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3 unusual facts about Saint Peter's Fair


Saint Peter's Fair

His cousin, the surviving legitimate child of the prior King Henry, Empress Maud is in Anjou attempting to build support for her invasion, aided in England by her half-brother Robert of Gloucester.

Thomas of Bristol came by river, passing Gloucester, while Euan of Shotwick came by land to the fair.

The novel ends with the news that on 30 September 1139, Empress Maud invaded England, establishing herself at Arundel Castle in West Sussex.


Arcturus

The star was chosen as it was thought that light from Arcturus had started its journey at about the time of the previous Chicago World's Fair in 1893 (as the star is 36.7 light years away the light had, actually, started its journey in 1896).

Battle of Jersey

With Corbet a prisoner, the next senior-most British commander was the 24-year-old Major Francis Peirson (in command of the troops at Saint Peter's Barracks).

Cædwalla of Wessex

In Rome, he was baptised by Pope Sergius I on the Saturday before Easter (according to Bede) taking the baptismal name Peter, and died not long afterwards, "still in his white garments".

Coinslot

Coinslot originated as a section of the World's Fair newspaper, published by the eponymous publishing house based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, before becoming a separate title at the end of the 1960s.

Council of Churches of the City of New York

The Council built the Protestant-Orthodox Pavilion at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair and sponsored the production of the film Parable, directed by Rolf Forsberg, which was the principal attraction in the pavilion.

Crittenden Farm

Here, he established an extensive modern farm complex and made his name as an internationally prominent breeder: Crittenden's Delaine sheep were exhibited at the local and state fairs, and both at these levels and at World's Fairs his animals were crowned champions.

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Crucifixion of Saint Peter refers to the death of Saint Peter

E. Stewart Williams

In Loewy's office Williams' responsibilities included projects for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and the Lord and Taylor department store in Manhasset, Long Island in 1941, one of the first large suburban branches of a department store to be built.

Eucharius

According to an ancient legend, he was one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, and was sent to Gaul by Saint Peter as bishop, together with the deacon Valerius and the subdeacon Maternus, to preach the Gospel.

Guînes

At that time, Guînes comprised three parishes within its walls, whose churches were dedicated to Saint Bertin, Saint Pierre and Saint Médard.

Gustav Klutsis

Despite his active and loyal service to the party, Klucis was arrested in Moscow on January 17, 1938, as he prepared to leave for the New York World's Fair.

Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Somewhere between Harmony and Colesville, New York, Peter, James, and John bestowed upon Smith and Cowdery the Melchizedek priesthood.

Harry Lawrence Freeman

He was also guest conductor and composer/music director of the pageant O Sing a New Song at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933.

Harvey Dow Gibson

He bought the Eastern Slope Inn in the same year, and served on the executive board of the New York World's Fair in 1939 and 1940.

Henry M. Brinckerhoff

Brinckerhoff also designed the network of roads at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Holly Oak gorget

It was displayed in the Peabody Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the International Expositions of Madrid and Chicago before fading from the public eye, only to be resurrected in the 1970s when its authenticity was once again subject to debate.

Inductive output tube

During the 1939 New York World's Fair the IOT was used in the transmission of the first television images from the Empire State Building to the fair grounds.

Jack R. Janney

Janney performed more than 60 scale-model studies from 1958 to 1969 on many important structures, including Chicago’s First National Bank, the Kodak Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and the hyperbolic paraboloid roof for TWA’s maintenance hangar in Kansas City, Missouri.

Jesus walking on water

According to a detail found only in Matthew, Peter "walked on the water" towards Jesus, but he became afraid and began to sink, and Jesus rescued him.

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

Next is a visitation of Peter, James and John who confer upon them the authority to organize the Church of Christ, which they then do (in 1830).

Jules Olitski

At an exhibit of the work of some of the great masters at the New York World's Fair in 1939 he was very impressed by Rembrandt's portraits.

Lou Esa

After playing defensive end in football for Saint Peter's College in New Jersey, Esa tried out for the Miami Dolphins.

Martin Beckman

His plans of St. Peter's, Castle Cornet, and the Bouche de Vale, with water-colour sketches, are in the British Museum.

Myrtle Beach Pavilion

The Baden Band Organ one of the parks other historical features was originally hand-built, decorated and crafted by Ruth & Sohn in Waldkirch Baden, Germany for display at the 1900 World Exposition in Paris.

