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- 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 ... [3 Related Articles]
- Saint John the Baptist of Studium
- (from the article "Western architecture") The ecclesiastical architecture of the East is more varied, partly as a result of differences in the liturgies. The monastery of St. John the Baptist of Studium in Constantinople (463) ...
- Saint John the Evangelist, Church of
- (from the article "Ravenna") ...in its nave and a fine apse mosaic depicting the Transfiguration of Christ. The Church of St. Francis (San Francesco) has a small annex containing the tomb of the Italian ...
- Saint John Valley
- (from the article "Maine") ...make up the second largest ethnic bloc in the state. The people of Acadia, originally from Brittany and Normandy, were driven out of Nova Scotia in 1763 by the British; ...
- 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 ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saint John's Cathedral
- (from the article "'s-Hertogenbosch") Historic landmarks include the town hall (1671) and the Flamboyant Gothic St. John's Cathedral (rebuilt 1419-1520 on Romanesque foundations), the largest Roman Catholic church in The Netherlands. Opposite the town ...
- Saint John's Co-Cathedral
- (from the article "Valletta") One of the most notable buildings in Valletta is St. John's Co-Cathedral, which was formerly the conventual church of the Hospitaler order and is now equal in rank with the ...
- Saint John's College
- (from the article "Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James, 1st Baronet") In 1839 Kay was appointed first secretary to the council that had been set up to administer the British government's annual grants to education. In 1839-40 he and E. Carleton ...
- Saint John's College
- (from the article "Rickman, Thomas") ...This self-taught architect designed many churches and country houses based on English Gothic architecture, especially of the perpendicular period. His most famous work, however, is the New Court of St. ...
- 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 ... [1 Related Articles]
- 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, Feast of
- (from the article "Paraguay") ...the country are well attended; for example, thousands of Paraguayans visit Caacupe on December 8 to participate in the city's annual celebration of the festival of the Virgin of Miracles. ...
- 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 Josaphat, Basilian Order of
- (from the article "Basilian") ...in 1880 in its Greek traditions and controls monasteries in southern Italy and Sicily. Grottaferrata was once famous for creating religious art and illumination and for copying manuscripts. (2) St. ...
- Saint Joseph
- city, seat (1894) of Berrien county, southwestern Michigan, U.S. Located about 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Grand Rapids, it is a port on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of ...
- 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 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 ...
- Saint Joseph's University
- private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. The university's undergraduate programs are run by its ...
- Saint Kilda
- cluster of three small Atlantic islands in the Outer Hebrides group, Western Isles council area, Scotland, situated 110 miles (180 km) from the mainland. The islands, which escaped glaciation during ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Kilian's Church
- (from the article "Heilbronn") ...equipment, motor-vehicle parts, and machinery are important industries. The city suffered severe damage in World War II, but most of its historic buildings have been rebuilt or restored, including St. ...
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- state composed of two islands of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Their combined area is 104 square miles (269 square kilometres). The capital is Basseterre on the ... [21 Related Articles]
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, flag of
- national flag consisting of a green triangle and a red triangle separated by a diagonal black stripe with yellow fimbriations (narrow borders); included in the stripe are two white stars. ...
- Saint Kitts-Nevis Labour Party
- (from the article "Saint Kitts and Nevis") Douglas won reelection to a third term in National Assembly voting on October 25 as his Saint Kitts-Nevis Labour Party captured seven of Saint Kitts's eight seats. The Concerned Citizens ...
- Saint Lambert Lock
- (from the article "canals and inland waterways") After Montreal Harbour the first lock is the St. Lambert, which rises 15 feet to the Laprairie Basin and proceeds 8.5 miles to the second Cote Ste. Catherine Lock, which ...
- Saint Laurent, Louis
- Canadian statesman and jurist who, as Liberal prime minister in 1948-57, helped to maintain Canadian unity and to bring about reforms. [2 Related Articles]
- Saint Laurent, Yves
- French fashion designer noted for his popularization of women's trousers for all occasions. [3 Related Articles]
- Saint Lawrence
- county, northern New York state, U.S., bordered to the northwest by Ontario, Can., the St. Lawrence River constituting the boundary. Lowlands in the northwest rise to a central plateau region ...
- Saint Lawrence Channel
- (from the article "Saint Lawrence, Gulf of") ...periphery of the vast, ancient rock mass known as the Canadian Shield. The topography of the floor of the gulf can be subdivided into several sections. First of all, there ...
- Saint Lawrence Island
- (from the article "Alaska") The islands of the Bering Sea represent a small but unique Arctic maritime environment, typified by St. Lawrence, Nunivak, and St. Matthew islands and the Pribilof group. These tundra-covered islands ...
