text: British peer

text: Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

text: Earl of Kerry

text: peerage of Ireland

text: Earl of Shelburne

text: Earl of Wycombe

text: Conservative

text: Santa Barbara

text: California

text: Bowood House

text: Wiltshire

text: Earl of Shelburne

text: courtesy title

text: Eton College

text: Page of Honour

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: Kenya Regiment

text: Second Lieutenant

text: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

text: Royal Yeomanry

text: Royal Armoured Corps

text: Wiltshire County Council

text: councillor

text: North Wiltshire District Council

text: English Heritage

text: Historic Houses Association

text: Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire

text: Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

text: Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust

text: Wilts & Berks Canal

text: 1979 general election

text: Coventry North East

text: Conservatives

text: George Park

text: Marquess of Lansdowne

text: House of Lords

text: Royal Victorian Order

text: Prince's Council

text: Duchy of Cornwall

text: Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans

text: Chippenham

text: Lord Robert Mercer Nairne

text: 1973 Wiltshire County Council election

categories: 1941 births,People educated at Eton College,Kenya Regiment officers,Members of Wiltshire County Council,Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers,Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire,Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order,Living people

paragraph: Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne

paragraph: Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, (born 21 February 1941), styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1999, is a British peer and Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.

paragraph: He is also Earl of Kerry in the peerage of Ireland (1722); Earl of Shelburne and Earl of Wycombe in the peerage of Great Britain (1753 and 1784); Viscount Clanmaurice, Viscount Fitzmaurice (1751), and Viscount Calne and Calston; the 30th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw in the peerage of Ireland (1181); Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Lansdowne is the elder son of George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, a Conservative politician and landowner, by his marriage to Barbara, daughter of Harold Stuart Chase, of Santa Barbara, California. His father inherited the peerage titles (and the Bowood House estates in Wiltshire) from a cousin, the 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, who was killed in action in 1944, when the present Marquess became known as the Earl of Shelburne, a courtesy title. He was educated at Eton College and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II in 1956–1957.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Lord Shelburne (as he then was) served in the Kenya Regiment from 1960 to 1961. In 1962 he was gazetted a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and in 1971 transferred with the rank of Lieutenant to the Royal Yeomanry attached to the Royal Armoured Corps.

paragraph: He was a member of Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council from 1964 to 1973, President of the Wiltshire Playing Fields Association from 1965 to 1974, a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1970 to 1985, and a councillor of North Wiltshire District Council from 1973 to 1976. He was chairman of Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council from 1970 to 1973 and of North Wiltshire District Council from 1973 to 1976. Shelburne also served as a member of the South West Economic Planning Council from 1972 to 1977 and chaired its Population Settlement Pattern Working Committee during the same period. He was a member of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (English Heritage) from 1983 to 1989; Deputy President of the Historic Houses Association from 1986 to 1988 and President from 1988 to 1993; President of South West Tourism from 1989-2006; President of the Wiltshire Association of Boys Clubs and Youth Clubs from 1976 to 2003; and President of the North Wiltshire Conservative Association from 1986 to 1989.

paragraph: In 1990, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and currently serves as the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He has served as President of the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust since 1994 and of the Wilts & Berks Canal Partnership since 2001.

paragraph: At the 1979 general election, he contested Coventry North East for the Conservatives, coming second behind Labour's George Park.

paragraph: On 25 August 1999, his father died and he became Marquess of Lansdowne and a member of the House of Lords.

paragraph: In 2001, Lord Lansdowne was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, shortly after retiring as a member of the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall (1996-2001).

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 9 October 1965, he married, firstly, Lady "Frances" Helen Mary Eliot (6 March 1943 – 6 January 2004), daughter of Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans, but they were divorced in 1987, having had four children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Arabella Helen Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, now Lady Arabella Haldane Unwin (b. 30 August 1966), married Rupert William Haldane Unwin, and has issue, three children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abrahm Arthur George Haldane Unwin (b. 15 November 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gala Ellen Theadora Haldane Unwin (b. 11 August 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Evie May Hermione Haldane Unwin (b. 25 January 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Rachel Barbara Violet Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 30 January 1968), married James Spickernell and has issue, four children

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simon Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry (b. 24 November 1970), married Nadine Mentior in January 2016.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord William Nicholas Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 25 September 1973) married (engaged 29 April 2003, married 2004) Rebecca Sansum (b. 1982), of Chippenham, Wiltshire. They have three daughters:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zara Frances Elaine Petty-Fitzmaurice, (b. 1 November 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isla Mary Rose Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 30 August 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexandra Jane Caroline Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lexie) (b. 20 November 2013)

paragraph: In 1987 Lord Lansdowne married, secondly, Fiona Mary Merritt (b. 1954), daughter of Donald Merritt and Lady Davies, an interior decorator known by her married name of Fiona Shelburne.

paragraph: The heir apparent to the title is Simon, Earl of Kerry (b. 1970), elder son of the Marquess. If he fails to produce a son, his heir presumptive is his younger brother Lord William Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 1973) who is married but has no sons. The next heir is Lord Robert Mercer Nairne (born 1947), the younger brother of the present Marquess, who is married with two sons, both of whom also have sons, and one daughter. If Lord Kerry and his brother fail to produce legitimate sons, the entailed estates and titles will pass in due course to a descendant of their uncle Lord Robert Mercer Nairne.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973 Wiltshire County Council election

