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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Prisca
Prisca or Priscilla is often mentioned by early authorities of the history of the Church of Rome.
Prisca was venerated in the Roman Catacomb of Priscilla on the Via Salaria.
Prisca whose grave was in the Catacomb of Priscilla and who is mentioned in the
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12428c.htm   (496 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : January 18, 2007 :   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born to Christian parents of a noble family, Prisca was raised during the reign of the Roman emperor Claudius.
In fact, Prisca's parents went to great lengths to conceal their faith, and thus they were not suspected of being Christians.
According to the legend, Prisca refused, and was tortured for disobeying.
www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2007-1-18   (532 words)

  
 Prisca
Prisca is a ONE-OF-A-KIND Peacock fairy in the “Believe in Fairy Tales” collection, sculpted entirely by hand by Darla Hilton without the use of any molds.
Prisca has hand painted sky blue eyes, with mohair eyelashes, and she has long brown Tibetan mohair.
Prisca is dressed in green fringe, with a bead necklace and bracelet.
www.believeinfairytales.net /id286.htm   (188 words)

  
 Photolisting.Adoption.com: US Available Waiting Children, Kids, Photo Listings Foster Care American
Prisca is very self-conscious about a slight speech impairment and reports her peers have taunted her.
Due to her feelings, Prisca often appears to be shy and fails to engage in conversation.
Prisca can be described as a loner and sometimes has difficulty with her peers or siblings.
photolisting.adoption.com /foster-adoption/children/prisca-703   (442 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown
Prisca's father and mother had managed to keep their secret, and were not suspected of being Christians.
Prisca loved the dear sun as well as any one, but she knew it was foolish to believe that he was a god, and wicked to worship his statue in place of the great God who made the sun and everything else.
Prisca knew what this meant, for she had [172] often heard how the Christians were put into the arena to be torn in pieces by wild beasts.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=brown&book=saints&story=prisca   (1821 words)

  
 Megalania prisca
The Megalania prisca was a giant monitor lizard.
The name Megalania prisca means the "ancient giant butcher", and this may certainly have been a fitting description for this large carnivore.
Megalania belonged to the family that includes the goannas, or monitor lizards, the largest of which today is the Komodo Dragon found in Indonesia.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/me/megalania_prisca.html   (356 words)

  
 ...::: Prisca Dávila :::...
“…Prisca’s sensitivity and vitality on the piano allows her voice to flow warmly and simply…”
Prisca Dávila would be a name to remember if it weren’t because Venezuela is, mediatically speaking, so far from Barcelona.
Davila played original compositions as well as others written by her father Eduardo Dávila and a Viennese pianist and composer adopted by Venezuela who we must include in a list of names to be discovered: Gerry Weil.
www.prisca.com.ve /home_en.php   (617 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Diocletian
He would have received little education beyond an elementary literacy and he was apparently deeply imbued with religious piety He had a wife Prisca and a daughter Valeria, both of whom reputedly were Christians.
Prisca was the wife of the Emperor Diocletian.
Valeria and her mother Prisca fled from Licinius, to whose care they had been entrusted, to the realm of Daia after Galerius died in 311.
www.roman-emperors.org /dioclet.htm   (1592 words)

  
 Santa Prisca (Taxco, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast) - Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
Well after having read some of the reviews from other people i thought it was a bout time to tell you what you get at the hotel Santa Prisca.
If you want room service and all the five star or even four star things when you travel, then go book a holiday or business trip with a over priced travel...
Explore our site to find travel information and unbiased reviews on Taxco tourism, attractions, maps and much more.
www.tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g150803-d154821-Reviews-Santa_Prisca-Taxco_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html   (638 words)

  
 bible.org: Prisca in 1 Corinthians 16.19 once again
It is therefore notable that not all the textual variants necessarily have a negative impact on Prisca’s image.
In correspondence with Kurek-Chomycz, I have learned that she was “more interested in the effect that some changes have on the portrayal of Prisca rather than the motive for those changes.” She does indeed articulate this approach in her article, but her clarification on this particular issue was helpful.
Thus, as a point of clarification here: she has not reversed her understanding of why scribes changed the text, but is simply concerned with what later interpreters would see in such a change.
www.bible.org /page.asp?page_id=3977   (3789 words)

  
 B+B Greta e Prisca in rome
The independent entrance allows our guests to enter at any hour they wish, according to the demands of their business or pleasure.
The efficiency apartment “Greta e Prisca” is made up of a large living room/bedroom, a kitchen angle and a bath with shower.
The room has a TV, a Multilanguage guide of Rome, and has a small garden outside where our guests can relax in the sun.
www.italyanditaly.tv /bedandbreakfast/rome/gretaeprisca   (157 words)

