St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is the seat of the Bishop of London and a major London landmark. It is located on Ludgate Hill in the financial district known as the City of London. The present St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ which was built between 1675 and 1710‚ is the fourth cathedral to occupy the site‚ which was sacred even before Christianity arrived. The cathedral’s immediate predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The cathedral enjoyed by visitors today was designed by
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Peter Skrzynecki’s 10 Mary Street is a poem portraying a family’s process of integrating into the Australian community. The concept of belonging is explored‚ particularly belonging within the family and culture‚ and through this‚ Skrzynecki exemplifies the importance of establishing connections to attain the security and stability essential to people’s lives. Skrzynecki establishes the notion of belonging within the family through his portrayal of the family routine and the nurturing nature of the
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Saint Zachary‚ was born in Calabria‚ Italy. He is also known as Zacharias. He is of Greek ancestry. The son of Polichronius‚ who was a Benedictine monk from Greece‚ was also a cardinal and then a Pope. Saint Zachary followed Pope Gregory III. in 741. Saint Zachary loved the clergy and devoted himself to the people of Rome. In his time‚ there was fighting all over Italy. Pope Zachary kept making Peace and saving the people from the wars. When Saint Zachary learned that Lombards were going to
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Paul the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Παῦλος Paulos‚ c.5 – c. 67)‚ original name Saul of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Σαῦλος Saulos)‚[4] was an apostle who took the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.[5] He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. [6][7] In the mid-30s to the mid-50s‚ he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Paul used his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to advantage in his ministry to both Jewish and Roman audiences.[5]
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Dear Mathew‚ I am writing to tell you of Saint Paul. Paul was a very important figure of the Catholic Church. He was born in Tarsus into a relatively wealthy family‚ in 10 AD‚ and was originally named Saul. Paul was born into a Greek speaking town in the Roman empire. He was originally Jewish and was a member of the tribe Benjamin‚ he was also well educated. Paul had a sister and when he was 14 he traveled to Jerusalem to learn at the school of Gamaliel about the Jewish religion. Paul after his education
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got flooded from melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million feet of stockpiled lumber was swept in the river‚ 8 bridges were destroyed‚ 200 homes were destroyed or damaged. (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-were-effects-people-when-mt-st-helens-erupted) More than 200 homes were destroyed. Also mores than 185 miles of roads‚ and 15 miles of railroad was damaged. Ash clogged the sewer system‚ damaged cars and buildings‚ and temporary shut down the air traffic in the Northwest. Today Mt
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The society of St. Vincent De Paul is an organization that provides housing for the homeless‚ the sick‚ and the mentally ill. The Society was founded by Frederic Ozanam and a group of students from the Sorbonne University in 1833. The students were challenged to prove their faith through action. Their solution was to develop a simple system to help the poor in their homes‚ in the streets‚ in hospitals and mental institutions. They adopted as their patron saint St. Vincent de Paul‚ a 16th century
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“Conversion of St. Paul”(or “The Road to Damascus”) is painting by Caravaggio that shows bibilical scene.. As meny artists in Baroque he painted for his church curators‚ this particular painting was ordred for the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It illustrates the story behind conversion of great siner and prosecutor of Christians Saul that later becomes St. Paul’s. His story is very uplifting‚ he finds God or rather God find him and makes him his great saint‚ scholar‚ and Apostle. His
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St. Patrick was a Roman missionary and bishop in Ireland.His full name was Magonius Sucatus Patricius. He was born in 387 AD. The dates of his life cannot be fixed with certainty but‚ on a widespread interpretation‚ he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.Patrick was born into a religious family‚ but was an atheist early in his life. He was supposedly sixteen when he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland to be a slave who looked after the
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Peter Paul Rubens‚ in 1633‚ created a painting called “The Martyrdom of St. Levien.” An oil on canvas that is 455 x 347 cm in length. Rubens depicts st. Levien being grabbed onto by his beard‚ his aggressor is holding the saints tongue that was purposefully torn out with a type of pliers‚ being held above a pair of chomping teeth from a dog. St. Levien is being held down by two men‚ one holding his beard and the other holding a bloody knife within his teeth with a look of anguish towards the Saint
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