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	ST DENIS - LoveToKnow Article on ST DENIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		St Denis, an important junction on the northern railway, stands in a plain on the right bank of the Seine, which is here joined by the canal of St Denis.
		St Denis, the ancient Cahdliacum, was a town of no pretensions till the foundation of its abbey, which became one of the most powerful in France.
		St Louis caused mausoleums to be erected with figures of the princes already buried in the abbey; and from his time to that of Henry 11.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/ST_DENIS.htm (836 words)

	Denis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregory of Tours simply states of Denis that he was bishop of the Parisii and was martyred by being beheaded by a sword: (Beatus Dionysius Parisiorum episcopus diversis pro Christi nomine adfectus poenis praesentem vitam gladio immente finivit, [History of the Franks I, 30]).
		Nevertheless, it appears that Denis was sent from Italy to convert Gaul in the 3rd century, (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236 - 250) after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian community at Lutetia (Paris).
		Denis with his inseparable companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, who were martyred with him, settled on the Ile de la Cité in the Seine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denis (361 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ruth St. Denis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After 1900, St. Denis began formulating her own theory of dance/drama based on the dance and drama techniques of her early training, her readings into philosophy, scientology and the history of ancient cultures, and the work of artists like Yacco and Bernhardt.
		As this publicity photograph illustrates, St. Denis surrounded her Indian maiden with the symbols for the 5 senses: bells for hearing; flowers for smelling; wine for tasting; jewels for seeing; and kisses of the palm for touching.
		According to St. Denis' biographer Suzanne Shelton, Duncan sought "the Self in the Universe," and St. Denis sought "the Universe in the Self." For St. Denis, the exotic worlds she intended to interpret could be seen from the vantage point of her body.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ruth-St.-Denis (1012 words)

	Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Inhabitants of Saint-Denis are called Dionysiens; "Denis" is the French form of the Latin "Dionysius", which comes from the Greek "Dionysios".
		Saint-Denis is the home of Saint Denis Basilica and was also the location of the associated monastery.
		Denis, the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, was martyred around 250 and buried in the cemetery of Catolacus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint-Denis,_Seine-Saint-Denis (807 words)

	DanceWorks SideSteps - People: Ruth St Denis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Denis began her professional career in New York City in 1892, where she worked as a skirt dancer in a dime museum and in vaudeville houses.
		Denis looked on dance as a life experience and considered popular Western dance to be superficial and more concerned with skill than spirit.
		After Denishawn, St. Denis semi-retired until 1940, when she teamed with La Meri (one of the most versatile and dedicated of the American born Ethnological dancers) and found new interest in Hindu and Oriental dance.
	www.danceworksonline.co.uk /sidesteps/people/stdenis.htm (1067 words)

	The Story of St. Denis
		St. Denis was a heroric figure to both the French and the Indians of western Louisiana.
		Inside the fort St. Denis used his polished manners, fresh and beautifully tailored uniform, and forceful Spanish to show that he was not a man to be taken lightly.
		Denis was renamed commandant of Fort St. Jean Baptist de Natchitoches and he protested the Spanish fort on French soil.
	www.louisiana101.com /ideas_stdenis.html (1760 words)

	St. Denis, Ruth
		In 1914 St. Denis married Ted Shawn, her dance partner, and the next year they founded the Denishawn school and company in Los Angeles.
		Denis, who retired briefly from public performance, founded the Society of Spiritual Arts and devoted much of the rest of her life to promoting the use of dance in religion.
		Denis had a profound influence on the course of modern dance in America, particularly through Denishawn, which was the first major organized center of dance experiment and instruction in the country and whose students included Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey.
	search.eb.com /women/articles/St_Denis_Ruth.html (483 words)

	Basilique De St. Denis
		The Basilica of St. Denis, so-called today, built over the remains of the martyred St. Denis, is in a way the counterpart of the Cathedral of Reims, in that it also is intimately associated with the Kings of France.
		Of the two, St. Denis is much the older foundation, and from the point of view of romance and sentiment holds perhaps the premier place, as well.
		Abelard, of famed romance, was a monk of the abbey in the twelfth century; and, in the absence of the sovereign (Louis VII) in the Holy Land during the mid-century, the Abbe Suger administered full well the affairs of the kingdom.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/cathedral7.shtml (1279 words)

	Widmeyer.com: Cathy St. Denis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prior to joining Widmeyer, St. Denis was a director with Burson-Marsteller's public affairs practice in the Washington office, where she managed several accounts including the Washington Convention and Tourism Corporation immediately following 9/11.
		In this capacity, St. Denis was responsible for coordinating outreach and rollout activities for most agency initiatives.
		Denis began her career as deputy press secretary for then Rep. Tom Daschle (D-SD), and also served in that capacity during his first few months in the U.S. Senate.
	www.widmeyer.com /archives/2018/07/cathy_st_denis.php (309 words)

