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8 unusual facts about St. Thomas


Alick Aluwihare

Alick Aluwihare was born in Matale to William Aluwihare a Sri Lankan Government Official and Aluwihare Kumarihamy on December 20, 1926.He was a student of Wijaya College and later joined St. Thomas' College, Matale.

Glendale, Utah

The people of St. Thomas, Nevada relocated en masse to Glendale in this year, preserving the old ward organization at the new location.

James A. Macdonald

He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1891 and assigned to Knox Presbyterian Church in St. Thomas.

St Thomas' Church, Belfast

: For other churches with the same or similar name, please see St. Thomas' Church.

St. Thomas, Strasbourg

In the ninth century, Bishop Adelochus established a magnificent church with adjoining school, however both burned down in 1007, and again in 1144.

St. Thomas' Church, Southwark

The church was renamed St Thomas the Apostle following the abolition of the Becket cult in 1538 during the Reformation.

St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh

Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh is an Episcopal church located at the juncture of Bethlehem Pike, Skippack Pike, and Church Road in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

St. Thomas's Church, Rateče

It was discovered in 1880 at Klagenfurt in Carinthia, where it is kept in the archives of the Carinthian Historical Society.


Andrew J. Thomas

Notable Harlem residents who moved to the complex included W. E. B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson and Bill Robinson.

Atmen gibt das Leben

The German, English, and French text for the remainder incorporates six quotations: three haiku (by Shiki, Buson, and Issa), and one passage each from Socrates, the Gospel according to St. Thomas, and Meister Eckhart (Stockhausen 1979).

Babi Yar memorials

A number of films and television productions have also marked the tragic events at Babi Yar, and D. M. Thomas's novel The White Hotel uses the massacre's anonymity and violence as a counterpoint to the intimate and complex nature of the human psyche.

Christianity in Tamil Nadu

St. Thomas Mount in Chennai, the place where St. Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, was believed to have been martyred,is an important pilgrimage site for Indian Christians.

Cistercian architecture

Woods, Thomas, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (2005), ISBN 0-89526-038-7.

Connie Bernardy

She later attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a B.A. in communication studies, and also the University of St. Thomas, graduating with an M.B.A. certification in government acquisitions and contract management.

Dale Groutage

Dale Groutage (born 1944) is an engineer who ran in 2006 as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Wyoming against incumbent Senator Craig Thomas.

Daniel Thomas

Daniel M. Thomas, early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

The suburb also boasts Saint Thomas' College, one of Sri Lanka's most prestigious primary and secondary schools.

Diamonds International

Diamonds International was founded in 1986 on the island of St Thomas and currently operates 129 stores in Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Costa Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Juneau, Ketchikan, Key West, Mazatlán, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose Del Cabo, Skagway, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Turks & Caicos.

Economy of the Confederate States of America

Thomas, Emory M. The Confederacy As a Revolutionary Experience (1971)

Ediriweera Sarachchandra

He completed his early education at Richmond College in Galle, St. John's College in Panadura, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and St. Aloysius' College in Galle.

Ferdinand Helias

In course of time, he organized congregations and built churches in Rich Fountain in the same county, in St. Thomas and Jefferson City, in Toas, in Booneville, Cooper County, and in several other places.

Frank H. Brumby

Brumby commanded the Grey Fleet, assigned to defend against an amphibious assault by the Blue force commanded by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, whose objective was to take one or all of Ponce, San Juan, Culebra and St. Thomas, and who finally succeeded in landing Marines on Culebra on the fifth and last day of the exercise.

Franklin K. Lane High School

Franklin A. Thomas – former President and CEO of the Ford Foundation

Grant Foreman House

The Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, also known as The Grant Foreman House, (1419 West Okmulgee) is a house in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, built by John R. Thomas in 1905 on a tract of prairie land.

Indo-Jamaican

The labourers were given one suit of clothing, agricultural tools and cooking pots on their arrival, divided into groups of 20 or 40 and sent, first by mule cart and in later years on overcrowded freight trains to the plantations in Portland, St. Thomas, St. Mary, Clarendon and Westmoreland.

Jack Thomas

Joseph T. Thomas, known as Jack, Australian citizen whose conviction for receiving funds from Al-Qaeda was overturned on appeal

Jerry Merrick

Apparently, this led to the song (and arrangement) being included by B.J. Thomas on his 1970 Scepter album, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.

