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  • 41diatribe — noun Etymology: Latin diatriba, from Greek diatribē pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia + tribein to rub more at throw Date: 1581 1. archaic a prolonged discourse 2. a bitter and abusive speech or writing …

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  • 42Patriarch Gennadios II of Constantinople — Gennadius II (in Greek Γεννάδιος Β ) (lay name Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios, in Greek Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος) (c. 1400 ndash; c. 1473), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464, philosopher and theologian, was one of the… …

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  • 43Increase Mather — Infobox Person name = Increase Mather image size = 220px caption = Increase Mather in 1688, when he was in London. Portrait by John van der Spriett birth date = birth date|1639|6|21|mf=y birth place = Dorchester, Massachusetts death date = death… …

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  • 44Bernardino Ramazzini — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = 3 November, 1633 birth place = Carpi death date = 5 November, 1714 death place = Padua residence = citizenship = nationality = Italian ethnicity =… …

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  • 45Symeon Metaphrastes — Saint Symeon Metaphrastes was the most renowned of the Byzantine hagiographers. He is identified with the logothete of that name. [ [http://gateway.uvic.ca/spcoll/physiologum/commentary/txt vitae.htm Sancti Epiphanii ad Physiologum ] ; the… …

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  • 46Nicholas Abram — was a Jesuit theologian, born in 1589, at Xaronval, in Lorraine, died at 7 September 1655. He taught rhetoric at Pont à Mousson, then engaged in missionary work, and finally taught theology at Pont à Mousson for seventeen years. Works His… …

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  • 47Nilus of Sinai — Saint Nilus of Sinai Died 430 AD Honored in Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Armenian Church Feas …

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  • 48Ana Belén — Infobox Celebrity name = Ana Belén caption = birth date = Birth date and age|1951|5|27|mf=y birth place = Madrid, Spain death date = death place = occupation = Actress and singerAna Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a… …

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  • 49Diatribe (newspaper column) — Diatribe is the name of a weekly column by Greek Australian journalist, poet and lawyer Dean Kalimniou appearing in the Melbourne Greek language newspaper Neos Kosmos since 2001. The column deals generally with issues pertaining to the Greek… …

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  • 50Richard Smyth (Regius Professor) — Richard Smyth or Smith (1499/1500, Worcestershire 9 July 1563, Douai) was the first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford and the first Chancellor of the University of Douai.LifeEducated at Merton… …

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