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Pius IX is the father of much of the modern American church structure by creating many existing dioceses and archdioceses in the U.S. such as the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Portland, Springfield, Illinois, Burlington, Cleveland, Columbus, Galveston-Houston, Providence, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Kansas City in Kansas, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle, San Antonio and others. [3]
Pius I (Greek: Πίος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 140 to his death c. 154, [1] according to the Annuario Pontificio. His dates are listed as 142 or 146 to 157 or 161, respectively. [ 2 ] He is considered to have opposed both the Valentinians and Gnostics during his papacy.
American forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta: Battle of Bunker Hill: June 17, 1775: Massachusetts: British victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses [7] Capture of Turtle Bay Depot* July 20, 1775: New York: American victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine [8]
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies in what was then British America. The revolution ultimately culminated in the American Revolutionary War, which began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775.
A supporter of American independence who marched to Lexington and served on Lynn's Committee of Safety. Samuel Seabury, first American Episcopal bishop; second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA; first Bishop of Connecticut; John Simpson, Presbyterian minister, Fishing Creek Church, Fishing Creek, SC, graduate of Princeton. [1]
Pius IX refused to recognize the new Italian kingdom, which he denounced as an illegitimate creation of revolution. He excommunicated the nation's leaders, including King Victor Emmanuel II, whom he denounced as "forgetful of every religious principle, despising every right, trampling upon every law," whose reign over Italy was therefore "a ...
The Oath of Fidelity and Support, “An Act for the better security of the government,” [2] was an oath swearing allegiance to the state of Maryland and denying allegiance and obedience to Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War and in the early days of American Independence.
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 is a nonfiction book about the American Revolution written by American historian Robert Middlekauff.Covering the history of the American Revolution from around 1760 through to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, The Glorious Cause focuses mainly on the military history of the American Revolutionary War and on the ...