Jimmy Clanton

Clanton was inducted into The Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame, which also has inducted such performers as Tex Ritter, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top and B. J. Thomas.

John Carne Bidwill

Bidwill was born at St. Thomas, Exeter, England, the eldest son of Joseph Green Bidwill, a merchant of Exeter and Charlotte, née Carne.

John G. Thomas

At the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Thomas struggled alongside other to-be-famous film students like George Lucas, Ron Howard, and John Carpenter.

Jon R. Thomas

Thomas spent 1966 through 1969 as a member of the U.S. Special Forces, earning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.

Jordan A. Thomas

In both 2013 and 2012, the Ethisphere Institute named Thomas to its listing of “Attorneys Who Matter,” which recognizes leading practitioners in the world of corporate ethics and compliance.

Lawrence S. Thomas, III

Lawrence S. Thomas, III is a retired American brigadier general, most recently assigned as the chief of staff and commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Lee A. Piché

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

Lincoln Akerman School

After finishing eighth grade, Lincoln Akerman students generally continue on to either public Winnacunnet High School or to a private school such as Phillips Exeter Academy or St. Thomas.

Mason Brayman

In Springfield, Brayman practiced law with Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., and wrote editorials for the town's newspapers.

MS Louis Olympia

Following a voyage across the Atlantic, the Song of America entered service with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on 5 December 1982 on a cruise from Miami to Nassau, San Juan and St. Thomas.

Nick Coleman

He entered politics as a volunteer for the 1948 congressional campaign of Eugene McCarthy, then a professor at the College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas), where Coleman was a student.

Overnight Delivery

The film included landmarks such as Ground Zero nightclub, used as the “strip club”, Minneapolis convention center as the “airport”, the Stillwater Lift Bridge, and University of St. Thomas as The University of Memphis.

Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar

Rymer, Thomas,Foedera Conventiones, Literae et cuiuscunque generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliae.

Raymond Garlick

There with enthusiasm he introduced his students to the works of such writers as David Jones, Idris Davies, Glyn Jones, Alun Lewis, Dylan Thomas, R. S. Thomas, John Ormond and Leslie Norris.

Remittitur

An example of the latter is the high-profile file-sharing court case Capitol v. Thomas.

Ring of Brodgar

The first formal survey of the Ring of Brodgar and surrounding antiquities was performed in 1849 by Royal Navy Captain F.W.L. Thomas of HM cutter Woodlark.

SF Squeecast

The podcast features a group of regular contributors, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente, most of whom appear on every episode, usually along with a guest contributor.

St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor

St. Thomas founded churches in different places in Kerala including Kollam, Kodungalloor, Nilakkal, Niranam, etc.

The Real World: St. Thomas

Maria Menounos hosted, and featured the entire cast, as they discussed their time during filming and their lives since the show ended.

Times Two

As a result, the duo were subsequently dropped from Reprise, and the duo returned in 1990 on EMI Records with the EP "Danger Is My Business." A single was released, "Set Me Free," which prominently featured samples from Blue Swede's 1974 cover of B.J. Thomas' 1969 hit song "Hooked on a Feeling."

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 1994

This election was for an open seat because incumbent Craig L. Thomas retired to run for U.S. Senator for Wyoming.

Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy

The Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy (VTTMAA), also referred as Vivien T. Thomas, is a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

W. C. E. Thomas

He was an agent of the American Express office from the establishment of the Green Bay branch in 1857 until 1871.

WFNX

At 7 pm on August 29, 1991, WFNX DJ Kurt St. Thomas gave Nirvana's album Nevermind its world premiere by playing the album from start to finish.

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.

Wind Beneath My Wings

"Wind Beneath My Wings" has also been recorded by Kerry Ellis, Lee Greenwood, B.J. Thomas, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Patti LaBelle, Joe Longthorne, Eddie & Gerald Levert, John Tesh, Judy Collins, Shirley Bassey, RyanDan, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Sonata Arctica, Chyi Yu, Perry Como, Donald Braswell II, Sergio Franchi, Steven Houghton and Celine Dion.


see also

Alcabón

In 1179 Queen Eleanor of England donated Alcabón to the St. Thomas Cantuariense chapel, located within the Santa Maria de Toledo cathedral, remaining so until its sale in 1482 to Gutierre de Cardenas, first Duke of Maqueda.

