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29 December. Peter the Venerable ( c. 1092 – 25 December 1156), also known as Peter of Montboissier, was the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny. He has been honored as a saint, though he was never canonized in the Middle Ages. Since in 1862 Pope Pius IX confirmed his historical cult, and the Martyrologium Romanum, issued by the Holy See ...
Bede ( / biːd /; Old English: Bēda [ˈbeːdɑ]; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( Latin: Beda Venerabilis ), was an English monk and an author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History ...
HMS Venerable (R63) was a Colossus -class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She served for only the last few months of World War II, and in 1948 she was sold to the Netherlands and renamed HNLMS Karel Doorman, taking part in the military clash in 1962 in Western New Guinea. Subsequently, she was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Veinticinco ...
Venerable. Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Venerable : The first HMS Venerable (1784), launched in 1784, was a 74-gun third rate. She was Admiral Adam Duncan 's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown and was wrecked in 1804. The second HMS Venerable (1808), launched in 1808, was also a 74-gun third rate, on harbour ...
Biography. Sevin was born in Lille on 7 December 1882. In 1900 he joined the Society of Jesuits and was exempted from military service in 1902 and was ordained a priest in 1914. [1] He remained in Belgium through the First World War and in 1916 he was appointed professor at the college of Tuquet in Mouscron, near the French border.
Venerable Properties (2010) The White Stag sign, also known as the "Portland Oregon" sign, is a lighted neon -and- incandescent-bulb sign located atop the White Stag Building, at 70 NW Couch Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, facing the Burnside Bridge. The sign faces westbound traffic as it enters downtown Portland coming ...
The Name of the Rose (film) The Name of the Rose. (film) The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
The Symbolist painting is a stylised seascape, dominated by a bright sunburst breaking through clouds. Watts intended to evoke a monotheistic God in the act of creation, without depicting the Creator directly. The unfinished painting was exhibited at a church in Whitechapel in 1886, under the intentionally simplified title of The Sun.