The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History Quick Facts Italian: San Tommaso d’Aquino Also called: Aquinas Byname: Doctor Angelicus (Latin: “Angelic Doctor”) Born: 1224/25, Roccasecca, near Aquino, Terra di Lavoro, Kingdom of Sicily [Italy] ...
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Britannica Quiz Christianity Quiz El Greco:PentecostPentecost, oil on canvas by El Greco, c. 1600; in the Prado, Madrid. This work depicts the moment when the Holy Spirit, represented as a dove, descended in the form of tongues of fire and rested on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles durin...
St. Thomas Aquinas Saint Gregory VII Gregory the Great, St. Innocent III Pius IX Show More Papal States, territories of centralItalyover which thepopehadsovereigntyfrom 756 to 1870. Included were the modern Italian regions ofLazio(Latium),Umbria, andMarcheand part ofEmilia-Romagna, though the ...
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Britannica Quiz Pop Quiz: 19 Things to Know About Christianity Damasus was the first pope to refer to Rome as the apostolic see, to distinguish it as that established by theapostleSt. Peter, founder of the church. In 380 the emperorsGratianin the West and Theodosius in the East declaredCh...
Britannica Quiz World Religions & Traditions Paschasius attended the synods of Paris (847) and Quercy (849). He resigned his abbacyc.851 and retired to the monastery of Saint-Riquier to write in peace, although his last years were supposedly spent at Corbie. During succeeding centuries his ...
Britannica Quiz Christianity Quiz El Greco: PentecostPentecost, oil on canvas by El Greco, c. 1600; in the Prado, Madrid. This work depicts the moment when the Holy Spirit, represented as a dove, descended in the form of tongues of fire and rested on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles ...
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Britannica Quiz Famous Poets and Poetic Form In “Noche oscura,” perhaps his best-known work, he describes the process by which the soul sheds its attachment to everything and eventually passes through a personal experience of Christ’sCrucifixionto his glory. The lyric consists of eight stanzas...