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Lycée Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert
Notre-Dame Saint- Sigisbert is a private Catholic school in Nancy, France run in cooperation with the state. It was ranked 10th in excellence out of 48 schools in 2006 by the magazine ''L'Étudiant''.in December 2006 in the French magazine ''L'Étudiant''. The school was established in 1881 from the earlier ''House of Students'', which had been founded in 1864 by Bishop Charles Martial Lavigerie.) Sister schools Saint-Sigisbert has three sister schools in three European countries: * United Kingdom – Mount St Mary's College * Italy – Scuola Enrico Fermi à Padoue * Germany – Gymnase Johanneum de Hombourg Famous alumni * Louis Marin, politician * Eugène Tisserant, cardinal * Pierre Schaeffer, composer *François Guillaume, politician * François Chérèque, trade unionist * Jean-Philippe Jaworski, writer *Johann Vexo Johann Vexo (born 1978) is a French organist. He is the organist for both the choir organ at Notre Dame de Paris (as deputy) and the great organ of Nancy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigisbert
Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert, Sigobert, Sigeberht, or Siegeberht, is the name of: Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings * Sigobert the Lame (died c. 509), a king of the Franks * Sigebert I, King of Austrasia (reigned 561–575) * Sigebert II, King of Austrasia and Burgundy (reigned 613) * Sigebert III, King of Austrasia (reigned 634–656) * Sigeberht the Little, King of Essex (reigned 623?–653) * Sigeberht the Good, a king of Essex (reigned c. 653–660) * Sigeberht of East Anglia, saint and a king of the East Angles (reigned c. 629–c. 634) * Sigeberht of Wessex, King of Wessex (reigned 756–757) Others * Sigebert of Gembloux (c. 1030–1112), Belgian medieval author and historian * Sigebert Buckley (c. 1520–probably 1610), Benedictine monk in England * Sigebert IV According to the pseudohistorical '' Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau'' and related documents, Sigebert IV was the son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II who, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy, France
Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a Provinces of France, province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment, it was nicknamed the "capital of Eastern France" in the late 19th century. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 511,257 inhabitants at the 2018 census, making it the 16th-largest functional area (France), functional urban area in France and Lorraine's largest. The population of the city of Nancy proper is 104,885. The motto of the city is , —a reference to the thistle, which is a symbol of Lorraine. Place Stanislas, a large square built between 1752 and 1756 by architect Emmanuel Héré under the direction of Stanislaus I of Poland to lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Martial Lavigerie
Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie (31 October 1825 – 26 November 1892) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Carthage and Algiers and primate of Africa. He also founded the White Fathers. A Catholic priest who became a bishop in France, Lavigerie established French Catholic missions and missionary orders to work across Africa. Lavigerie promoted Catholicism among the peoples of North Africa, as well as the Black natives further south. He was equally ardent to transform them into French subjects. He crusaded against the slave trade, and he founded the order of priests called the White Fathers, so named for their white cassocks and red fezzes. He also established similar orders of brothers and nuns. He sent his missionaries to the Sahara, Sudan, Tunisia, and Tripolitania. His efforts were supported by the Pope and the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Although anti-clericalism was a major issue in France, the secular leader Léon Gambetta proclaimed, "Anti-clericalism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount St Mary's College
Mount St Mary's College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school situated at Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England. It was founded in 1842 by the Society of Jesus (better known as the Jesuits), and has buildings designed by notable architects such as Joseph Hansom, Henry Clutter and Adrian Gilbert Scott. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Catholic Independent Schools Conference. Its affiliated preparatory school is Barlborough Hall School, just 2.2 miles down the road. History Foundation Since 1580, during the English Reformation, there were Jesuits living and working in Spinkhill, serving the local Catholic population. In 1580, Robert Persons, Edmund Campion, and Ralph Emerson came to England in secret. These first Jesuits were sheltered at Spinkhill Hall, the house that became Mount St Mary's College. In 1620, a clandestine school was founded in Stanley Grange near Derby. When this school was discovered and dispersed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Marin (politician)
