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Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's...

The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church...

John Randolph (6 July 1749 – 28 July 1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London. He was born in Much Hadham,...

Meta-emotion is "an organized and structured set of emotions and cognitions about the emotions, both one's own emotions and the emotions of others". This...

William de Raley (died 1250) was a medieval judge, administrator and bishop. Most historians now believe that he was the author of the great law book Bracton...

Folktales about luminous gemstones are an almost worldwide motif in mythology and history among Asian, European, African, and American cultures. Some stories...

In Inuit religion, Kigatilik is a fanged demon that kills angakkuit (shamans). The game Champions Online has a Cosmic-level boss called Kigatilik, who...

Christianity portal Richard Gordon Perdue (13 February 1910 – 8 August 1998) was an Anglican bishop. Perdue was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and...

Robert McNeil Boyd MC (12 February 1890 – 1 July 1958) was the 11th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1943 until 1945, when...

Joseph Charles Hoare (15 November 1851 – 18 September 1906) was the Anglican Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong from 1898 to 1906. Hoare was born in Ramsgate...

The Stockport Sunday School is a Sunday school in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Founded in 1784, it had become the largest Sunday school in the world by...

Thirukoteeswarar Temple (திருக்கோடீசுவரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirukodikaval in the Thiruvidaimarudur taluk of Thanjavur district in Tamil...

Anthony La Touche Kirwan was an Irish Anglican priest. He was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the Walter Blake Kirwan, Dean of Killala from...

All Saints Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church located on Putney Common, London. All Saints is one of the two churches in the Parish of Putney...

The Hollies Convent FCJ School was a girls' direct-grant Roman Catholic grammar school in south Manchester, England. In 1820, Marie-Madeleine d'Houët,...

Christianity portal Charles Maurice Gray-Stack (1912-1985) was Dean of Ardfert and Chancellor of St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick from 1966 until his death...

Joseph Frederick Robbins was a 19th-century Anglican priest in Ireland. He was the son of Captain Joseph Robbins of Suir Castle, Co. Tipperary. He married...

Louis Jacolliot (31 October 1837 – 30 October 1890) was a French barrister, colonial judge, author and lecturer. Born in Charolles, Saône-et-Loire, he...

Christianity portal Robert Henry Thompson was Dean of Ardfert from 1959 until 1966. Thompson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1915...