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.thepeerage.com/p8060.htm#i80597

description: British noble


text: Norwegian Constituent Assembly

text: Egtved

text: Vejle

text: University of Copenhagen

text: Buskerud

text: Royal Norwegian Mining Academy

text: Kongsberg

text: Freiberg

text: Vienna

text: Kongsberg Silver Mines

text: Prince Regent Christian Frederik

text: Norwegian Constituent Assembly

text: Norwegian Parliament

text: Peter Severin Steenstrup

text: Order of Vasa

text: Kongsberg Gruppen

text: Kongsberg timeline

text: Holme Jørn

categories: 1864 deaths,19th-century Norwegian businesspeople,18th-century Norwegian businesspeople,University of Copenhagen alumni,1772 births,Norwegian people of Danish descent,People from Kongsberg,Fathers of the Constitution of Norway,Norwegian company founders

paragraph: Poul Steenstrup

paragraph: Poul Steenstrup (10 December 1772 – 9 October 1864) was a businessman and Industrial entrepreneur who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Poul Steenstrup was born the son of a Danish landowner at Egtved, in Vejle, Denmark. He studied surgery and science at the University of Copenhagen but did not take the final examination. In 1797, he came to Buskerud in Norway where he attended the Royal Norwegian Mining Academy ("kongelige norske Mining Academy") in Kongsberg . From 1801 he undertook a three-year scholarship trip to German and Austrian ironworks and factories, principally in Freiberg and Vienna.

paragraph: Upon returning to Norway, he served as mining inspector at the Kongsberg Silver Mines. He was superintendent and manager of Kongsberg Ironworks ("Kongsberg Jernverk") from the start of operations in 1809 until it was privatized in 1824. In 1813 he managed to win the backing of Prince Regent Christian Frederik (later Christian VIII of Denmark) to establish Norway's first factory, the Kongsberg Arms Factory ("Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk") which opened in 1814. He was director of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1833 to 1840.

paragraph: Poul Steenstrup represented Kongsberg at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He was associated with the independence party ("Selvstendighetspartiet"). Steenstrup was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament during 1824-1826.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Poul Steenstrup was married to Mathea Bernardine Collett (1779-1847), daughter of timber merchant Peter Collett. They were the parents of eight children including Peter Severin Steenstrup.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: He was appointed Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa in 1816.

paragraph: Section::::Memorials.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A bust of Poul Steenstrup was unveiled during 1914. The current location of the bust is at Prestegårdsparken in Kongsberg.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Steenstrups Gate in Kongsberg was also named in his honor.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kongsberg Gruppen

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poul Steenstrup, Kongsberg's Founding Father

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kongsberg timeline

paragraph: Section::::Related reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holme Jørn (2014) "De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus" (Oslo: Cappelen Damm)

description: Member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly

wikidata_label: Poul Steenstrup

wikipedia_title: Poul Steenstrup


text:
Lublin
Polish
Grant Hackett
Yury Prilukov

categories: Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m),1987 births,Sportspeople from Lublin,World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming,Olympic swimmers of Poland,Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Male freestyle swimmers,Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics,Polish male swimmers,Living people

paragraph: Mateusz Sawrymowicz

paragraph: Mateusz Sawrymowicz (born 22 April 1987 in Lublin) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in the 1500 m freestyle. Having won in Melbourne in 2007 he became the first person to beat Grant Hackett at the 1500 m in the World Championships for 10 years. Later in the year in Debrecen, he became the first person to beat Yury Prilukov in the European Short Course Championships for 5 years.

paragraph: Sawrymowicz originally touched 4th at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, and was later awarded a bronze medal after the disqualification of Mads Glaesner, the gold medalist, for an anti-doping violation.

paragraph: However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal. This means that Sawrymowicz's official position was returned to 4th place in the 1500-meter freestyle.

description: Polish swimmer

wikidata_label: Mateusz Sawrymowicz

wikipedia_title: Mateusz Sawrymowicz


text:
Bradford
2010 Formula Renault Winter series
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Oliver Rowland
2011 Formula Renault UK championship
2012 Star Mazda Championship season
Team Pelfrey
Road to Indy
Indy Lights
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
2014 Pocono IndyCar 500
myocardial contusion
3GT Racing
Robert Alon
Lexus
RC F GT3
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Scott Pruett
6 Hours of Watkins Glen

categories: English racing drivers,British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers,IndyCar Series drivers,Indy Lights drivers,Living people,McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees,Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers,People from Bradford,United SportsCar Championship drivers,1991 births,24 Hours of Daytona drivers

paragraph: Jack Hawksworth

paragraph: Jack Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He started racing karts at 13 years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and 2nd in the World finals by the time he was 15. After graduating from Juniors, Hawksworth went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Trofeo Margutti as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing 6th overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing.

paragraph: Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the 2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in 4 out of the 6 races and finished 3rd overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors of Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winner Oliver Rowland. Hawksworth went on to compete in the 2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams half way through and finishing 4th overall in the series with a win at Croft.

paragraph: In 2012 Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season with Team Pelfrey as part of the Mazda Road to Indy. He broke every record in the series (wins, poles and fastest laps) on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights for 2013, by joining Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

paragraph: During a practice session for the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Hawksworth suffered a myocardial contusion after a crash, and missed the race.

paragraph: On November 11, 2016, it was announced that 3GT Racing had signed Hawksworth and Robert Alon to race the No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Daytona class.

paragraph: Hawksworth and Alon competed in the first 8 races of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship together before a team decision saw Alon switch places with veteran Scott Pruett for the final four rounds. Hawksworth and Alon recorded a season's best finish of 5th in GT Daytona for the #15 at the 2017 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.

paragraph: Section::::American open-wheel racing results.:Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results.

paragraph: Hawksworth did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

paragraph: Section::::American open-wheel racing results.:Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results.

paragraph: Season still in progress.

