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• Osaka: (Osachensis). Osaka ( Oye , great river; saka , cliff), ...
• Osbald: King of Northumbria, d. 799. Symeon of Durham (Historia Regum) ...
• Osbaldeston, Edward, Venerable: English martyr, b. about 1560; hanged, drawn, and quartered at ...
• Osbern: Hagiographer, sometimes confused with Osbert de Clare alias ...
• Oscott (St. Mary's College): In 1793, a number of the Catholic nobility and gentry of ...
• Osee: NAME AND COUNTRY Osee (Hôsheá‘– ...
• Osimo: DIOCESE OF OSIMO (AUXIMANA). Diocese in the Province of ...
• Oslo, Ancient See of: (ASLOIA, ASLOENSIS.) Oslo occupied part of the site of ...
• Osma: (OXOMENSIS) The Diocese borders Burgos and Logroño ...
• Osmund, Saint: Bishop of Salisbury, died 1099; his feast is kept on 4 ...
• Osnabrück: (OSNABRUGENSIS) This diocese, directly subject to the ...
• Ossat, Arnaud d': French cardinal, diplomat, and writer, b. at Larroque-Magnoac ...
• Ossory, Diocese of: (Ossoriensis.) In the Province of Leinster, Ireland, is ...
• Ostensorium: (From ostendere , "to show"). Ostensorium means, in ...
• Ostia and Velletri: SUBURBICARIAN DIOCESE OF OSTIA AND VELLETRI (OSTIENSIS ET ...
• Ostiensis: Surname of LEO MARSICANUS, Benedictine chronicler, b. about ...
• Ostracine: Titular see and suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica prima. ...
• Ostraka, Christian: Inscriptions on clay, wood, metal, and other hard materials. ...
• Ostrogoths: One of the two chief tribes of the Goths, a Germanic people. ...
• Oswald, Saint: Archbishop of York, d. on 29 February, 992. Of Danish ...
• Oswald, Saint: King and martyr ; b., probably, 605; d. 5 Aug., 642; the ...
• Oswin, Saint: King and martyr, murdered at Gilling, near Richmond, ...

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