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Bible Encyclopedias

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Search Results: "st-dominic

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Catharine of Sienna
born at sienna, a sister of the order of st. dominic, and patron saint of the order; celebrated for her ecstasies and visions, and the marks which by favour of christ she bore on her body of his sufferings on the cross (1347-1380). festival, april 30. besides her, are other saints of the same name.
Dominicans
A religious order of preaching friars, founded at Toulouse in 1215 by St. Dominic, to aid in the conversion of the heretic Albigenses to the faith, and
Francis, St., of Assisi
Founder of the Franciscan order, born at Assisi, in Umbria; began life as a soldier, but during a serious illness his thoughts were turned from earth
Inquisition
An ecclesiastical tribunal established in 1248 under Pope Innocent IV., and set up successively in Italy, Spain, Germany, and the S. of France, for the
 
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