description: racecar driver

wikidata_label: Jack Hawksworth

wikipedia_title: Jack Hawksworth


text:
1927 European Aquatics Championships
1928 Summer Olympics
Fritzi Löwy
Danube

categories: Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics,Olympic swimmers of Austria,Jewish swimmers,Austrian Jews,Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming,Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Austria,Austrian female swimmers,Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Austria,European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming,1976 deaths,Female breaststroke swimmers,1907 births

paragraph: Hedy Bienenfeld

paragraph: Hedy Bienenfeld (17 October 1907 – 1976) was an Austrian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1927 European Aquatics Championships. She competed in the same discipline at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals.

paragraph: Until the 2000s, Bienenfeld remained the only Austrian to win a swimming medal, together with Fritzi Löwy, who finished third in the 400 m freestyle at the same 1927 European Aquatics Championships.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 1924, Bienenfeld won the annual five-mile open-water Austrian competition "Quer durch Wien" (Across Vienna) on Danube that gathered about 500,000 spectators. Next year she was second, after Löwy who swam freestyle. Since then she became a popular swimsuit model for Austrian magazines. She also won nearly every national breaststroke title in the 1920s–1930s.

paragraph: In 1930, she married her swimming coach, Zsigo Wertheimer (1897–1965). Being Jewish, they fled Austria before World War II and moved first to London and then to the United States. There, they worked as swimming instructors in New York and then ran a successful real estate business in Florida. After the death of her husband, Bienenfeld returned to Vienna. There she helped financially to her lifelong rival and then close friend Löwy who was fighting with breast cancer. Bienenfeld had no children.

description: swimmer

wikidata_label: Hedy Bienenfeld

wikipedia_title: Hedy Bienenfeld


text:
Roman
senator
consul
gens Catia
Publius Catius Sabinus
consul ordinarius
Lucius Virius Agricola
Legatus Augusti pro praetore
Germania Superior
Gaius Catius Clemens
Lucius Catius Celer

categories: 3rd-century Romans,Year of birth unknown,Roman governors of Germania Superior,Imperial Roman consuls,Year of death unknown

paragraph: Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus

paragraph: Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus (fl. 3rd century AD) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed consul in AD 230.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Catius Clementinus was a member of the third century "gens Catia", and it has been speculated that he may have been the son of either Publius Catius Sabinus (consul in AD 216), or a "[Catius? Lepi]"dus I"[—]", a suffect consul sometime during the early third century.

paragraph: Catius Clementinus’ early career is unknown, but in AD 230, he was made "consul ordinarius" alongside Lucius Virius Agricola. In the following year (AD 231), he was appointed "Legatus Augusti pro praetore" (or imperial governor) of Germania Superior.

paragraph: Catius Clementinus may have been the brother of Gaius Catius Clemens, suffect consul c. AD 235 and Lucius Catius Celer, suffect consul c. AD 241.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mennen, Inge, "Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284" (2011)

description: Roman consul

wikidata_label: Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus

wikipedia_title: Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus


text:
ancient China
Song Dynasty
Khitan
Liao Dynasty
invasion
Yang Ye
History of Song
Khitans
Generals of the Yang Family
historian
given name
Yang Ye
Song Dynasty
Sixteen Prefectures
Khitan
Liao Dynasty
vanguard
Yang Ye
prefectures
Yingzhou
Shuozhou
Shuozhou
Jingzhou
Huainan
flood
Yangtze River
Huai River
Baozhou
commoner
Xushui County
Liao
Xiao Chuo
empress dowager
armor
defensive wall
armor
Emperor Zhenzong of Song
military commissioner
Emperor Zhenzong
emperor
Maozhou
Xushui County
ambush
Emperor Zhenzong
ministers
Baozhou
Puyang
li
Chanyuan Treaty
History of Song
frontier
Yang Wenguang
Generals of the Yang Family
Yang Ye
She Saihua
Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou
Emperor Taizu of Song
Yang Zongbao

categories: 1014 deaths,Song dynasty generals,958 births

paragraph: Yang Yanzhao

paragraph: Yang Yanzhao (楊延昭) ( 958 – 9 February 1014), named Yang Yanlang (楊延朗) before 1012 and Liu Yanlang (劉延朗) before 979, was a military general in ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty. For over 2 decades he defended Song's northern border against the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty, helping Song thwart Liao's repeated invasion attempts between 999 and 1004.

paragraph: He was one of Yang Ye's 7 sons. "History of Song" mentions that he was called Yang Liulang (楊六郎, literally "Yang's 6th son") by the Khitans who feared him. In the largely fictional legends of "Generals of the Yang Family", Yang Yanzhao is Yang Ye's 6th eldest son to explain this nickname, even though historians believe he was actually the eldest or 2nd eldest son.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Yang Yanzhao's given name was originally Yanlang (延朗). As a child, he was quiet but enjoyed playing military strategy games. His father Yang Ye (then still called Liu Jiye), a distinguished general, had commented that Yanlang resembled him, and would bring him along on military campaigns.

paragraph: In 986, the Song Dynasty armies embarked on a large-scale northern campaign to take the Sixteen Prefectures from Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty. Yang was the vanguard general for his father Yang Ye's troops during the attacks on the prefectures Yingzhou and Shuozhou. He fought on despite an arrow piercing his arm in the attacks of Shuozhou. After his father's death, he was named a vice-commissioner of honor ceremony (崇儀副使) and sent to Jingzhou. In the years that followed, he had a stint in Huainan to oversee the recovery from floods in Yangtze River and Huai River, eventually becoming the metro inspection commissioner (都巡檢使) of the Baozhou area on the Song border, where he would remain for the rest of his life.

