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(Encyclopedia) Simeon Stylites, SaintSimeon Stylites, Saintsĭmˈēŏn [key]Simeon Stylites, Saintstīlīˈtēz [key] [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small…
(Encyclopedia) Simpson, Matthew, 1811–84, American Methodist bishop, b. Cadiz, Ohio. In 1839 he became the first president of Indiana Asbury Univ. (now DePauw Univ.). He edited (1848–52) the Western…
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(Encyclopedia) TortosaTortosatōrtōˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 29,970), Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Ebro (Ebre) River. It has a fishing industry and light manufacturing, producing…
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(Encyclopedia) Tenerani, PietroTenerani, Pietropyĕˈtrō tānāräˈnē [key], c.1789–1869, Italian sculptor. He studied with both Canova and Thorvaldsen. Of his many works on classical and Christian…
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