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Salta, Diocese of

Salta, Diocese of (SALTENSIS). Comprises the civil Provinces of Salta and Jujuy in the northern part of the Republic of Argentina. It was created on 17 February, 1807, the territory being taken from the ancient Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán. Until 1898 it comprised also the civil Provinces of Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, and Catamarca, … Continue reading “Salta, Diocese of”

Salt-Wort

Salt-Wort soltwurt (, malluah, a word connected with melah, salt, translated , halimos; the King James Version, mallows): The halimos of the Greeks is the sea orache, Atriplex halimus, a silvery whitish shrub which flourishes upon the shores of the Dead Sea alongside the rutm (see JUNIPER). Its leaves are oval and somewhat like those … Continue reading “Salt-Wort”