Alemany Maze

Alemany, who in 1840 completed his studies in sacred theology in Rome at the College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, was consecrated Bishop of Monterey in California on June 30, 1850, at Rome, and was transferred July 29, 1853, to the See of San Francisco as its first archbishop.

Alfredas Kulpa-Kulpavičius

These include Our Lady's Church, Montreal (1952), St. St. Casimir's Church, Winnipeg and St. Gregory's Church, Toronto (1959), Lithuanian Martyrs' Church, Mississauga, Providence of God Church and Cultural Center, Detroit and St. Thomas Church, London (1978), Corporation Canadien Tire Building, Toronto (1979) etc.

Alton Adams

In 1933 he retired into the Naval Fleet Reserve and returned to St. Thomas, not long after resuming his duties for the public school music program.

Anthony Cekada

Following his sacerdotal ordination, Cekada taught seminarians at St. Joseph's House of Studies, Armada, Michigan, and St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Aram I

The Catholicos of Indian Orthodox Church, Baselios Thoma Didymos I confirred Aram I with the ‘Order of St. Thomas’ on February 27, 2010 at Kolenchery.

Augustine Soares

For much of his ministry he served as a dedicated Parish Priest, first as Pastor of St. John's Church in Drigh Colony and later at the new parish of St. Thomas' Church across the Drigh Road.

Berkeley L. Bunker

Born in what was then St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada (now a northern arm of Lake Mead), he attended public schools, graduating from Clark County High School in 1926.

Charles Usher

He studied medicine at St. Thomas Hospital in London, and after receiving his doctorate in 1891, he remained at St. Thomas, working under Edward Nettleship (1845-1913).

Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear

The Church of St Thomas of Canterburyis situated in the village of Kingswear in the English county of Devon, it stands in a slightly elevated position at the junction of Higher Street and Church Hill close to the railway station and the Dartmouth Lower Ferry and overlooks the River Dart.

Counter-Maniera

Deciding what characterizes a work in Counter-Mannerist style may not be straightforward; in the single brief passage mentioning the term in John Shearman's Mannerism (1967), he picks Santi di Tito's Vision of St Thomas Aquinas (1593, illustrated here, as in both books) as an example of it, but Freedberg excludes Santo's classicising naturalism from the style, though noting his similarities to it.

Edwin Arthur Kraft

Kraft was born in New Haven and studied music at Yale University under Horatio Parker before becoming became the organist at St. Thomas's Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. He then went to Europe for three years, studying organ with Grunecke in Berlin and Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor in Paris.

Erickavu N. Sunil

He completed schooling from St. Thomas High School, Karthikappally (near Haripad) in 1992.

Exeter St Thomas railway station

In 1851 George Hennet was given permission to build a coal depot at St Thomas from where he could distribute coal, brought by train from his quay at Teignmouth.

Geevarghese Chediath

He had his Seminary Studies at St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum and St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.

Giovanni Battista Pagliari

In 1810, he restored the Martyrdom of St Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1657), originally by Giovanni Battista Natali, found at the church of San Pietro in Cremona.

Gondophares

In his study of Behaim's globe, E. G. Ravenstein noted: “Egtisilla, or Eyrisculla or Egrisilla: the letters “r” and “t” in the script on the globe look similar, is referred to in John of Hildesheim’s version of the ‘Three Kings’ as an island where St. Thomas lies buried”.

Jean de Gisors

This foundation of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury was to eventually become Portsmouth Cathedral.

Jim Zulevic

Zulevic, of Scottish and Croatian extraction, grew up in Chicago, where he graduated from St. Thomas More Grammar School, Brother Rice High School and Columbia College Chicago.

Joe Thornton

Joe, along with Rachel McAdams, is a highly regarded citizen by the people of St. Thomas and has contributed to the community for the duration of his career.

John Oballa Owaa

Tindinyo College has since been turned to a Major seminary and Theologicum, Later he joined St. Augustine Senior Seminary, Mabanga from 1980 to 1982 and St. Thomas Aquinas National Major Seminary, Nairobi) from 1982 to 1986.

