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 RETZ, JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL DE GONDI, CARDINAL DE - LoveToKnow Article on RETZ, JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL DE GONDI, CARDINAL DE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1581 it was erected into a duchy in the peerage of France (duche-pairie) for Albert de Gondi, marshal of France and general of the galleys.
Pierre de Gondi, brother of the first due de Retz, became bishop of Paris in 1570 and cardinal in 1587.
With the death of the last male of the house of Gondi in 1676 the duche-pairie became extinct; the lordship passed to the house of Neuville-Villeroy.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RE/RETZ_JEAN_FRANCOIS_PAUL_DE_GONDI_CARDINAL_DE.htm   (2627 words)

  
 Languages
Contrary to the practice of the previous censuses of classifying the languages or dialects, in 1951 and 1961 these were enlisted exactly as returned.
Gondi is returned by 47,446 persons or 3.7 per cent of the population which is less by 1.9 per cent to that of 1931 and 0.5 to that of 1951.
The increase in the percentage of Sindhi speakers who constituted 0.85 per cent of the population at the 1951 Census is due to the influx of Sindhi displaced persons into the State after partition.
www.nagpuronline.com /people/language.html   (936 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vincent de Paul
He was recalled by the Gondi and returned to them (1617) five months later, resuming the peasant missions.
After the poor of the country, Vincent's solicitude was directed towards the convicts in the galleys, who were subject to M. de Gondi as general of the galleys of France.
The good wrought everywhere by these missions together with the urging of Mme de Gondi decided Vincent to found his religious institute of priests vowed to the evangelization of country people--the Congregation of Priests of the Mission (q.v.).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15434c.htm   (3086 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Gondi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The French aristocratic de Gondi family whose most famous member was Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz.
The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes.
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1614 - August 24, 1679), French churchman and agitator, was born at Montmirail.
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 SEIGNEURS AND DUKES OF RETZ - LoveToKnow Article on SEIGNEURS AND DUKES OF RETZ
Gilles de Laval, sire de Retz (1404-1440), the comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc and marshal of France, gave himself over to the most revolting debauchery, and was strangled and burned at Nantes.
The barony of Retz passed successively to the families of Tournemine, Annebaut and Gondi.
The family was one of those which had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici, but it acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RE/RETZ_SEIGNEURS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm   (1270 words)

  
 The Memoirs Of Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1 [Historic court memoirs] by Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz eBook ...
Pierre de Gondi, Duc de Retz, was his brother, whose daughter was the Duchesse de Lesdiguieres.
His grandfather was Albert de Gondi, Duc de Retz, Marquis de Belle Isle, a Peer of France, Marshal and General of the Galleys, Colonel of the French Horse, First Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and Great Chamberlain to the Kings Charles IX.
This history was first printed in Paris in 1705, at the expense of the Duchesse de Lesdiguieres, the last of this noble family, whose estate fell after her decease to that of Villeroy.
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 Jean-Francois-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Of Florentine origin, the family into which Gondi was born had risen to prominence in the French court in the 16th century.
More results on "Jean-Francois-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz" when you join.
Antoine II (1486–1560) was the first Gondi to settle in France and started the most illustrious branch of the family.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063326?tocId=9063326&query=jean-francois   (781 words)

  
 Stories from the Web - 11 - 14 Area - Read a Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Gondi was furious with this and with all his might set out a huge jet of lightening, right into the trolls’ back.
The arena was lit well, and when Gondi saw Strubeck for the first time, he looked exactly the same as Rondulf, except he had a grey beard.
Gondi looked out the window, and gradually the world outside became lighter, and the villagers became happy again.
www.storiesfromtheweb.org /sfwolderarea/storiesviewit.asp?ID=40001   (2772 words)

  
 Life of St. Vincent de Paul
As pastor, he experienced the priesthood in a way unknown to him to that point, and told the bishop he was happier than the bishop himself, and even the pope.
In January of 1617, Vincent was on the Gondi estates in Picardy, and heard the confession of a dying man, who told Madame de Gondi that he would have been damned without Vincent's ministry.
By December, 1617, Madame de Gondi prevailed in her request that Vincent return to their family by giving him freedom to preach missions in various towns and villages.
www.svdp-richboro.org /vincent.htm   (1309 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Gondi Shapur Hospital Iranian, Indian and Greek medical treatments were applied, and it is said that the first medical symposium was held there in 550 A.D. By the fall of Sassanid dynasty, Gondi Shapur University and Hospital l ost their financial support.
Later on, by establishment of a new hospital in Baghdad, the academics and practitioners emmigrated to Baghdad from Gondi Shapur.
After 15 centuries, in 1955 (1334 A. H.), the first nucleus of rebirth of Gondi Shapur University in the modern era was set by establishment of a college of Agriculture in Ahvaz.
www.cua.ac.ir /about/history.htm   (497 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Gondi medium in 20 Girijan schools soon
Gondi dialect will be the medium of instruction in 20 Girijana Vidya Vikasa Kendras (GVVKs) in the district after Dasara vacation.
The Project Officer, ITDA, Utnoor, V. Sheshadri, said 10 GVVK schools each for teaching in Gondi and Kolami had been selected.
A Gondi-Telugu-Hindi dictionary containing 5,000 words and compiled by Mark Penny would be used for implementation of Gondi dialect as medium of instruction.
www.hinduonnet.com /2004/10/13/stories/2004101309050300.htm   (164 words)

