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  • 121Literary or Profane Legends —     Literary or Profane Legends     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Literary or Profane Legends     In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of oral transmission historic narrative necessarily becomes …

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  • 122Monastery of St. Catherine —     Monastery of St. Catherine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Monastery of St. Catherine     Situated on Mount Sinai, at an altitude of 4854 feet, in a picturesque gorge below the Jebel Musa, the reputed Mountain of the Law. This Byzantine convent …

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  • 123Papal Regesta —     Papal Regesta     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Regesta     Papal Regesta are the copies, generally entered in special registry volumes, of the papal letters and official documents that are kept in the papal archives; the name, further, is… …

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  • 124St. Eleutherius, Pope —     Pope St. Eleutherius (Eleutheros)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Eleutherius (Eleutheros)     Pope (c. 174 189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a native of Nicopolis, Greece. From his contemporary Hegesippus we learn that he… …

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  • 125Pope St. Eleutherius —     Pope St. Eleutherius (Eleutheros)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Eleutherius (Eleutheros)     Pope (c. 174 189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a native of Nicopolis, Greece. From his contemporary Hegesippus we learn that he… …

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  • 126Saint Gall (Gallus) —     St. Gall     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gall     (GALLUS; in the most ancient manuscript he is called GALLO, GALLONUS, GALLUNUS, and sometimes also CALLO, CHELLEH, GILLIANUS, etc.).     An Irishman by birth, he was one of the twelve… …

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  • 127Te Deum —     Te Deum     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Te Deum     An abbreviated title commonly given both to the original Latin text and the translations of a hymn in rhythmical prose, of which the opening words, Te Deum Laudamus, formed its earliest… …

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  • 128The Diocese of Agen —     The Diocese of Agen     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Diocese of Agen     (AGINNUM.)     Comprises the Department of Lot and Garonne. It has been successively suffragan to the archdioceses of Bordeaux (under the old regime), Toulouse (1802… …

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