	Saints of October 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Popular accounts of the life of St. Denis are confused because the lives of two other persons from different periods have been combined with his: Denis or Dionysius (a) the Areopagite of Acts 17:34, (b) the bishop martyr of Paris, and (c) the 5th c.
		The Denis is presumed to be the bishop-martyr of Paris, one of the seven missionary bishops sent from Rome to convert Gaul.
		For example, St. Denis is shown with his head in his hands; therefore, he is invoked against diabolic possession, headache, rabies, frenzy, and strife.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1009.htm (539 words)

	Ruth St. Denis Biography / Biography of Ruth St. Denis Biography Biography
		Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968), American dancer and choreographer, was one of the founders of modern dance.
		Ruth St. Denis, whose name was originally Ruth Dennis, was born in Newark, N.J., on January 20, probably in 1878, the daughter of an inventor father and a physician mother.
		Miss St. Denis was delivered from this dilemma when she discovered an advertising poster for Egyptian Deities cigarettes showing the goddess Isis sitting on a throne.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-ruth-st-denis (663 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Denis
		Denis with his inseparable companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, arrived in the neighbourhood of the present city of Paris and settled on the island in the Seine.
		Denis with his two companions were seized and as they persevered in their faith were beheaded (about 275) after many tortures.
		This development is due in no small degree to an error prevailing throughout the Middle Ages, which identified St. Denis of Paris with St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and with the Pseudo-Dionysius, the composer of the Areopagitic writings.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04721a.htm (634 words)

	Ruth St. Denis - Bio
		In Radha’s staging, St. Denis surrounded her Indian maiden with symbols of the five senses: bells for hearing; flowers for smelling; wine for tasting; jewels for seeing; and kisses of the palm for touching.
		Denis’ career as a solo artist began in 1905 with Radha, and continued to blossom the following year when St. Denis and her mother went to Europe and traveled the continent performing her "dance translations", which by now included The Cobra, Incense, The Nautch, and The Yogi.
		According to St. Denis’ biographer Suzanne Shelton, Duncan sought "the Self in the Universe", and St. Denis sought "the Universe in the Self".
	www.ruhaniat.org /lineage/RSDBio.php (1368 words)

	Saint Denis Basilica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The basilica is located in (United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)) Saint Denis, now a northern (A residential district located on the outskirts of a city) suburb of (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris.
		Saint (Click link for more info and facts about Denis) Denis is a patron (A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization) saint of France and, according to legend, was the first (Click link for more info and facts about bishop of Paris) bishop of Paris.
		Saint Denis' Gothic structure that we know and see today was begun in 1136 by the (Click link for more info and facts about Abbot Suger) Abbot Suger (1081-1155), but the major construction was not completed until the end of the (Click link for more info and facts about 13th century) 13th century.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saint_denis_basilica.htm (927 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Abbot Suger on his Administration
		As royal abbey, St. Denis was a symbol of royal power, and what was done to it redounded to the glory of both the monarch and Franca Thus its renovation was a political as well as an architectural and religious event.
		The latter was done mainly through reverence for the iron collar of St. Denis, which, having enclosed the neck of the blessed Den is in the prison of Glaucin, has deserved worship and veneration from us and from all.
		Moreover, with the devotion due to the blessed Denis, we acquired vessels of gold and precious stones for the service of the Lord's table, in addition to the ones already donated for this purpose by kings of the Franks and those devoted to the church.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/sugar.html (5053 words)

	St. Denis, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		St. Denis is a flag stop, meaning that a MARC passenger must alert the conducter if he or she wishes to disembark.
		The St. Denis station consists of an asphalt platform with a simple covered shack on each side of the mainline.
		Two views of the St. Denis Southbound platform and the CSX mainline leading north to Baltimore.
	www.trainweb.org /marcrailfan/stdenis.html (226 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ST. DENIS, MANUELA SANCHEZ NAVARRO DE
		Earliest census records for Poste St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches, where St. Denis assumed command in 1721, indicate that the first two of the couple's children were born in New Spain.
		She continued to live in the house St. Denis built for her on property now occupied by the campus of Northwestern State University of Louisiana.
		The St. Denis children and their families played significant roles in the continuing development of Texas, Louisiana, and New Spain.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/fstfb.html (656 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Theater/Arts / 'In Search of a Goddess' evokes St. Denis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Denis led the charge in the early 20th century, drawing on everything from the 1900 Paris Exposition to an Egyptian Deity cigarette poster featuring the goddess Isis.
		The play's narrative thrust, surrounding St. Denis' awakening to the exotic and her efforts to stage "Egypta," unfolds around numerous solo and ensemble dances.
		As St. Denis, actress Catherine Zambri exudes the type of obsessive self-righteousness that's often found in visionaries.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/06/14/in_search_of_a_goddess_evokes_st_denis?mode=PF (506 words)

	Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius
		Denis (or Dionysius as he is also called) is the most famous of the three.
		Denis' body was retrieved from the Seine by his converts and buried.
		Denis is pictured as he was martyred -- headless (with a vine growing over the neck) and carrying his own mitred head.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=42 (309 words)

	St. Denis Catholic School
		The school is named after the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, St. Denis, who was martyred for the faith on Montmatre, the mount of the martyrs.
		He was the pastor of St. John's Church from 1932-1966 and a Metropolitan Separate School Board (now Toronto Catholic District School Board) trustee from 1947 to 1956.
		Denis has earned a well deserved reputation in the community offering a balanced core program combining the teaching of the gospel values, arts, language, math, science and technology and self and society.
	www.tcdsb.org /schools/stdenis.asp (429 words)

	St.denis Visit New Advent For The Summa Theologica, Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia And More. And M
		Denis (1879-1968) Ruth Dennis was born in 1879 on a New Jersey farm.
		Denys; Dionysius that night by his converts; relics at the monastery of Saint Denis.
		The old Royal Abbey of St Denis has been for centuries the headlight of artistic, political and the Capetians will be buried at St Denis.
	www.99hosted.com /names16119.html (314 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Ruth St. Denis
		Early-twentieth-century American dancer and choreographer Ruth St. Denis is often considered to be the mother of modern dance.
		Denis traveled extensively, performing on the vaudeville circuit in the United States and using her visits abroad to learn about the dances of other countries.
		Denis will be remembered for her teachings and often religious choreographic works that helped to establish modern dance as a serious artistic genre for later generations.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201179 (309 words)

	October 9 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Denis and his companions remind us of the brave men, women and children who have gone before us.
		We can pray to St. Denis and his companions today for whatever we need to make us better followers of the Lord Jesus.
		But St. Philip believed in Father Leonardi and in the good his congregation of priests was doing.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St1009.htm (476 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ST. DENIS, LOUIS JUCHEREAU DE
		Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the eleventh of twelve children of Nicolas Juchereau and Marie Thérèse Giffard, was born near Quebec on September 17, 1674.
		After returning to San Juan Bautista, St. Denis married Manuela, probably in early 1716, and he subsequently participated in the founding of six missions and a presidio in East Texas during the years 1716-17.
		Denis contributed to the expanded geographical knowledge of both France and Spain, brought Spanish and French settlements into close proximity, and made contraband trade a way of life on the borders of Spanish Texas and French Louisiana.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/print/SS/fst1.html (722 words)

	Additional Reading (from St. Denis, Ruth) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born Ruth Dennis in Newark, N.J., Saint Denis was a United States pioneer in freeing dance from rigid rules of traditional ballet.
		She was a concert and interpretive dancer known for her exotic themes for dance pieces based on mythology and Oriental cultures and for her “music visualizations” based on...
		The capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's is one of the oldest and most easterly cities in North America.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-93753?tocId=93753 (787 words)

	St. Denis Party Center and Banquet Room--Chardon, OH
		Denis Party Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of St. Denis Golf Course Inc., is a newly opened party and banquet facility located in Chardon, Ohio.
		Denis Golf Course continues to operate under the management of their son, Bill Griesmer.
		Opened in the summer of 2000, St. Denis new facility was built on the grounds of St. Denis Golf Course.
	www.stdenispc.com /Home.htm (552 words)

	St.-Denis Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		he medieval legend of Denis or Dionysius, the patron Saint of the abbey, is a combination of the lives of three different men: a martyr bishop, an apostolic disciple, and a famous philosopher.
		The legend of St. Denis beheaded as a martyr and then carrying his severed head, from Montmartre, the place of his martyrdom, to his burial place where several edifices were dedicated to him from the 5th to the 13th centuries is is reflected in the
		It is a crypt-cum-martyrium, a reminder that the relics of St. Denis and his companions were kept there until the 12th century.
	ah.phpwebhosting.com /a/OUTofBFLO/fr/stdenis/hist/hist.html (1446 words)

	Paris Pages Kiosque; All You Ever Wanted To Know About Saint Denis - November 1996
		Saint Denis, it can be verified historically, was a missionary sent by the early Christian church of Rome in 250 A.D to convert those Roman pagans who had settled Paris.
		Denis and his companions, through their energy and sincerity, managed to convert a significant number of inhabitants of Lutece, a.k.a.
		Saint Genevieve, whose presence and courage routed the huns from Paris, in 475 was touched by the life of Denis and ordered a chapel to be built at his grave.
	www.paris.org /Kiosque/nov96/denis.html (1252 words)

	St. Denis, Ruth -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		More results on "St. Denis, Ruth" when you join.
		The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts was a dance school and company founded in the United States in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn.
		Isadora Duncan was trained in ballet but later found that these movements did not allow her as much expression of herself as she desired.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9064835?tocId=9064835 (843 words)

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