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(Encyclopedia) Saint Sophia: see Hagia Sophia.

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Denis săN-dənēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 90,806), Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. It is an industrial suburb N of Paris. Metals, chemicals, machinery, electronics, and food produc...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Martin's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Nicolas: see Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Stephens: see Gaines, George Strother. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Trond: see Sint-Truiden, Belgium. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint George, town (1991 pop. 1,648), on St. George's Island, Bermuda. It was the capital of Bermuda until 1815, when it was replaced by Hamilton. During the American Civil War it harbored Confederate...

(Encyclopedia) Methodius, Saint: see Cyril and Methodius, Saints. ...

(Encyclopedia) Malachy, Saint mălˈəkē [key], 1095–1148, Irish churchman, reformer of the church in Ireland. His Irish name was Máel Máedoc ua Morgair. He was assistant to Cellach (Celsus), bishop of Armagh, ...

(Encyclopedia) Hippolytus, Saint hĭpŏlˈĭtəs [key] [Gr.,=loosed horse], d. c.236, first antipope (c.217–235), theologian, and martyr. Probably a disciple of St. Irenaeus, he became the most astute theologian i...