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Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.
Sol is the personification of the Sun and a god in ancient Roman religion. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods : The first, Sol Indiges ( Latin : the deified sun ), was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period.
A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms.
Sué, Xué, Sua, Zuhe or Suhé [1] was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca.He was married to Moon goddess Chía. [2] [3] The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations of the Americas and developed their own religion on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Andes.
Sol/Sol Invictus, sun god. Somnus, god of sleep; equates with the Greek Hypnos. Soranus, a god later subsumed by Apollo in the form Apollo Soranus. An Underworld god. Sors, god of luck. Spes, goddess of hope. Stata Mater, goddess who protected against fires. Sometimes equated with Vesta. Sterquilinus ("Manure"), god of fertilizer. Also known as ...
August 25, 1601: Establishment of San Jose Seminary, known as El Colegio de San Jose de Manila, in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. 1606: Arrival of the Black Nazarene in Manila, Philippines, from Acapulco, Mexico; its home is the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene/Parish of Saint John the Baptist in Quiapo district.
The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (Portuguese: Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira, pronounced [iˈɡɾeʒɐ kaˈtɔlikaposˈtɔlikɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ]; ICAB) is an Independent Catholic Christian church established in 1945 by excommunicated Brazilian Catholic bishop Carlos Duarte Costa.
The church is identified in Spanish as both Iglesia Ortodoxa Católica Apostólica Mexicana (Spanish for Mexican Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church) and Iglesia Católica Apostólica Mexicana (Spanish for Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church); [2] [4]: 439 [5] [6] [b] in English it also known as the Old Mexican Roman Catholic Church, [7]: 28 [4]: 439 and the Mexican National Catholic Church.