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46 unusual facts about St. Paul


Bill Tung

On February 16, 2006, Tung was admitted to St. Paul's Hospital on Hong Kong Island due to physical discomfort.

Chung Chi College

When it was founded, students of the college had their lessons in the Anglican St. John's Cathedral and the Anglican St. Paul's Co-educational College, with sponsorhsip from the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia of the United States, The Lingnan Foundation based in New York, and Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia of London.

Diocesan Native Female Training School

The students were trained to be teachers of English and missionaries, and supposed to be future Christian wives of the graduates of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong, the largest school under the Anglican Church.

Henry A. Papprill

The most notable of these are: "The North West Angle of Fort Columbus, Governor's Island" (the Catherwood-Papprill view) and New York from the Steeple of St. Paul's Church, Looking East, South & West.

Henry Fish

On 31 January 1867, he married Jane Carr at Dunedin's St Paul's Church.

Ho Fuk Yan

Being the former Head of the Chinese Language Department of St. Paul's College, he also teaches Chinese History, Chinese Culture and Chinese Language before his retirement in 2010, after receiving his secondary education there and university education in The University of Hong Kong.

Jack Vest

After leaving East Tennessee State, Vest coached high school football and turned out a 9-0-1 record with a St. Paul, Virginia team which had only 17 players on the entire squad.

James Summers

Summers studied foreign languages and classical literature on his own, and obtained a teaching position at St. Paul's College in Hong Kong in 1848 with hopes of becoming a diplomat in the future.

John Matthew Wilson Young

He married Augusta Frushard (1820; Lambeth - 1902; Lincoln), youngest daughter of Philip Frushard (13 October 1783 India - 5 July 1837 Durham), the Governor of Durham Gaol, and Anna Maria Pewsey his wife, on 8 July 1851 at St. Paul's Church, Deptford, Kent.

Lac la Biche

Lac La Biche-St. Paul, a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, from 1993 to present

Mark Barron

He attended St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, where he played for the Episcopal Saints high school football team, under the coaching of Eddie Guth.

Matthew Garber

Born in Stepney, London to parents who had both performed on stage, he attended St Paul's Primary School in Winchmore Hill and Highgate School in Highgate, North London from September 1968 until July 1972.

Old Shell Road

St. Paul's Episcopal School, located at the intersection of Old Shell Road and Tuthill Lane.

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont

When the fort was dismantled, his remains were moved to the yard of St. Paul's Chapel.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas

The members of this family were ministered to by priests from an Irish Catholic settlement, St. Paul in Collin County.

St Paul's School for Girls

:For the school near Baltimore, Maryland with the same name, see St. Paul's School for Girls.

St. Paul, Oregon

St. Paul Pioneer Cemetery, founded in 1839, is the burial location for William Cannon, the only authenticated Revolutionary War veteran buried in Oregon.

St. Paul's Abbey

Growing hay and Christmas trees as well as helping in local parishes, hospital work, and a myriad other jobs keep monks actively involved in the local community.

In 2000, the remaining monks asked for permission from the governing Ottilien Congregation to leave and start looking for new homes at other abbeys.

St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal

The abbey possesses one of the largest collections of art in Europe, including graphics, coins, sacred art, and paintings by among others Rubens, Van Dyck, Dürer, Holbein and Kremser Schmidt, as well as an extensive and important library of over 180,000 books and manuscripts from between the 5th and 18th centuries.

St. Paul's Academy

St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood, a secondary school in Abbey Wood, London, England

St. Paul Christian Academy, an independent school in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

St. Paul's Preparatory Academy, a defunct school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

St. Paul Academy and Summit School, an independent school in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

St. Paul's Catacombs

St. Paul’s catacombs are part of a large cemetery once located outside the walls of the ancient Greek city of Melite, now covered by the smaller Mdina and Rabat.

St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main

In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy gave a major speech in the Paulskirche during his visit to the country.

St. Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham

Paul's Chapel of Ease', as it was then called, public opinion was running high against King George IV for he had refused to allow his wife Caroline to be crowned, notwithstanding this, the King's Coronation was celebrated in Nottingham by the firing of several volleys in the Market Place by the 7th Dragoon Guards, and the Yeomanry Cavalry.

St. Paul's Church, Malacca

The chapel was deeded to the Society of Jesus in 1548 by the Bishop of Goa, João Afonso de Albuquerque, with the title deeds received by St. Francis Xavier.

