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 Saint George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint George is a patron Saint of the nation of Georgia.
On the other hand, the tale of George and the Dragon is widely considered among secular historians to share a common theme with the ancient Greek myth of Ethiopian princess Andromeda and her saviour and later husband Perseus, slayer of the gorgon Medusa.
One of the earliest extant depictions of St. George survives in a church at the Russian village of Ladoga.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_George   (2302 words)

  
 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Kitts and Nevis are a full and participating member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Saint Kitts and Nevis was the last sugar monoculture in the Eastern Caribbean.
The country is an independent Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented in St. Kitts and Nevis by a governor general, who acts on the advice of the Prime Minister and the cabinet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis   (2302 words)

  
 Saint George (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George is a campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
George's College is a primary and secondary school in Santiago, Chile.
George's College is a secondary school in Harare, Zimbabwe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_Georges   (215 words)

  
 Saint George Parish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint George Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_George_Parish   (215 words)

  
 Chevalier de Saint George - Griot Pictures
Joseph’s father, George de Bologne Saint-George, a descendant of the ancient house of Bologne in Italy, was a wealthy sugar and coffee plantation owner and a former “Gentleman in the King’s Chamber” in the court of Louis the XVI, King of France.
Saint George had super-successfully answered his father’s early call to the adventure of nobility; by defending the Revolution the Chevalier was now answering the call of Nanon and her people for freedom.
Saint George soon became aware that he was suffering from a disease of the bladder (that he may have contracted in Haiti) and died on June 12, 1799.
www.chevalierdesaintgeorge.com /index_unabridged.php   (215 words)

  
 Saint George - Wikitravel
Saint George (Trinidad) -- a county in Trinidad and Tobago
Saint George (New Brunswick) -- in New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy
Saint George (Antigua) -- a parish on Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda
wikitravel.org /en/Saint_George   (110 words)

  
 Saint Kitts-Nevis Parishes
Saint Kitts named by Christopher Columbus in 1493 after his patron saint, Saint Christopher (3rd cent.); Kitts is a diminutive of Christopher.
Saint Kitts became part of the colony of Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Saint Kitts-Nevis was part of the Leeward Islands, a British colony which consisted of five presidencies.
www.statoids.com /ukn.html   (110 words)

  
 Saint Kitts e Nevis - Wikipédia
Saint Kitts e Nevis (ou São Cristóvão e Nevis) é um Estado das Caraíbas, constituído pelas ilhas de Saint Kitts, ou Saint Christopher, e Nevis.
Artigo principal: Geografia de Saint Kitts e Nevis O país tem duas ilhas, São Cristóvão e Nevis.
Os vizinhos mais próximos são as Antilhas Holandesas a noroeste, Antigua e Barbuda a leste e sueste, e Saint Barthelemy, uma dependência de Guadalupe, a norte.
pt.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Kitts_e_Nevis   (110 words)

  
 Saint Christopher och Nevis - Wikipedia
Turismen är idag Saint Christopher och Nevis viktigaste inkomstkälla och det minskade resandet efter terroristattackerna i New York den 11 september 2001 har drabbat landet hårt.
Saint Christopher och Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, stat i Västindien.
Britter bosatte sig första gången på Saint Christopher och Nevis 1623.
sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis   (110 words)

  
 Facts about st george s grenada
George's, population 4,439 (1991), is the capital of Grenada.
St. George's was the capital of the former British colony of the Windward Islands.
www.supercrawler.com /Facts/st__george_s__grenada.html   (66 words)

  
 Monster
Saint George versus the dragon, by Gustave Moreau, (1880)
Monster is a term for any number of mythical beasts that frequently appear in mythology, legend, and horror fiction.
For monster as a pejorative name for a deformed person, see teratology.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Monster.html   (102 words)

  
 sofia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
George, the Church of Saint Sofia, the Banya Bashi, and the Alexander Nevski Cathedral.
It is the see of an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and of a Roman Catholic diocese.
Sofia is a major centre in Bulgaria's economic life.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Sofia   (724 words)

