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Gordon Riots

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This agitation, so called from the head and spirit of the movement, Lord George Gordon, convulsed the metropolis of England from 2 June till 9 June, 1780.

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Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints

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Roman martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Both died in 362. Although they did not die together, they are buried together, and the cemetery is named after them. Identifies two other martyrs named Gordianus, considers several named Epimachus.

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Gordian

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There were three Roman emperors of this name, who reigned between A.D. 237-44, and all of whom met with violent deaths.

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Goossens, Pierre-Lambert

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Cardinal, Archbishop of Michlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at Michlin, 25 January, 1906.

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Goodman, Ven. John

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Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642.

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Good, Highest, The

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(1)Utilitarianism, when the highest good is identified with happiness; (2)Rational Deontologism, when the highest good is identified with virtue or duty; (3)Rational Eudćmonism, or tempered Deontologism, when both virtue and happiness are combined in the highest good.

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Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the

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The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly christian life.

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Good Samaritan, Sisters of the

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A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, Australia.

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Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of

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Established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and Western.

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Good Hope, Cape of (Western)

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The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one.

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Good Friday

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The Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

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Good Faith

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A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively unfounded, conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition or body of opinion, or as to the rectitude or depravity of a line of conduct.

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Good

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The moral good (bonum honestum) consists in the due ordering of free action or conduct according to the norm of reason, the highest faculty, to which it is to conform.

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González, Zeferino

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Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher. (1831-1894)

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González de Santalla, Thyrsus

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Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus, b. at Arganda, Spain, 18 January, 1624; died at Rome, 27 October, 1705.

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Gonzaga, Scipione

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Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593.

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Gonzaga, Ercole

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Cardinal; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 March, 1563.

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Gonnelieu, Jérôme de

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Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died at Paris, 28 Feb., 1715.

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Gonet, Jean Baptiste

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Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 Jan., 1681.

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Gondulphus

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The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the second Bishop of Metz, while the third is known as Gondulphus of Berry.

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