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Dominicans (Spanish: Dominicanos) are an ethno-national people, a people of shared ancestry and culture, who have ancestral roots in the Dominican Republic. [18] [19]The Dominican ethnic group was born out of a fusion of European (mainly Spanish), native Taino, and African elements, this is a fusion that goes as far back as the 1500s.
In 1917, Providence College was founded as an all-male school through the efforts of the Diocese of Providence and the Dominican Province of St. Joseph.The central figure in the college's incorporation was Matthew Harkins, Bishop of Providence, who sought an institution that would establish a center of advanced learning for the Catholic youth of Rhode Island.
It also provided that children born abroad to Dominican parents were nationals unless they were legally considered nationals in their place of birth. In this situation, upon reaching majority, they could choose Dominican nationality by following the legal declaration procedures. [34] That same year, 1929, a Nationality Law (Ley 1227) was passed.
Old Dominion University (ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia.Established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, an extension school of the College of William & Mary for people with fewer financial assets, members of the military, and non-traditional students in Norfolk-Virginia Beach area of the Hampton Roads region.
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Fra Angelico, O.P. (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 [1] – 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". [2]
A secure access module. A Secure Access Module (SAM), also known as a Secure Application Module, is a piece of cryptographic hardware typically used by smart card card readers to perform mutual key authentication. [1] [2] [3] SAMs can be used to manage access in a variety of contexts, such as public transport fare collection and point of sale ...
Teresa Chikaba (Ewe: Chicaba or Chicava; [1] c. 1676 – 6 December 1748) was an African princess, captured by Spanish traders and brought to Spain, where she was enslaved. . She is a Servant of God for the Catholic Church: her process of beatification, started in 1997, is still ongoing (the diocesan phase of the process was closed in 20