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  Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Having lost both her parents at an early age, Catherine was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (on October 28, 1533), at Marseille, to the duke of Orléans, whose elder brother François was alive at the time, but who would become King Henry II of France.
Catherine unwittingly had vast influence on fashions for the next 350 years when she enforced a ban on thick waists at court attendance during the 1550s.
Catherine, thinking her influence menaced, sought to regain it, first by the murder of Coligny, and, after that failed, by the St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_de_Medici   (1254 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Siena
Catherine spent the greater part of 1377 in effecting a wonderful spiritual revival in the country districts subject to the Republic of Siena, and it was at this time that she miraculously learned to write, though she still seems to have chiefly relied upon her secretaries for her correspondence.
Catherine was canonized by Pius II in 1461.
The key-note to Catherine's teaching is that man, whether in the cloister or in the world, must ever abide in the cell of self-knowledge, which is the stable in which the traveller through time to eternity must be born again.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03447a.htm   (1247 words)

  
 Catherine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catherine of Siena, who was one of only three female Doctors of the (Catholic) Church, is a patron saint of young girls, students, nurses, firefighters, Italy and Europe.
Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
Catherine Parr was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine   (266 words)

  
 Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon was the youngest surviving child of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
Catherine was to renounce the title of Queen and would be known as the Princess Dowager of Wales, something she refused to acknowledge through to the end of her life.
On January 7, 1536, Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle and was buried at Peterborough Abbey with the ceremony due for her position as Princess Dowager, not as a Queen of England.
tudorhistory.org /aragon   (869 words)

  
 Catherine d'Medici
Catherine de' Medici was born to the Medici family of Florence in 1519.
Other than Francis, Catherine had not a friend in all of France and was not looked highly upon by the French people, especially the nobles, who called her "the Italian woman".
In 1559, Catherine's husband died in a tournament accident and her eldest son Francis II came to the throne.
departments.kings.edu /womens_history/cathymedici.html   (1769 words)

  
 Catherine Doherty - Cause for Canonization - Her Life and Works
Catherine Kolyschkine was born in Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, on August 15, 1896 to wealthy and deeply Christian parents.
Catherine was shattered by the rejection of Friendship House and thought she had come to Ontario to retire.
Catherine Doherty and Madonna House — a pamphlet written for the Catholic Truth Society by Father Robert Wild, the postulator for the cause.
www.catherinedoherty.org /life   (2032 words)

  
 The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess (her badge shows a pomegranate - a symbol from Spain).
Catherine refused, and after two years of arguments with the Pope, Henry created a new Archbishop (Thomas Cranmer) who was prepared to declare the marriage annulled in 1532.
Catherine was then banished from the Court and separated from her daughter.
www.larmouth.demon.co.uk /sarah-jayne/wives/wives.html   (1010 words)

  
 Catherine Howard: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources
Catherine was neither particularly beautiful or intelligent, but she was a charming, flirtatious girl who rose, virtually overnight, from obscurity to become queen of England.
Catherine was raised in a type of dormitory at Lambeth Palace, crowded in with other young girls (some were servants to her grandmother) and her education was not intellectual.
Catherine was a mere child by contrast, barely literate, and born in a later generation.
englishhistory.net /tudor/monarchs/howard.html   (3999 words)

  
 º º Catherine Bell : Movies Point
Catherine Bell is of British and Iranian descent and she speaks Farsi fluently.
Catherine bell wanted to be an artist and she had appeared in some commercials as a child.
Catherine began with appearing as guest star on television shows like Dream On in 1994, Dream On in 1994, Hotline in 1996, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in 1997, and a role in 1998s Sin City Spectacular.
www.moviespoint.com /actress/catherine-bell.php   (521 words)

  
 Egypt Travel - Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery
St. Catherine, whose body was reportedly carried away by angels, was discovered five hundred years later at the top of the peak that now bears her name.
Catherine's is also a formidable fortification, with granite walls 40 to 200 feet tall, surrounded by gardens and cypresses.
Prior to probably the twentieth century, the only entrance to St. Catherine's was a small door 30 feet high, where provisions and people were lifted with a system of pulleys, and where food was often lowered to nomads.
interoz.com /egypt/Catherines.htm   (419 words)

  
 Catherine Howard
Catherine was one of 10 children of Joyce Culpeper and Lord Edmund Howard (1480-1539).
King Henry VIII first became attracted to the young girl Catherine in 1540, when he was seeking to end his politically motivated marriage to Anne of Cleves, to whom Catherine was a maid of honour.
Catherine Howard, Thomas Culpeper, and the modern day Culpeppers are all apparently descended from Sir Thomas Culpeper of Brenchley and Bayhall (1230-1309).
gen.culpepper.com /historical/howard   (519 words)

