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Damian (surname)
Damian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cornel Damian (born 1960), Romanian Roman Catholic bishop * Georgeta Damian (born 1976), Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals * Horia Damian (1922–2012), Romanian painter and sculptor * Jean-Michel Damian (1947–2016), French radio journalist * Mircea Damian (1899–1948), Romanian writer * Michael Damian (born 1962), American singer and actor * Pater Damiaan (1840–1889), Belgian missionary, probably named after the first martyr * Saint Peter Damian Peter Damian ( la, Petrus Damianus; it, Pietro or '; – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of '' Paradiso'' ... (died 1072), Italian monk {{surname, Damian Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornel Damian
Cornel Damian (born May 8, 1960) is a Romanian cleric, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest. Born in Jibou, he moved with his family to Drobeta-Turnu Severin, where he finished high school. His parents were Greek-Catholic, but as their church was banned under the communist regime, Damian was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition. at the Iaşi Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 16, 2012 He attended the and was ordained a priest in 1986 at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgeta Damian
Georgeta Damian (married name Andruanche, born 14 April 1976 in Botoșani) is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006. Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's eight, that won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she also won the Women's pairs. With Viorica Susanu, she won the World Championships in the pairs in 2001 and 2002, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won gold medals in both pairs and eights. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the women's pairs with Susanu, and bronze in the eights. Medals at Olympic Games *2008 Summer Olympics :: 1st, Women's coxless pair :: 3rd, Women's eight *2004 Summer Olympics *: *: 1st, Women's eight *: 1st, Women's coxless pair *2000 Summer Olympics :: 1st, Women's Eight :: 1st, Women's Pair Medals at World Championships *1997 :: 1st, Women's Eight :: 2nd, Women's Pair *1998 :: 1st, Women's Eight *1999 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Damian
Horia Damian (Bucharest, 27 Feb 1922 - Paris 14 May 2012) was a Romanian painter and sculptor. Biography Damian enrolled at the School of Architecture in Bucharest in 1941. In that same year he made his debut at the Salonul Official de Pictura at Sala Dalles in Bucharest. His first one-man show took place at the Ateneul Roman in Bucharest in 1942. He was awarded the Anastase Simu Prize for painting. In 1946, he won a scholarship to Paris, where he later settled. After a few months with André Lhote he worked with Daniel Lager in 1949-50 and then studied with Auguste Herbin, becoming acquainted with Piet Mondrian's work through Felix del Marle (1889–1952). This encounter with abstract art led to his first truly original paintings, such as ''Starry Night'', which consists of a geometric arrangement of white dots. He destroyed most of the works he produced during the second half of the 1950s, an experimental period for him. His works of the early 1960s, executed in oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Damian
Jean-Michel Damian (8 September 1947 – 1 November 2016) was a French radio and television music journalist. He hosted and produced radio programmes on France Musique from 1980 to 2009. He was the author of two books. Early life Jean-Michel Damian was born on 8 September 1947, in Chambéry, Savoie, France. He learned to play the piano, the harpsichord and the pipe organ as a child. He graduated from Sciences Po. Career Damian was a radio journalist. He began his career as a music journalist on France Culture in the early 1970s. He was also a book reviewer ''Politique Hebdo'', a radio programme on France Culture. He joined France Inter in 1975, where he was a music reviewer on ''Temps de vivre'', hosted by Jacques Pradel, until 1977. He was the host of ''Espace musical'', a television programme on France 3, in 1978. Damian was a music journalist on France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Damian
Mircea Damian (pen name of Constantin Mătușa; March 14, 1899–June 16, 1948) was a Romanian prose writer and journalist. Early life Born in Izvoru, Olt County, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by high school in Slatina. He led a disorganized and nomadic life, living from one day to another while wandering from city to city (Bistrița, Dej, Bacău, Galați, Constanța) and founding or working on various obscure publications. Career He finally settled in Bucharest, where he worked as an editor on several publications and founded and led one of his own, the magazine ''Vitrina literară'' (1929–1934). He solidified a reputation as an apt polemicist. He also delved into literature, as an author of humorous stories. He was well-received in the ''Sburătorul'' literary circle, although in ''Istoria literaturii române contemporane'', its leader Eugen Lovinescu gave a much more modest opinion of Damian's merits. His first book was the 1929 ''Eu sau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Damian
Michael Damian Weir (born April 26, 1962) is an American actor, recording artist, and producer, best known for his role as Danny Romalotti on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', which he played from 1980 to 1998 and again in 2002-2004, 2008, 2012-2013, and again in 2022. Career Michael began his music career as a member of his family band, The Weirz, who released two self-titled albums, one in 1975 and one in 1979. After a 1981 appearance on ''American Bandstand'' in support of his debut single, a cover of the Eric Carmen tune "She Did It”, Damian was offered the part of struggling singer, Danny Romalotti, on the daytime television series ''The Young and the Restless''. Michael appeared in three episodes of the popular television series '' The Facts of Life'' (in 1985 - Season 6 episodes 19-20 as well as 1986 in the nineteenth episode of Season 7) playing Flyman, the love interest of Jo Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon). After twelve years with ''The Young and the Restless' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pater Damiaan
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute. He was recognized for his ministry, which he led from 1873 until his death in 1889, in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease), who lived in government-mandated medical quarantine in a settlement on the Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokai. During this time, he taught the Catholic faith to the people of Hawaii. Father Damien also cared for the patients and established leaders within the community to build houses, schools, roads, hospitals, and churches. He dressed residents' ulcers, built a reservoir, made coffins, dug graves, shared pipes, and ate poi with them, providing both medical and emotional support. After eleven years caring for the physical, spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Peter Damian
Peter Damian ( la, Petrus Damianus; it, Pietro or '; – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of '' Paradiso'' as a great predecessor of Francis of Assisi and he was declared a Doctor of the Church on 27 September 1828. His feast day is 21 February. Early life Peter was born in Ravenna around 1007, the youngest of a large but poor noble family. Orphaned early, he was at first adopted by an elder brother, who ill-treated and under-fed him while employing him as a swineherd. After some years, another brother, Damianus, who was archpriest at Ravenna, had pity on him and took him away to be educated. Adding his brother's name to his own, Peter made such rapid progress in his studies of theology and canon law, first at Ravenna, then at Faenza, and finally at the University of Parma, that, around the age of 25, he was already a famous teacher at Parma a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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