Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins de Bulhoes‚ on August 15‚ 1195 in Lisbon‚ Portugal where he was raised by a wealthy family. At the age of 15 he entered the religious order of St. Augustine and two years later‚ he was sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra‚ where he began nine years of intense study of Theology and Latin. He was ordained to priesthood and placed in charge of hospitality and named guest master of his Abbey. Attracted to the simple Gospel lifestyle of the Franciscan Order
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Not all people of wealth are selfish‚ greedy‚ and arrogant. St. Anthony of the Desert is proof of this statement. Born from a wealthy family in Coma‚ Egypt in 251 AD‚ Anthony was a good man from his early to his later years. His parents were Christians; therefore‚ Anthony was brought up as a Christian‚ as well. Also in his beginning years‚ he attended the Lord’s House with his parents. He proved to be obedient to his father and mother‚ and attentive to his studies and readings from the Lord. A few
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Giovanni Da Verrazano Nusrat begum SOCIAL STUDIES 711 Giovanni Da Verrazano was one of the many European explorers that explored The New World‚ he explored northern eastern part of the present day U.S which are North Carolina‚ New York‚ Maine‚ Canada. Verrazano was also an Italian navigator who boarded voyages along with He was a Florentine explorer that served for King Francis I of France. Giovanni da Verrazano Giovanni travelled the seas as a pirate‚ or Privateer sailing for King Francis
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Giovanni Boccaccio The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron. For his Latin works and his role in reviving Hellenistic learning in Florence‚ he may be considered one of the early humanists. The culture of Giovanni Boccaccio is rooted in the Middle Ages‚ but his conception of life points forward to the Renaissance. Boccaccio ’s work reflects both his middleclass mercantile background and the chivalric ideals of the Neapolitan court‚ where he spent his youth. He strove
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Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni has evolved as writer; naturalist and a modernist later. Naturalism was a literary movement that was taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions‚ heredity‚ and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Giovanni shows naturalism in her works "Poem (No Name No. 2)"‚ and “[Untitled] (For Margaret Danner)”. Just to give a little background on modernism‚ Modernism is when writers proclaimed a new
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at Centura St. Anthony Hospital. Throughout my pharmacy experience‚ I developed a passion for education and inpatient healthcare. Pursing a residency allows me to merge these two interests. During my critical care rotation at your facility‚ the pharmacists provided exceptional care to patients while upholding the values of compassion‚ integrity‚ and excellence. These core values resonated with my own and I was drawn to your institution. The PGY1 residency program at Centura St. Anthony Hospital has
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Courage Award‚ National Association of Radio and Television Announcers Award for Best Spoken Word Album‚ and the ALC Lifetime Achievement Award (Giovanni 1). These are a small portion of her numerous accomplishments. But‚ who is Nikki Giovanni and how did she become such a decorated and recognized poet? Nikki Giovanni was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.‚ 7 June 1943 in Knoxville‚ Tennessee. At a young age she considered herself a dreamer. She loved reading books and some of her favorite authors
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Giovanni Vaccarello‚ a retired machinist form Brooklyn‚ New York‚ never took the safety of his family for granted. He often drove Maria‚ 18‚ and Concetta‚ 17‚ to their part time jobs. John‚ his fourteen year old son‚ was to wear a beeper at all times so that he would never be out of reach. Giovanni routinely walked Cathy‚ his wife of twenty five years‚ one block to her job at the beauty salon. But with all the precautions Giovanni took‚ nothing could stop him from Abraham Meyers‚ a 25-year-old
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Don Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a Kongolese woman who claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony and argued that Jesus and other figures were also Kongolese.1 She was born around 1684 in Sangololo and was the daughter of a noble family that was from around Mount Kibangu. Kimpa Vita was baptized into the Christian faith as did many people did during that time. She criticized the Italian Capuchin missionaries because they did not support black saints.1 Kimpa Vita was affected by the political turmoil and
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Nikki Giovanni Biography Nikki Giovanni is one of the best known mixed poets who has reached prominence in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Nikki has wrote many poems and books 1970-early 2004‚ most of what she writes is with passion‚inspiration and with lots of feeling. Giovanni’s poetry express strong racial pride and respect for family‚ giovanni has written Creation‚ Love Poems‚ The Collected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni and The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. She was born in Knoxville‚Tennessee in
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