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  • Thumbnail for Augustin Barruel
    Augustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 – October 5, 1820) was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit priest. He is now mostly known for setting forth...
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  • Thumbnail for Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt
    The Diocese of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese (German: Bistum Halberstadt) from 804 until 1648. From 1180, the bishops or administrators of Halberstadt...
    16 KB (961 words) - 07:04, 19 June 2023
  • The 2008 International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the International Women's Open,...
    3 KB (182 words) - 11:30, 3 June 2021
  • Thumbnail for Printemps de Bourges
    Le Printemps de Bourges is an annual music festival that is held in Bourges, France, over the course of five days. It is now a major event in France and...
    4 KB (360 words) - 10:40, 17 March 2023
  • Jacques-André Boiffard (29 July 1902 – 22 July 1961) was a French photographer, born in Épernon in Eure-et-Loir. He was a medical student in Paris until...
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  • Thumbnail for Fernand Cabrol
    Fernand Cabrol (11 December 1855 – 4 June 1937) was a French theologian, Benedictine monk and respected expert on the history of Christian worship. Cabrol...
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  • Thumbnail for Maria Wörth
    Maria Wörth is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The centre of the resort town is situated on a peninsula...
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  • Thumbnail for Paul Guldin
    Paul Guldin (born Habakkuk Guldin; 12 June 1577 (Mels) – 3 November 1643 (Graz)) was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus...
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  • Thumbnail for Schwertwal
    Schwertwal (German for Orca, lit. "Sword Whale") was a German miniature submarine design that reached the trial stage in late April 1945. It had a crew...
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  • Pierre Biard (1567 – November 17, 1622) was a Jesuit missionary who was given orders by Father Pierre Coton, Jesuit provincial in Paris, to take charge...
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  • Thumbnail for Johann Georg Bergmüller
    Johann Georg Bergmüller (15 April 1688 – 2 April 1762) was a German painter, particularly of frescoes, of the Baroque. Bergmüller was born in Türkheim...
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  • Thumbnail for Berlinische Monatsschrift
    The Berlinische Monatsschrift was a monthly magazine published by Johann Erich Biester and Friedrich Gedike (though the latter resigned his editorship...
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  • Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710) was a French Jesuit who led a mission to China in 1687. Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at...
    2 KB (227 words) - 02:33, 15 May 2023
  • Sylvain Marcaillou (8 February 1911 – 28 September 2007) was a French cyclist. Professional 1932 to 1945, he was the winner of Bordeaux-Saintes and second...
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  • Thumbnail for Giuseppe Cerutti
    Giuseppe Antonio Giachimo Cerutti (13 June 1738 – 3 February 1792) was a French-Italian author and politician. Cerutti was born in Turin. Having joined...
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  • Johann Daniel Schumacher (Russian: Ива́н Дани́лович Шума́хер; German: Johann Daniel von Schumacher; 5 February 1690 – 14 June 1761) was the secretary of...
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  • Peter Roh (born at Conthey (Gunthis) in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, 14 August 1811; d. at Bonn, Germany, 17 May 1872) was a Swiss Jesuit preacher...
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  • Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797) was an architect active in Limousin, France, in the 18th century. His work includes Château de Faye, Limoges, Lycée Gay-Lussac...
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  • Aegidius Bucherius (or Bucherus) (1576–1665) was a French Jesuit and chronological scholar. His real name was Gilles Bouchier (or, less likely, Boucher)...
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  • Thumbnail for Willibrord Benzler
    Willibrord Benzler OSB (16 October 1853 – 16 April 1921) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz from 1901 to 1919. Born as Karl Heinrich Johann Eugen Benzler...
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