  
 BIPM - origins
The gardens of the Maison de Gondi were soon decorated and laid out in the Italian style with fountains, cascades and statuary, probably designed by the Italian master Thomas Francine.
These include the Cascade de Gondi and the Grand Jet, still extant, in the square pool in the lower park.
After the death of Jean-François de Gondi in 1654 the property passed to Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi and then to his nephew Henri, Duc de Retz, who decided to sell in 1655.
www.bipm.fr /en/bipm/history/hist2.html   (600 words)

  
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Our Author, John Francis Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, Sovereign of Commercy, Prince of Euville, second Archbishop of Paris, Abbot of Saint Denis in France, was born at Montmirail, in Brie, in October, 1614.
His father was Philippe Emanuel de Gondi, Comte, de Joigni, General of the Galleys of France and Knight of the King's Orders; and his mother was Frances Marguerite, daughter of the Comte de Rochepot, Knight of the King's Orders, and of Marie de Lannoy, sovereign of Commercy and Euville.
She could not endure her sister, because she was her father's darling, and I was not overfond of my brother,--[Pierre de Gondi, Duc de Retz, who died in 1676.]--for the same reason.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/3/8/4/3846/3846.txt   (16361 words)

  
 St Vincent de Paul - Chronology
At the advice of Berulle, Vincent entered the service of the Gondi family as tutor to their children and Chaplain of the Gondi Estates.
On 25 January, at the request of Madame de Gondi, Vincent preached his sermon on general confession at the church of Folleville, France.
At the insistance of Madame de Gondi and through the influence of Berulle, Vincent returned as chaplain to the Gondi estates in December.
www.vincenter.org /vdp-ldm/chronv.html   (655 words)

  
 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of March 26, 1618
Second son of Albert de Gondi, duke de Retz, marquis of Belle-Isle, peer and marshal of France, and Claude-Catherine de Clermont.
Consecrated, March 1, 1598, Paris, by Cardinal Pierre de Gondi, former bishop of Paris, assisted by Armand Sorbin, bishop of Nevers, and by René Potier, bishop of Beauvais.
Pope Paul V delayed his decision until March 26, 1618 when he promoted the duke of Lerma to the cardinalate together with Henri de Gondi, bishop of Paris, recommended by Queen Marie de' Medici, to avoid a hostile reaction from France.
www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/bios1618.htm   (2985 words)

  
 Who was St. Vincent de Paul
Several months later (1612), he entered the services of the Gondi, an illustrious French family, to educate the children of Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi.
Meanwhile, he gave a mission on the galley of Bordeaux, as on those of Marseilles - a mission which was crowned with success (1625).
The good, wrought everywhere by these missions, together with the urging of Mme de Gondi, decided Vincent to found his religious institute of priests vowed to the evangelization of country people - the Congregation of Priests of the Mission (q.v.).
www.kiva.net /~svs/church/stvhist.htm   (3137 words)

  
 Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Portrait of Charles le Gondi (Getty Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The unknown artist sensitively represented the sitter's lifelike face and lacy collar and the shiny, metal studs decorating his costume, but the remainder of the clothing appears more as a rich, elegant pattern than fully finished garments.
French gentleman such as Charles de Gondi widely patronized artists in the late 1500s, especially commissioning portraits, both painted and drawn, and often in this three-quarter-view format.
The diplomats and bankers of the Gondi family, originally from Florence, gained prominence in France beginning in the 1500s.
www.getty.edu /art/collections/objects/o730.html   (125 words)

  
 Language in India
Some of the Gondi speakers live in easily accessible areas of the district, while others live in remote areas, very difficut to reach.
Schiffman's comment (Schiffman 1981:105) that Gondi seems to be a continuum of mutually intelligible dialects, decreasing in mutual intelligibility with distance is indeed very apt.
Various Gondi dialects are spoken in the interior of the district.
www.languageinindia.com /junjulaug2001/bastar.html   (2496 words)

