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  • In Alexandria, Egypt, the mob urged by the bishop Cyrillus, attacks a few days before the judaeo-christian Pascha (Pesach-Easter) and hacks to pieces the famous and beautiful philosopher Hypatia.

    The Church-State Alliance and the future of humanity 2007

  • Accidit hodie terribilis casus (saith [1898] S. Austin) hear a miserable accident; Cyrillus 'son this day in his drink, Matrem praegnantem nequiter oppressit, sororem violare voluit, patrem occidit fere, et duas alias sorores ad mortem vulneravit, would have violated his sister, killed his father, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Passing farther west, we next examined another splendid group of three ring-mountains, arranged in a line running nearly north and south, viz. Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catherina.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • Proceeding, I then said that Cyrillus, the middle ring, was, as they could see, very irregular in shape; and the walls were in some parts very much broken and damaged.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • Cyrillus and Catharina, two adjacent craters, are each about 16,000 feet deep and connected by a wide valley.

    The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

  • Abydenus by Cyrillus, Syncellus, and the Armenian historian, the pseudo Moses of Chorene.

    Assyrian Historiography

  • Patriarch Cyrillus III (1235-43), the see is often mentioned, but without the name of its titular.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Among the religious associations of the diocese are: the Society of St. Hermagores which, like the Society of St. Charles Borromeo, encourages the diffusion of good literature; the Society of Sts. Cyrillus and Menthodius, which aims to promote religious and national instruction in the elementary schools; the Third Order of St. Francis; the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Congregation of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Cyrillus of Scythopolis (sixth century), in his life of Saint

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • They are: John, 1191-1192; Metrophanes, degraded in 1623; Gregorius or Cyrillus, 1623; Sophronius, 1646-1649;

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

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