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Saint Albans: city, seat of Franklin county, northwestern Vermont, U.S., 24 miles (39 km) north of Burlington. St. Albans town (township), surrounding the city, is on St. Albans Bay of Lake Champlain. ...
Saint Albans: town and city (district), administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England, in the valley of the River Ver about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of London.
Saint Albans Raid: (Oct. 19, 1864), in the American Civil War, a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory; the incident put an additional strain on what were already tense relations between the ...
Saint Albans, battles of: (May 22, 1455, and Feb. 17, 1461), battles during the English Wars of the Roses. The town of St. Albans, situated on the old Roman Watling Street and lying 20 ...
Saint Albans, Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of, Baron Heddington, earl of Burford: illegitimate son of Charles II, the eldest of two illegitimate sons born to Nell Gwyn, an English actress.
Saint Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, 1st Baron Jermyn Of Saint Edmundsbury: courtier, favourite of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. It was rumoured, probably falsely, that he became her husband after the king's execution (1649).
Saint Albert: city, central Alberta, Canada, immediately northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River, in a mixed-farming district. The settlement developed around a mission that was built in 1861 by Father Albert ...
Saint Andrews: city, royal burgh (1160), university town, golfing mecca, and former fishing port in Fife council area and historic county, Scotland. Located on St. Andrews Bay of the North Sea 13 ...
Saint Andrews, University of: oldest university in Scotland, founded in 1411, located in Fife region. The university buildings, many of which date from the Middle Ages, include St. Salvator's College (1450), St. Leonard's College ...
Saint Anthony: town, north of the entrance to Hare Bay, on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, 306 miles (492 km) northeast of Corner Brook. An old fishing settlement with dry docks, ...
Saint Asaph: cathedral village, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) county, historic county of Flintshire (Sir Fflint), Wales. It stands beween the Rivers Clwyd and Elwy, from which its Welsh name derives. Asaph, the Celtic ...
Saint Augustine: oldest continuously settled city in the United States, seat (1822) of St. Johns county, northeastern Florida, about 40 miles (65 km) southeast of Jacksonville. It is situated on a peninsula ...
Saint Augustine grass: (Stenotaphrum secundatum), low, mat-forming perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to central and southeastern North America and Central America and naturalized along many seacoasts of the world. It is ...
Saint Austell: town, Restormel borough, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, southwestern England. St. Austell was originally called Trenance and takes its present name from a hermit named St. Austol. England's most ...
Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of: (August 24/25, 1572), massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris plotted by Catherine de Medicis and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in ...
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital: oldest hospital in London. It lies just southeast of the Central Markets in the Smithfield area of the City of London. It was founded in 1123 by the Augustinian monk ...
Saint Basil the Blessed: church constructed on Red Square in Moscow between 1554 and 1560 by Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, as a votive offering for his military victories over the khanates of Kazan ...
Saint Bernard: working dog credited with saving the lives of some 2,500 people in 300 years of service as pathfinder and rescue dog at the hospice founded by St. Bernard of Montjoux ...
Saint Boniface: historic district of Winnipeg, southern Manitoba, Canada, at the confluence of the Seine and Red rivers. It was founded in 1818 by a group of French missionaries led by Bishop ...
Saint Catharines: city, Regional Municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, at the entrance to the Welland Ship Canal. Named after the first wife of Robert ...
Saint Catherine's: Greek Orthodox monastery situated on Mount Sinai more than 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level in a narrow valley north of Mount Musa in the Sinai peninsula. Often incorrectly ...
Saint Charles: city, seat of St. Charles county, eastern Missouri, U.S., on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, there bridged to St. Louis, 22 miles (35 km) southeast. One of the earliest settlements ...
Saint Clair River: outlet for Lake Huron, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S. (west), and Ontario, Can. (east). Flowing southward into Lake Saint Clair, with a fall of 5.7 feet (1.7 ...
Saint Clair's Defeat: (November 4, 1791), one of the worst defeats ever suffered by U.S. forces in Indian warfare, precipitated by British-Indian confrontation with settlers and militia in the Northwest Territory following the ...
Saint Clair, Lake: expansive shallow basin, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Roughly circular, with a surface area of 467 square miles (1,210 square km), it connects with ...