  
 Catherine Booth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Catherine was a devout Christian and by the age of twelve she had read the Bible eight times.
Catherine Booth and William Booth had eight children, all of whom were active in the Salvation Army.
Catherine's second son, Ballington Booth (1857-1940), was commander of the army in Australia (1883-1885) and the USA (1887-1896).
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Wbooth.htm   (1670 words)

  
 º º Catherine Zeta Jones : Movies Point
Catherine Zeta-Jones (pronounced ZEE-tah) was born in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, on September 25, 1969.
Luckily for Catherine the show's producer just happened to be in the audience that night and immediately insisted that she be made the star - thus Catherine did eight shows a week for the rest of the run.
Catherine's big break happened in 1991, when she became a regular on the hugely popular British television series The Darling Buds of May. Her role as the eldest daughter of a farm family increased her star status in the UK, which of course, led to her becoming a tabloid favorite.
www.moviespoint.com /actress/catherine-zeta-jones.php   (541 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
A virgin and martyr whose feast is celebrated in the Latin Church and in the various Oriental churches on 25 November, and who for almost six centuries was the object of a very popular devotion.
Unfortunately we have not these acts in their original form, but transformed and distorted by fantastic and diffuse descriptions which are entirely due to the imagination of the narrators who cared less to state authentic facts than to charm their readers by recitals of the marvellous.
This devotion to Saint Catherine which assumed such vast proportions in Europe after the Crusades, received additional eclat in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century, when it was rumoured that she had appeared to Joan of Arc and, together with Saint Margaret, had been divinely appointed Joan's adviser.
www.catholicforum.com /saints/stc01ce.htm   (783 words)

  
 Catherine Rose's Office
Catherine will be working with Momentum Arts over the winter months to evaluate and document an artist-led consultation for the Cambridge Community Innovation Centre.
Catherine is Director of the Theatre Education Network (TEN), the membership organisation for theatre professionals engaged in education and community work.
Following on from her involvement with reporting on one of Oxfordshire Youth Arts Partnership's projects (Reaching the Parts), Catherine is delighted to have been invited to become a Trustee of the new OYAP Trust.
www.catherinerosesoffice.co.uk   (392 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Catherine Bell
Catherine Bell played Major/Lt. Colonel Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie on CBS's military-court drama JAG, which was on the Top 20 Nielsen list as one of the most watched shows in North America for quite some time during its 10-year run.
Catherine Bell should have signed an endorsement contract with the Marine Corps while she was on JAG because she definitely helped increase enrollment in the armed services.
Catherine Lisa Bell was born on August 14, 1968, in London, England.
www.askmen.com /women/actress_60/97_catherine_bell.html   (346 words)

  
 The Alexander Palace Time Machine Bios - Catherine the Great
Catherine ascended the throne as the most pious and Orthodox Empress, Catherine II, crowned on September 22, 1762 with tremendous pomp and ceremony at the heart of Russian culture and Orthodoxy in the ancient Moscow Kremlin.
Catherine solidified her position by awarding her supporters with high government positions and grants of land, money and serfs.
Catherine quickly began to make changes in government and society based on the convictions she had assimilated during her study of French philosophes of the Enlightenment and the authors of ancient Rome.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/catherine.html   (1174 words)

  
 Catherine Daly's Blog
Catherine Daly is a scholar of many talents: technical architect, investment bank officer, software developer, and the one who is visible here, poet.
Catherine Daly's strength resides in her diction, her deft movements where even language's disjoint moves freely.
Neo-Oulipo seems neutral on the issue of social language as a source for its work, but fascinated in identifying new ways of using language that are not necessarily within the traditional frame of literature.
cadaly.blogspot.com   (2974 words)

  
 The Abundance Center
Catherine was brilliant at helping me negotiate my way through initial meetings, agreements and contracts with a company.
Catherine: First of all I would like to say thank you for sharing with me your wonderful ideas and knowledge.
Catherine, you truly have a gift of helping others take their business to new levels.
www.abundancecenter.com   (832 words)

