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Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira O. Carm. (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈaɫvɐɾɨʃ pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; June 24 1360 – April 1 1431) also spelled Nun’Álvares Pereira was a Portuguese general of great success who […]

Saint Mungo is the commonly used name for Saint Kentigern (also known as Kentigernus (Latin) or Cyndeyrn Garthwys (Welsh)). He was the late 6th century apostle of the Britonnic Kingdom […]

Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna from Hebrew Hannah חַנָּה meaning favor or grace) of David’s house and line was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother […]

Blessed Jacobus de Varagine or Voragine (Italian: Giacomo da Varazze Jacopo da Varazze (c. 1230 – July 13 or July 16 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. […]

A Madonna is a representation of Mary either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is from […]

Maximus the Confessor (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής) also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 – 13 August 662) was a Christian monk theologian and scholar.In […]

Gregory Palamas (Γρηγόριος Παλαμάς) (1296–1359) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the Archbishop of Thessaloniki known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. The teachings embodied in […]

Saint Eadburh (or Edburga) (died 15 June 960) was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife Eadgifu of Kent. There is little contemporary information […]

Papias (Greek: Παπίας) was an Apostolic Father Bishop of Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale Turkey) and author (c. 100) of the Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord (Greek: Λογίων Κυριακῶν Ἐξήγησις) […]

Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Small Dennis the Dwarf Dennis the Little or Dennis the Short meaning humble) (c. 470 – c. 544) was a 6th-century monk born in Scythia Minor (probably modern […]