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Bernardine is a Latinate diminutive of the given name "Bernard". It can be applied to men, notably Bernardino of Siena, Saint Bernadine, but is now much more often a Grammatical gender#Personal names, female name. Bernadine and Bernadene are variant spellings of the female name. The nickname ''Bernie (given name), Bernie'' is unisex. Bernardine is uncommon as a surname. Emily Dickinson uses the word as an adjective: "A more Bernardine Girl...". As a male given name *Saint Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), Italian Franciscan missionary *Bernardino of Fossa (1420–1503), Italian Fransciscan historian, theologian and writer *Blessed Bernardine of Feltre (1439–1494), Italian Franciscan missionary *Bernardine a Piconio (1633–1709), French Capuchin theologian and exegete *Bernardine Dong Guangqing (1917–2007), Chinese bishop As a female given name *Bernardine of Lippe (1563–1628), German countess *Bernardine Bishop (1939–2013), British author *Bernardine Doh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latinate
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italy (geographical region), Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a fusional language, highly inflected language, with three distinct grammatical gender, genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Dong Guangqing
Bernardine Dong Guangqing (April 1, 1917 – May 12, 2007) was a Catholic Patriotic Association-associated Bishop of Wuhan, China. See also *Joseph Ma Yinglin Joseph Ma Yinglin (Chinese: 馬英林; born 1965) is the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association-sponsored Bishop of the diocese of Kunming, China. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 April 2006, at age 41. The diocese had been vacant for 11 years. ... * Joseph Liu Xinhong Bishops of the Catholic Patriotic Association 1917 births 2007 deaths {{Bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardino (other)
Bernardino is a name of Italian, Hispanic, or Portuguese origin, which can refer to: Given name *Bernardino Baldi (1533–1617), Italian mathematician and writer *Bernardino Bertolotti (born 1547), Italian composer and instrumentalist *Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian air force officer *Bernardino Blaceo (floruit, fl. c. 1550), Italian painter of the Renaissance period *Bernardino Borlasca (1580–1631), Italian composer of the Renaissance era *Bernardino Butinone (a.k.a. Bernardo da Treviglio)c. 1436–c. 1508, Italian painter of the Renaissance *Bernardino Caballero (1839–1912), President of Paraguay 1881–1886 *Bernardino Cametti (1669–1736), Italian sculptor of the late Baroque period *Bernardino Campi (1522–1591), Italian Renaissance painter from Reggio Emilia *Bernardino Campilius (floruit, fl. 1502), Italian painter *Bernardino Capitelli (1589–1639), Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period *Bernardino Carboni (died after 1779), Italian deco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardines (other)
Bernardines may refer to: *Cistercians, a Roman Catholic religious order, sometimes called the Bernardines *Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes, a small branch of the Cistercians *Bernardines (Franciscans), the name by which the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan Observants) is known in the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Bernardino of Siena *Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis, a Roman Catholic religious order based in Pennsylvania, United States *The multi-ethnic mercenary army formerly commanded by German Protestant general Bernard of Saxe-Weimar during the Thirty Years' War, inherited by the French after his death See also *Bernardine (other) Bernardine is a given name. Bernardine may also refer to: * ''Bernardine'' (film), a 1957 film version of the play *Bernardine (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Prié blanc * ''Bernardine'' (play), a 1952 play by Mary Chase * ''Ber ... * Bernadine (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Portenski
Bernardine Judith Portenski (née Coleman, 26 August 1949 – 1 February 2017), commonly known as Bernie Portenski, was a New Zealand long-distance runner. She set numerous age-group world records, and competed at events ranging from 800 metres to marathon. Athletics Portenski took up running at the age of 30, and discovered a liking for long-distance events. She ran 114 marathons, including competing at the annual Rotorua Marathon on 33 occasions. In 1992 she qualified for the Olympics, but was deemed too old by the New Zealand Olympic selectors and was not added to the team. Personal life Portenski was born in Lower Hutt on 26 August 1949, the daughter of Mary Coleman (née Caroll) and John Coleman, and educated at Sacred Heart College. When not running, Portenski ran a hairdressing salon in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. She was married to Peter Horan, and had one daughter and one stepson. Portenski was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in May 2016. Portenski died in Welli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine R
Bernardine is a Latinate diminutive of the given name "Bernard". It can be applied to men, notably Bernardino of Siena, Saint Bernadine, but is now much more often a Grammatical gender#Personal names, female name. Bernadine and Bernadene are variant spellings of the female name. The nickname ''Bernie (given name), Bernie'' is unisex. Bernardine is uncommon as a surname. Emily Dickinson uses the word as an adjective: "A more Bernardine Girl...". As a male given name *Saint Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), Italian Franciscan missionary *Bernardino of Fossa (1420–1503), Italian Fransciscan historian, theologian and writer *Blessed Bernardine of Feltre (1439–1494), Italian Franciscan missionary *Bernardine a Piconio (1633–1709), French Capuchin theologian and exegete *Bernardine Dong Guangqing (1917–2007), Chinese bishop As a female given name *Bernardine of Lippe (1563–1628), German countess *Bernardine Bishop (1939–2013), British author *Bernardine Doh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Hamaekers
