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See also:NORCIA (anc. Nursia) , a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:province of See also:Perugia, See also:Italy, 29 M. E.N.E. of See also:Spoleto by road, and 4o m. W,
of See also:Ascoli Piceno, 198o ft. above See also:sea-level, on the See also:south-See also:west important centres are See also:Armentieres (See also:cloth-See also:weaving), See also:Dunkirk See also:foot-slopes of the Monti Sibillini, still surrounded by old walls:
Pep. (1901) 4261 (town), 9584 (See also:commune). There are a See also:cathedral, the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Benedict and other churches, with Romanesque 14th-See also:century facades; the town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall; and the prefecture, with Romanesque arcades. Much injury was done by See also:earth-quakes in 1930 and 1859. The See also:ancient Nursia was a See also:Sabine See also:city, though See also:close to the Umbrian border. Its inhabitants fought in 43-41 B.C. against Octavian, and were punished by him for erecting a See also:monument in See also:honour of those who See also:fell. It was governed by octoviri like other Sabine towns and became a See also:municipium under the See also:empire. At Ancarano near Norcia was situated a small pagus; remains of a See also:temple were found there in 188o, which from the See also:character of the See also:objects seems to have been destroyed in the 5th century B.c. The tombs of the See also:district have also produced interesting See also:early bronzes, &c., some of which go back to the 7th century B.C., and a See also:fine funeral,See also:couch decorated with sculptured pieces of See also:bone. M. Guardabassi in Notizie degli scavi, 1878, 13 sqq.; 188o, 6 sqq.; A. Pasqui in Monumenti dei Lincei, i. (1891) 239. The town was the birthplace of Q. See also:Sertorius (d. 72 B.C.), of Vespasia, See also:mother of the See also:emperor See also:Vespasian of Plotina, wife of the emperor See also:Trajan, and of St. Benedict, founder of the See also:Benedictine See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, and of his See also:sister Scholastica. The town is famous for its pork and its cloth (the See also:term norcineria for a pork See also:butcher's See also:shop is indeed used in See also:Rome) and produces bricks and earthenware.
See F. Patrici Forti, Memorie storiche di Norcia (Norcia, 1869).
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