- Saint Lawrence Islands National Park
- national park covering an area of mainland, islands, and islets in southeastern Ontario province, Can., on the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Brockville. The small mainland reservation, called Mallorytown ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Lawrence Lowlands
- (from the article "New York") The St. Lawrence Lowlands extend northeastward from Lake Ontario to the ocean along the boundary with Canada. Within this area are three subdivisions: a flat to gently rolling strip of ...
- Saint Lawrence River and Seaway
- hydrographic system of east-central North America. It connects the North River (source of the St. Louis River, in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which flows into Lake Superior) with Cabot ... [9 Related Articles]
- Saint Lawrence Seaway
- (from the article "Saint Lawrence River and Seaway") The St. Lawrence Seaway, a massive navigational project undertaken jointly by Canada and the United States and completed in 1959, opened North America's industrial and agricultural heartlands to deep-draft ocean ...
- Saint Lawrence Valley
- (from the article "Canada") Northeast of the Frontenac Axis, the lowlands embrace the Ottawa valley and the St. Lawrence valley to a point some 70 miles (110 km) downstream from Quebec city. During the ...
- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of
- body of water covering about 60,000 square miles (155,000 square km) at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It fringes the shores of half the provinces of Canada and ... [7 Related Articles]
- Saint Lazarus, Order of
- (from the article "knight") ...Crusades the first orders of knights came into being: the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem (later the Knights of Malta), the Order of the Temple of Solomon (Templars), and, ...
- Saint Leger
- one of the English Triple Crown races and, with the Derby, the Two Thousand Guineas, the One Thousand Guineas, and the Oaks, one of the Classic horse races. The race ...
- Saint Leger, Sir Anthony
- English lord deputy of Ireland from 1540 to 1548, 1550 to 1551, and 1553 to 1556. Considered by many historians to be the most able 16th-century English viceroy of Ireland, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Louis
- city, adjacent to but independent of St. Louis county, east-central Missouri, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River (bridged there at several points) opposite East St. ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saint Louis Cardinals
- (from the article "Baseball") The St. Louis Cardinals struggled during the latter stages of the regular season but came back to stun the Detroit Tigers four games to one and capture the 10th World ...
- Saint Louis Olympic Games
- (from the article "Olympic Games") Like the 1900 Olympics in Paris, the 1904 Games took a secondary role. The Games originally were scheduled for Chicago, but the location was changed to St. Louis when Olympic ...
- Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
- morning daily newspaper published in St. Louis, Mo., one of the most prestigious newspapers in the United States and a dominant voice of the lower Middle West. [2 Related Articles]
- Saint Louis Rams
- (from the article "Super Bowl") ...from the University of Michigan (1947). After coaching teams at Morningside College (Iowa) and Whittier College (California), he entered the National Football League as offensive-end coach with the Los Angeles ...
- Saint Louis school
- (from the article "Idealism") ...Hegelian Idealism arose in the United States. The movement found vigorous early expression in the work of W.T. Harris (1835-1909), central figure in a midwestern group of scholars known as ...
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- (from the article "Saint Louis") The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (1880) is one of the oldest in the United States; the city also has an opera company and several theatre organizations. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, ...
- Saint Louis University
- private, coeducational institution of higher learning in St. Louis, Mo., U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church. The university comprises the colleges of arts ... [2 Related Articles]
- Saint Louis Zoo
- zoo in St. Louis, Mo., U.S., built on the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair) of 1904. Inspired by an enormous elliptical aviary built for the ...
- Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
- railroad with lines in nine southern and central U.S. states before it merged with Burlington Northern, Inc. [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Lucia
- island state in the Caribbean Sea. The second largest of the Windward group in the Lesser Antilles, it is located about 24 miles (39 kilometres) south of Martinique and some ... [20 Related Articles]
- Saint Lucia Game Reserve
- sanctuary on the northeastern coast of KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa. It encompasses Lake St. Lucia, a shallow, H-shaped lagoon and estuary system. Established in 1897, the reserve has an area ...
- Saint Lucia Labour Party
- (from the article "Saint Lucia") Independence was finally achieved Feb. 22, 1979, with Saint Lucia remaining a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth. In the first elections following independence, the left-leaning Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) ...
- Saint Lucia, flag of
- national flag consisting of a blue field (background) with a central triangular emblem of yellow, black, and white. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2.
- Saint Luke's
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...build than a Neoclassical one, with its requisite stone portico; this determined the widespread utilization of the Gothic style. The first significant church to which the commissioners contributed, St. Luke's ...
- Saint Luke, Academy of
- (from the article "Zuccaro, Federico") ...(1607; "The Idea of Sculptors, Painters, and Architects") and in a series of frescoes in his own house in Rome (Palazzo Zuccaro). In 1593 he became the first president of ...