St. Paul's Church, Manora

St. Paul's was erected as a memorial to Sir Charles James Napier, the British general who led forces to conquer the Sindh in 1843.

St. Paul's Church, Munich

It was built in 1892-1906, designed by the Austrian architect Georg von Hauberrisser in Gothic Revival architecture north of the Theresienwiese.

On 17 December 1960, a Convair C-131D Samaritan crashed on a flight from Munich to RAF Northolt, west London, United Kingdom shortly after take-off from Munich-Riem Airport and hit the 318 feet steeple of St. Paul's Church ( 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash).

St. Paul's Hospital, Ethiopia

The St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa is the second largest hospital in Ethiopia.

He is currently the medical director of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa.

St. Paul's Missionary College

Paul's Missionary College (abbreviated to SPMC) is a Junior School and Secondary School situated in Rabat, Malta founded by Joseph De Piro.

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Glace Bay

In March 1867, the Rev. Alexander Farquharson Jr., son of a pioneer Minister at Grand River was inducted as the first minister of the newly formed (December 1866) congregation in Glace Bay.

St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church

St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church, Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland

St. Paul's R.C. Academy

The school was established in 2009 as a merger between Lawside Academy and St. Saviours High School.

St. Paul's School for Girls

:For the school in Birmingham, United Kingdom with the same name, see St Paul's School for Girls.

St. Paul's Secondary School

St. Paul's Secondary School was founded in 1960 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres as an extension of St. Paul's Convent School to meet the growing needs of science education of girls in Hong Kong.

St. Paul's University College

A tutor from France lives on the floor from September through April to help stimulate French-language growth in the students.

St. Paul's-Avenue Road United Church

With church union in 1925, it became St. Paul's United and in 1930 it merged with the nearby Avenue Road (formerly Presbyterian Church) and became St. Paul's-Avenue Road United.

In 1980 the congregation merged with Trinity United Church on Bloor, west of Spadina Avenue to form Trinity-St. Paul's United Church.

St. Paul's, Bloor Street

St. Paul's, Bloor Street is the regimental church of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.

St. Paul's, Deptford

The most unusual feature of the building is the cylindrical tower with a steeple, around which is wrapped a semi-circular portico of four giant Tuscan columns; colossal pilasters articulate the body of the church facades.The steeple embedded in the plane of the church wall echoes the apse at the east end.

Steve Tobin

In 2005, Tobin installed what is perhaps his best known work, Trinity Root, at St. Paul's Chapel in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

The Boxer

The recording was performed at multiple locations, including Nashville, St. Paul's Chapel in New York City, and Columbia studios.


Adam Contzen

During his residence in Munich, which began in 1623, he completed and published his commentary on the four Gospels, and on the epistles of St. Paul to the Romans, the Corinthians, and the Galatians.

Aldersgate

Aldersgate Street contained the Bishop of London's chapel and his chambers at London House, which was used from the 18th century because it was closer to St. Paul's Cathedral than his official residence in Fulham, west London.

Angier Biddle Duke

After a misspent youth, which included an education at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, he dropped out of Yale University in 1936.

Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań

In 1821, Pope Pius VII raised the cathedral to the status of a Metropolitan Archcathedral and added the second patron - Saint Paul.

Balyakalasakhi

As M. P. Paul suggests in his foreword to the book, Jeevithathil Ninnum Oru Aedu, it is a page torn from life, bleeding at its edges.

Charles A. Shibell

Additionally, John J. Valentine, Sr. Wells, Fargo & Co. would, as a direct response to Brazelton's criminal actions in Pima County, send special agent and future sheriff of said county, Bob Paul, to investigate on their behalf.

Charlie Carver

He attended High School at St. Paul’s Boarding School in Concord, New Hampshire, but left to attend Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan, in his sophomore year.

Christians for Biblical Equality

Beginning in 1989, CBE has presented international conferences—three-day events consisting of plenary sessions and workshops in such U.S. cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Park, Colorado, Wheaton, Illinois, San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida, Dallas, Texas Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, Toronto, Canada, and St. Louis, Missouri.

Coat of arms of Germany

During the 1848 revolution, a new Reich coat of arms was adopted by the National Assembly that convened in St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt.