paragraph: At the border, Yang continued his father's tradition of instilling strong discipline in his troops by setting good examples. He had few servants and associates for his position and would endure the same hardship as his soldiers. He befriended Yang Si (楊嗣), another brave general at the border, and commoners would gradually call the duo the "two Yangs".

paragraph: Section::::War against Liao.

paragraph: In the winter of 999, Yang was guarding the small city of Suicheng (遂城, still in today's Xushui County) when the invading Liao army laid siege and attacked it continuously. Xiao Chuo, Liao's charismatic empress dowager, personally oversaw the attacks. With little resources in the city, Yang's outnumbered soldiers became more frightened by day. Yang quickly recruited fit men from the city's population to strengthen the troops defending the city, providing them with weapons and armor. He also ordered his men to pour water on the outside of the city's defensive walls. Since the temperature was freezing, water quickly turned into ice, making Liao's attempt to climb the city walls impossible. Finally the Liao forces had no choice but to retreat, and Yang chased after them and obtained a lot of armor.

paragraph: News of the victory was initially not reported to Emperor Zhenzong of Song by Fu Qian (傅潛), the regional military commissioner in charge of 80,000 soldiers. For fear of suffering a defeat, Fu Qian had tried hard to avoid confronting the invading Liao army. Previously, when the "two Yangs" and other generals repeatedly requested for soldiers and orders to attack, Fu always scolded them rudely. Once Emperor Zhenzong found out, he removed Fu from the post and summoned Yang Yanlang. Yang described the situation at the border and answered all questions to the emperor's satisfaction. Impressed, Emperor Zhenzong told several princes, "Yanlang's father had been a famous general for the previous emperor. Yanlang now defends the border and commands his army just like his father. It is highly commendable." Yang was appointed the regional inspector (刺史) of Mozhou (莫州, today's Maozhou) and given lots of awards. As always, instead of bringing the gifts back to his family, he distributed it among his soldiers.

paragraph: When the Liao forces invaded again in the winter, Yang fought them on but kept on retreating, finally luring his enemy to the west of a mountainous place called Yangshan (羊山, in today's Xushui County), where he had set up an ambush. The Liao force was annihilated and Yang presented the severed head of a Liao general to Emperor Zhenzong. Together with Yang Si, Yang Yanlang was promoted to become a military training commissioner (團練使) in 1001. Speaking to his ministers, Emperor Zhengzong characterized the "two Yangs" as loyal and brave, adding, "Many in the imperial court are jealous of them, but I will defend them with (my) power." When in 1002, the "two Yangs" were attacked on the way to reinforce the besieged Baozhou and lost a lot of soldiers, Emperor Zhenzong pardoned them, saying, "(Their) bravery is renowned, (I) will just watch their future accomplishments."

paragraph: In 1004, Liao Dynasty initiated a major invasion to the south, and came to a standstill with the Song forces in Chanzhou (in today's Puyang). Emperor Zhenzong came to the frontier and strongly boosted the morale of Song soldiers. Liao decided to negotiate a peace treaty, but Yang Yanzhao voiced his strong opinion against it, saying "as the Khitans (Liao) are at a standstill in Chanzhou, thousands of "li" away from their home in the north, their soldiers and horses are very tired. Despite their large numbers they could be easily defeated now." However Emperor Zhenzong eventually decided for a peace treaty, known as the Chanyuan Treaty, which specified that Song must pay annual tributes to Liao. To voice his protest, Yang Yanzhao fought a last battle during Liao's retreat and killed and captured countless Liao soldiers.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: According to "History of Song", Yang Yanzhao was an intelligent and brave general who commanded a disciplined army for several decades on the frontier. Any reward he received he shared with his soldiers, never bringing anything home. During battles he would fight the enemies with his soldiers on the battleground, while he often attributed victories to his subordinates, therefore his soldiers were very loyal to him. When he died at the age of 56, Emperor Zhenzong was very saddened and ordered a special envoy to bring his coffin home. Many people along the way wept when they saw his coffin.

paragraph: His 3 surviving sons, Yang Chuanyong (楊傳永), Yang Dezheng (楊德政), Yang Wenguang all became officials.

paragraph: Section::::In fiction.

paragraph: In Generals of the Yang Family, Yang Yanzhao is the 6th son of Yang Ye and She Saihua. He was the only son who returned from the battlefield to the family after the defeat in Golden Beach. In the stories he is also referred to as Yang Jing (楊景).

paragraph: In the stories, he married Princess Chai, a descendant of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou. Like others in the Chai family, Princess Chai holds a death-exemption certificate from Emperor Taizu of Song. Their son Yang Zongbao also became a Song general.

alias:
Yang Yanzhao
Yang Yanlang

description: Song Dynasty general

wikidata_label: Yang Yanzhao

wikipedia_title: Yang Yanzhao


text:
Tønsberg
Jaga Jazzist
jazz
Norges Musikkhøgskole
Hasse Rosbach
Martin Sjølie
Martin
Lars Horntveth
Jaga Jazzist
Marit Larsen
Thom Hell
Bertine Zetlitz
Hanne Hukkelberg
Thom Hell
Hilde Marie Kjersem
Rockettothesky
Christer Knutsen
Jonas Alaska
black metal
a-ha
Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz
A Livingroom Hush
Smalltown Supersound
What We Must
Ninja Tune
One-Armed Bandit
Ninja Tune
Smalltown Supersound
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Smalltown Supersound
Jonas Alaska
Jaga Jazzist's official homepage

categories: 20th-century Norwegian bass guitarists,1978 births,Norwegian jazz bass guitarists,Jaga Jazzist members,21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists,Musicians from Tønsberg,Norwegian rock bass guitarists,Living people,Norwegian male bass guitarists

paragraph: Even Ormestad

paragraph: Even Enersen Ormestad (born 9 November 1978 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian bass guitarist and music producer, known as a member of the band Jaga Jazzist.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Ormestad is educated in jazz and music production at Norges Musikkhøgskole and runs the studio "Albatross Recorders" together with Hasse Rosbach and Martin Sjølie.

