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(Encyclopedia) Elmo, Saint: see Peter Gonzalez, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gondi, Paul de: see Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Birgitta, Saint: see Bridget of Sweden, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Basil, Saint: see Basil the Great, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Walpurga or Walpurgis, Saint: see Walburga, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cambon, Pierre Paul käNbôNˈ [key], 1843–1924, French diplomat; brother of Jules Martin Cambon. Named resident minister to Tunis in 1882, he conceived and organized the new Tunisian protectorate ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Barts, island, West Indies: see Saint-Barthélemy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Raphaël săN-räfäĕlˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 26,799), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is an elegant resort and a small commercial port as well as an important naval air base ...

(Encyclopedia) David, Saint, d.588?, patron saint of Wales, first abbot of Menevia (present-day Saint David's). He apparently established a strict rule and was a zealous missionary, founding 12 monasteries. His cult...

(Encyclopedia) Painlevé, Paul pōl păNləvāˈ [key], 1863–1933, French statesman and mathematician. A mathematical prodigy when a child, he entered on a career devoted to science. He was a professor at the Sorb...