  
 Lillie Gondi One Time Girlfriend of Fidel Castro
I. Concerning CASTRO'S girl friend, LILLIE GONDI, he stated that in 1960 she came to the United States from Cuba.
CASTRO was later seen with GONDI at a nightclub in New York City and numerous questions were raised by the press as to CASTRO'S association with her.
He flew GONDI back to Tampa, Florida, and during the flight he had general conversation with her, primarily small talk.
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 Walks in Florence: Churches, Streets and Palaces
The Piazza di San Firenze, south of the Bargello, is in the shape of an irregular triangle.
The Palazzo Gondi is a good specimen of the architecture peculiar to Florence.
It was built in 1501, after a design by Giuliano di San Gallo, employed by a wealthy merchant, Giuliano Gondi, who, towards the close of his life, built the noble palace behind the Archbishop's residence, which afterwards became the property of the Orlandini.
www.florin.ms /hwalks18.html   (3217 words)

  
 Gondwan etymology : Query result
This deictic base had the following declineable forms in PGn: *aw-ant_[-u] (whence Gondi *ōn-R, Konda vānr_u with a metathese, etc.) 'that man', plural *aw-ar[-u] 'those men'; fem.
An enormous number of derivatives has been formed independently in different languages (which is characteristic of all deictic bases).
A new form, based on the 1st person pl. pronoun (Gondi māy-, Kuwi māya) resulted from the loss of initial y- and the secondary merger of the simple and the prefixed forms.
starling.rinet.ru /cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=config&morpho=0&basename=\data\drav\gndet&first=1   (392 words)

  
 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 19, 1652
Grand-nephew of Cardinal Pierre de Gondi (1587) and nephew of Cardinal Henri de Gondi (1618), first cardinal de Retz, and Jean-François de Gondi, first archbishop of Paris (1622-1654).
Elected titular archbishop of Corinto and appointed coadjutor of Paris, with dispensation for not having yet received the presbiterate, June 12, 1643.
Consecrated, January 31, 1644, Paris, by Jean-François de Gondi, archbishop of Paris.
www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/bios1652.htm   (2845 words)

  
 Gondi Reference,
Gondi is the most important of the Central Dravidian group, which must have separated from southern languages such as Kannada and Tamil well over two thousand years ago.
Gondi clearly forms the linguistic features of the Bhatri dialect of Oriya,and Halbi dialect of Marathi.
The islands of Gondi speech, with about 1,900,00 speakers are in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and AndhraPradesh.
www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Gondi.htm   (161 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cardinal de Retz
From 1638 to 1641 he took a certain part in the plots of the Count de Soissons against Richelieu; later, after the Count had been killed at the battle of La Marfée (6 July, 1641), Retz devoted himself definitively to an ecclesiastical career.
Louis XIII on his deathbed named him coadjutor to his uncle, Gondi, Archbishop of Paris; on 31 Jan., 1644, Retz was consecrated at Notre Dame, receiving the title of Archbishop of Corinth.
He soon became popular in Paris by his sermons, and by his manner of reforming the priests of the diocese.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12797a.htm   (937 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Retz, Jean FranCois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Retz, Jean FranCois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Retz, Jean FranCois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de, French History, Biographies
Retz, Jean FranCois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de[zhAN frANswA´ pOl du gONdE´, du rets] Pronunciation Key, 1613–79, French prelate and political leader.
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 Booman Tribune ~ Boo!
Italy’s la Republica has provided a partial chronology of events related to the forged Niger documents and blogger de Gondi at Booman Tribune’s sister site European Tribune has a translated summary.
What I have provided here is only de Gondi’s summary of the la Republica article which focuses on Italy’s involvement up until autumn 2001.
I had posted a comment in de Gondi's diary that I would be front paging it here and didn't see any response to that.
www.boomantribune.com /story/2005/10/24/162839/11   (1931 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Paul de Gondi (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Paul de Gondi see Retz, Jean FranCois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de.
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 The Memoirs Of Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4 [Historic court memoirs] by Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz eBook ...
The Memoirs Of Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4 [Historic court memoirs] by Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz
The Duc d’Orleans, who was overjoyed at this speech, said that the Prince had only come to discourse with him about private affairs, and that he would stay but twenty-four hours at Paris.
I had fine ideas of the sweetness of such a retirement, and I would gladly have laid hold of it, but my stars would not have it so.
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 Gondi grabon! - Fated-Circle Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I have had Gondi for a week now, my mom doesn’t know yet, so I hid Gondi in my extra dresser, I feel fine having him around, and if I go out in public with him, I just say it’s my dog in a Halloween costume.
It was all boring till a boy about 14 years old stepped out of some bushes.
G…G…Gondi!” my glove began to glow, the next thing I new, Gondi was glowing too, then in a blink of light…Gondi began to shout, “Gondi of the Matrix Realm!
www.fated-circle.com /community/showthread.php?t=1210   (1766 words)

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