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  • 91Boniface VIII — (Benedetto Caetani) c1235 1303, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1294 1303. * * * orig. Benedict Caetani born с 1235, Anagni, Papal States died Oct. 11, 1303, Rome Pope (1294–1303). Born into an influential Roman family, Caetani studied law in Bologna… …

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  • 92Scriabin, Aleksandr — ▪ Russian composer in full  Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin , Scriabin also spelled  Skriabin , or  Skryabin  born Dec. 25, 1871 [Jan. 6, 1872, New Style], Moscow, Russia died April 14 [April 27], 1915, Moscow  Russian composer of piano and… …

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  • 93Babylonia — • Includes geography, history, and biblical references Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Babylonia     Babylonia     † …

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  • 94Constantine the Great — • Information on the Roman emperor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Constantine the Great     Constantine the Great     † …

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  • 95Idolatry — • Etymologically denotes divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Idolatry     Idolatry …

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  • 96Knox, John — • Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Knox, John     John Kno …

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  • 97Shamanism — • A vague term used by explorers of Siberia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to designate not a specific religion but a form of savage magic or science, by which physical nature was believed to be brought under the control of man… …

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  • 98Caius Valerius Daja Maximinus —     Caius Valerius Daja Maximinus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Caius Valerius Daja Maximinus     Under his uncle Augustus Galerius, the Caesar of Syria and Egypt, from the year 305; in 307 following the example of Constantine, he assumed the… …

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  • 99John Knox —     John Knox     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Knox     Scotch Protestant (Protestantism) leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, 24 November, 1572. All the older biographies assign his birth to 1505, but… …

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  • 100Manichaeism —     Manichæism     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Manichæism     Manichæism is a religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. It purported to be the true synthesis of all the religious systems then known, and actually… …

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