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Marana apparently knew of the plot, but failed to inform the authorities, causing his imprisonment for four years. In prison, he worked on the translation of the complete works of Seneca, as well as an encoded system of writing. Once released, he moved to France, where he was pensioned by King Louis XIV, an ally of Savoy. He returned to Italy ...
The Seneca mission, sometimes called the Buffalo Creek mission, [1] was a Christian mission to the Seneca people living in and around the Buffalo Creek Reservation in western New York. It was maintained, by several leaders and under the supervision of numerous missionary societies, from the early to mid-19th century.
De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is a first-century work by Seneca the Younger.It forms part of a series of moral essays (or "Dialogues") composed by Seneca. De Beneficiis concerns the award and reception of gifts and favours within society, and examines the complex nature and role of gratitude within the context of Stoic ethics.
St. John's, York Mills, is a historic Anglican church in the York Mills neighborhood of the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1816, it is the second oldest Anglican church in Toronto. The present Gothic Revival church building dates from 1843 and was designed by architect John George Howard.
The French Reformer John Calvin (1509–1564) was a theological writer who produced many sermons, biblical commentaries, letters, theological treatises, and other works. Although nearly all of Calvin's adult life was spent in Geneva , Switzerland (1536–1538 and 1541–1564), his publications spread his ideas of a properly reformed church to ...
The first complete edition of Seneca's philosophical works. Due to a confusion between the son and the father the volume also includes Seneca the Elder 's widely known epitomized version composed of excerpts from his Suasoriae et Controversiae ; the complete surviving text was printed in 1490 in Venice by Bernardinus de Cremona together with ...
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Sayenqueraghta (c. 1707 – 1786) was the war chief of the eastern Seneca tribe in the mid-18th century. He was born the son of Cayenquaraghta, a prominent Seneca chief of the Turtle clan in western New York. He lived most of his life at Kanadaseaga, near the present day town of Geneva, New York. He obtained his rank of war chief in 1751.