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Czech Literature

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The evolution of Czech literature dates back to 863, when Moravia and Bohemia, through the efforts of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the apostles of these two countries, were converted to Christianity and thus became participants in the great work of civilization.

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Cyzicus

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A titular see of Asia Minor, metropolitan of the ancient ecclesiastical province of Hellespontus.

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Cyrus of Alexandria

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Melchite patriarch of that see in the seventh century, and one of the authors of Monothelism; d. about 641.

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Cyrus and John, Saints

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Companions in life and in martyrdom. Beheaded in the Diocletian persecution.

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Cyril of Constantinople, Saint

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Father General of the Carmelites, had a reputation for prophecy, d. about 1235.

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Cyril of Alexandria, Saint

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Article on this Doctor of the Church, and anti-Nestorian theologian.

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Cyril and Methodius, Saints

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Also called Constantine and Methodius. Biography of these ninth-century brothers, Apostles of the Slavs.

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Cyrenaic School of Philosophy

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Overview of this strain of classical thought, by William Turner.

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Cyprus

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An island in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the entrance of the Gulf of Alexandretta.

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Cyprian, Saint

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Bishop of Toulon, student and biographer of St. Caesarius of Arles. Cyprian died in 546.

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Cyprian and Justina, Saints

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Christians of Antioch martyred at Nicomedia, 26 September, 304. Already in the same century, quite a colorful legend arose about them.

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Cynic School of Philosophy

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Founded at Athens about 400 B.C., continued in existence until about 200 B.C. It sprang from the ethical doctrine of Socrates regarding the necessity of moderation and self-denial.

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Cynewulf

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That certain Anglo-Saxon poems still extant were written by one Cynewulf is beyond dispute, for the author has signed his name in them by spelling it out in runic letters which may be so read as to make sense in the context of the poem. It is, however, quite uncertain who this Cynewulf was.

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Cuyo, Virgin of

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According to V. Gambon this statue is probably the one which, together with the church in which it stood, was given to the Franciscans when the Jesuits were expelled (1767) from the country by Charles III.

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