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Crescentius Krisper
Crescentius may refer to: * The mediaeval writer on agriculture, Petrus de Crescentius, or Pietro de' Crescenzi * Crescentius of Jesi or Crescentius Grizi of Jesi (died 1263), Italian Franciscan * Crescentius Richard Duerr, President of De La Salle College in the Philippines One of several leaders of the Roman aristocracy in the tenth century, during their opposition to the imperial and papal government of the time: *Crescentius the Elder *Crescentius the Younger (d. 998 AD) *John Crescentius One of several saints: *Crescentius of Rome, child saint (feast day: September 14) *St. Crescentius, bishop of Mainz in the 2nd century AD *St. Crescentius, deacon of Saint Zenobius *St. Crescentius, companion of Saint Romulus of Fiesole *Crescentius Crescentius may refer to: * The mediaeval writer on agriculture, Petrus de Crescentius, or Pietro de' Crescenzi * Crescentius of Jesi or Crescentius Grizi of Jesi (died 1263), Italian Franciscan * Crescentius Richard Duerr, President of De La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro De' Crescenzi
Pietro de' Crescenzi (; 1230/35 – c. 1320), also known as Pietro Crescenzi(o), Pier Crescenzi(o) and other variations of his name, was an Italian jurist from Bologna,Robert G. Calkins, "Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden", in ''Medieval Gardens'', ed. Elisabeth B. MacDougall, Dumbarton Oaks, 1986: 155–173Selected pages at Google Books/ref> now remembered for his writings on horticulture and agriculture, the ''Ruralia commoda''. Life Pietro de' Crescenzi was born in Bologna in about 1235; the only evidence for his date of birth is the annotation "septuagenarian" in the ''Ruralia commoda'', dated with some certainty between 1304 and 1309. He was educated at the University of Bologna in logic, medicine, the natural sciences and law, but did not take his doctorate. Crescenzi practiced as a lawyer and judge from about 1269 until 1299, travelling widely in Italy in the course of his work. In January 1274 he married Geraldina de' Castagnoli, with whom he had at least fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius Of Jesi
Crescentius of Jesi, O.F.M. (died 1263) of the Grizi family, was an Italian Friar Minor, who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor in 1244. He was an opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals, who insisted on an exact following of poverty according to the example of the founder of the Order, St. Francis of Assisi. He was deposed as Minister in 1247 in favour of John of Parma of their party. During his term as Minister General, Crescentius initiated a systematic search for documentary materials on the life of St. Francis and of the first days of the Order of Friars Minor. He commissioned the ''Vita secunda'' () of Francis by Friar Thomas of Celano. The accumulated corpus Corpus (plural ''corpora'') is Latin for "body". It may refer to: Linguistics * Text corpus, in linguistics, a large and structured set of texts * Speech corpus, in linguistics, a large set of speech audio files * Corpus linguistics, a branch of ... is known as the ''Assisi Compilation''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius Richard Duerr
Brother Crescentius Richard, F.S.C. (born Richard Henry Duerr; 1922 – June 18, 2005), was an American De La Salle Brother who was instrumental in the transformation of the De La Salle University in the Philippines into a pillar of Philippine education.De La Salle University-Manila. (2005). ''Conferment''. Manila: DLSU Press. He was President of De La Salle University from 1961 to 1966 and was named its President Emeritus in 1981. Early life He was born Richard Henry Duerr in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four children. He studied at St. James Diocesan High School in Loughlin and St. Joseph's Normal Institute in Barrytown, New York, graduating valedictorian from both schools. In 1935, at the age of 13, he entered the junior novitiate of the Christian Brothers in New York and began his postulancy on June 26, 1936. On September 7, 1936, he received the religious habit and was given the religious name Crescentius Richard. In 1941, Brother Duerr earned a Bach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (50927 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic peoples, Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually controlled the Italian Peninsula, assimilating the Greece, Greek culture of southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and the Etruscans, Etruscan culture, and then became the dominant power in the Mediterranean region and parts of Europe. At its hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius The Elder
Crescentius the Elder, also known as Crescenzio de Theodora, (died 7 July 984) was a politician and aristocrat in Rome who played a part in the papal appointment. Family With the disappearance of the Carolingian dynasty the papal government of Rome lost its most powerful protector, and the Romans took matters into their own hands. Out of the local aristocracy there arose a powerful family, which assumed the practical charge of all governmental affairs in Rome, controlled the nominations to the papal throne, and held the power for many years. At the beginning of the tenth century the family was represented by Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum, '' vestararius'' or high dignitary of the papal palace and the pontifical government, by his wife Theodora, and their two daughters Marozia and Theodora. Theophylact had the titles of Consul and Senator of the Romans. Crescentius was a descendant of this family, being a grandson of Theophylact's daughter Theodora. Pope Benedict VI Cresce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius The Younger
