Sidonius Apollinaris
Christian author and Bishop of Clermont, b. at Lyons, 5 November, about 430; d. at Clermont, about August, 480.
Siena, University of
The earliest notices of an advanced school (of grammar and medicine) at Siena go back to 1241.
Sieni, Cyril
Missionary bishop, b. in Catalonia, date of birth unknown; d. after 1799, place and exact date equally uncertain.
Sierra Leone
Comprises the English colony of that name and the surrounding territory from French Guinea on the north and east to Liberia on the south.
Sigebert of Gembloux
Benedictine historian, b. near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, Belgium, about 1035; d. at the same place, 5 November, 1112.
Siger of Brabant
Indisputably the leader of Latin Averroism during the sixth and seventh decades of the thirteenth century.
Sign of the Cross
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at least in common: that by the gesture of tracing two lines intersecting at right ang…
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