  
 Search Results for "Prisca"
Prisca, (pris´k) (KEY), in the New Testament, wife of Aquila....
...Montanus and two female prophets, Prisca and Maximillia, whose entranced utterances were deemed oracles of the Holy Spirit.
He and his wife, Prisca or Priscilla, were friendly to Paul....
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Prisca   (108 words)

  
 kirchensite - Heilige Prisca - 18. Januar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prisca wurde dann wegen ihres christlichen Glaubens gemartert und ist schließlich enthauptet worden.
Eine legendarische Lebensbeschreibung der Prisca spricht davon, dass sie bereits unter Kaiser Claudius in den Jahren 42-54 ermordet worden sei.
Verschiedene christliche Frauen namens Prisca sind während der Kirchengeschichte verwechselt worden.
www.kirchensite.de /?myELEMENT=60789&mySID=409bb627c45499a4f0ccdb71421a267e   (230 words)

  
 Santa Prisca Church of Taxco
Today Santa Prisca is both the visual and historical center of Taxco, and the great cost of its elaborate construction and interior decorations nearly bankrupted Borda.
Dominating this dense altarpiece is an icon of the Immaculate Conception carried by cherubs, between the statute of Santa Prisca - Martyr of the time of Claudius and mediatrix against being struck by lightning -, of Saint Sebastian, the patrons of the Church, and of Saint Peter in priest's robes.
In the center of the altar is an enormous medallion by Cabrera representing the purgatory.
www.mexicodoc.com /guerrero/taxco/taxco-santaprisca.html   (2684 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : January 18, 2007 :   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prisca, however, did not feel the need to take precaution.
Then, suddenly, a bright, yellow light shone about her, and she appeared to be a little star.
Disgusted by his thwarted efforts to dissuade Prisca, Claudius had her beheaded.
www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2007-01-18   (532 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Why Aquila and Prisca chose to move to Corinth, as opposed to choosing a closer town within Italy, is not known.
Prisca and Aquila heard him speak in a synagogue and, recognizing that his knowledge of Christ was not complete, took him aside and filled in the gaps (Acts 18:25-26).
A St. Prisca is a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church and while some have identified her as the same Prisca as the wife of Aquila, most authorities doubt that.
www.peculiarpress.com /ekklesia/archive/Ekklesia62.htm   (2405 words)

  
 News & Views Online
PRISCA software was on the cutting edge when it was introduced seven years ago as the first prenatal risk assessment package to run on Windows
PRISCA NT offers all the functionality of the 3.5 version and includes nuchal translucency as a further parameter.
PRISCA 4.0 is slated for release in 2002.
www.dpcweb.com /documents/news&views/summer_02/prisca.html   (295 words)

  
 Visita alla parrocchia di Santa Prisca
Il Papa visita questa mattina alle 9 la comunità parrocchiale di Santa Prisca all’Aventino.
Uno, antico, e che deriva dal nome stesso della parrocchia, santa Prisca, e ci fa pensare ai tempi apostolici, ai tempi di san Pietro e di san Paolo (persone che ci sono ben note nelle lettere, appunto “apostoliche”).
Il presidente del Consiglio pastorale di santa Prisca ha pronunciato alcune espressioni che mi sono sembrate molto interessanti, come quando ha parlato del volontariato, ma ha anche lamentato che non c’è ancora un’adeguata partecipazione.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1988/february/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19880221_parrocchia-s-prisca_it.html   (1301 words)

  
 Extinct Animals - Megalania prisca
The name Megalania prisca means the “ancient giant butcher”, and this may certainly have been a fitting description for this large meat eater.
Megalania belonged to the family that includes the goannas, or monitor lizards, the largest of which today is the Komodo Dragon found in Indonesia.
However several partial skeletons and other elements have allowed scientists to determine the size and structure of the animal.
www.parks.sa.gov.au /naracoorte/wonambi/animals/extinct/005780   (261 words)

  
 Scripture Passages about Prisca and Aquila   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord.
Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus, and who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
All biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
gbgm-umc.org /umw/corinthians/acts18.stm   (375 words)

  
 Santa Prisca, martire   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prisca, santa, martire di Roma, i resti sono all’altare della confessione della chiesa a lei intitolata.
L’antico titolo di Prisca, citato da una lapide della seconda metà del V secolo, sotto il pontificato di S. Leone III (795-816) era noto come di Aquila e Prisca.
Confusione nata dall’omonimia tra Prisca, fondatrice del primitivo titolo, Prisca (o Priscilla), moglie di Aquila, ambedue collaboratori di S. Paolo, e tra la vergine e martire Prisca, qui venerata.
www.enrosadira.it /santi/p/prisca.htm   (156 words)

