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    Chariton the Confessor (Greek: Χαρίτων; mid-3rd century, Iconium, Asia Minor – c. 350, Judaean desert) was an early Christian monk. He is venerated as...
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    Joan of Arc (category Christian female saints of the Middle Ages)
    Pasquerel, Joan's confessor, later testified that Joan told him she had reassured the Dauphin that he was Charles VI's son and the legitimate king. Charles...
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    Hilarion (redirect from Hilarion the Great)
    monasticism in the Egyptian Desert, Hilarion is considered by some to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism (see also Chariton the Confessor) and venerated...
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    Lavra (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    settlements of the Judaean Desert, where lauras were very numerous. The first lauras of Palestine were founded by Chariton the Confessor (born 3rd century...
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    September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    Callinicus, by the sword. Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot, of Palestine (350) Martyrs Alexander, Alphius and Zosimas, brothers, Mark the Shepherd,...
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  • members of wealthy Italian families. The Acutis family had a prominent position in the Italian insurance industry. The Salzanos ran a publishing company...
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    disfigurement, usually by blinding, was the normal practice. Chariton the Confessor (3rd-4th c.), compiled the "Office of the Monastic Tonsure" Chudakarana, Mundan...
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  • Saint Hilarion Monastery (category Archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip)
    by Hilarion, a native of the Gaza region and one possible father of Palestinian monasticism (see also Chariton the Confessor). Hilarion had converted...
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  • Thessaloniki Basil the Confessor (died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint and monk Chariton the Confessor, 3rd-4th-century saint Edward the Confessor (1003/1005–1066)...
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  • tyrant Phalaris Chariton Charitonidis, a Greek classical philologist Chariton (name), a name, both given and family Chariton the Confessor (mid-3rd – mid-4th...
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  • Chariton (Greek: Χαρίτων) is a name of Byzantine Greek origin (see Chariton the Confessor) meaning well-affected, benevolent. In modern times is used...
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  • Akash Bashir (category Security guards killed in the line of duty)
    guarding the Church of Saint John on that day, stopped the bomber at the door. The bomber detonated the bomb, killing Bashir and two others. At around the same...
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    refused. When speaking to her confessor, she stated, "I can have no spouse but Jesus." She followed by proclaiming, "I have the strongest aversion to marriage...
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  • revealed that the child, a boy, had no legs but the couple were once more determined to have the child. The seventh month scans showed the child had visceral...
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    belong to the same monastic environment. A short chronological list can include Chariton the Confessor (mid-3rd century – c. 350), Hilarion the Great (291–371)...
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    analogy to Desert Fathers, for the ammas or female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria in the 4th and 5th centuries AD....
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    Tekoa (Israeli settlement) (category Israeli settlements in the West Bank)
    of the Nachal Tekoa or Wadi Khureitun, named after Chariton the Confessor, by monks from the Lavras of Saint Chariton and his successor Euthymius the Great...
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    Saint Cecilia (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass in the Latin Church. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, founded in the 3rd century by Pope Urban...
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    Wadi Qelt (category Wadis of the West Bank)
    desert, the Pharan lavra, was established by St Chariton the Confessor towards the end of the 3rd century in upper Wadi Qelt, an area known to the Greek...
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    the history of the Catholic Church in Japan. A promising beginning to Catholic missions in Japan – with perhaps as many as 300,000 Catholics by the end...
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  • member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the choir mistress of the children's choir, and the president of the Holy Childhood Association in the parish...
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    Saint Lucy (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia without Wikisource reference)
    Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria. The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century Acts of the Martyrs. The single fact upon which various accounts...
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    Agatha of Sicily (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred c. 251. She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass...
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    Martyrs of Japan (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia without Wikisource reference)
    the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century. The Japanese saw the rituals of the Christians causing people to pray, close their eyes with the sign...
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    of Coptic saints Abba Anoub of Scetis Chariton the Confessor (mid-3rd century – c. 350), contemporary monk in the Judaean desert Desert Fathers and Desert...
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    Élisabeth of France (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. Élisabeth's father, the Dauphin...
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  • September 28 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Press. 29 September 2022. "Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine". Orthodox Church in America. The Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved...
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    Catherine Labouré (category Christian female saints of the Late Modern era)
    forget to ask." Mary then asked her to take these images to her father confessor, telling him that they should be put on medallions. "All who wear them...
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    Agnes of Rome (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    by name in the Canon of the Mass, and one of many Christians martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Substantially the broader social...
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    developed through the 20th century as the world's largest Catholic fraternal organization. The cause for his canonization started in the Archdiocese of Hartford...
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