Saint Clair, Lake: lake in west-central Tasmania, Australia, lying at the southern boundary of Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park at the terminus of a 53-mile [85-kilometre] walking track from the mountain. It ...
Saint Clement's Island: islet (40 acres [16 hectares]) in the Potomac River, St. Mary's county, southern Maryland, U.S., just off Colton Point. The first Maryland settlers under the Calverts (Barons Baltimore) landed there ...
Saint Cloud: city, seat of Stearns county, central Minnesota, U.S. Located at the junction of the Mississippi and Sauk rivers, in a dairy-farming and grain region, it lies about 65 miles (105 ...
Saint Cloud State University: coeducational institution of higher learning in St. Cloud, central Minnesota, U.S. It is part of the Minnesota State University system. St. Cloud State University opened in 1869 as Third State ...
Saint Croix: largest island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, some 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Puerto Rico and 40 miles (65 km) south of St. Thomas. It ...
Saint Croix River: river that rises as an outlet of the Chiputneticook Lakes, Maine, U.S., and flows south-southeast into Passamaquoddy Bay, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy; its entire 75-mile (121-km) length ...
Saint Croix River: tributary of the Mississippi River, rising in Douglas county, Wis., U.S., in the northwestern part of the state. It flows 164 miles (264 km) southwestward into the Mississippi River at ...
Saint CRU: as a title with a personal name, see under personal name (e.g., Cyprian, Saint). As a part of a place-name or other proper name, see under Saint as below or ...
Saint Cyr, Henri: Swedish equestrian in dressage who was one of only two people to win two Olympic gold medals in both the individual and team competitions (1952 and 1956). He is recognized ...
Saint David's: cathedral city, historic and present county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the Alun river valley. Situated in an area important for Celtic Christianity, St. David's Cathedral became a medieval pilgrimage centre ...
Saint David, Fort: British stronghold near the town of Cuddalore, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Madras on the southeastern coast of India. The fort was sold by the Marathas to the ...
Saint Edmundsbury: borough (district), administrative and historic county of Suffolk, England, with its headquarters at Bury Saint Edmunds. Its area stretches across the whole breadth of the county from the Essex border ...
Saint Edward's Crown: coronation crown of the kings and queens of England that consists of a gold- and jewel-encrusted base surmounted by a cross. The crown's appellation was first used in the 13th ...
Saint Edward's sapphire: rose-cut gem with a fine blue colour set in the finial cross of the imperial state crown of England. Reported to date from Edward the Confessor's coronet in 1042, it ...
Saint Elias Mountains: segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, extending southeastward for about 250 miles (400 km) from the Wrangell Mountains to Cross Sound along the Canada-United States (Alaska) border. Many peaks exceed ...
Saint Elias, Mount: second highest peak (18,008 feet [5,489 m]) of the St. Elias Mountains, on the Canada-United States (Alaska) border, 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. The mountain rises north ...
Saint Elmo's fire: luminosity accompanying brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that sometimes appears as a faint light on the extremities of pointed objects such as church towers or the masts of ships during ...
Saint Fergus: village and gas pipeline terminal, in the council area and historic county of Aberdeenshire, on the northeastern coast of Scotland 5 miles (8 km) north of Peterhead. St. Fergus is ...
Saint Francis College: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Loretto, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is sponsored by the Franciscans of the Third Order Regular of the Roman Catholic church. This liberal arts college ...
Saint Francis River: river rising in the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri, U.S., and flowing south to the edge of the Ozark Plateau at Wappapello, Mo. It continues across the Mississippi alluvial plain ...
Saint George: town and parish, southern coast of St. George's Island, northern Bermuda. One of the oldest English settlements in the Western Hemisphere, St. George was founded in 1612 by colonists in ...
Saint George: city, seat (1863) of Washington county, southwestern Utah, U.S., on the Virgin River, near the Arizona border. Settled in 1861 as a cotton-growing centre by a Mormon group, it was ...
Saint George's: town and capital of Grenada, an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The town is situated on the island's southwestern coast, on a small peninsula with a shallow exterior bay ...
Saint George's Cay: islet in the Caribbean Sea, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Belize City, Belize, of which it is considered a part. Offshore, in 1798, the British defeated a Spanish armada ...
Saint George's Channel: wide passage extending for 100 miles (160 km) between the Irish Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a minimum width of 47 miles (76 km) between Carnsore Point ...
