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Silvan (other)
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Silvan may refer to: * Saint Silvan, Christian martyr * Silvan (illusionist), Italian magician * Silvan Byggemarked, Danish chain store that sells building materials * Silvan Elves, woodland elves of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium * Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-born Israeli politician * Silvan, Diyarbakır, city in the Diyarbakır Province of Turkey * Silvan, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne, Australia * Silvan ambush, an ambush in the town of Silvan killing 13 Turkish soldiers. See also * Silvanus (other) * Silvanus (mythology), Roman deity from whom the adjective ''sylvan'' derives * Sylvain (other) * Sylvan (other) Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin ''silva'': "forest, woods") may refer to: Places United States * Sylvan, Illinois, a former settlement * Sylvan, Wisconsin, a town ** Sylvan (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated area in the town * Sylvan T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Silvan
Saint Silvan was a Christian martyr and a saint who lived in the fourth century. Not much is known about this Saint other than he was martyred between 300 and 350 A.D. and his apparently incorrupt body is still on display 17 centuries after his death. It appears that Silvan was very young when he was martyred, showing his devoutness to Christianity from a young age. In his tomb, an embroidered cross on the front of his garment indicating that he may have been a priest or some other cleric possibly indicating that he was a fairly high ranking in his time. The incorrupt body of Saint Silvan is located in the Church of Saint Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia. A number of Silvans have been canonized as saints, and it is unclear which Saint Silvan is entombed at the Church of Saint Blaise. Most sources claim the Saint Silvan at Dubrovnik was martyred in the 4th century — a gruesome wound on his neck suggests the manner of his martyrdom — which may indicate he was Saint Silvanus, Bishop o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan (illusionist)
Silvan (born May 18, 1937) is an Italian illusionist, writer and television personality. Life and career Born Aldo Savoldello in Venice, Silvan started his career at 20 years old and made his television debut in 1956, in the RAI show '' Primo applauso'' ("First applause").Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . He gained mainstream popularity in 1973 hosting the RAI Saturday night magic and illusionism show ''Sim Salabim''. After six decades as a magician Silvan continues to perform on television and touring his full evening show. Silvan won two Merlin Awards, in 1998 and in 2011, being the first Italian magician to win the award. The Academy of Magical Arts awarded him "Magician of the Year" twice, in 1990 and in 1999. He is also in the “Hall of Fame” of the Society of American Magicians. In 2018 The Magic Circle awarded him The Devant for "Services to International Magic". Silvan has written several books, appeared in some film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Byggemarked
Silvan A/S is a Danish chain of hardware stores established in 1874. It is one of the largest retailers of DIY building materials in Denmark, and they primarily sell to nonprofessionals but also to professional tradesmen. The name, ''Silvan'', comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva''. Silvan has 42 DIY stores situated near larger cities around Denmark. The average size of the stores is 2,400 square metres excluding warehouse, administration, garden center, and drive-in. In addition to the 42 DIY stores, Silvan also has an online store with more than 22,000 articles. The day-to-day operations of Silvan A/S takes place in the head office in Brabrand near Aarhus where approximately 100 people are employed. History Silvan was established back in 1874 when the grocers Johan Christian Strudsberg and Peter Thomsen established and opened the company for the first time under the name: ''Trælast- og Kulhandelen Silvan''. In 1894 Silvan was registered as a partnership and in Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Elves
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Elves or Quendi are a sundered (divided) people. They awoke at Cuiviénen on the continent of Middle-earth, where they were divided into three tribes: Minyar (the Firsts), Tatyar (the Seconds) and Nelyar (the Thirds). After some time, they were summoned by Oromë to live with the Valar in Valinor, on Aman. That summoning and the Great Journey that followed split the Elves into two main groups (and many minor ones), which were never fully reunited. Tolkien stated that the stories were made to create a world for his elvish languages, not the reverse. The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey writes that ''The Silmarillion'' derived from the linguistic relationship between the two languages, Quenya and Sindarin, of the divided Elves. The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger states that Tolkien used the Indo-European type of proto-language as his model. In her view, the sundering of the Elves reflects the progressive decline and fall in Middle-earth from i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Shalom
