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Fidelis (name)
Fidelis (Latin for "fidelity") is a given name (usually male) and surname. The equivalent is Fidélis in Portuguese or Fidel in Spanish. Bearers of the name include: ;Known by given name alone: * Saint Fidelis (other): ** Carpophorus and Fidelis, legendary associates of Felinus and Gratian (died c.250). ** Fidelis of Como (died c. 304), soldier-saint. ** Fidelis (bishop of Mérida) (fl. 550s) ** Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577 - 1622), Counter-Reformation martyr. * Fidélis (footballer, 1944-2012), José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian football defender * Fidélis (footballer, born 1989), Philipe Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian football striker * Fidelis, pseudonym of Agnes Maule Machar (1837–1927), a Canadian writer. * Fidelis, pseudonym of (1890–1960), a German doctor and politician ;Given name, with surname: * Fidelis Chojnacki(1906–1942), a Polish Capuchin friar and priest. * Fidelis Fernando (born 1948), a Sri Lankan bishop * Fidelis Gadzama (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelity
Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty. Its original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of ''fealty''. Both derive from the Latin word ''fidēlis'', meaning "faithful or loyal". In the City of London financial markets it has traditionally been used in the sense encompassed in the motto "My word is my bond". Audio and electronics In audio, "fidelity" denotes how accurately a copy reproduces its source. In the 1950s, the terms " high fidelity" or "hi-fi" were popularized for equipment and recordings which exhibited more accurate sound reproduction. For example, a worn gramophone record will have a lower fidelity than one in good condition, and a recording made by a low budget record company in the early 20th century is likely to have significantly less audio fidelity than a good modern recording. Similarly in electronics, fidelity refers to the correspondence of the output signal to the input signal, rather than sound quality, as in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Leite Magalhães
Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães is an East Timorese political economist, public policy specialist and politician, and a member of the People's Liberation Party (PLP). From May 2020 to July 2023, he was the President of the Council of Ministers, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, from 2018 to 2020, he was Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs in the same government, and, from July 2019, also acting Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs and acting Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry. Early life and career Magalhães was raised in , the capital of what is now the municipality of Bobonaro in the west of East Timor. He is the second child of Manuel Magalhães and Regina Cardoso Gouveia Leite, who had five daughters and three other sons, including the PD politician , State Secretary for Youth and Labor from 2017 to 2018. Manuel Magalhães was killed during the 1999 East Timore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Uzochukwu Okafor
Professor Fidelis Uzochukwu Okafor is an academic and is the current substantive vice chancellor of Anambra State University located in Uli, a town in Nigeria. He was appointed by the governor of Anambra State. Early life and education Born in 1950 at Onitsha, Okafor had his G.C.E at All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha in 1972. He had his B.A at Urban University, Rome in 1976. He had his Masters (1980) and PhD (1982) in Urban University, and Gregorian University in Rome . Career He worked as Lecturer II (1982–1984), Lecturer I (1984–1986), Senior Lecturer (1986–1997) before he rose to the post of a professor in 1997 at University of Nigeria The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has thr .... He is the current Vice chancellor of Anambra State University although he has also served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Tapgun
Fidelis Naanmiap Tapgun was elected governor of Plateau State during the Nigerian Third Republic. Later he was Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya. He was appointed Federal Minister of Industry by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Early career Tapgun a graduate of Political Science (1974) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was in the same class with Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila. Tapgun worked with the civil service for 27 years...He ran successfully for Governor of Plateau State on the Social Democratic Party platform, taking office in January 1992. However, the National elections the next year were aborted by a military coup that led to General Sani Abacha taking power. After the return to democracy in 1999, he was appointed Ambassador to Kenya in 2000. In February 2001, as Permanent Representative of the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Environment Programme, he attended a Commonwealth Consultative Group on Environment in Nairobi. Tapgun was Director-General of the Obasanjo-Atiku Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Saviour
Terungwa "Saviour" Fidelis (born April 18, 1988) is a Nigerian football player. He is currently playing for Taraba F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League. Club career A journeyman striker, he has played for no less than six Nigerian clubs and trialed abroad in Oman, and Sudan. He spent the 2012 Nigeria National League season at Taraba F.C. after transferring from Ranchers Bees FC. He led the second-level (Nigeria National League) with 12 goals in 13 total games which led to a call-up for the Nigeria national football team. He signed with Enyimba in September 2012. He was the leading top scorer in the Nigeria Premier League midway in 2013. He returned to Taraba at the start of the 2014 season. In 2015 he moved to Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ... to play with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Rakotonarivo
Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo (born 28 August 1956 in Ambohimahazo) is the head of the Diocese of Ambositra in Ambositra, Madagascar. He was ordained priest on 15 August 1992 by the Society of Jesus , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders .... He was appointed and confirmed as bishop during 2004. External links Profile of Bishop Rakotonarivo 1956 births Living people People from Amoron'i Mania 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Madagascar Malagasy Jesuits Jesuit bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Ambositra Malagasy Roman Catholic bishops {{Madagascar-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Oyakhilome
Fidelis Oyakhilome (born 13 April 1939) was Nigerian military governor of Rivers State from January 1984 until August 1986 during the administrations of Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida. Birth and education Oyakhilome was born on 13 April 1939 in Ewu, Ishan in Edo State. He joined the Nigerian Police Force in 1959. He studied law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife (1965–1968) and then at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (1968–1969), being called to the Nigerian Bar on graduation. Police career Oyakhilome became Chief Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Division of the Rivers State Police, Port Harcourt (1972–1974). He served in Grenada (1975–1977). He became military governor of Rivers State in January 1984 after the military overthrow of the Nigerian Second Republic. On 19 April 1984, Oyakhilome signed the edict establishing the Rivers State School of Basic Studies, later to become the Rivers State College of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Onye Som
Fidelis Onye Som (born 5 March 1945) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he lost to Donato Paduano of Canada. References 1945 births Living people Nigerian Roman Catholics Nigerian male boxers Olympic boxers for Nigeria Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers {{Nigeria-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Okoro
Fidelis C. Okoro is a Nigerian politician who was Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Okoro was appointed to committees on Senate Services, Industries (chairman), Police Affairs, Agriculture and Niger Delta. He changed allegiance to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and became an ally of Governor Chimaroke Nnamani. In December 2001, he was named in an assault suit by Chief Mike Ejinima, an aspirant to become governor, along with Nnamani, Ike Ekweremadu Ike Ekweremadu (born 12 May 1962) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since May 2003. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party, and was the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate f ... and David Atigwe, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly. He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Oditah
Fidelis Oditah KC, SAN (born 1964) is a Nigerian barrister and an authority on insolvency law. He served as President of the Nigerian Branch of the International Law Association from 2014-2023. Oditah was born in Nigeria. At the age of twenty he graduated from the University of Lagos with a first-class degree in law and twelve of the thirteen available prizes (1984). The following year, he graduated with the highest first-class honours awarded that year by the Nigerian Law School (1985). In the next year he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship enabling him to study at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College, 1986–1989), where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law (1987) and of Doctor of Philosophy (1989), completing his DPhil thesis in only two years. Oditah was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1992 and became a Queen's Counsel in 2003, aged thirty-nine, after eleven years at the bar. Oditah published ''Legal Aspects of Receivables Financing'' in 1990. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Obikwu
Fidelis C. Obikwu (born 1960), is a male former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career Obikwu was a National champion after winning the 1982 AAA National Championships in the decathlon. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the decathlon, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References 1960 births English male athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Living people English male decathletes Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Ndyabagye
Fidelis Ndyabagye (born February 24, 1950) is a Ugandan athlete. He represented Uganda at the 1980 Olympics in the long jump. He also competed at the 1978 All-Africa Games where he won the silver medal in the long jump and set the still current Ugandan national record at 7.75 meters. After the Olympics he attended the University of New Mexico. He won the Western Athletic Conference 1982, 1984 and 1985 Indoor Championships and the 1985 Outdoor championships. By the time of his 1985 championship, he was 35 years old. How he managed to pass the strict NCAA eligibility requirements at that age is not explained. His winning jump of at his home stadium in Albuquerque would not only be a new national record, but a masters M35 World Record. The Uganda Athletics Federation does not list the mark as a record, the WAC and University show the mark. The masters record would be surpassed a year later by Yugoslavian Nenad Stekić Nenad Stekić ( sr-Cyrl, Нен ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |