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  • 121Margaret Elter — (c. 1525 c. 1 February 1553), or Marguerite d Elter, was a noblewoman from Guelders, relative of Anna t Serclaes (wife of John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester), and Protestant refugee in Cambridge and Strasbourg. Life Margaret Elter was educated in… …

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  • 122Apostolo Zeno — (born in Venice, December 11, 1668; died in Venice, November 11, 1750) was an Italian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.A venetian nobleman, he was in 1691 among the founders of the Accademia degli Animosi . In 1695, he composed… …

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  • 123Aurora Cáceres — Zoila Aurora Cáceres Moreno (1877 1958) was a writer associated with the literary movement known as modernismo. This European based daughter of a Peruvian president wrote novels, essays, travel literature and a biography of her husband, the… …

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  • 124Abraham Isaac Castello — (1726, Ancona, Italy mdash;August 1, 1789, Leghorn, Italy) was a rabbi, preacher, and poet. At the age of thirteen he arrived, poor and destitute, in Leghorn, where, although he had previously intended to become a mechanic, his agreeable voice… …

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  • 125Cardiognosis — literally Knowledge of the Heart . In Christian Theology is a special charism that God confers on some saints. In Christian Asceticism, the term Cardiognosis also indicates the ascetical methods and meditation techniques which have the purpose of …

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  • 126Predrag Matvejević — was born in Mostar in 1932 to a Croatian mother and a Ukrainian [His father was born in Russian Empire, and so, he was said to be “Russian”. His mother was born in Bosnia Herzegovina, and she is said to be ethnic Croat.] father, but prefers to be …

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  • 127Giuseppe Adami — (born November 4, 1878 in Verona – October 12, 1946 in Milan) was an Italian librettist, known for his collaboration works with Puccini for La rondine (1917), Il Tabarro (1918) and Turandot (1926).Adami also wrote several plays such as I fioi di… …

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  • 128Invasion of Minorca, 1781 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Fort St. Philip partof= the American Revolutionary War caption=Key features of Minorca, 1781 date=August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 place=Minorca, Mediterranean Sea territory= result=Franco Spanish… …

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