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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio,[b] 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 ...

Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March (15 March) of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The senators stabbed Caesar 23 times. The senators claimed to be performing the act over fears that Caesar's unprecedented concentration of power during his dictatorship was undermining the Roman Republic, and presented the deed as an act of tyrannicide. At least 60 senators were party to the conspiracy, led by Marcu...

In modern English, a cult is a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or by its common interest in a particular personality, object or goal. This sense of the term is controversial, having divergent definitions both in popular culture and academia, and has also been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study.[1][2]:348-56 It is usually considered pejorative. An older description of the word cult is a set of ...

Marcus Tullius CiceroFirst-century AD bust of Cicero in the Capitoline Museums, RomeBorn3 January 106 BCArpinum, Italy, Roman RepublicDied7 December 43 BC (aged 63)Formia, ItalyCause of deathBeheaded by order of the Second TriumvirateOccupationStatesman, lawyer, writer, oratorWorksWritings of CiceroOfficeConsul of Rome (63 BC)Governor of Cilicia (51–50 BC)Political partyOptimatesOpponent(s)Mark AntonyPublius Clodius PulcherSpouse(s)TerentiaChildrenTullia & Cicero MinorRelativesQuintus Tullius C...

Mexico CityCiudad de México (Spanish)Capital cityFrom top and left: Angel of Independence, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Paseo de la Reforma, Torre Latinoamericana, National Palace, Parque La Mexicana in Santa Fe, Monumento a la Revolución, Chapultepec Castle, Palacio de Bellas Artes and Paseo de la Reforma FlagCoat of armsGovernment logoNickname(s): CDMXMotto(s): La Ciudad de los Palacios(The City of Palaces)Mexico City within MexicoMexico CityLocation within MexicoCoordinates: 19°26′N 9...

Coordinates: 8°S 159°E / 8°S 159°E Solomon Islands is a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi).The country has a population of 652,858 [7] and its capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that...

Not to be confused with Paelau. Coordinates: 7°30′N 134°30′E / 7.500°N 134.500°E Palau , officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau)[6] and historically Belau, Palaos or Pelew, is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The country contains approximately 340 islands, and together with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia, forms the western chain of the Caroline Islands. Its area is 466 square kilometers (180 sq mi).[7] The most populous island is Koror. T...

Swithun (or Swithin, Old English: Swīþhūn, Latin: Swithunus; died 863 AD) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working. According to tradition, if it rains on Saint Swithun's bridge (Winchester) on his feast day (15 July) it will continue for forty days. The name was originally spelt Swithhun (Old English: "strong bear-cub").[1] Recorded life[edi...

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director and film producer.[2] He is the recipient of an Academy Award, three BAFTAs, two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and in 2008 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. After graduating from the Royal Welsh ...

"Epagoge" redirects here. For the genus of moth, see Epagoge (genus). A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός syllogismos, "conclusion, inference") is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. In a form, defined by Aristotle, from the combination of a general statement (the major premise) and a specific statement (the minor premise), a conclusion is deduced. For example, knowing that a...