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Skanderbeg, Giorgio Castriota, called (SCANDERBEG, GIORGIO CASTRIOTA DETTO)
Albanian national hero, b. ca. 1404, d. 17 January 1468, several times described by the Popes of his time with the title of athleta Christi. Son of John, lord… -
Skarga, Piotr
Preacher, b. at Grojec (Masovia) in February 1536, d. at Kraków on 27 September 1612. He was one of the noblest figures in the religious and political history… -
Skelton, John
English satirical poet, b. perhaps at Diss around 1460, d. at Westminster on 21 June 1529. He belongs to an age of transition between the Middle Ages and the… -
Skepticism (SCETTICISMO)
From the Greek σκέπτομαι, I look, observe, reflect, meditate, investigate, it is the attitude — and the systematic position — that does not admit, in general… -
Skopje, Diocese of (SCOPIA (SKOPLJE, USKUB), DIOCESI DI)
Immediately subject to the Holy See, and situated in southern Yugoslavia between Albania, Greece and Bulgaria. A very ancient diocese, already represented at…