Norton Clapp

In 1961 he joined Bagley Wright, contractor Howard S. Wright, architect John Graham, and financier Ned Skinner as investors in the Pentagram Corporation which was to build and own the Space Needle for the 1962 World's Fair.

Official Films

In addition to cartoons, Official also offered a number of sports films, newsreels, and specialties including a souvenir film of the 1939 New York World's Fair (which remained available until around 1980) and "The Broadway Handicap," a home-movie-board-game combination with a horse-racing theme.

Online and offline

One includes Saint Peter asking for a username and a password before admitting a man into Heaven.

Peter Gabel

As a teenager he worked as a guide for the 1964 New York World's Fair, a fact he revealed on the game show What's My Line?, where he appeared as a guest and stumped the panel, including his mother, Arlene Francis.

Pop Hart

Eventually he landed in Chicago, where he worked for a while as an illustrator for a newspaper and also as a sign painter for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and other clients.

Pope Clement IX

He embellished the city of Rome with famous works commissioned to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, including the angels of Ponte Sant'Angelo and the colonnade of Saint Peter's Basilica.

Reistingen Abbey

In the 14th century it was dedicated to Saint Peter; the present church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Vitus.

Robert Beckford

In The Secrets of the Twelve Disciples, broadcast in Easter 2008, Beckford explored Paul the Apostle's role in founding the Church and his relationship with Jesus' family; the Roman Catholic Church's claim to Saint Peter; Thomas the Apostle's travels to India; James, son of Zebedee as a patron saint of Spain; the demonisation of Judas Iscariot; and female Apostles.

Robert Latou Dickinson

Their Birth Series, depicting the processes of gestation and delivery, was displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair and may be seen at the Science Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rome Marathon

The race start point was at Saint Peter's Square and Pope John Paul II delivered a short benediction in approval of the event and the Bells of Saint Peter's replaced the usual starter's pistol to signal the beginning of the race.

Saint Peter-Marian High School

Tom Poti, professional hockey player for the New York Rangers (finished career at Cushing Academy)

Saint Peter, Jersey

Gilbert O'Sullivan resides in Saint Peter with his wife Aase and their two children.

Saint Peter's Singers of Leeds

Brittany was the venue for the choir's tour in May 2011 - with visits to Vannes, Quimper and Josselin.

SS Cristoforo Colombo

In the spring of 1964, the Cristoforo Colombo carried the Pietà from the Vatican to the 1964 New York World's Fair.

St Peter's and St Paul's Church, East Sutton

St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Church Lane, East Sutton, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul.

St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea

The original church with that dedication was the town's first permanent Roman Catholic place of worship; founded in 1875, it was paid for by Augusta, Duchess of Norfolk, a member of the most important Dukedom in England.

St. Peter's Church, Jaffa

The church was built in 1654 in dedication to Saint Peter over a medieval citadel that was erected by Frederick II and restored by Louis IX of France at the beginning of the second half of the thirteenth century.

Suite of Old American Dances

Among the "productions" Bennett refers to is the 1939 New York World's Fair for which he composed some 90 minutes of concert band music for the nightly "Lagoon of Nations" spectacles.

Symphony in Slang

Minimalist and abstract in style (many of the "gags" are created either with single, still frames or limited animation), it tells the story of a man John Brown, who finds himself at the Pearly Gates explaining the story of his life to a bewildered Saint Peter and Noah Webster using slang of that era.

Thurgarton

He dedicated it to Saint Peter, and left God's favour to his heirs if they preserved it, but God's anger and curse if they did not.

Truman O. Angell

When the afternoon meeting assembled, Joseph, feeling very much elated, arose the first thing and said the personage who had appeared in the morning was the Angel Peter come to accept the dedication.

Walter Griffiths

Born in Kent Town, South Australia, the son of Frederick Griffiths, a wealthy ironmonger, and his wife Helen, née Giles, Griffiths attended St Aloysius College and Saint Peter's College in Adelaide.

Wessobrunn Abbey

The monastery was founded in about 753, and dedicated to Saint Peter, according to legend after Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria while hunting nearby had a vision of three springs, which his servant Wezzo duly discovered the next day.


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