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Suárez, Francisco

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Article on his life, teachings and works, by A. Perez Goyena.

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Stöckl, Albert

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A neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, born in Bavaria, 1823, and died 1895.

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Styria

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A duchy and Austrian crownland, divided by the River Mur into Upper and Lower Styria.

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Stylites

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Solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism. This practice may be regarded as the climax of a tendency which became very pronounced in Eastern lands in the latter part of the fourth century.

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Stuhlweissenburg

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Diocese in Hungary, and Suffragen of Gran. It was formed in 1777 from the dioceses of Gyor and Veszprem.

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Studion

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Latin Studium, the most important monastery at Constantinople, situated not far from the Propontis in the section of the city called Psamathia.

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Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement

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Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland"; born at Rome, 11 March, 1725; died at Frascati, 13 July, 1807.

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Strossmayer, Joseph Georg

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Josip Juraj, Bishop of Diakovár, born at Essegg in Croatia-Slavonia, 4 February, 1815; died 8 April, 1905.

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Streber, Hermann

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Son of Franz Seraph Streber, b. at Munich, 27 Sept., 1839; d. at Tölz, 9 Aug., 1896.

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Streber, Franz Seraph

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Numismatist and nephew of Franz Ignaz von Streber, born at Deutenkofen, Lower Bavaria, 26 Feb., 1805; died at Munich, 21 Nov. 1864.

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Streber, Franz Ignaz Von

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Numismatist and theologian, born at Reisbach, Lower Bavaria, 11 Feb., 1758; died at Munich, 26 April, 1841.

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Stratonicea

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A titular see in Caria (Asia Minor) suffragan of Stauropolis.

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Strasburg

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German diocese immediately dependent on the Papal See.

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Strain, John

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Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, born at Edinburgh, 8 December, 1810; died there, 2 July, 1883.

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Strahov, Abbey of

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A Premonstratensian abbey at Prague, Bohemia, founded in 1149.

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Stradivari, Antonio

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Cremonese violin-maker, b. in 1649 or 1650; d. at Cremona, 18 or 19 Dec., 1737.

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Stradivari Family, The

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Family name that goes back to the Middle Ages. Spelled various ways, Stradivare, Stradiverto, Stradivertus. Known among other things as makers of stringed instruments.

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Stoss, Veit

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Sculptor, b. at Nuremberg in 1438; d there in 1533.

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Stonyhurst College

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History of the school, which dates back to a period considerably prior to its foundation on English soil in 1794.

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Stoning in Scripture

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At first an expression of popular fury analogous to "lynching", later came to be a natural and legally recognized method of execution.

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