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  2. Poet laureate - Wikipedia

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    A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) [1] [2] [3] is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age ...

  3. The Conquered Banner - Wikipedia

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    The poem was first published on June 24, 1865, in the New York Freeman, a pro-Confederate, Roman Catholic newspaper.Ryan published it under the pen-name "Moina". [1] [3] It made Father Ryan famous [4] and this became one of the best-known poems of the post-war South, memorized and recited by generations of Southern schoolchildren.

  4. United States Poet Laureate - Wikipedia

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    The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.

  5. Abram Joseph Ryan - Wikipedia

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    Abram Joseph Ryan (February 5, 1838 – April 22, 1886) was an American poet, Catholic priest, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian. Historians disagree on whether Ryan served as a military chaplain for the Confederate States of America. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the ...

  6. The next US poet laureate has KY roots. What to know about ...

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    The position of U.S. poet laureate has been historically vague. Here’s what the poet is actually required to do, the office’s history and who has served in the role.

  7. Pacificus - Wikipedia

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    Before becoming Friar Minor he had been poet laureate at the Court of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. [2] Around 1212 St. Francis preached at San Severino, in the Marches; the poet had a vision of two resplendent swords crossed on the saint's breast. [3] He was deeply impressed by this vision.

  8. Category:Catholic poets - Wikipedia

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    Ideally the poets in this category should have at least some of their work be influenced by their Faith. Note: The use of the term "Catholic Church" or "Catholic poet" is a subject of some debate. The issue of whether to include poets linked to Eastern Orthodox Church , people in Category:Old Catholicism , or Anglo-Catholicism should be decided ...

  9. List of children of clergy - Wikipedia

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    Sir Charles G. D. Roberts – Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. Olaus Rudbeck – son of bishop Johannes Rudbeckius. John Scott Russell – Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern his research gave birth to the modern study of solitons.