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The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
He was the eldest son of Charles Dillon-Lee and his first wife Henrietta Maria Phipps. [2] His father was the 12th Viscount Dillon, who had in 1767 conformed to the established religion. [3] Henry Augustus's mother was the daughter of Constantine John Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave. Her family was Anglo-Irish.
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In the Catholic Church, the use of the mitre above the shield on the personal arms of clergy was suppressed in 1969, [46] and is now found only on some corporate arms, like those of dioceses. Previously, the mitre was often included under the hat, [47] and even in the arms of a cardinal, the mitre was not entirely displaced. [48]
Jason Providakes earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. [1] After earning his PhD from Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1985, Providakes taught at the university and conducted research in radar backscatter, a method used to study the ionosphere.
Despite a loveless marriage, Gerolama remained a faithful devoted wife, tolerating Pier Luigi's excesses, brutality, and extravagances with dignity. Delays in the construction at the palace in Gradoli, meant the young couple had to lodge in the Castle at Valentano. The following year their first son Alessandro was born. [5]
According to the legend, [2] Mitre, a field worker living in Aix-en-Provence with Arvendus, was charged with witchcraft for making a miracle come true. He was beheaded. He then picked up his head and took it to a church in Aix, Église Notre-Dame de la Seds. On 23 October 1383, his relics were moved to the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en ...
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