Crescentius the Younger (or Crescentius II; died 29 April 998), son of Crescentius the Elder, was a leader of the aristocracy of medieval Rome. During the minority of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, he declared himself Consul (or Senator) of Rome (''Patricius Romanorum'') Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. How to See the Vatican and made himself ''de facto'' ruler of Rome. After being deposed, he led a rebellion, seized control of Rome, and appointed an antipope, but the rebellion failed and Crescentius was eventually executed. Control of Rome The aspirations of the Roman aristocracy did not vanish with the death of the older Crescentius. The latter left a son, also called Crescentius, who after the death of Boniface VII took the reins of power in his hands. Circumstances seemed to be particularly favourable. The Emperor Otto III (985–96) was still a child, and the empress mother, Theophanu, although an energetic princess, was absent from Rome. Crescentius the Younger took the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crescentius
John Crescentius () also John II Crescentius or Crescentius III (d. 1012) was the son of Crescentius the Younger (Crescentius II). He succeeded to his father's title of consul and patrician of Rome in 1002 and held it to his death. Biography Early in 1001, a revolt broke out in Rome against the Emperor Otto III, who now permanently resided in Rome. The Emperor and Pope Sylvester II Pope Sylvester II (; – 12 May 1003), originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and ruled the Papal States from 999 to his death. He endorsed and promoted study of Science in the medieva ..., the first pope of French nationality, were compelled to flee; it is quite likely that John Crescentius was the prime mover of the rebellion.1913 ''Catholic Encyclopedia'': At any rate, after this he assumed supreme authority in Rome, and after the death of the Emperor Otto III on 24 January 1002 took the title of ''Patricius Romanorum''. Sylvest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius Of Rome
Crescentius of Rome () is venerated as a child martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. According to tradition, he was born of a noble Roman family and was baptized along with his parents by Epigmenius. During the persecutions of Christians by Diocletian, the family fled to Perugia, where his father Euthymius died. Led back to Rome, Crescentius, who was eleven years old, was beheaded on the via Salaria, outside of the city walls. Veneration He was buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Via Salaria. His place of burial became a focus of pilgrimage and veneration in the Middle Ages. His body was translated from Rome to Siena around 1058 by Pope Stephen IX at the request of Bishop Antifredus. Other relics were translated to Tortosa in 1606. The only biographical source concerning Crescentius was derived from the copy of a manuscript from 1600 and conserved in the Biblioteca Vallicelliana. The ''Acta'' is not reliable as it was written long after the alleged death of thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Saint
Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopalian Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protes ..., or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified. Early Christian Saints Orthodox Church Episcopal Church Catholic Church Group Martyrs Martyr Saints of China, Martyrs of China Martyrs of Japan Martyrs of Korea Kosheh Martyrs, Martyrs of Kosheh * Al-Amir Helmy Fahmy * Maysoon Ghatas Fahmy * Refaat Fayez Awad Fahmy * Wael El-Dabai Mikhail Nag Hammadi massacre, Martyrs of Nag Hammadi * Mina Helmy Said * Bishoy Farid Labib * Dina Hamalni * Boula Atef Yassa * Abanoub Kamal Nashed Persecution of Christians#Nazi Germany, Martyrs of the Nazi regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishopric Of Mainz
The Electorate of Mainz ( or '; ), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was also the Primate of Germany ('), a purely honorary dignity that was unsuccessfully claimed from time to time by other archbishops. There were only two other ecclesiastical Prince-electors in the Empire: the Electorate of Cologne and the Electorate of Trier. The Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was also archchancellor of Germany (one of the three component titular kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, the other two being Italy and Burgundy) and, as such, ranked first among all ecclesiastical and secular princes of the Empire, and was second only to the Emperor. His political role, particularly as an intermediary between the Estates of the Empire and the Emperor, was considerable. History The episcopal see was established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Zenobius
Saint Zenobius () (337–417) who was the first bishop of Florence. Venerated in the Catholic Church, his feast day is celebrated on May 25. Life Born of a Florentine noble family, Zenobius was educated by his pagan parents. He came under the influence early of the bishop Theodore, was baptized by him, and succeeded, after much opposition, in bringing his father and mother to Christianity. He embraced the clerical state, and rapidly rose to the position of archdeacon, when his virtues and notable powers as a preacher made him known to Saint Ambrose, at whose instance Pope Damasus I (r. 366–386) called him to Rome, and employed him in various important missions, including a legation to Constantinople. On the death of Damasus he returned to his native city, where he resumed his apostolic labours, and on the death of the bishop of that see, Zenobius, to the great joy of the people, was appointed to succeed him. His deacons are venerated as Saint Eugene and Saint Crescentius. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Romulus Of Fiesole
Saint Romulus of Fiesole (, died AD 90) was bishop of Fiesole during the 1st century. He is venerated as the patron saint of Fiesole, Italy. Romulus was probably a local deacon, priest, or bishop of the 1st century. According to tradition, he was a disciple of Saint Peter and had been converted to Christianity by the apostle. This tradition states that Romulus became the first bishop of Fiesole and was martyred during the reign of Domitian along with four companions: Carissimus, Dulcissimus, Marchis(i)anus, and Crescentius. He was not named as a bishop or martyr in documents dating from 966; however, a document from 1028 names him as such. From then on, Romulus was considered a martyred bishop of Fiesole, and his companions were named as Carissimus, Dulcissimus, Marchis(i)anus (Marchiziano), and Crescentius. Their feast day was listed as 6 July in the 1468 Florentine edition of the Martyrology of Usuard, and in the 16th century, his name began to appear in the ''Roman Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