  
 Barbados - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Barbados is an island nation located towards the east of the Caribbean Sea and in the west of the Atlantic Ocean, part of the eastern islands of the Lesser Antilles, with the nations of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines being its closest neighbours.
In the parish of Saint Michael lies Barbados' chief city Bridgetown, which is the nation's capital.
Other towns include Holetown, in the parish of Saint James Oistins, in the parish of Christ Church and Speightstown, in the parish of Saint Peter.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Barbados   (3368 words)

  
 Central America Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
1850), the Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada encompasses the islands of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Established in 1850, the Diocese of Roseau encompasses the Commonwealth of Dominica, W.I. Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada (Grenada); Online site includes a Parish Directory.
Parish in the Diocese of Saint John's-Basseterre (in the ecclesiastical province of Castries),
home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-CAmerica.htm   (3368 words)

  
 Grenada - QuickSeek Encyclopedia
It is located north of Trinidad and Tobago, and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Grenada is the second-smallest independent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Saint Kitts and Nevis).
Brother Robert Fanovich, head of Presentation Brothers' College (PBC) in St. George's tasked some of his senior students with conducting a research project into the era and specifically into the fact that Maurice Bishop's body was never discovered.
grenada.quickseek.com   (1821 words)

  
 Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Augustine knew at least a smattering of Punic and occasionally uses it to explain cognate words found in Hebrew.
The name of his mother, Saint Monica, is said to be of Punic origin as well.
Furthermore, the Phoenician Punic colonies of North Africa continued to be a source of knowledge about the Phoenicians.
www.airandspace.org /encyclopedia/Lebanon   (5268 words)

  
 Domestic-Church.Com:Saint Profile: Saint George
Saint George is known as the 'dragon slayer' and his pictures show him as a brave knight in battle with a fierce dragon.
Saint George, the brave soldier, will help us whenever we ask him.
Saint George is fighting the dragon to protect the lady.
www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980301/SAINTS/STGEORGE.HTM   (5268 words)

  
 GEONAMES - Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts en Nevis, Sint Kitts en Nevis
Saint Kitts un Nevis / Saint Kitts un Nevis
Sancte Christophoro e Nevis, Saint Kitts e Nevis
www.geonames.de /coukn.html   (5268 words)

  
 Saint Kitts And Nevis, Caribbean - Viovio! Travel
Counties and Districts in Saint Kitts And Nevis
An independent island nation comprised of Saint Kitts, Nevis, and Sombrero.
Show All Cities and Towns in Saint Kitts And Nevis
www.viovio.com /Earth/Caribbean/Saint_Kitts_And_Nevis   (5268 words)

  
 GEOHIVE :: Saint Kitts and Nevis
note: The division into Saint Kitts and into Nevis is just to clearify the location of the parishes (also see map), the two islands are not an official administrative division.
www.xist.org /cd/link.php?xml=kn&xsl=xs4   (5268 words)

  
 Barbados - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the parish of Saint Michael lies Barbados' chief city Bridgetown, which is the nation's capital.
Queen Elizabeth II is recognized as Queen of Barbados, and thus head of state, and is represented by a Governor General.
In Barbados the Queen is styled "By the Grace of God, Queen of Barbados and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth." The present government is proposing that Barbados become a republic within the
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbados   (5268 words)

  
 Saint George Parish, Barbados - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is one of two land-locked parishes, the other being Saint Thomas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_George_Parish,_Barbados   (5268 words)

  
 Saint Michael parish
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Saint Michael's Parish, Brattleboro, Vermont Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, short explanation of who he is, and enumeration of his traditional offices.
Parish of Saint Michael, Bishops Stortford A friendly Church of England parish offering a wide range of styles of worship.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Saint_Michael_parish.html   (5268 words)

  
 Sebastian: bio and encyclopedia article
Sebastian was formerly one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (Fourteen Holy Helpers: the fourteen holy helpers are a group of saints formerly venerated together in roman...
Sebastian is usually depicted in art as a somewhat effete youth tied to a stake and transfixed by several arrows.
His name may actually derive from the cognomen (cognomen: The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)) "Sebastianus".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/sebastian   (354 words)

  
 Monster
Saint George versus the dragon, by Gustave Moreau, (1880)
Monster is a term for any number of mythical beasts that frequently appear in mythology, legend, and horror fiction.
For monster as a pejorative name for a deformed person, see teratology.
www.factspider.com /mo/monster.html   (291 words)

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