paragraph: He is together with the brothers Martin and Lars Horntveth part of the original lineup in Jaga Jazzist and has contributed with his bass and keyboards on recordings and tours with, among others Marit Larsen, Thom Hell, Bertine Zetlitz and Hanne Hukkelberg. In addition, he has worked as a producer and technician, often in collaboration with Audun Borrmann or Thomas Helland, for artists like Thom Hell, Hilde Marie Kjersem, Rockettothesky, Christer Knutsen, Bellman, Jonas Alaska, Marion Ravn, Matilda and a number of other artists. Ormestad also contributes as a bassist and multi instrumentalist on many of these releases.

paragraph: Ormestad has also been seasonal member of the black metal band "Malignant Eternal" where he contributed to the studio album "Alarm" in 1999.

paragraph: In 2015, Ormestad began touring as bassist for the Norwegian band a-ha on their "Cast in Steel" tour.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albums

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz" (Thug Records, 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Livingroom Hush" (Smalltown Supersound, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Stix" (WEA International Inc., 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "What We Must" (Ninja Tune, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One-Armed Bandit" (Ninja Tune, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- EPs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Magazine" (, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Airborne/Going Down" (WEA International Inc., 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Days" (Smalltown Supersound, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Animal Chin" (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Day" (Ninja Tune, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bananfluer Overalt" (Ninja Tune, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- DVDs

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live at Cosmopolite" (Smalltown Supersound, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Jonas Alaska

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jonas Alaska" (Jansen Plateproduksjon, 2011)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jaga Jazzist's official homepage

description: musician

wikidata_label: Even Ormestad

wikipedia_title: Even Ormestad


text:
Foston, Leicestershire
Great Coates House
British Association
Heinrich Gätke
J. A. Harvie-Brown
lighthouse
lightvessel
Alfred Newton
W. Eagle Clarke
"The Ibis"
The Zoologist

categories: British ornithologists,1831 births,People educated at Sheffield Collegiate School,1899 deaths,People from Blaby District,English ornithologists,Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society

paragraph: John Cordeaux (ornithologist)

paragraph: John Cordeaux (27 February 1831, Foston, Leicestershire – 1 August 1899, Great Coates House) was one of the foremost English amateur naturalist and ornithologist of his day, known for his work with the British Association on bird migration.

paragraph: Section::::Ornithology.

paragraph: Cordeaux began his study of bird migration on the coasts of the counties of Lincolnshire (where he lived) and Yorkshire. In 1872 he published a summary of the results of years of observations in his book "Birds of the Humber District". In the autumn of 1874 he went to the island of Heligoland to learn about the ornithological knowledge accumulated by Heinrich Gätke; soon after the visit Cordeaux wrote a paper for "The Ibis" describing Gätke’s collection. In 1879 Cordeaux collaborated with J. A. Harvie-Brown in persuading keepers of lighthouses and lightvessels on the coasts of England and Scotland to accumulate information on bird migration. At the summer 1880 meeting at Swansea, the British Association formed a committee headed by Alfred Newton with Cordeaux as secretary; the purpose of the committee was to systematically continue the work which Cordeaux and Harvie-Brown had shown to be practicable. At the summer 1896 meeting of the British Association at Liverpool, W. Eagle Clarke presented a "Digest of the Observations" for the committee's findings.

paragraph: For thirty-five years, Cordeaux made ornithological contributions to "The Ibis", "The Zoologist" and several other journals. In 1894 he was the president of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Among the published works of John Cordeaux are:

description: British ornithologist

wikidata_label: John Cordeaux

wikipedia_title: John Cordeaux (ornithologist)


text:
American football
tight end
college football
University of Miami
Christian Brothers High School
Sacramento, California
San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots
San Diego
Los Angeles Chargers
high school football
Miami Hurricanes
San Francisco 49ers
2014 NFL Draft
Arizona Cardinals
New England Patriots
Jordan Devey
Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers

categories: Sportspeople from Sacramento, California,San Diego Chargers players,African-American players of American football,Players of American football from California,San Francisco 49ers players,Miami Hurricanes football players,American football tight ends,1992 births,New England Patriots players,Living people

paragraph: Asante Cleveland

paragraph: Asante Cleveland (born March 21, 1992) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Miami and attended Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, California. He has been a member of the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, and San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Cleveland played high school football for the Christian Brothers High School Falcons. He earned all-league honors as a junior after leading the team with 21 receptions for 262 yards and four touchdowns. He recorded 24 receptions for 412 yards and seven touchdowns during his senior year.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Cleveland played from 2010 to 2013 for the Miami Hurricanes.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco 49ers.

paragraph: Cleveland was signed by the San Francisco 49ers on May 10, 2014 after going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft. He was released by the 49ers on August 30 and signed to the team's practice squad on August 31, 2014. He was promoted to the active roster on September 20, 2014. Cleveland made his NFL debut on September 21, 2014 against the Arizona Cardinals.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.

paragraph: Cleveland was traded to the New England Patriots for Jordan Devey on August 18, 2015. He was released by the Patriots on September 5 and signed to the team's practice squad on September 6, 2015. He was promoted to the active roster on November 27, 2015 and appeared briefly, recording one catch for one yard, in the Patriots' 30–24 loss to the Denver Broncos on November 29, 2015. Cleveland was released by the Patriots on December 25, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers.

