St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a German composer‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ mystic‚ linguist‚ botanist‚ and medical theorist. She left us with about seventy poems and nine books. Two of them are books of medical and pharmaceutical advice about the human body and the properties of herbs. She was an influential and spiritual woman whose loyal devotion led the way for future generations of women to be successful in fields such as theology‚ medicine‚ music and art. At a very early age‚ she experienced
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for me”. St. Elizabeth was born in Hungary on July 7‚ 1207. Elizabeth would always serve others‚ by putting their needs before her own. Her parents were king Andrew ll and Gertrude of Maranie‚which made Elizabeth a princess. Ever since Elizabeth was little she studied history of royal families‚ art‚ Latin‚ and religion. Elizabeth would always serve others. The story of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is one told by her early life‚ how she served others and the miracles associated with her. St. Elizabeth
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Theology 101.06 10/14/2015 The bible describes the story of creation‚ but does not share how evil entered the world. In book II of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine tries to answer this question. Through Augustine’s life journey‚ he analyzes his own sins and comes to understand the origin of evil. In the second book of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine recounts sins from his past to try to explain where sin comes from. He tells the story of a theft he and his friends committed when they were young: Close
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assignment on the art piece by Carlo Crivelli “St. Michael”. This panting is one of the Four Panels from an Altarpiece that was painted in Ascoli Piceno‚ Italy. In this particular painting the subject matter and content are very similar. Crivelli painted Saint Michael standing on Lucifer showing when Lucifer tried to over throw God‚ St. Michael and his army defeated Lucifer. In this piece Carlo Crivelli was showing representation. The reason this painting‚ “St. Michael”‚ is representational is Crivelli
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The saint that I have chosen to be my confirmation saint is St. Paul. I have many reasons for choosing this saint. One of these reasons being that my grandpa’s name was until of course he died. Although my grandfather was not a Catholic he was a Lutheran he was the best man I have ever known and probably will be the best person I will ever know. Just his presence made anyone around him happy. Even though while he was still alive‚ and I was still pretty little‚ I didn’t realize how amazing of a role
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Alexis Rodriguez Ms. Persch period C Paschal Mystery 1 November 2014 St. Alphonsus Maria De’ Linguori: formation of the order St. Alphonsus studied at the University of Naples in Naples‚ Italy he studied church law and civil law. Later on in his life he left Naples to relax a bit‚ when he came back he met a woman named Sister Marie Celeste Crostarosa. It was because of her influence in his life that he started the order of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. The order was made to spread
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Good Times & Bad Times Life! I still do not have the exact concept of what life is exactly and what one values the most in his/her life. But what I do know is that our life is comprised of several ups and downs. Those ups are valued as good times when life continues easily with less complications and the downs are bad times when life becomes harder and more complicated. No matter how wealthy we are or what position we hold‚ we ought to face both bad and good times one after another. I think happiness
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good deeds. These reliquary busts may had contain fragments of each saint’s remains. For St. Baudime‚ it was his blood and for St. Balbina‚ it was her skull. While the bust may seem similar‚ they differ in more ways than previously mentioned. The bust of St Baudime was made in Auvergne in present-day France. Meanwhile‚ the bust of St. Balbina was possibly made in Belgium‚ near the South Netherlands. The St. Baudime bust was made of copper-gilt over walnut core‚ horn‚ and ivory. So at least the
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Anyone who has read Shaw ’s St Joan‚ or has witnessed the play can state with certainty that one of the fundamental objectives of the writer was to remove Joan of Arc from the romantic perception that grown around her. Shaw had a clear and simple vision of showing the world what she was really like. He wanted to shed the illusions people had constructed since her death and lend his audience the opportunity to view Joan from a perspective that had been lost for more than 400 years. Upon reflection
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The Life of St. Bede St. Bede (672/673 – 26 May 735)‚ - also known as the Venerable Bede - is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history. He is the patron saint of scholars. He was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouthand of its companion monastery‚ Saint Paul’s‚ in modern Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow)‚ both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as
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