Daniel G. Fenton

(This wedge of additional territory included the sites of St. Paul and Stillwater, and indeed the entire St. Croix Valley.)

Deluxe Corporation

Deluxe is based in the St. Paul suburb of Shoreview, Minnesota and has 33 facilities in the U.S. and 3 locations in Canada to conduct its printing and fulfillment, call center, and administrative functions.

Department of Dakota

The Department of Dakota was initially headquartered at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and then moved to St.Paul in March 1867.

Edward Rooker

Among Rooker's early works are a view on the Thames from Somerset House (1750), and a view of Vauxhall Gardens (1751), both after Canaletto; a view of the Parthenon for Dalton's 'Views of Sicily and Greece' (1751), and a section of St. Paul's Cathedral, decorated according to the

F. Flaxington Harker

Beginning in 1914, Harker served as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Fred Ossanna

He helped found the Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Chapel in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1922 by providing funding.

Garudimimus

In 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated its adult length at 2.5 metres (8.2 ft), the weight at thirty kilogrammes (66 lbs).

Glacier Park Company

Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, the company operated from a summer base in East Glacier Park, Montana, near the company's flagship Glacier Park Hotel; winter headquarters were in St. Paul, Minnesota.

John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute

Sir Horace David Cholwell St. Paul, 1st Baronet of St. Paul

John Maunsell

Maunsell acquired additional benefices including: "the Provost of Beverly" in 1247, "the living of Howden," "Chancellorship of St. Paul's, London," "the living of Bawburgh," "Prebend of South Malling," "Living of Haughley," "Prebend of Tottenhall," "Prebend of Chinchester," "Dean of Wimborn," "Rector of Wigan," "Papal Chaplain," as well as "Chaplain of the King."

K. T. Paul

At the time of his death he was the President of the Governing Council of the United Theological College, Bangalore.

Lee A. Piché

He attended Irondale High School in New Brighton, and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

Louis Whitford Bond

After preparation at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, he took the Select course in the Sheffield Scientific School within Yale University.

Michael Grace Phipps

Michael Phipps studied at St. Bernard's School and St. Paul's School before going on to Yale University.

Minnesota State Highway 156

Minnesota State Highway 156 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 494 in South St. Paul and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 52 (the Lafayette Freeway) near downtown Saint Paul.

Minnesota Wild

Mayor Norm Coleman began a campaign to either recruit the relocation of an existing franchise to St. Paul or the award of an expansion franchise to a Minnesota-based ownership group.

Nadur Carnival

Besides the religious feast of St. Peter & St. Paul, known locally as "L-Imnarja" held on the 29th June and which lasts a whole week, Nadur is also famous for its annual revelry held on the 5 days preceding Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.

Norris Division

As part of his shtick, ESPN's Chris Berman often refers to the National Football League's NFC North division (previously the NFC Central division) as the Norris Division or "NFC Norris" since the two divisions included teams from three of the same cities: Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis–St. Paul.

Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny

In 1960 it was suggested to her father (who lived at King's Walden and was a neighbour to the Strathmores' home of St. Paul's Walden Bury) that she become an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen and she held this position from 1960 to 1966.

Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity

This is contrary to the data analyzed in a study published by author and illustrator Gregory S. Paul.

Robert W. Paul

After some demonstrations before scientific groups, he was asked to supply a projector and staff to the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, and he presented his first theatrical programme on 25 March 1896.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

There are two cathedrals in the diocese: The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Paul's, in Mdina, and St. John's Co-Cathedral, located in Valletta.

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Graduate and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester, Apple Valley, Minnetonka and Oakdale, Minnesota; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and Nairobi, Kenya.

Sephardi Hebrew

Kahle, Paul, Masoreten des Ostens: Die Altesten Punktierten Handschriften des Alten Testaments und der Targume: 1913, repr.

Sherry Robertson

He moved the club to Minneapolis-St. Paul after the 1960 season, then led the Minnesota Twins until he sold the club in 1984.

St. Croix Wetland Management District

The St. Croix Wetland Management District is adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area of two million people.

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius

The construction works of the present church started in 1668 under the supervision of Jan Zaor from Kraków and finished in 1676 by Giambattista Frediani.

Waiting for the End

It was filmed by numerous fans in Jan 26, 2011 at the United Center in Chicago, and Jan 28 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

William Few

He was buried in the yard of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing but was reinterred at Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia.