A grand duchy in Thuringia, also known in recent times as the Grand duchy of Saxony.

A Saxon-Thuringian duchy. The duchy came into existence in 1681, as the result of the various succession agreements among the seven sons of Duke Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha.

One of the Saxon-Thuringian duchies.

One of the Saxon duchies in the east of Thuringia; situated on the west frontier of the Kingdom of Saxony.

For a long time two astronomers of the Middle Ages were confounded under this name. (1) Joannes Danko (2) Jean de Counnout.

A district in the south-eastern part of France that extends from the Lake Geneva to south of the River Arc.

Dominican reformer. Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498.

Province of Genoa, on the Gulf of Genoa.

Diplomatist (1814-1875)

Situated on the confines of Normandy and Brittany, Diocese of Coutances, France. Founded by Vital de Mortain, Canon of the Collegiate Church of St. Evroul.

A noble French family of the seventeenth century devoted to trade and to the publication of works on commercial matters.

Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of birth unknown, d. at Rome, 1205. He was archdeacon of Canterbury, 1175, and archdeacon of Northampton, 1180.

The Diocese of Savannah comprises the State of Georgia and was created as such by Pius IX, 1850.

Ontario, Canada, diocese erected in 1904.

First King of Israel.

Per Tillemont, one of the most illustrious martyrs France has given to the Church.

First bishop of Toulouse, third-century martyr.

Theologian, cardinal, first Apostolic delegate to the United States, b. 21 July, 1839, at Marsciano near Perugia; d. 8 Jan., 1910, at Rome.

A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sabastia.

Seventeenth-century Italian artist.

Archdiocese in Sardinia, Italy, situated on the River Rossello in a fertile region: a centre of the oil, fruit, wine, and tobacco industries.

The twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because they were formed on the same day.

A titular see in Cappadocia. Sasima is mentioned only in three non-religious documents.