Joseph Barney

Two of his large-scale paintings — altar pieces The Deposition from the Cross (1781) and The Apparition of Our Lord to St Thomas (1784) have been preserved in Wolverhampton, and can be seen today at St John's church and at St Peter & St Paul's Roman Catholic church.

Ki Adams

Mr. Adams is Music Director at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and has recently retired after 14 years as Associate Conductor and Accompanist of Shallaway (formerly the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir).

Kirkby-in-Ashfield

It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has two main churches, St Wilfrid's, a Norman church, which was gutted by fire 6 January 1907 but quickly re-built to its former glory and St Thomas's built in the early 1910s in neo-gothic style.

Nakano Corporation

Major recent works include Changi Business Park, The Metropolitan Condominium, St Thomas Suites, and Villa Rachatewi in Bangkok.

Ryan International Group of Institutions

Agnelo High School, St. Lawrence High School,ryan International School CBSE ( Kandivali), Holy Family High School, (Marathi Medium), St. Thomas High School, St. Louis High School, St. Mary’s High School, Ryan International malad ts.St.Lawrence High School (Borivali) ST.Xavier`s High School MIRA ROAD.

Sansepolcro Cathedral

Works of art in the interior include the Incredulity of St. Thomas by Santi di Tito (1576–1577), a Crucifixion fresco by Bartolomeo della Gatta (1486), an Adoration of the Shepherd by Durante Alberti and, at the high altar, the Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348).

Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper

Florence Nightingale selected St Thomas' Hospital as the site for her new nurse training school, largely because of Wardroper's qualities (and those of the enlightened resident medical officer, R.G. Whitfield).

Shawnee Mission East Choraliers

The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall, Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Great St. Mary's Cathedral in Cambridge, the Pantheon and at the Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Lutheran Church), a church in Leipzig, Germany where Johann Sebastian Bach held the position of cantor.

Shiregreen and Brightside

Wincobank is home to St Thomas Boxing school which has produced some of Britain's best boxers of recent years including Herol 'Bomber' Graham, Naseem Hamed and Johnny Nelson.

St Paul's Battery

It commands a field of fire northwards over St Thomas' Bay and Marsaskala.

St Thomas the Apostle, Hanwell

St Thomas the Apostle is a Church of England church, which is situated along Boston Road in Hanwell, in the London Borough of Ealing.

St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney

The first church called St Thomas' on the site, then named St Leonard's, was designed by Conrad Martens and opened in 1846.

St Thomas's Church, Oakwood

St Thomas's is a modern Anglican church established in the 1930s as the suburb of Oakwood grew with the extension of the Piccadilly underground line to Cockfosters.

St. Dunstan's, Canterbury

Another of the windows commemorates the visit of Pope John Paul II to Canterbury to pray with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury at the site of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

St. Thomas Airport

Cyril E. King Airport on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands

St. Thomas University School of Law

St. Thomas University School of Law conducts a summer study abroad program in El Escorial, Spain each summer.

Sts Thomas Minster

Its name and the ambiguous dedication to St Thomas was thereafter, over time, assumed by many to refer to Thomas the Apostle .

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly

Kottekkavu (N. Parur) and Kokkamangalam / Pallippuram (Cherthala) are two places where St Thomas established churches in the first century.

Terrell Myers

Terrell attended James Hillhouse after graduation then attended St. Thomas More Prep school in Waterbury, Connecticut, followed by Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he studied and played basketball from 1993-1997.

Traitors' Gate

The gate was built by Edward I, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas's Tower, which was designed to provide additional accommodation for the royal family.

Ulrik Plesner

Together they built Ekala Industrial Estate, Good Shepherd Chapel Bandarawela, Polontolawa house, St. Thomas Preparatory School, and many other buildings, mainly schools, factories, private houses and hotels.

Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar

Constance, an author who married to Walter Fowler, of St. Thomas, near Stafford.

William of Æbelholt

In 1161 Absalon, bishop of Roskilde (and later archbishop of Lund) in Denmark, sent to Paris the provost of his cathedral (almost surely the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus) to obtain canons regular for the reform of the canonry of St. Thomas at Eskilsø.