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Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count Of Xauen
Dámaso is a Spanish masculine given name. The name is equivalent to that of Pope Damasus I in English. The name also exists in Italian as Damaso, though it is uncommon. People * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet * Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen (1873–1953), Spanish soldier and politician * Dámaso Blanco (born 1941), Venezuelan baseball third baseman * Dámaso Centeno (1850–1892), Argentine politician and orphanage founder * Dámaso Espino (born 1983), Panamanian baseball catcher * Dámaso García (1957–2020), Dominican baseball player * Dámaso González (1948–2017), Spanish bullfighter * Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (1771–1848), Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist * Dámaso Marte (born 1975), Dominican Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Dámaso Pérez Prado (1916–1989), Cuban musician * Dámaso Rodríguez Martín "El Brujo" (1945–1991), Spanish serial killer * Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer (1949–2009), Spanish jurist * Dámaso de Toro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Damasus I
Pope Damasus I (; c. 305 – 11 December 384) was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture. He spoke out against major heresies (including Apollinarianism and Macedonianism) and thus solidifying the faith of the Catholic Church, and encouraged production of the Vulgate Bible with his support for Jerome. He helped reconcile the relations between the Church of Rome and the Church of Antioch, and encouraged the veneration of martyrs. As well as various prose letters and other pieces Damasus was the author of Latin verse. Alan Cameron describes his epitaph for a young girl called Projecta (of great interest to scholars as the Projecta Casket in the British Museum may have been made for her) as "a tissue of tags and clichés shakily strung together and barely squeezed into the meter". Damasus has been described as "the first society Pope", and was possibly a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
