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  • 121Juan de Atienza —     Juan de Atienza     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Juan de Atienza     Born at Tordehumos, near Valladolid, in Spain, in the year 1546, eldest son of the royal Councillor of Castile, Bartolome de Atienza, a very distinguished Jurisconsult under… …

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  • 122Latin Literature in Early Christianity —     Latin Literature in Early Christianity     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Latin Literature in Early Christianity     The Latin language was not at first the literary and official organ of the Christian Church in the West. The Gospel was announced… …

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  • 123Lorenzo di Pietro Vecchietta —     Lorenzo di Pietro Vecchietta     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lorenzo di Pietro Vecchietta     Painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and architect, b. at Castiglione di Val d Orcia, 1412; d. there, 1480. He is said to have been the pupil of Taddeo… …

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  • 124Mario Pagano —     Mario Pagano     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mario Pagano     Jurisconsult and man of letters, born in Brienza, Province of Salerno, 8 Dec., 1748; died at Naples, 29 Oct., 1799. At twenty he became special lecturer in moral philosophy at the… …

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  • 125Masonry (Freemasonry) —     Masonry (Freemasonry)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry)     The subject is treated under the following heads:     I. Name and Definition;     II. Origin and Early History;     III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit;     IV.… …

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  • 126Pietro Metastasio —     Pietro Metastasio     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pietro Metastasio     Italian poet, b. at Rome, 1698; d. at Vienna, 1782. Of humble origins, his father, once a Papal soldier, was later a pork butcher; Metastasio was placed in the shop of a… …

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  • 127The University of Turin —     The University of Turin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The University of Turin     The University of Turin was founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy. Some of the professors of… …

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  • 128attorney — at·tor·ney /ə tər nē/ n pl neys [Anglo French atorné legal representative, from past participle of atorner to designate, appoint, from Old French, to prepare, arrange see attorn]: a person authorized to act on another s behalf; esp: lawyer see… …

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