paragraph: Cleveland signed with the San Diego Chargers on December 28, 2015. On September 4, 2016, he was released by the Chargers. He was then signed to the Chargers' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on September 24, 2016.

paragraph: On August 7, 2017, Cleveland was waived/injured by the Chargers and placed on injured reserve.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Asante Cleveland

wikipedia_title: Asante Cleveland


text:
baseball
catcher
Baltimore Orioles
Major League Baseball
Temescal Canyon High School
Lake Elsinore, California
Santiago High School
Corona, California
Baltimore Orioles
2013 Major League Baseball draft
college baseball
University of Oregon
Gulf Coast Orioles
Aberdeen IronBirds
home run
Delmarva Shorebirds
hitting
on-base plus slugging
Frederick Keys
Bowie Baysox
Arizona Fall League
Norfolk Tides
All-Star Futures Game
Toronto Blue Jays
Camden Yards
Masahiro Tanaka
Giovanny Gallegos
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Caleb Joseph

categories: Aberdeen IronBirds players,Major League Baseball catchers,Gulf Coast Orioles players,Delmarva Shorebirds players,People from Corona, California,Bowie Baysox players,Frederick Keys players,Baseball players from California,Peoria Chiefs players,Baltimore Orioles players,1995 births,All-Star Futures Game players,Norfolk Tides players,Living people

paragraph: Chance Sisco

paragraph: Chance Thomas Leo Sisco (born February 24, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Sisco initially attended Temescal Canyon High School in Lake Elsinore, California. Sisco transferred to Santiago High School in Corona, California for his junior year. Originally a shortstop and pitcher, he begin catching his senior year of high school. The Baltimore Orioles selected Sisco in the second round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He opted to sign with the Orioles rather than play college baseball at the University of Oregon.

paragraph: Sisco made his professional debut that season for the Gulf Coast Orioles and ended the year with the Aberdeen IronBirds. He finished his first year hitting .363/.468/.451 with one home run and 11 RBIs in 33 games. Sisco played the 2014 season with the Delmarva Shorebirds. He won the SAL batting title after hitting .340 with five home runs, 63 RBIs and a .854 on-base plus slugging (OPS). In 2015, he played for the Frederick Keys and the Bowie Baysox where he batted a combined .297 with six home runs and 34 RBIs in 95 games. After the season he played in the Arizona Fall League. Sisco played 2016 with Bowie and the Norfolk Tides. In July, he played in the All-Star Futures Game. In 116 games between the two clubs he slashed .317/.403/.430 with six home runs and 51 RBIs. Sisco spent 2017 with Norfolk where he batted .267 with four home runs and 47 RBIs in 97 games before being recalled by Baltimore.

paragraph: Sisco received his first-ever promotion to the Orioles on September 1, 2017. He made his MLB debut the following night as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning of a 7–2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards. He achieved his first major league hit with a pinch-hit double off Masahiro Tanaka in the seventh, then followed it up with his first home run off Giovanny Gallegos in his subsequent plate appearance two innings later in a 13–5 defeat to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 14.

paragraph: In 2018, Sisco made the Orioles opening day roster after hitting .419 in spring training. He was expected to be the backup catcher to Caleb Joseph. However, after batting only .218/.340/.328 in 47 games, he was optioned to Norfolk. He ended batting .181 on the season.

description: professional baseball player

wikidata_label: Chance Sisco

wikipedia_title: Chance Sisco


text: Member of Parliament

text: Eton College

text: Brasenose College, Oxford

text: Nynehead Court

text: Somerset

text: Somerset West

text: Justice of the Peace

text: Deputy Lieutenant

text: Somerset

text: High Sheriff of Somerset

text: Fellow of the Royal Society

text: William

text: Colonial Secretary of Western Australia

categories: People educated at Eton College,UK MPs 1832–1835,UK MPs 1835–1837,High Sheriffs of Somerset,Fellows of the Royal Society,1871 deaths,Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford,Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset,UK MPs 1830–1831,1794 births,UK MPs 1831–1832

paragraph: Edward Ayshford Sanford

paragraph: Edward Ayshford Sanford, FRS (23 May 1794 – 1 December 1871) was a British Member of Parliament.

paragraph: He was the only son of William Ayshford Sanford of Nynehead and Lynton, Devon and educated at Eton College (1808–13) and Brasenose College, Oxford. He lived at Nynehead Court, Wellington, Somerset.

paragraph: Sanford was elected Member of Parliament for Somerset in 1830, sitting until 1832, and then represented Somerset West from 1832 to 1841. He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) and Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset, serving as High Sheriff of Somerset for 1848–49.

paragraph: In 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

paragraph: He died in 1871, leaving his estates to his eldest son, William Ayshford Sanford. He had married twice: firstly Henrietta, the daughter of Sir William Langham, 8th Baronet, of Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, with whom he had 5 sons (2 of whom predeceased him) and 2 daughters and secondly Lady Caroline Anna Stanhope, the daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington. His son William was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1852–55).

description: English MP

wikidata_label: Edward Ayshford Sanford

wikipedia_title: Edward Ayshford Sanford


text:
Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Christian Griepenkerl
Egon Schiele
Vienna Künstlerhaus
Hagenbund
Albertina
Vienna Museum
Hietzing
Felix Czeike
ArtNet: More works by Peschka.
Photograph of Peschka
Austria-Forum

categories: 1940 deaths,1885 births,Austrian male painters,20th-century Austrian painters

paragraph: Anton Peschka

paragraph: Anton Emanuel Peschka (21 February 1885, Vienna - 9 September 1940, Vienna) was an Austrian painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: After receiving a commercial education, he took his first art lessons with . He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Christian Griepenkerl. He befriended his fellow student, Egon Schiele and, in 1914, married Schiele's sister, Gertrude.

