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  2. Basset (banking game) - Wikipedia

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    Basset was first introduced into France by Signior Justiniani, ambassador of Venice, in 1674. The game was very popular at the court of King Charles II, and even after 15 January 1691 when Louis XIV issued an order from the privy council, by which he expressly forbade not only the officers belonging to his army, but likewise all other persons of whatever sex or denomination to play at Hoca ...

  3. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...

  4. Wouter Crabeth II - Wikipedia

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    In 1631 and 1641, Crabeth painted another two altarpieces for the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, which are also at the Museum Gouda. As well as altarpieces, Crabeth often painted card players and shepherds, which are very close in spirit to the works of Caravaggio. These tableaux were mostly painted after his return to Gouda.

  5. Patron saint - Wikipedia

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    Honoratus of Amiens is the patron saint of bakers and confectioners. A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. [1] [2]

  6. The Card Players - Wikipedia

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    The Card Players, 1890–1892, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The largest version, painted between the years 1890–1892, is the most complex, with five figures on a 134.6 x 180.3 cm (53 × 71 in) canvas. It features three card players at the forefront, seated in a semi-circle at a table, with two spectators behind.

  7. List of Northumbrian saints - Wikipedia

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    Founder of Ebchester and St Abb's Head, abbess and Bernician princess. 25 August [14] Eata of Hexham: Northumbria died 686 Bishop of Lindisfarne, earlier abbot, first non-Irishman to hold the bishopric. 26 October [15] Cedd: Northumbria 620—664 Bishop of London, brother of Chad, credited with reconversion of Essex. 26 October [16] James the ...

  8. Apollonius and Philemon - Wikipedia

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    Philemon was a famous flute player, ... Philemon at Patron Saints Index; 8 March saints at St. Patrick's Church Archived 2010-01-30 at the Wayback Machine

  9. Pope Joan (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Pope Joan or Pope, a once popular Victorian family game, is an 18th-century English round game of cards for three to eight players derived from the French game of Matrimony and Comete [1] and ancestor to Spinado and the less elaborate Newmarket. [2]