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Alfonso I.
Language; Encyclopedias
The "Conqueror," founder of the kingdom of Portugal, was the first king, originally only count, as his father before him; in that capacity took up arms against the Moors, and defeating them had ...
St. Aidan
Language; Encyclopedias
The archbishop of Lindisfarne, founder of the monastery, and the apostle of Northumbria, sent thither from Iona on the invitation of King Oswald in 635.
Abu Giafar Almansur
Language; Encyclopedias
The 2nd Abbaside caliph and the first of the caliphs to patronise learning; founded Bagdad, and made it the seat of the caliphate; d. 775.
Almighty dollar
Language; Encyclopedias
The Almighty whom the Americans are charged with worshipping, first applied to them, it would seem, by Washington Irving.
Adalberon
Language; Encyclopedias
The archbishop of Rheims, chancellor of Lothaire and Louis V.; consecrated Hugh Capet; d. 998.
Allah
Language; Encyclopedias
The Adorable, the Arab name for God, adopted by the Mohammedans as the name of the one God.