- Saint Luke, Academy of
- (from the article "Ramsay, Allan") ...of the 1721 Poems, Ramsay changed from wigmaker to bookseller, and his shop became a meeting place for both townsmen and visitors. He founded Britain's first circulating library (1726); the ...
- Saint Luke, Guild of
- (from the article "pottery") ...taken over by potters who retained such names as The Three Golden Ash-Barrels, The Four Roman Heroes, and The Double Jug for their potteries. The craftworkers of the town were ...
- Saint Margaret's Church
- church in the London borough of Westminster, since 1614 the official church of the House of Commons. It stands near Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.
- Saint Mark's Tower
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...of intensive reflection, from which he emerged with fabulous drawings for the Doheny ranch in California (1921), a skyscraper for the National Life Insurance Company at Chicago (1920-25), and St. ...
- Saint Martial
- (from the article "Latin literature") Notker's sequences are alive with dramatic possibility, and at St. Gall the practice of troping, or embellishing, liturgical texts also took dramatic form. The Quem quaeritis trope from St. Martial, ...
- Saint Martin
- island at the northern end of the Leeward group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The island is hilly and receives about 45 inches (1,140 mm) of rain ... [3 Related Articles]
- Saint Martin
- (from the article "Gregory of Tours, Saint") ...in his religious devotion: initially Gregory was a follower of Julian, martyr of the Auvergne, whose capital was Clermont; after his appointment to Tours, he wholeheartedly promoted the cult of ...
- Saint Martin's Lent
- (from the article "church year") ...earliest reference to a season of Advent is the institution by Bishop Perpetuus of Tours (reigned 461-490) of a fast before Christmas, beginning from St. Martin's Day on November 11. ...
- Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
- (from the article "Gibbs, James") Gibbs's mature style represents a highly proficient synthesis of both Baroque and Palladian sources. His best-known work, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (designed 1720), with its lofty steeple and classical temple front, clearly ...
- Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Academy of
- (from the article "Marriner, Sir Neville") Encouraged by Pierre Monteux, Marriner began to conduct, specializing in Baroque music. After 10 successful years spent organizing, building, and recording extensively with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, he went ...
- Saint Martinville
- city, seat (1811) of St. Martin parish, southern Louisiana, U.S. It lies on Bayou Teche, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Lafayette. Originally known as Poste des Attakapas (for ...
- Saint Mary's
- county, southern Maryland, U.S. It consists of a tidewater peninsula bordered by the Patuxent River to the northeast, Chesapeake Bay to the east, the Potomac River to the south, and ...
- Saint Mary's Abbey
- (from the article "Western sculpture") ...of the Great Portal, with its carved tympanum, voussoirs, and side figures, was virtually ignored. The remains of a portal the style of which may be connected with Sens cathedral ...
- Saint Mary's Cathedral
- (from the article "Tange Kenzo") ...Gymnasiums; the two structures featured sweeping curved roofs and an asymmetrical but balanced design that masterfully assimilated traditional techniques. During the same period, Tange also designed St. Mary's Cathedral in ...
- Saint Mary's College
- (from the article "Notre Dame, University of") ...included a men's college, an elementary school, a college-preparatory school, a vocational ("manual labour") school, and a novitiate. A sister school for women, St. Mary's Academy (later St. Mary's College), ...
- Saint Mary's Falls Canal
- (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...the Welland Canal linking Lakes Ontario and Erie. Opened in 1829, it overcame the 327-foot difference in elevation with 40 locks, making navigation possible to Lake Michigan and Chicago. Later ...
- Saint Mary, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Kilkenny") St. Canice's Cathedral, begun about 1192, occupies the site of a 6th-century church founded by St. Canice; the bishop's residence was built about 1360. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. ...
- Saint Mary, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Western architecture") The Gothic Revival survived into the 20th century, though largely for ecclesiastical architecture. Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, was built in 1880-1910 from designs by J.L. Pearson. After his death in 1897, ...
- Saint Mary, Church of
- (from the article "Asmara") ...Catholic cathedral (1922) and the Grand Mosque (1937). Other notable structures include the former palace (now a government residence), the legislative assembly and the municipal buildings, and St. Mary's (the ...
- Saint Mary, Church of
- (from the article "Cotswold") ...of the Perpendicular Gothic architectural style of the 14th-16th centuries, reflect the district's former wealth; the 28 painted glass windows from the 15th-16th centuries in the parish church of St. ...
- Saint Mary, Church of
- (from the article "Harrow") ...architecture in Harrow includes the 14th-century Headstone Manor, a half-timbered structure guarded by a moat; it was the residence of archbishops from the 14th to the 16th century. The medieval ...