paragraph: He exhibited at the Vienna Künstlerhaus from 1910 to 1919 and, from 1922 to 1935, was a member of the Hagenbund. He won a competition for designing stamps in 1921 and another for designing banknotes in 1925.

paragraph: In 1923, Fritz Karpfen wrote enthusiastically about Peschka in his overview of Austrian art: “His paintings are penetrating, blasting through conventional shapes while happily constructing a new exposition... You feel that this is an artist able to achieve something great, who has within him the means to do this.”

paragraph: He specialized in nudes and landscapes; both heavily influenced by the work of his brother-in-law. His paintings may be seen in the Albertina and the Vienna Museum. A street in the Viennese district of Hietzing has been named after him.

paragraph: His son, Anton, (1914–1997), also became a painter.

paragraph: Today his works can be seen in:

paragraph: Belvedere, Vienna

paragraph: Albertina, Vienna

paragraph: Kupferstichkabinett of the City of Vienna

paragraph: The Vienna Museum

paragraph: Military History Museum, Vienna

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Felix Czeike: "Historisches Lexikon Wien". Vol.4: Le – Ro. Kremayr & Scheriau, 1995, .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ArtNet: More works by Peschka.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photograph of Peschka @ Austria-Forum

alias:
Anton Emanuel Peschka
anton peschka

description: Austrian painter

wikidata_label: Anton Peschka

wikipedia_title: Anton Peschka


text:
Croatia
Yugoslav
grandmaster
Metković
physics
International Master
Aleksandar Matanović
Zagreb
Rovinj
Wijk aan Zee
Amsterdam
Vrnjacka Banja
Dortmund
Oberwart
Bled
Linz
Maribor
Juraj Nikolac's FIDE rating card
Juraj Nikolac at OlimpBase

categories: Croatian chess players,1932 births,Chess grandmasters,Sportspeople from Metković,Living people

paragraph: Juraj Nikolac

paragraph: Juraj Nikolac (born 22 April 1932) is a Croatian, formerly Yugoslav chess grandmaster.

paragraph: Nikolac was born in Metković, and is a retired physics teacher. He was awarded the International Master title in 1975, and the Grandmaster title in 1979.

paragraph: He finished 3= behind Aleksandar Matanović in the 1978 Yugoslav championship. His international tournament successes include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4th, Zagreb, 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2=, Zagreb - Rovinj, 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2=, Wijk aan Zee B, 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1=, Amsterdam B, 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st, Vrnjacka Banja, 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd, Dortmund, 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd, Oberwart, 1985

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st, Bled, 1986

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1=, Linz, 1986

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st, Maribor, 1987

paragraph: He is the author of a number of theoretical studies.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Juraj Nikolac's FIDE rating card

paragraph: BULLET::::- Juraj Nikolac at OlimpBase

description: Croatian chess player

wikidata_label: Juraj Nikolac

wikipedia_title: Juraj Nikolac


text:
Berg
Adolf I of Berg
Adelaide of Lauffen
Altenberg Abbey
Adolf III of Berg
Berg

categories: House of Berg,11th-century births,Limburg-Stirum,1090 deaths,Counts of Berg

paragraph: Adolf II of Berg

paragraph: Adolf II of Berg-Hövel (Huvili), count of Berg, count in Auelgau and Siegburg, Vogt of Werden (died 1090/1106), was the son of Adolf I of Berg.

paragraph: He married Adelaide of Lauffen, a daughter of Heinrich II count von Laufen (died 1067) and Ida von Werl-Hövel (1030? – 1090), and heiress of Hövel/Huvili, Unna, Telgte, Warendorf, etc.

paragraph: At the beginning of the 12th century Adolf II of Berg donated the site of their old ancestral castle, Schloss Berg, to Cistercian monks from Burgundy. Adolf IV later built the Altenberg Abbey.

paragraph: He had issue:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adolf III of Berg count of Berg and Hövel, Vogt of Werden (born 1080, died 12 Oct 1152).

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alberic of Troisfontaines (MGH, Scriptores XXIII).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Annales Rodenses (MGH, Scriptores, XVI).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Annalista Saxo (MGH, Scriptores VI).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gesta Trevirorum (MGH, Scriptores VIII).

paragraph: BULLET::::- MGH, Diplomata. – REK I-II. – Rheinisches UB.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hömberg, “Geschichte.” – Jackman, “Counts of Cologne.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Klebel, E. “Niederösterreich und der Stammbaum der Grafen von Görz und Schwarzburg.” Unsere Heimat. Monatsblatt des Vereins für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 23 (1952) 111-23.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kluger, “Propter claritatem generis.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lück, D. “Der Avelgau, die erste fassbare Gebietseinteilung an der unteren Sieg.” In: Heimatbuch der Stadt Siegburg I. Ed. H. J. Roggendorf. Siegburg, 1964. pp. 223–85.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lück, D. “In pago Tuizichgowe – Anmerkungen zum Deutzgau.” Rechtsrheinisches Köln 3 (1977) 1-9.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tyroller, “Genealogie.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wunder, G. “Die Nichten des Erzbischofs Friedrich von Köln.” AHVN 164 (1962) 192-6.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wunder, G. “Die Verwandtschaft des Erzbischofs Friedrich I. von Köln. Ein Beitrag zur abendländischen Verflechtung des Hochadels im Mittelalter.” AHVN 166 (1964) 25-54.

