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Alaska
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The first knowledge of Alaska was acquired in 1741 through the expedition under Vitus Bering, a Dane in the Russian service, who sailed from Okhoysk.
Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de
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Spanish novelist and poet. (1833-1891)
Alanus de Rupe, Blessed
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Dominican promoter of the Rosary. (1428-1475)
Alan of Tewkesbury
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Benedictine abbot and writer. (d. 1202)
Alaman, Lucas
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Mexican statesman and historian. (1792-1853)
Alain de l'Isle
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Monk, poet, preacher, theologian, and eclectic philosopher. (1128-1203)
Alagoas
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A South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on Bahia.
Alabaster
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The substance commonly known as alabaster is a fine-grained variety of gypsum. Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble obtained from stalagmitic deposits.
Alabanda
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A titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the present Arab-Hissar.
Akominatos, Michael & Nicetas
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Two famous Greeks of the later Byzantine period.
Akhmin
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A city of Upper Egypt, situated on the banks of the Nile.
Aix-en-Provence, Councils of
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Councils were held at Aix in 1112, 1374, 1409, 1585, 1612, 1838, and 1850.
Aix, Archdiocese of
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Includes the districts of Aix and Arles (Department of the Bouches-du-Rhône).
Aisle
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In architecture, one of the lateral or longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by rows of piers, pillars, or columns.
Airoli, Giacomo Maria
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Jesuit Orientalist and Scriptural commentator. (1660-1721)
