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Catholic Church/Patron Archive/May 28. Bernard of Menthon ( French: Saint Bernard de Menthon; or French: Saint Bernard d'Aoste; Italian: San Bernardo di Mentone; Latin: Bernardus; German: Bernhard) was a canon regular and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great ...
After her death, she became the first person born in what would become the United States to be canonized by the Catholic Church (September 14, 1975). She also established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland , where she likewise founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity .
P. ortal. The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2022. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.
Catholic Church/Patron Archive/April 9. Saint Casilda of Toledo ( Spanish: Santa Casilda de Toledo) ( 950 – 1050) is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is April 9. Casilda was a Muslim princess, the daughter of the ruler of Toledo. She showed great kindness to Christian captives.
Portal is a series of first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve.Set in the Half-Life universe, the two main games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility.
Brightmoor, Detroit. / 42.39639°N 83.24528°W / 42.39639; -83.24528. Brightmoor is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, near the northwest border of the city. [3] Brightmoor is defined by the Brightmoor Alliance as being bordered by Puritan Avenue to the north, the CSX railway to the south, Evergreen Road to the east, and Outer ...
France. Romanesque architecture appeared in France at the end of the 10th century, with the development of feudal society and the rise and spread of monastic orders, particularly the Benedictines, which built many important abbeys and monasteries in the style. It continued to dominate religious architecture until the appearance of French Gothic ...
Catholic Church/Patron Archive/January 27. Angela Merici or Angela de Merici ( / məˈriːtʃi / mə-REE-chee, Italian: [ˈandʒela (de) meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian religious educator who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. She founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women ...