wikidata_label: Adolf II of Berg

wikipedia_title: Adolf II of Berg


text: bishop of Auxerre

text: theology

text: Langres

text: wedding

text: nun

text: Eladius

text: episcopacy

text: churches

text: pagans

text: diocese

text: relics

text: Saint Cyricus

text: France

text: Germanus

text: biography

text: Middle Ages

text: fiction

text: J. B. Bury

text: Saint Patrick

text: Germanus of Auxerre

text: axe

text: tree

text: hermit

text: Autun

text: Decius

text: Rocamadour

text: Black Madonna

text: Biblical

text: Zacheus

text: Jericho

text: Holy Family

text: St. Veronica

text: Jesus'

text: Calvary

text: Palestine

text: skiff

text: angel

text: Aquitaine

text: St. Martial

text: Gospel

text: Gaul

text: Rome

text: martyr

text: Peter

text: Paul

text: Quercy

text: Blessed Virgin

text: Apostolic College

text: hermit

text: Portugal

text: diocese

text: Guarda

text: patron saint

text: Spanish

text: Martos

text: Saint of the Day, May 1: Amator

text: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

categories: 418 deaths,5th-century bishops,4th-century Gallo-Roman people,4th-century births,4th-century bishops,Bishops in Gaul,5th-century Christian saints,Bishops of Auxerre,5th-century Gallo-Roman people

paragraph: Amator

paragraph: Saint Amator Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from 388 until his death on 1 May 418. Saint Amator's feast day is celebrated on 1 May.

paragraph: Section::::Amator of Auxerre.

paragraph: Amator studied theology under Saint Valerian, Bishop of Auxerre, but married a holy woman of Langres, venerated locally as Saint Martha, in order to please his parents. After their wedding, they mutually agreed to live together as brother and sister. By mutual consent, Martha subsequently became a nun and Amator received the clerical tonsure.

paragraph: He later succeeded Eladius as Bishop of Auxerre in 388 and governed the see until his death 30 years later. During this 30-year episcopacy, he built two churches and converted the remaining pagans in his diocese. He introduced the relics of Saint Cyricus into France, thus propagating this saint's cult.

paragraph: Germanus was one of the six dukes, entrusted by the emperor with the government of the Gallic provinces. He resided at Auxerre. At length he incurred the displeasure of Bishop Amator by hanging hunting trophies on a certain tree, which in earlier times had been the scene of pagan worship. Amator remonstrated with him in vain. One day when the duke was absent, the bishop had the tree cut down and the trophies burnt. Fearing the anger of the duke, who wished to kill him, he fled and appealed to the prefect Julius for permission to confer the tonsure on Germain. This being granted, Amator, who felt that his own life was drawing to a close, returned. When the duke came to the church, Amator caused the doors to be barred and gave him the tonsure against his will, telling him to live as one destined to be his successor, and forthwith made him a deacon. When in a short time Amator died, Germain was unanimously chosen to succeed him as bishop. Germanus subsequently wrote a biography of Amator. In the Middle Ages, a certain Stephen also composed a life of Amator, but it is considered a work of fiction.

paragraph: J. B. Bury suggests that Amator ordained Saint Patrick to the diaconate at Auxerre; and that Patrick was later ordained priest by Amator's successor Germanus of Auxerre in a church in Auxerre dedicated to Amator.

paragraph: Amator died in 418 and was buried in the church which he had built in honour of the Martyr Saint Symphorian, and which later bore his own name.

paragraph: Section::::Amator of Auxerre.:Iconography.

paragraph: He is depicted as a bishop with an axe and tree.

paragraph: Amator is sometimes confused with a hermit of legend whose feast day is 20 August. A tradition in Autun also designates him as its first bishop, with an occupancy date of 250, tying him to the seven bishops sent to evangelise Gaul in the time of Decius.

paragraph: Section::::Amator and Rocamadour.

paragraph: The commune of Rocamadour is said to have been named after Saint Amator, who is believed to have been the founder of the ancient sanctuary. The "crypt Saint-Amadour" is situated here. The church of Notre Dame (1479) contains a wooden Black Madonna reputed to have been carved by Amator.

paragraph: Amadour was identified with the Biblical Zacheus, the tax collector of Jericho mentioned in Luke 19:1-10. He is also thought to have been a servant in the house of the Holy Family, who married St. Veronica, who wiped Jesus' face on the way to Calvary. Driven out of Palestine by persecution, Amadour and Veronica embarked in a frail skiff and, guided by an angel, landed on the coast of Aquitaine, where they met Bishop St. Martial, who was preaching the Gospel in the south-west of Gaul. After journeying to Rome, where he witnessed the martyrdoms of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amadour, having returned to France, on the death of his spouse, withdrew to a wild spot in Quercy where he built a chapel in honour of the Blessed Virgin, near which he died a little later.

paragraph: Amator's "Acts" cannot be dated as being older than the 12th century. It is now well established that St. Martial, Amadour's contemporary in the legend, lived in the 3rd not the 1st century, and Rome has never included him among the members of the Apostolic College. The untrustworthiness of the legend has led some recent authors to suggest that Amadour was an unknown hermit or the actual bishop of Auxerre of the same name.

paragraph: Section::::The Portuguese Amator.

paragraph: Confusion is added by the fact that there is also a St. Amator () whose feast day is celebrated on 27 March. He was a hermit of Portugal, and several churches in the diocese of Guarda and elsewhere in Portugal are dedicated to him. A "San Amador" is the patron saint of the Spanish town of Martos.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint of the Day, May 1: Amator

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cathédrale Saint-Étienne (Image of St. Amadour)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Procesión de San Amador, patrón de Martos (Jaén), el 5 de Mayo de 2006

description: Bishop of Auxerre

wikidata_label: Saint Amator

wikipedia_title: Amator