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Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of

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The first religious foundation there was established by Sigebert, King of the East Angles, who resigned his crown to found a monastery about 537.

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Bursfeld, The Abbey of

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One of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries in Germany in the Middle Ages. Founded in 1093 by Duke Henry of Nordheim and his wife Gertrude.

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Burse

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A receptacle in which, for reasons of convenience xnd reverence, the folded corporal is carried to and from the altar.

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Burma

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Before its annexation by the British, Burma consisted of the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu.

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Burlington

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Diocese established 14 July, 1853; comprises the whole State of Vermont, U.S.A.

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Burleigh, Walter

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Friar Minor and medieval philosopher, b. in 1275 and d. in 1337.

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Burke, Thomas

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Bishop of Ossory, b. at Dublin, Ireland, about 1709; d. at Kilkenny, 25 September, 1776.

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Burke, Edmund

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First Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia. (1753-1820)

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Buridan, Jean

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French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in the district of Atois towards the end of the thirteenth century; date of death unknown.

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Burial, Christian

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The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites in consecrated ground.

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Burgundy

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In medieval times respectively a kingdom and a duchy, later a province of France.

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Burgos

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Since the tenth century an episcopal see of Spain, to which in the eleventh century the ancient Sees of Oca and Valpuesta were transferred.

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Burgoa, Francisco

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Historical and geographical writer. Born at Oaxaca about 1600; d. at Teopozotlan in 1681.

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