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19 matches to Tyre
Agnes, St. 4C. Roman girl martyred at 13.
Boniface, St. 675-754. Martyred British apostle to Germany.
Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.
Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.
Coty, René. 1882-1962. President of France, 1954-59. Algerian Crisis 1958, led to return of deGaulle.
Crispin and Crispinian, Sts. -c285. Martyred patron saints of shoemakers.
Cyprian, St. c200-258. Martyred Bishop of Carthage. Opposed Pope.
Denis, St. -250. Patron St. of France, martyred first bishop of Paris. Carried his head to St-Denis Abbey.
Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.
Edmund, St. -870. King of Anglia. Martyred. Remains moved to Bury St. Edmunds 903.
Hiram. 989-936BC. King of Tyre 969-. Helped build Soloman’s Temple of Jerusalem 950BC.
James, St. -c44. One of 12 Apostles. Martyred by Herod Agrippa I.
Jude, St. Apostle of Jesus. Martyred in Persia.
Pancras, St. 290-304. Patron saint of children. Martyred at age 14.
Paul, St. c10-67. Apostle, organizer of Christian religion. Travelled extensively. Pharisee, rabbi, tentmaker converted by vision, 37. Epistles. Martyred by Nero.
Phoenicians. Canaanites. 30-4C BC. Eastern Mediterranean traders from England to Africa. 20C BC Tyre. 15C BC invented alphabet. 814BC Carthage.
Tyre. c2000BC Phoenicia. 14C Egypt. 9C Founded Carthage. 8C Assyria. 538 Persia. 332 Alexander...Seleucid. 125 Autonomous. 68BC Rome. 636 Moslem. 1124 Kingdom of Jerusalem. 1291 Mameluks destroy.
Ursula, St. 4C. Martyred by Huns with 11,000 virgins.
Valentine, St. c270. 2 Christians martyred by Claudius II. Modern celebration derives from Roman Lupercalia fertility festival.