Saint George's Chapel: part of Windsor Castle in the district of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, Eng. This chapel was designed for the Order of the Garter and was begun by Edward IV. It ...
Saint George, Fort: citadel built by the English East India Company in Madras, India, later becoming the British capital in South India. The fort, named in honour of Britain's patron saint, is well ...
Saint Gotthard Pass: mountain pass in the Lepontine Alps of southern Switzerland, an important motor and railway route between central Europe and Italy. The pass lies at an elevation of 6,916 feet (2,108 ...
Saint Helena: island and British colony in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa. St. Helena has an area of 47 square miles (122 ...
Saint Helens: urban area and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, England. It lies in the industrial belt between Liverpool and Manchester. Coal pits were exploited in the ...
Saint Helens, Mount: volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington, U.S. Its eruption on May 18, 1980, was one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America.
Saint Helier: chief town, resort, parish, and the capital of Jersey (q.v.), in the Channel Islands. The town lies along St. Aubin's Bay opposite a tidal island known as L'Islet (accessible by ...
Saint Ignace: city, seat (1882) of Mackinac county, southeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It lies on the Straits of Mackinac opposite Mackinaw City, with which it is linked southward by the ...
Saint Isaac's Cathedral: iron-domed cathedral in St. Petersburg that was designed in Russian Empire style by Auguste de Montferrand. Covering 2.5 acres (1 hectare), it was completed in 1858 after four decades of ...
Saint Ives: town ("parish"), Penwith district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England. In 1497 the pretender Perkin Warbeck was proclaimed king when he anchored in St. Ives harbour. Clustered around the ...
Saint Ives: town ("parish"), Huntingdonshire district, administrative county of Cambridgeshire, historic county of Huntingdonshire, England, on the north bank of the River Ouse. It was originally a village called Slepe. St. Ives ...
Saint James: neighbourhood of the Greater London borough of Westminster. Lying south of the Soho district, west of Whitehall, and north and east of Buckingham Palace, St. James is known for its ...
Saint John: smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, just east of St. Thomas and 80 miles (130 km) east of San Juan, P.R. With a total area of 20 square miles (50 ...
Saint John: seat (1785) of Saint John county, largest city in New Brunswick, Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. The site, visited by the ...
Saint John River: large river rising in Somerset county in northwestern Maine, U.S., and flowing northeast to the Canadian border, where it gradually turns southeast to form the international boundary for 80 miles ...
Saint John River: river rising in Guinea, West Africa. Its source is northwest of the Nimba Range, and with its upper reach (the Mani River) it forms part of the Guinea-Liberia border. Entering ...
Saint John's: city and capital of Antigua and Barbuda. It lies on the northwest coast and is a resort and the main port (handling sugar, cotton, foodstuffs, machinery, and lumber). Before 1968 ...
Saint John's College: private coeducational institution of higher education at Annapolis, Md., U.S.; there is also a campus in Santa Fe, N.M. St. John's bases its study of the liberal arts on the ...
Saint John's University: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S. It is sponsored by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian) order of the Roman Catholic church. The university ...
Saint John, John: U.S. politician, governor of Kansas and a leading prohibitionist.
Saint John, Oliver: English politician and one of the leaders of the Parliamentary opposition to King Charles I of England.
Saint Johns River: navigable stream of northeastern Florida, U.S., the longest river in the state. It rises in swamps in Brevard county southwest of Melbourne, in the east-central part of the state and ...
Saint Johnsbury: town (township), seat (1856) of Caledonia county, northeastern Vermont, U.S., on the Passumpsic and Moose rivers. It includes the village of St. Johnsbury Center. The site was settled about 1786 ...
Saint Joseph: city, seat (1846) of Buchanan county, northwestern Missouri, U.S. It is located on the Missouri River (there bridged to Elwood, Kan.), 28 miles (45 km) north of Kansas City. A ...
Saint Joseph: city, seat (1894) of Berrien County, southwestern Michigan, U.S.; it is a port on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, opposite Benton Harbor. La Salle established ...
Saint Joseph River: river in north-central United States that rises near Hillsdale in south-central Michigan and flows generally west but swings south into northern Indiana, through Elkhart and South Bend, before reentering Michigan ...