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unusual facts about Albinus



Albinus Nance

Albinus Roberts Nance (March 30, 1848 – December 7, 1911) was an American politician.

Albinus of Angers

Later the tradition was reinforced by a miracle recorded in the 10th century, when the walled town of Guérande, near the mouth of the Loire, prayed to St. Albinus for help and found their attackers miraculously defeated.

In 529, St. Albinus was elected, against his wishes, Bishop of Angers.

Born to a noble Gallo-Roman family at Vannes, Brittany, St. Albinus was a monk and from 504 C.E. Abbot of Tintillac (which no longer stands; its location has not been satisfactorily identified).

Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius

His origins are unknown, although its name suggests it belonged to an aristocratic Roman families of Decii and of the Anicii: it is likely that he was the grandson of the consul of 480, Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius, and perhaps he was the son of the consul of 493, Albinus.

Clodius Albinus

Despite this, Albinus kept his command until after the murders of Commodus and his successor Pertinax in 193.

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus

In Allan Massie's 1993 book entitled Caesar, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus narrates his story and reason for joining in Caesar's assassination while being held captive by the Gallic chief.

Hunterian Collection

They include key historical texts by authors including Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius and William Harvey, as well as the writings of Hunter's contemporaries, such as William Smellie, Albinus and Albrecht von Haller.

Lucceius Albinus

Lucceius Albinus was the Roman Procurator of Judea from 62 until 64 AD and the governor of Mauretania from 64 until 69 AD.

Matthias Albinus

Maciej Albin or Latin Matthias Albinus (fl. 1570s) was a Polish Calvinist minister at Iwanowice Dworskie who became the first to administer Believer's baptism in Poland, and then became openly Unitarian.

William Brownrigg

Then followed two years studying under a surgeon in London before going to Leiden where he studied under Boerhaave, 's Gravesande, van Royen and Albinus.

Witta of Büraburg

Witta of Büraburg (also known as Albuin or Vito Albinus, a close Latin translation of his Germanic name) (born in Wessex; died 747) was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus.


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