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unusual facts about Alexander F. Victor



Abbey of St. Victor, Paris

Many houses of canons regular came under its influence and were reformed through its leadership, including the Abbey of Ste Geneviève (Paris), Wigmore Abbey in Wales, St. Augustine's (Bristol), St. Catherine's (Waterford), St. Thomas's (Dublin), and San Pietro ad Aram (Naples).

Achard of St. Victor

In 1157 the cathedral chapter of Séez, composed of canons regular, elected Achard as their bishop, and the choice was duly confirmed by Pope Adrian IV.

Adam Clarke Snydor

Snydor was a co-founder of the Bank of Lewisburg with Alexander F. Mathews and Homer A. Holt.

Alexander F. Mathews

He chartered the International Real Estate Society, a corporation of Swiss and West Virginian industrialists that transitioned European immigrants seeking jobs in the burgeoning West Virginia coal mining industry.

Alexander F. Mathews born on November 13, 1838 in Frankford, Greenbrier County, Virginia to Eliza (née Reynolds) and Mason Mathews.

Alexander F. Whitney

In 1932 Whitney was among the labor leaders whom the American Federation of Labor was considering endorsing for the position of Secretary of Labor in Roosevelt's government, although Daniel J. Tobin of the Teamsters came to be favored.

Basilica of San Saturnino

In 1089 the giudice of Cagliari, Constantine II of Cagliari, donated the complex, including also a monastery, was given by to the Benedictines of the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.

Elzéar of Sabran

In his youth, Elzéar was given a thorough training in the Christian faith as well as in the sciences under the supervision of his uncle, William of Sabran, at the Abbey of St. Victor in Marseille, where his uncle ruled as the Abbot.

Kelly + Victor

'Dancing By the Water Day', written and performed by American musician Viking Moses, features as 'Track 14' on the mix CD Victor makes for Kelly.

Laurent Belissen

By 1722 Belissen settled in Marseille, where he succeeded Antoine Blanchard as maître de musique of the Abbey of St. Victor, which was then rapidly declining in importance—but he also secured a position directing the city's Académie de Concerts.

Lazarus of Aix

Some of his relics are preserved in the Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille, where his epitaph is also to be found, and others are kept in Autun Cathedral, which is dedicated to him.

Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses

From 1083 to 1114 it was under the Monastery of St. Victor of Marseille, who sent here a community of nuns of Greek origin.

Mother's Finest

Beginning in 2004, Joyce Kennedy was seen on the international Daughters Of Soul tour along with Sandra St. Victor, Nona Hendryx, Lalah Hathaway (daughter of Donny Hathaway), Indira Khan (daughter of Chaka Khan), and Simone (daughter of Nina Simone).

Outrun the Sky

The response to her latest album is such that Lalah considers the wait between albums to have been worth it: “I’m so happy about the reaction, it’s a real validation” and it comes towards the end of a year that has included a number of highpoints including her participation in the “Daughters Of Soul” European tour which was created by Sandra St. Victor and involved Lalah, Simone (daughter of Nina Simone), Milini Khan (Chaka’s daughter), Nona Hendryx and Joyce Kennedy.

Paul Victor

Paul S. Victor (born 1965), American guitarist, singer and songwriter

Sandra St. Victor

Sandra also rejoined Chaka Khan on tour in Europe, and toured with Leon Ware doing Montreaux Jazz, Vienna Jazz, and North Sea Jazz in Holland.

During the Family Stand years, St. Victor's also wrote for Paula Abdul, with band mates Peter Lord & V. Jeffrey Smith.

Santa Maria de Gerri

In 1996 the monastery was put under the director protection the Popes, and depended from the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.

Santa Maria de Ripoll

From 1070 to 1169 the monastery was governed by the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.

The Family Stand

The Family Stand is a New York based soul group, active since the late 1980s, consisting of Sandra St. Victor, Peter Lord Moreland, and V. Jeffrey Smith.

Torchitorio II of Cagliari

He subscribed the charter making a large donation to the church of Saint-Victor at Marseille.

Torchitorio of Gallura

Torchitorio also invited monks from Saint-Victor at Marseilles to come to Gallura in 1089, in imitation of his contemporary Torchitorio I of Cagliari.

Vaujours

Around the year 1100, the land belonged to Étienne de Senlis, archdeacon of Notre Dame de Paris who gave it in turn as one of many generous gifts of the time to the Abbey of St Victor, Paris.

Victor Animatograph Corporation

The Victor Animatograph Corporation was a maker of projection equipment founded in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa by Swedish-born American inventor Alexander F. Victor.

Victor of Solothurn

He and Ursus of Solothurn are patron saints of the Cathedral of St. Ursus and St. Victor in Solothurn, Switzerland.


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