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Ailly, Pierre d'

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French theologian and philosopher, bishop and cardinal, born 1350 at Compiègne; died probably 1420 at Avignon.

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Aileran, Saint

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Irishman, rector of the School of Clonard, distinguished scholar and author, d. 664.

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Ailbe, Saint

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A disciple of St. Patrick and bishop of Emly, died in the first half of the sixth century.

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Aikenhead, Mary

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Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity. (1787-1858)

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Aiguillon, Duchess of

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Marie de Vignerot de Pontcourlay, Marquise of Combalet and Duchesse d'Aiguillon; niece of Cardinal Richelieu. Born 1604; died at Paris, 1675.

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Aichinger, Gregor

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Organist and composer of sacred music, born probably at Ratisbon in 1565; died at Augsburg, 21 January, 1628.

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Ahriman and Ormuzd

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The modern Persian forms of Anro-Mainyus and Ahura Mazda, the Evil Spirit and the Good Spirit.

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Ahicam

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A high court official under Josias and his two sons, who protected Jeremias from the fury of the populace.

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Aguirre, Joseph Saenz de

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Cardinal, and learned Spanish Benedictine; born at Logro o, in Old Castile, 24 March, 1630; died 19 August, 1699.

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Aguas Calientes

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A Mexican see dependent on Guadalaxara; erected by Leo XIII.

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Agrippinus

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Bishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century.

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Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius

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Described as a "knight, doctor, and by common reputation, a magician".

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Agricola, Rudolph

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Humanist of the earlier period, and a promoter of the study of the classics in Germany, born in 1442, or 1443, at Bafflo, hear Groningen, Holland; died at Heidelberg, 28 October, 1485.

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Agricola, George

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Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist. (1494-1555)

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Agricola, Alexander

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Biography of the composer, mentioning the possibility of unpublished manuscripts still in Spanish libraries.

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Agria

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An archiepiscopal see of Hungary, founded in 1009, and made an archdiocese in 1304, by Pius VII.

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Agrarianism

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Theories and movements intended to benefit the poorer classes of society by dealing in some way with the ownership of land or the legal obligations of the cultivators.

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