- Saint Mary, Feast of
- (from the article "church year") ...a schedule of 33 Sundays per annum to be observed in numbered sequence in place of the Sundays previously designated "after Epiphany" and "after Pentecost." The ancient Roman Feast of ...
- Saint Marylebone
- neighbourhood of the City of Westminster, London. Formerly (until 1965) part of the metropolitan borough of St. Marylebone, it is located to the south and west of Regent's Park and ...
- Saint Marys City
- historic district and village, St. Mary's county, southern Maryland, U.S., on St. Marys River some 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Leonardtown, the county seat. Established in 1634 by colonists ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Marys River
- outlet for Lake Superior, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Flowing east, then south, for 70 miles (110 km) into Lake Huron, it is an ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Matthew Island
- (from the article "Alaska") The islands of the Bering Sea represent a small but unique Arctic maritime environment, typified by St. Lawrence, Nunivak, and St. Matthew islands and the Pribilof group. These tundra-covered islands ...
- Saint Michael and Saint George, The Most Distinguished Order of
- British order of knighthood founded in 1818 by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, to commemorate the British protectorate over the Ionian islands (now in Greece) and Malta, which ...
- Saint Michael's Anglican Cathedral
- (from the article "Bridgetown") Today Bridgetown is a crowded and picturesque mixture of old and new. St. Michael's Anglican Cathedral was built of coral rock, largely from the proceeds of a lottery to replace ...
- Saint Michael's Mount
- granite island about 400 yards (365 metres) offshore in Mount's Bay on the English Channel, in the western part of the county of Cornwall, England. At low tide only, a ...
- Saint Michael, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Spence, Sir Basil") ...and worked in Sir Edwin Lutyens' office on drawings for the Viceroy's House in New Delhi. Before the war he built large country houses, and in 1951 he won the ...
- Saint Michael, Church of
- (from the article "Ottonian art") ...(projections at each end of the nave) were elaborated with double transepts. Ottonian architecture was more regulated than Carolingian, with simple interior spaces and a more systematic layout. St. Michael's ...
- Saint Michael, Church of
- (from the article "Haworth") ...town of Keighley. In 1820 the Reverend Patrick Bronte brought his wife and six children-including Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, later of international literary fame-to Haworth. The Church of St. Michael ...
- Saint Monday
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...hours of labour diminished and became more regular. Before then, work and nonwork activities had been closely related to each other-for example, in the popular observance of the weekly "Saint ...
- Saint Moritz
- town, or Gemeinde (commune), Graubunden canton, southeastern Switzerland. Saint Moritz lies in the Oberengadin (Upper Inn Valley) and is surrounded by magnificent Alpine peaks. The town consists ... [3 Related Articles]
- Saint Moritz Olympics
- (from the article "Olympic Games") The second Winter Olympics, held at a ski resort, were marred by bad weather. The culprit was the foehn, a strong wind that carried with it warm air, causing temperatures ...
- Saint Moritz Olympics
- (from the article "Olympic Games") After an absence of 12 years as a result of World War II, Olympic competition returned. The Games, however, felt the effects of the war as countries were unable to ...
- Saint Nicholas Cathedral
- (from the article "spire") In Germany the timber spires of the Romanesque era evolved into Gothic stone spires of great refinement. At Fribourg (Switz.) cathedral (spire, 1270-88), a low, square tower with corner pinnacles ...
- Saint Nicholas Day
- feast day (December 6) of St. Nicholas, patron saint of Russia and Greece, of a number of cities, and of sailors and children, among many other groups. Little is known ...
- Saint Nicholas, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Stockholm") ...well-preserved city nucleus, with the original network of streets and many of its buildings dating from the Middle Ages, is legally protected from change. Stads Island contains the Royal Palace; ...
- Saint Nicodemus and Saint Joseph, Hospice of
- (from the article "Ramla") Interesting sites in the city, aside from the White Tower, are the Franciscan Hospice of St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph; the Great Mosque (Al-Jami' al-Kabir), built on the foundations of ...
- Saint Olaf College
- private coeducational institution of higher learning in Northfield, southeastern Minnesota, U.S. It is a liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Named for Olaf II, the ...
- Saint Pancras Station
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...trussed arches sprang from small points across a huge space, 385 feet (117 metres) long and 150 feet (45 metres) high. Similar spaces had already been created in railway stations ...
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral
- (from the article "Dublin") ...was replaced about 140 years later by a more magnificent Norman structure. By the 19th century the edifice was in ramshackle condition; it was restored in the 1870s at enormous ...
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral
- (from the article "Renwick, James, (Jr.)") ...prominent structure, which was one of the first American designs to show a true understanding of the Gothic style, led to many more ecclesiastical commissions for Renwick, culminating with that ...
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