-1825, French political writer and classical scholar. His translation (1810) of the Greek text of Daphnis and Chloë is considered excellent. After the Bourbon restoration, which he opposed, he devoted himself to writing tre...
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Michael
Michael 1921-, king of Romania (1927-30, 1940-47). His father, Prince Carol (later Carol II ), renounced his right of succession in 1925, and young Michael ascended the throne under a regency on the death of Ferdinand . However, in 1930 his father returned to be recognized as king. When Carol II ...
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand , 1754-1838, French statesman and diplomat. Born into the high nobility, he was early destined for the Roman Catholic Church because of a childhood accident that left him partially lame. Despite Talleyrand's notorious impiety, he was made (1789) bishop of Autun by King ...
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Condé
Condé , family name of a cadet branch of the French royal house of Bourbon . The name was first borne by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, 1530-69, Protestant leader and general. He fought the Spanish at Metz (1552) and Saint-Quentin (1557) but won little favor at court. After hi...
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Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth , in the Bible. 1 Jonathan's lame son to whom David restored Saul's lands. For the relation between the names of this man, see Baal . 2 Son of Saul.
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Sanballat
Sanballat , in the Bible, one of the Persian officials in Palestine who consistently opposed Nehemiah in his restoration of Jerusalem. He is called a Horonite, a designation perhaps from the name Bethhoron.
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Robert Stewart Castlereagh, 2d Viscount
Robert Stewart Castlereagh, 2d Viscount , 1769-1822, British statesman, b. Ireland. Entering the Irish Parliament in 1790 and the British Parliament in 1794, he was acting chief secretary for Ireland at the time of the Irish rebellion of 1798. Having worked for the Act of Union of England and Irelan...
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Parma
Parma , city (1991 pop. 170,520), capital of Parma prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Parma River and on the Aemilian Way. It is a rich agricultural market, a transportation junction, and a major industrial center. Manufactures include textiles, machinery, footwear, pharmaceuticals, processed...
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