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Liverpool cathedrals
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Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis , city (1990 pop. 90,806), Seine-Saint-Denis dept., N central France. It is an industrial suburb N of Paris. Metals, chemicals, machinery, electronics, and food products are the major manufactures. A large number of immigrants, especially Muslims from former French colonies, are... Read more |
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Alonso Cano
Alonso Cano , 1601-67, Spanish baroque painter, sculptor, and architect. Cano studied under Pacheco and received painting and architecture commissions from King Philip IV. He was named chief architect of the cathedral at Granada. His architectural masterpiece is the design for the cathedral facade... Read more |
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Saint Teilo
Teilo, St (6th cent.). Teilo is associated in Welsh triads with SS David and Cadoc as one of the Three Blessed Visitors to the Isle of Britain. Twelfth-cent. sources claim Teilo was born near Penally (Pembrokeshire), studied first under Dubricius, then with a Paulinus (St Pol). There he met St ... Read more |
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Rayonnant style
Rayonnant style , the middle period (c.1240-1350) of French Gothic architecture , so termed from the characteristic radiating tracery of the rose window . In this period many of the great cathedrals were under construction; the builders became bolder and more proficient, emphasizing in every way... Read more |
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canon
canon in Christianity, in the Roman Catholic Church, decrees of church councils are usually called canons; since the Council of Trent the expression has been especially reserved to dogmatic pronouncements of ecumenical councils. The body of ratified conciliar canons is a large part of the... Read more |
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Church buildings
churches. See abbeys; cathedrals; parish churches.... Read more |
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Duccio di Buoninsegna
Duccio di Buoninsegna , fl. 1278-1319, early Italian artist, first great painter of Siena. Infusing new life into the stylized Byzantine tradition, he initiated a style intrinsic to the development of the Sienese school—the expressive use of outline. The use of line varied from a vigorous... Read more |
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lantern
lantern. 1. Any structure rising above the roof of a building and having apertures in its sides by which the interior of the building is ventilated or illuminated, e.g. the octagonal lantern at Ely Cathedral (1322–c.1344). 2. Any such structure whether lighting an interior or not, such as... Read more |
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diocese of Saint Davids
St Davids, diocese of. The cathedral of St David, which still houses the bones of the patron saint of Wales, is one of the outstanding buildings in the principality. On the site of David's monastery, famous as a centre of learning and for the austerity of its community life, the present cathedral... Read more |
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Obeying the need: At 66, Father Leon Alexander will move to Morgantown
...years and retire at Blessed Sacrament Church...Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral. The Rev. John McDonnell...he has taken his portrayal of St. Nicholas, the saint who watches over the...times a weekend at Blessed Sacrament, a congregation... |
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KUP'S COLUMN
...and profanity in the crude portrayal of Mary, Bernardin will conduct...Friday in honor of Mary, the Blessed Mother, at Holy Name Cathedral. . . . Incidentally, Bernardin...Foundation dinner on May 21 and the Saint Mary of Nazareth Medical Center... |
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BISHOP ORDAINS ITS LARGEST CLASS SINCE THE '60S
...priesthood at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark recently...Sunday at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark. Archbishop...will offer the Mass. Blessed St. Anthony's bread...Saturday. The 13th century saint was known for his work...popular culture -- the ... |