AQUILEIA

Meaning of AQUILEIA in English

/ah'kwee le"yah/ , n.

an ancient Roman city at the northern end of the Adriatic: founded in 181 B.C.; destroyed by Attila in A.D. 452.

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AQUILEIA — n. town in northeastern Italy that was once an ancient Roman city
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AQUILEIA — formerly a city of the Roman Empire and a patriarchate of the Roman Catholic Church; it is now a village …
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MARK (THE EVANGELIST), SAINT — flourished 1st century, Jerusalem died traditionally Alexandria, Egypt; Western feast day April 25; Eastern feast day September 23 Christian evangelist …
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AQUILEGIA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlēj(ē)ə noun Etymology: New Latin, from aquilegia, aquileia columbine 1. capitalized : a genus of herbs (family Ranunculaceae) having irregular …
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AKELEY — əˈkēlē noun ( -s ) Etymology: modification of New Latin aquilegia, aquileia : any of several plants of the genus …
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AQUILEIAN — n. people who are residents of or native to Aquileia in northeastern Italy
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VENETI — ancient Celtic people who lived in what is now the Morbihan district of modern Brittany. By the time of Julius …
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URBAN III — born Milan died Oct. 19/20, 1187, Ferrara, Romagna original name Uberto Crivelli pope from 1185 to 1187. Of noble birth, …
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ULFILAS — Gothic Wulfila born c. 311 died c. 382, , Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.] Christian bishop and missionary who evangelized the …
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UDINE — city, capital of Udine provincia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia regione, northeastern Italy. It lies northwest of Trieste, near the border with Slovenia. …
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SERGIUS II — died July 1019 patriarch of Constantinople (100119) who claimed the title of ecumenical patriarch against the objections of the papacy. …
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SERGIUS I, SAINT — born , Palermo, Sicily died c. Sept. 8, 701, Rome; feast day September 8 pope from 687 to 701, one …
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RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS — born c. 345, Concordia, near Aquileia, Italy died 410/411, Sicily, possibly at Messina Roman priest, writer, theologian, and translator of …
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RAVENNA — capital of the provincia of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna regione, northeastern Italy. The city is on a low-lying plain near the confluence …
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PORDENONE — born c. 1483, Pordenone, Republic of Venice died 1539, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara original name Giovanni Antonio De' Sacchis High …
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PIUS I, SAINT — born , Aquileia, Venetia died 155, Rome; feast day July 11 Latin pope from c. 140 to 155. Pius was …
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PAUL OF VENICE — born 1372, Udine, Patriarchate of Aquileia died June 15, 1429, Padua, Venetian Republic Italian Paolo Veneto, or Paolo Di Venezia, …
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ODORIC OF PORDENONE — born c. 1286, Villanova, near Pordenone, Aquileia died Jan. 14, 1331, Udine Franciscan friar and traveler whose account of his …
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NORICUM — region of Europe north of what is now Italy, roughly comprising modern central Austria and parts of Bavaria, Ger. Noricum …
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MAXIMINUS — died 238 original name Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, also called Maximin first soldier who had started from the ranks to …
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MARK (THE EVANGELIST), SAINT — flourished 1st century AD, ; b. Jerusalem? died , traditionally Alexandria, Egypt; Western feast day April 25, Eastern feast day …
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LIBERIUS — born , Rome died Sept. 24, 366, Rome pope from 352 to 366. He was elected on May 17, 352, …
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KOPER — Italian Capodistria, seaport in Slovenia, southwest of Trieste. Formerly an island, it was connected to the mainland by a causeway …
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HONORIUS — born 1009/10, Verona?, March of Verona and Aquileia died 1072, Parma?, Lombardy original name Cadelo, Latin Cadalus antipope from 1061 …
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GUARDI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO — also called Giannantonio Guardi born May 1699, Vienna died Jan. 23, 1760, Venice painter of the 18th-century Venetian school. He …
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GORIZIA — German Grz, Slovene Gorica capital of Gorizia provincia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia regione, northeastern Italy, on the Isonzo River north of Trieste. …
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FRUMENTIUS, SAINT — flourished 4th century, ; feast day October 27 Amharic Abba Salama Syrian apostle who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia. As first …
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FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA — regione of northeastern Italy, bordering north and east on Austria and Slovenia, south on the Adriatic Sea, and west on …
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DANDOLO, ENRICO — born 1107?, Venice died 1205, Constantinople doge of the Republic of Venice from 1192 to 1205, noted for his promotion …
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