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121St. Columbanus — St. Columbanus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Columbanus Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, born in West Leinster, Ireland, in 543; died at Bobbio, Italy, 21 November, 615. His life was written by Jonas, an Italian monk of the Columban… …
122peasantry — noun a) Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands. 1920 They distressed her. They were so stolid. She had always maintained that there is no American peasantry, and she sought now to defend her faith by… …
123fqih — noun A faqih (or expert in Islamic Law), especially in North Africa. In the early days of the Protectorate, the fqih or clerk interpreter was often an Algerian who despised the local Arabs as rustics and regarded the Berbers as scarcely human …
124rustic — 1. adjective /ˈrʌstɪk/ a) country styled or pastoral; rural rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely b) unfinished or roughly finished work 2. noun /ˈrʌstɪk/ …
125Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I until the fall of the Roman Empire — Ivory diptych of a priestess of Ceres, still in fully classical style, ca 400: the idol was defaced and thrown in a well at Montier en Der (later an abbey) where it was found. (Musée de Cluny) Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I… …
126Christian persecution of paganism under Theodosius I — The Christian persecution of paganism under Theodosius I began in 381, after the first couple of years his reign in the Eastern Roman Empire. In the 380s, Theodosius I reiterated Constantine s ban on Pagan sacrifice, prohibited haruspicy on pain… …
127Paganism (contemporary religious movements) — For other uses, see Neo Pagan (disambiguation). A Rodnover ritual in modern Russia. Rodnovery is a Pagan religion that attempts to recreate forms of pre Christian Russian religion. Paganism, which is also referred to as contemporary Paganism, Neo …
128Paganism (contemporary) — For other uses, see Neo Pagan (disambiguation). A Rodnover ritual in modern Russia. Rodnovery is a Pagan religion that attempts to recreate forms of pre Christian Russian religion. Paganism, which is also referred to as contemporary Paganism, Neo …
