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Morimond, Abbey of

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Founded in 1115 by Odelric d' Aigremont and his wife, Adeline de Choiseul.

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Morigi, Michaelangelo (Caravaggio)

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Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609.

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Moriarty, David

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Bishop and pulpit orator, b. in Ardfert, Co. Kerry, in 1812; d. 1 October, 1877.

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Morghen, Raffaello

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Italian engraver, b. at Portici, 19 June, 1768 (1761?); d. at Florence, 8 April, 1833.

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Morgan, Venerable Edward

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Welsh priest, martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, executed at Tyburn, London, 26 April, 1642.

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Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

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Italian physician and investigator in medicine; b. 25 February, 1682; d. Bologna, 6 December, 1771.

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Moreto y Cabaña, Augustine

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Spanish dramatist; b. at Madrid, 9 April, 1618, d. at Toledo, 28 Octoher, 1669.

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Moreri, Louis

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An encyclopaedist, b. at Bargemont in the Diocese of Frejus, France, 25 March, 1643, d. at Paris, 10 July, 1680.

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Morelos, José María

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Mexican patriot, b. at Valladolid (now called Morelia in his honour), Mexico, on 30 September, 1765; shot at San Cristóbal Ecatepec on 22 December, 1815.

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Morell, Juliana

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Dominican nun, b. at Barcelona, Spain, 16 February, 1594; d. at the convent of the Dominican nuns at Avignon, France, 26 June, 1653.

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Morel, Gall

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Poet, scholar, aesthete, and educationist, b. at St. Fiden, Switzerland, on 24 March, 1803; d. at the Abbey of Einsiedeln on 16 December, 1872.

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More, Henry

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Priest and descendant of St. Thomas More (1586-1661).

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More, Helen

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Nun and descendant of St. Thomas More (1606-1633).

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Moratín, Leandro Fernandez de

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Spanish poet and playwright, b. at Madrid, 10 March, 1760; at Paris, 21 June, 1828.

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Moran, Francis Patrick

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Third Archbishop of Sydney, b. at Leighlinbridge, Ireland, 16 Sept., 1830; d, at Manly, Sydney, 16 Aug., 1911.

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Morality

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Morality is antecedent to ethics: it denotes those concrete activities of which ethics is the science. It may be defined as human conduct in so far as it is freely subordinated to the ideal of what is right and fitting.

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Moralities

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Moralities are a development or an offshoot of the Miracle Plays and together with these form the greater part of Medieval drama. They were popular in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries and existed side by side with the Miracle Plays of that date.

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Morales, Luis de

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Spanish painter, b. at Badajoz in Estremadura about 1509; d. at Badajoz, 1586.

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Morales, Juan Bautista

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Missionary, b. about 1597 at Ecija in Andalusia, Spain; d. Fu-ning, China, 17 Sept., 1664.

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Morales, Ambrosio

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Spanish historian, b. at Cordova, 1513; d. in 1591.

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