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Granada, University of

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The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the city was captured by St. Ferdinand in 1236, was removed to Granada and there continued.

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Granada

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Archdiocese in Spain, founded by St. Cecilius about the year 64, was made an archiepiscopal see by Alexander VI, 23 Jan., 1493.

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Gramont, Eugénie de

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Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846.

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Grail, The Holy

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The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance.

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Graham, Patrick

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First Archbishop of St. Andrews and Metropolitan of Scotland, date of birth uncertain; d. 1478.

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Graffiti

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The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched on the walls of ancient monuments, generally sepulchral, as distinguished from the formal inscriptions engraved on the tombs of the deceased.

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Gradwell, Robert

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Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 March, 1833.

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Gradual

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In English often called Grail, is the oldest and most important of the four chants that make up the choir's part of the Proper of the Mass.

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Grace, William Russell

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Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.

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Grace, Supernatural

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Treatise on this fundamental building block of Christianity.

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Grace, Controversies on

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These are concerned chiefly with the relation between grace and free will.

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Grace, Actual

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A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.

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Grace at Meals

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One of the most ancient formulae of prayer at meals is found in a treatise of the fourth century, attributed without foundation to Saint Athanasius.

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Gozzoli

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Painter; b. at Florence, 1420; d. at Pisa 1497.

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Gozzi, Carlo

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Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806.

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Gozo, Diocese of

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Comprises the island of Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea and the islet of Comino.

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Goyaz, Diocese of

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Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty states which, with the Federal District, comprise the Republic of Brazil.

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Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

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Painter and etcher, b. in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain, 31 March, 1746; d. in Bordeaux, 16 April, 1828.

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Gower, John

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Poet; born between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; died October, 1408.

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Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph

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French cardinal and theologian; b. at Montigny-les-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; d. at Reims in 1866.

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