Caroline Frédérique Bernardine Hamaekers (12 June 1836 – 24 October 1912) was a Belgian soprano prominent in the opera houses and ''demimonde'' of Paris from the mid-1850s through 1869. For a time she was the mistress of Napoleon III, but had several other lovers. In 1870 she returned to Belgium where she was a prima donna at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie until her retirement from the stage in 1884. Her last years in Brussels found her almost destitute. In a fit of despair she committed suicide at the age of 76. Life and career Hamaekers was born in Louvain, Belgium, one of the ten daughters of Guillaume and Anne-Catherine (''née'' Vanderwalen) Hamaekers. Her father was an inn-keeper and a veteran of the Battle of Austerlitz. She initially studied singing in Louvain with Mme. Mathieu-Marin and then at the Brussels Conservatory, making her first concert appearance in 1855. On the encouragement of Eugène Scribe, she went to Paris accompanied by one of her sisters for furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Flynn
Bernardine Flynn (January 2, 1904 – March 20, 1977) was an American Old-time radio, radio actress and announcer best known for playing the role of Sade Gook on the long-running Radio comedy, comic radio serial ''Vic and Sade''. Early years Born in 1904, Flynn graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Class of 1926), moving to Chicago in 1927. In Chicago, Flynn became a radio actress and announcer. She was used as a radio announcer, a rarity for women in the 1920s, as she was known for controlling her emotions. This quality of not becoming emotional was exploited in the ''Vic and Sade'' show, where she would play the role of Straight man (stock character), straight man to the comic daffiness. Radio One of Flynn's earliest activities on radio was on WABC (AM), WJZ in New York City. She replaced Virginia Carter in the ingenue's role on the ''Empire Builders (radio program), Empire Builders'' program. The following year, she was heard on ''Rin Tin Tin#Radio, Rin Tin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo, (born 28 May 1959) is a British author and academic. Her novel ''Girl, Woman, Other'', jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's ''The Testaments'', making her the first woman with Black heritage to win the Booker. Evaristo is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London and President of the Royal Society of Literature, the second woman and the first person with Black heritage to hold the role since it was founded in 1820. Evaristo is a longstanding advocate for the inclusion of writers and artists of colour. She founded the Brunel International African Poetry Prize in 2012 and initiated The Complete Works poetry mentoring scheme in 2007. She co-founded Spread the Word writer development agency with Ruth Borthwick (1995–present) and Britain's first black women's theatre company (1982–1988), Theatre of Black Women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Do Régo
Bernardine do Régo (born 1937) is a Beninese diplomat. Life Bernardine do Régo was born on 20 August 1937 and educated in Dakar and Paris. She studied at the University of Paris from 1961 to 1963, and at the Institut des hautes études d'Outre-Mer (IHEOM) from 1962 to 1964. dd In 1964 she wasd appointed administrative and consular affairs director at the Republic of Dahomey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1970 she became technical consultant to the Office of the Presidency. After the 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état she served as a diplomat in France, the United States, and as ambassador to Nigeria. She is in retirement in Cotonou Cotonou (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The ci .... References 1937 births Living people Beninese women ambassadors Ambassadors of Benin to Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Rae Dohrn (née Ohrnstein; born January 12, 1942) is a retired law professor and a former leader of the left-wing radical group Weather Underground in the United States. As a leader of the Weather Underground in the early 1970s, Dohrn was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for several years. She remained a fugitive, even though she was removed from the list. After coming out of hiding in 1980, Dohrn pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of aggravated battery and bail jumping. Dohrn had graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1967. During the 1980s, she was employed by the Sidley & Austin law firm. From 1991 to 2013, Dohrn was a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law. She is married to Bill Ayers, a co-founder of the Weather Underground. Early life Bernardine Dohrn was born Bernardine Ohrnstein in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1942, and grew up in Whitefish Bay, an upper-middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardine Bishop
Bernardine Anna Livia Mary Bishop (née Wall; 16 August 1939 – 4 July 2013) was an English novelist, teacher and psychotherapist.24 July 201"Bernardine Bishop obituary" ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 10 April 2015 Her first novel, ''Perspectives'', was published by Hutchinson in 1961. During a half-century break between publishing her first two novels and her third, the 2013 Costa prize-nominated ''Unexpected Lessons In Love'', she brought up a family, taught, and practised as a psychotherapist.Tumulty, Desmond (5 July 2013"Bernardine Bishop obituary" ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 10 April 2015 Diagnosed with cancer of the colon in 2008, and subsequently forced to give up her psychotherapy work because of the illness, she reinvigorated her literary career by writing three novels, of which ''Unexpected Lessons In Love'' was the first. The book had only just been published when, having been informed that her condition was terminal, she decided to withdraw from chemotherapy and "turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
