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The Cross of Desiderius is a wooden gold-plated processional cross. It is named after Desiderius, who is traditionally held to have given it to San Salvatore and Santa Giulia monastery in Brescia, which he and his wife Ansa had founded between 753 and 760. It is a crux gemmata covered with 211 gemstones, including around 50 ancient gems.

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Cross of Desiderius

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The Cross of Desiderius is a wooden gold-plated processional cross. It is named after Desiderius, who is traditionally held to have given it to San Salvatore...

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Erasmus

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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəriəs ɪˈræzməs/; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466...

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Cross of Lothair

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The Cross of Lothair or Lothair Cross (German: Lotharkreuz) is a crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross dating from about 1000 AD, though its...

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Lombardy

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Agilulf [it], the Cross of Desiderius and the Gospel Book of Theodelinda [it]. Also in Lombardy are some of the greatest expressions of Lombard sculpture...

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Brescia

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and the Cross of Desiderius (made of silver and gold plate, studded with 212 precious gems). The nuns' choir It is placed between the Basilica of San Salvatore...

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Cross of Theophanu

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The Cross of Theophanu (German: Theophanu-Kreuz) is one of four Ottonian processional crosses in the Essen Cathedral Treasury and is among the most significant...

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Pope Victor III

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VII, yet his pontificate is far less notable than his time as Desiderius, the great abbot of Monte Cassino. His failing health was the factor that made him...

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Desiderius Hampel

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Desiderius Hampel (20 January 1895 – 11 January 1981) was a SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS during World War II who commanded the 13th...

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Victory Cross

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Victory Cross (Asturian and Spanish: Cruz de la Victoria) is an early 10th century Asturian crux gemmata or jewelled cross, given by King Alfonso III of Asturias...

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Cross of Cong

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The Cross of Cong (Irish: Cros Chonga, "the yellow baculum") is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was,...

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Saint Benedict Medal

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a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict. At some point medals were struck that bore the image of St. Benedict holding a cross aloft...

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In Praise of Folly

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Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly (Latin: Stultitiae Laus or Moriae Encomium), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus...

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Pope Adrian I

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Paderborn, crossed the Alps, and laid siege to Pavia. In exchange for their lives, the Lombards surrendered and Desiderius was sent to the abbey of Corbie...

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Saint George

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Orders of St. George were founded in the eighteenth century (Catholic Encyclopedia). McClendon 1999:10. Desiderius Erasmus, in The Praise of Folly (1509...

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Charlemagne

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by June. Charlemagne deposed Desiderius and took the title of King of the Lombards for himself. The complete takeover of one kingdom by another was "extraordinary"...

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Erasmusbrug

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bridge was named in 1992 after Desiderius Erasmus, a prominent Christian Renaissance humanist also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam. The Erasmus Bridge is...

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List of Renaissance figures

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Francis Bacon Giordano Bruno Tommaso Campanella Nicholas of Cusa Cornelis Drebbel Desiderius Erasmus Marsilio Ficino Pietro Pomponazzi Francesco Guicciardini...

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Julia of Corsica

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it and covering it with pleasant aromas. In 762, Desiderius, king of the Lombards, at the request of his queen Ansa, translated her relics to the Benedictine...

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Brothers of Jesus

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of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary?". Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Erasmus, Desiderius (1998). Disputatiuncula de...

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Barbarian kingdoms

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for centuries. For rulers of Italy, the style is recorded as late as under Desiderius (r. 756–774), the last Lombard king of Italy, whose coins style him...

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Kingdom of the Lombards

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resistance, captured the capital of the kingdom, Pavia. Adalgis, the son of Desiderius, found refuge with the Byzantines. Desiderius and his wife were deported...

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Adhemar of Le Puy

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the Holy Lance was kept, and due to the prayers of Bohemond. At the siege of Jerusalem, Peter Desiderius claimed that to have received a vision from Adhemar...

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770s

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peace treaty with Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, and marries the Lombard princess Desiderata (daughter of King Desiderius). He travels to the Lombard court...

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Sulpitius the Pious

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relief of the poor. In 626 Sulpitius attended the Council of Clichy and held several others with the bishops of his province. St. Desiderius of Cahors...

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Freiburg im Breisgau

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the two outer towers. Beneath the castle is a gold fleur-de-lis. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536), Dutch Renaissance humanist and theologian...

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