  
 Santa Prisca helgeninde   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Den Hellige Prisca eller Priscilla boede på Aventin sammen med sin mand Aquila i et privathus, som lå der, hvor nu kirken Santa Prisca ligger.
Man ved ellers ikke meget om Santa Prisca, nogle mener, at begge ægtefæller blev ofre for kristenforfølgelserne, andre at Prisca blev døbt af Sankt Peter og derpå kastet for løverne på Claudius' tid.
I huset var et kristent bedehus, der kaldtes "Titulus Aquilae et Priscillae/Priscae" og senere byggedes den nuværende kirke på stedet.
www.annasromguide.dk /personer/santapriscapers.html   (120 words)

  
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Born the third child to the Baron of Biddleton and Magus of the Society of the Sword, Prisca was married to Argyle Chelsea soon after her sixteenth birthday.
Through her husband's guidance, Prisca quickly moved up the ranks of the Hunters as a masked female operative, her identity unknown even to her own father.
When Prisca's father died, Argyle Chelsea ascended to hold the rank of Magus within the Society of the Sword, and Prisca would move up to his former position.
members.tripod.com /denouncement/prisca.html   (280 words)

  
 About Prisca Zaccaria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prisca is the principal designer/artist at Zaccaria Designs.
Influenced by growing up in a home surrounded by antiques and Tuscan furniture dating to the 1200s and a city nearly 2000 years old, Prisca has a deep appreciation for the time-honored techniques and styles of the Renaissance.
Her designs reflect the classic beauty and elegance of the past infused with a contemporary flare.
www.zaccariadesigns.com /aboutprisca.html   (78 words)

  
 Chiesa di S.Prisca K53   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The church was erected in the end of the 4th century-beginning of the 5th century on the site of the House of Aquila and Prisca, celebrated husband and wife, who hosted St Peter in their "ecclesia domestica" where apostle baptized different people.
The dedication to S.Prisca could be attributed to two personalities: the owner of the house and a 13 years old virgin martyr, who was considered a daughter of Aquila and Prisca.
But the most important monument found is Mitreo (mithraeum), with frescoes and a statue of Mithras slaying the Bull.
www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/cities/rome2000/K53.htm   (244 words)

  
 Friendster - Prisca   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I fell in love with Prisca when I met her outside the cat adoption shop.
She was pacing the streets, hoping no-one would adopt the cat she was fostering.
Prisca totally dogged me in the Boalt hallway the other day after I gave her a superhappyshiny smile.
www.friendster.com /935850   (181 words)

  
 Lovells Corporate - Our People - Search - Prisca Lo
Prisca is a partner of the international finance practice based in Hong Kong.
She has extensive experience in a variety of banking and finance transactions, including tax-driven structured finance, structured debt capital markets, acquisition finance, securitisation, cross-border secured and unsecured lending and repackaging.
Prisca advised on a number of high profile deals including advising SoftBank on its landmark refinancing of the record-breaking leveraged buy out of Vodafone Group PLC's Japanese business, with the securitisation package of ¥1,441.9 billion, the world's largest whole-business securitisation.
www.lovells.com /Lovells/OurPeople/Search/Profiles/3/393.htm   (228 words)

  
 Suggenstions for improvement of activities at Vision Internet | Vision Community Centre Macha
I was hoping it could be done in the office (Greg, Dunny and Prisca agreed), but the place is now taken bij the Macha Conversion Project (doing data entry 24 hours a day).
After discussion with Prisca Kakanda it was agreed upon that the care corner can be used for computer lessons at certain times of the day.
This should be further arranged with Prisca so matters like key-use, computer use, which days lessons are planned etc. can be aligned.
vision.macha.org.zm /?q=node/38   (252 words)

  
 Livre: SCRAP EMBELLISSEMENTS, Prisca Jockovic,
Prisca revisite les techniques du scrap pour créer des objets uniques qui embellissent ses pages.
Que ce soit monogrammes, chipboards ou autres projets, ce livre vous dévoile ses secrets pour associer tampons, couture, rubans, fleurs...
Prisca Jockovic, Designer pour des magazines et sites Internet français, anglais et américains de scrap.
www.alapage.com /-/Fiche/Livres/2916495029/?id=247201160067170&donnee_appel=ALAPAGE&id=247201160067170&donnee_appel=ALAPAGE&sv=5-314843~5-314706_B   (268 words)

  
 LE PRISCA : - Restaurant, concert, Jazz à Lyon Villeurbanne
LE PRISCA : - Restaurant, concert, Jazz à Lyon Villeurbanne
Philippe Demonet s'installe le 1er juillet 1998 au Prisca, avec Dominique Oudot, formé au lycée hôtelier de Mâcon.
Encouragé par la proximité de la Doua et du tramway, il fait du Prisca un vrai club, notamment avec les soirées new-orleans et jazz classique ainsi que des concerts moins traditionnels, «progressifs».
www.prisca.fr   (367 words)

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