Louis Marin (7 February 1871 – 23 May 1960) was a French politician who was Minister for the Liberated Regions in 1924, Minister of Pensions (Veteran Affairs) in 1926–1928 and Minister of Health in 1934. Life Early years Louis Marin was born on 7 February 1871 in Faulx, Meurthe. a small village in the part of Lorraine that remained French after the settlement of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His father was a notary. His mother died during his birth. He attended the Malgrange College, near Nancy, then studied in the Faculty of Law of Nancy before moving to Paris, where he settled in the Latin Quarter. Marin was an avid reader and also had a love of travel. He visited Germany in 1891 and Romania and Serbia the next year, then Algeria. In 1893 he joined the Society of Ethnography that Claude Bernard had founded. He became a permanent member in 1900 and president of the society in 1920. In 1899 Marin visited Greece, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Armenia, Turkestan, Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Tisserant
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (; 24 March 1884 – 21 February 1972) was a French people, French prelate and Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1936, Tisserant was a prominent and long-time member of the Roman Curia. Early life and ordination Tisserant was born in Nancy, France, Nancy to Hippolyte and Octavée (née Connard) Tisserant. From 1900 to 1904, he studied theology, Bible, Sacred Scripture, Hebrew language, Hebrew, Syriac language, Syriac, Old Testament, and The Orient, Oriental Patristics, Patrology at the seminary in Nancy. He was reportedly fluent in thirteen languages: Amharic, Arabic, Akkadian language, Akkadian, English language, English, French language, French (native language), German language, German, Greek language, Greek, Hebrew, Italian language, Italian, Latin, Persian language, Persian, Russian language, Russian and Syriac language, Syriac. He then studied in Jerusalem under Marie-Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime. Amongst the vast range of works and projects he undertook, Schaeffer is most widely and currently recognized for his accomplishments in electronic and experimental music, at the core of which stands his role as the chief developer of a unique and early form of avant-garde music known as musique concrète. The genre emerged in Europe from the utilization of new music technology developed in the post-war era, following the advance of electroacoustic and acous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Guillaume
François Guillaume (born 19 October 1932 in Ville-en-Vermois) is a French politician. He was a member of the Rally for the Republic and after then a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Between 1979 and 1986, he was the president of the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants d'Agricoles. He was Minister of Agriculture between 1986 and 1988. Between 1989 and 1994, he was a Member of the European Parliament. Between 1993 and 2002, He has been a member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o .... References 1932 births Living people Union for a Popular Movement politicians French Ministers of Agriculture Debout la France politicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-UM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Chérèque
François Chérèque (1 June 1956 – 2 January 2017) was a French Trade unionist, and leader of the French trade union CFDT (French Democratic Confederation of Labour or ''Confédération française démocratique du travail''). Early life François Chérèque was born in Nancy department of Lorraine (region). His father, Jacques Chérèque, served as the vice-president of the CFDT. His brother, Marc Chérèque, went on to serve as the President, since 2005, of FC Grenoble. Another brother was vice-president from 2009 to 2011 of Amadeus IT Group. Chérèque went to the Lycée Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert, leaving in 1975. Career Chérèque worked for a hospital in Puteaux in Paris, then worked at a hospital in Digne-les-Bains, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-east France. Chérèque was the leader (''secrétaire général'') of the CFDT from 2002 until 28 November 2012. He succeeded Nicole Notat. During his tenure, he negotiated in favour of pensions for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Jaworski
Jean-Philippe Jaworski (born 1969) is a French author of fantasy literature and role-playing games. Life Born in 1969, Jaworski is a teacher of French literature at a ''lycée'' in Nancy. In 1983, having become interested in role-playing games, he wrote two amateur pen and paper role-playing games: ''Tiers âge'', based on the Third Age of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and '' Te deum pour un massacre'', a period adventure taking place in 16th century France during the Wars of Religion. ''Te deum pour un massacre'' was eventually published in 2005. Jaworski published his first work of fiction, '' Janua Vera'', in 2007, and was awarded that year's '' Prix du Cafard cosmique'' for it. This collection of novellas is set in a fantasy world, ''Le Vieux Royaume'', characterized by a low degree of supernatural activity and inspired by swashbuckler novels and historical fiction. Jaworski continued to develop this world in his first novel, ''Gagner la guerre''. Published in 2009, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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