Ghibellines and Guelphs
Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the greater part of the later Middle Ages.
Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione
Sculptor; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455.
Ghost Dance
The principal ceremonial rite of an Indian religion which originated about 1887 with Wovoka, alias jack Wilson, an Indian of the Piute tribe in Nevada.
Giannone, Pietro
Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples; died at Turin, 27 March, 1748.
Gibault, Pierre
Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804.
Gibbons, John
Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589.
Gibbons, Richard
Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632.
Giberti, Gian Matteo
Cardinal, and Bishop of Verona, the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval captain, b. at Palermo in 1495; d. at Verona, 30 Dec., 1543.
Giffard, Bonaventure
Bishop, born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, 1734
Gifford, William
Archbishop of Reims; b. in Hampshire, 1554; d. at Reims, 11 April, 1629.
Gift, Supernatural
Something conferred on nature that is above all the powers (vires) of created nature.
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