(Encyclopedia) Bonaventure or Bonaventura, SaintBonaventure or Bonaventura, Saintbŏnˌəvĕnˈchər, bōˌnävānt&oomacr;ˈrä [key], 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian, cardinal, Doctor of the Church…
(Encyclopedia) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1891 when businessman Charles Norman Fay invited the German-born conductor Theodore Thomas to establish and lead a new city orchestra; he…
(Encyclopedia) Trappists, popular name for an order of Roman Catholic monks, officially (since 1892) the Reformed Cistercians or Cistercians of the Stricter Observance. They perpetuate the reform…
The first Irish saint to be canonized by a pope, in 1199 by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Malachy (1094?–1148) St. Malachy is known principally as a reformer of the Irish clergy,…
(Encyclopedia) LippiLippilēpˈpē [key], name of two celebrated Italian painters of the 15th cent., Fra Filippo Lippi and his son, Filippino Lippi.
Filippino Lippi,Filippino Lippi, c.1457–1504, son…
1867–72 Tom Chandler1872–81 George Rooke1881–82 Mike Donovan11884–91 Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey1891–97 Bob Fitzsimmons21908 Stanley Ketchel,Billy Papke1908–10 Stanley Ketchel31913 Frank…
Winner is based on points, not overall time. The world's premier cycling event, the Tour de France is staged throughout the country (sometimes passing through…
Winner is based on points, not overall time. The world's premier cycling event, the Tour de France is staged throughout the country (sometimes passing through…
