Saliva Indians The principal of a small group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock (the Salivan), centring in the eighteenth century, about and below the junction of the Meta and Orinoco, in Venezuela, but believed to have come from farther up the Orinoco, about the confluence of the Guaviare in Columbian territory. They were … Continue reading “Saliva Indians”
Salius
Salius in Greek mythology, was one of the companions of Eneas, who secured a prize, consisting of the skin of a lion, in the races. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Salissa
Salissa See Shalisha Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Salisbury, Nathaniel
Salisbury, Nathaniel a Methodist minister, was born in Vermont in 1794, and converted in Scipio, Tompkins County, N.Y., at the age of twenty-five years. He was admitted into the Genesee Conference on trial in 1822, ordained deacon in 1824, and elder in 1826. He was employed on circuits eleven years, on stations seventeen years, and … Continue reading “Salisbury, Nathaniel”
Salisbury, John of
Salisbury, John of Scholar, philosopher, and historian; born near Salisbury, England , c.1115; died probably Chartres, France, 1180. He was educated in France under some of the most brilliant scholars of the time, including Abelard, Alberic of Rheims, William of Conches, and Theodoric of Chartres. Returning to England , he became secretary to Theobald, Archbishop … Continue reading “Salisbury, John of”
Salisbury, John
Salisbury, John SEE JOHN OF SALISBURY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of
Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of (SARUM, SARISBURIENSIS). The diocese was originally founded by Birinus, who in 634 established his see at Dorchester in Oxfordshire, whence he evangelized the Kingdom of Wessex. From this beginning sprang the later Dioceses of Winchester, Sherborne, Ramsbury, and Salisbury. In the time of Bishop St. Headda (676-705) the see was moved … Continue reading “Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of”
Salisbury
Salisbury Ancient diocese, founded by transference from Ramsbury, with Saint Osmund as first bishop, in 1015, the see having originated in the foundation of Dorchester by Saint Birinus in 634, and having been located successively at Winchester, Sherborne, and Ramsbury. Last Catholic bishop was John Capon (died 1551). The ordinal of Saint Osmund became the … Continue reading “Salisbury”
Salina, Kansas, diocese of
Salina, Kansas, diocese of Founded on 2 August 1887 as the diocese of Concordia. Name changed to the diocese of Salina on 23 December 1944. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.4 See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Salina patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Salimoth
Salimoth SALIMOTH (1Es 8:25) = Shelomith, Ezr 8:10. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Salimoth sali-moth (Codex Vaticanus , Saleimoth; Codex Alexandrinus , ‘Assalimoth; the latter is due to a wrong division of syllables; the King James Version Assailmoth): The same as Shelomith (Ezr 8:10). Salimoth, the son of Josaphias, of the family of Banias, … Continue reading “Salimoth”