  
 Photography By Catherine, a professional reportage female portrait and wedding photographer.
Her approach is relaxed and unobtrusive, capturing the impromptu moments that will give you an everlasting wedding memory of your special day.
Catherine will produce your wedding photo album personally, to make a storybook in colour, fl and white and sepia that you will treasure forever.
These are many testaments to Catherine’s work that she has had the pleasure of receiving over the years from grateful customers.
www.photographybycatherine.com   (187 words)

  
 Catherine the Great
Historians have not always been kind to her memory, and all too often one reads accounts of her private life, ignoring her many achievements.
The stories of her love affairs have been vulgarized and can be traced to a handful of French writers in the years immediately after Catherine's death, when Republican France was fighting for its life against a coalition that included Russia.
Catherine was born Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-Zerbst on April 21, 1729 in Stettin, then Germany, now Poland.
members.tripod.com /~Nevermore/CGREAT.HTM   (593 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Catherine Hayes had it all, a voice that captivated her public, financial rewards and a man she loved...
"In the absence of recording evidence [Catherine Hayes' 'time was long before gramophone records were invented] it is impossible to assess the merit of operatic voices of the past with the result that we rely on their biographers which isn't 'always satisfactory.
"Catherine Hayes packed a great deal into her four decades at a time when travel was difficult and dangerous...
www.catherinehayes.com   (729 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine's got it all: the undeniably gorgeous looks, the talent and the intelligence.
Catherine Zeta-Jones hails from Mumbles, Wales (a tiny fishing village just outside Swansea in the UK), where she was born on September 25, 1969.
Her name stems from two different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine, while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that Catherine's grandfather sailed on.
www.askmen.com /women/actress/1_catherine_zeta_jones.html   (342 words)

  
 Catherine Rogers, harpist
Atlanta harpist Catherine Rogers has performed in the metro Atlanta area since 1976 and provides a variety of classical and popular music.
Catherine was an officer of the Georgia Chapter of the American Harp Society from 1977 to 1998, serving alternately as president, vice president and secretary/treasurer.
She also served as secretary of the Atlanta Folk Harpers and is a member of the World Harp Congress.
members.aol.com /csr1111   (154 words)

  
 CatherineMcMichael.com - The Music Of Catherine McMichael   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Catherine McMichael is a pianist, arranger, composer and publisher of a wide variety of choral music, chamber music and Suzuki-related material.
Catherine's commitment to making chamber and ensemble music available to the young musician has led her to compose and publish music for piano and strings, flute and harp, brass choir, piano duet, and chorus, many of which appear on the National Federation ofMusic Teachers' recommended repertoire list.
Catherine is available for commissions on any instrument or voice.
www.catherinemcmichael.com   (271 words)

  
 Forever Catherine
Catherine Zeta Jones reportedly took her latest role so seriously she went undercover as a chef in a New York restaurant.
"There is nothing like dance for keeping you focused," Oscar-winning actress and Bermuda resident Catherine Zeta-Jones told a capacity audience at the National Dance Foundation's fl-tie gala on February 25th, which included students from the Island's dance schools.
CATHERINE IN Catherine is featured on page 4 & page 36 of the 13 February issue of Us Weekly.
www.forevercatherine.us   (574 words)

  
 Catherine Breillat - Professor of Auteur Cinema - Bibliography
Vergez, Gérard (Director), Catherine Breillat et al (Screenplay).
Chammah, Ronald (Director), Catherine Breillat et al (Screenplay).
Fellini, Federico (Director), Catherine Breillat et al (Screenplay).
www.egs.edu /faculty/catherinebreillat.html   (829 words)

  
 Artist Page - Catherine Bott
Catherine Bott began her career in early music, and has a worldwide reputation as an interpreter of baroque vocal music.
Catherine Bott sang the leading role in the world premiere of Francis Grier’s Five Joyful Mysteries at King’s College, Cambridge, and gave the American premiere of his song cycle Love without Hope at the Lincoln Center, New York.
She has recently given the first public performances of works by Jonathan Dove, and was the soloist in the world premiere of a new piece by Joe Duddell, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk /artist_page.asp?name=bott   (437 words)

  
 Bossy Little Dog
Those pictures don't begin to do justice to the actual image I was trying to capture, but my camera is a Kodak digital point-n-shoot, and between its inability to capture an accurate blue, its suckage indoors with a flash, and now this, I do believe my birthday present to me should be good digital SLR.
I spent the weekend with my cousins - they are sisters, one is also my godmother - she's 63 - the other is a year younger than I am, 46.
So it was a good weekend and a real mini-vacation, and if I'd had a finished Clapotis with me it would have been perfect.
yorkiedog.blogspot.com   (2285 words)

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