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  Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In building its maritime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the Aegean, including Cyprus and Crete, and became a major power-broker in the Near East.
By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia, and Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
Venice in summer, with the Rialto Bridge in the background
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venice   (3947 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gnosticism
With marvelous industry he gathered information on all sides, but his injudicious and too credulous acceptance of many details can hardly be excused.
Philastrius of Brescia, a few years later (383), gave to the Latin Church what St. Epiphanius had given to the Greek.
He counted and described no fewer than one hundred and twenty-eight heresies, but took the word in a somewhat wide and vague sense.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06592a.htm   (10663 words)

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