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  • 121Caesarea —     Caesarea     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Caesarea     A Latin titular see, and the seat of a residential Armenian bishopric, in Cappadocia (Asia Minor). The native name of this city was Mazaka, after Mosoch, the legendary Cappadocian hero. It… …

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  • 122Caesarea Palaestinae —     Caesarea Palaestinae     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Caesarea Palaestinae     (Caesarea Maritima.) A titular see of Palestine. In Greek antiquity the city was called Pyrgos Stratonos (Straton s Tower), after a Greek adventurer or a Sidonian… …

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  • 123Family of Harlay —     Harlay, Family of     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Family of Harlay     An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious history.     (1) Achille de Harlay     Born At Paris, 7 March, 1536; d. at Paris, 21… …

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  • 124Johannes Bessarion —     Johannes Bessarion     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johannes Bessarion     (Or BASILIUS).     Cardinal; b. at Trebizond, 1389, or according to others, 1395, but most probably in 1403; d. at Ravenna 18 November, 1472. Some claim illustrious… …

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  • 125Nigeria, Upper and Lower —     Upper and Lower Nigeria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Upper and Lower Nigeria     A colony of British East Africa extending from the Gulf of Guinea to Lake Chad (from 4° 30 to 7°N. lat., and from 5° 30 to 8° 30 E. long.), is bounded on the… …

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  • 126Philip II (King of Spain) —     Philip II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philip II     King of Spain, only son of the Emperor Charles V, and Isabella of Portugal, b. at Valladolid, 21 May, 1527; d. at the Escorial, 13 Sept., 1598. He was carefully educated in the sciences,… …

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  • 127Nicholas IV —     Pope Nicholas IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Nicholas IV     (GIROLAMO MASCI)     Born at Ascoli in the March of Ancona; died in Rome, 4 April, 1292. He was of humble extraction, and at an early age entered the Franciscan Order. In… …

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  • 128Pope Nicholas IV —     Pope Nicholas IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Nicholas IV     (GIROLAMO MASCI)     Born at Ascoli in the March of Ancona; died in Rome, 4 April, 1292. He was of humble extraction, and at an early age entered the Franciscan Order. In… …

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