Zion Silvan Shalom ( he, ציון סילבן שלום, born 4 August 1958) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015. He held several prominent ministerial positions, including being Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He resigned on 24 December 2015 following allegations of sexual harassment. Later on, the Attorney-General closed this investigation and said these claims were unsubstantiated. Early life Shalom was born in Gabès, Tunisia on 4 August 1958 to a family that traced its roots to the Sephardic Beit Shalom dynasty. His family moved to Israel in 1959, settling in the city of Beersheba in the Negev. On 3 November 1964, when Shalom was six years old, his father Shimon Shalom, a bank manager and a member of the Betar movement, was killed during the course of a bungled bank robbery. The murder was notoriously known as the first committed in a bank robbery in the history of the young State of Israel. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan, Diyarbakır
Silvan ( ku, Farqîn; ota, ميا فارقين, translit=Meyafarikîn) is a city and district in the Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. Its population is 41,451. History Silvan has been identified by several scholars as one of two possible locations (the other being Arzan) of Tigranakert (Tigranocerta), the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Armenia, which was built by King Tigran the Great (ruling 95–55 BC) and named in his honor. Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh. ''«Տիգրանակերտ»'' (Tigranakert). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. vol. xi. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1986, pp. 699-700. Roman era In 69 BC, the army of Republican Rome defeated Tigran's troops in the battle of Tigranocerta. The city lost its importance as a thriving center for trade and Hellenistic culture in the following decades. In 387 AD, with the Peace of Acilisene, Tigranakert was made part of the Byzantine Empire. Around 400 AD, the city's bishop, Marutha (later, saint Maruthas), brought a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan, Victoria
Silvan is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 40 km east of Melbourne, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Silvan recorded a population of 1,323 at the 2021 census. Silvan marks the halfway point between Belgrave and Lilydale, both large suburban areas. The area's soils, well suited to growing fruits, vegetables and flowers, draw tourists to the various pick-yourself orchards and berry farms in Silvan. A cultivated hybrid variety of blackberry known as the silvanberry is named after the town. History Originally known as ''Wandin Yallock South'', the town was first surveyed in 1868. The town's name was changed to Silvan in 1913, the same year the local primary school changed its name to Silvan Primary School. In 1917, and as a result of a growing population in Melbourne's south east, the Silvan Reservoir was commissioned, with the reservoir completed in 1932. A conduit from the Upper Yarra dam was completed in 1957. In 1954 the first Tulip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Ambush
The Silvan ambush was an ambush on the Turkish Army by PKK insurgents, which inflicted heavy casualties on both sides. The ambush took place in a forest around the town of Silvan. The Turkish forces were taken by surprise and suffered considerable casualties, before launching a counterattack. The ambush took place in a forest, the isolated position had given the insurgents initial success, catching the Turkish army by surprise and inflicting heavy casualties. However, the Turkish army had managed to regroup and return fire, killing seven Kurdish militants and wounding an unknown number. Background Silvan is a district and municipality in the Diyarbakir province and is situated in a province of ethnic strife. Silvan and the wider Diyarbakir area were to be seen as Kurdish lands, but did not occur due to subsequent events, when it was incorporated into the Republic of Turkey. Diyarbakir is seen as a de facto capital of Turkish Kurdistan by some. However, it is governed by the Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvanus (other)
Silvanus or Sylvanus may refer to: *Silas (Silvanus), disciple, mentioned in four New Testament epistles *Silvanus (monk), one of the Desert Fathers *Silvanus of the Seventy, a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles *Silvanus (mythology), a Roman tutelary deity or spirit of woods and fields *Silvanus (name), a surname and given name (and list of people with the name) * Silvanus (''Forgotten Realms''), a fictional deity in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *Sylvanus, Michigan, a village * ''Silvanus'' (genus), a genus of beetles See also *''Teachings of Silvanus'', a text from the Nag Hammadi library * Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill, a gristmill built in 1796 in Greenwich, Connecticut * Sylvanus Thayer Award, an award that is given each year by the United States Military Academy at West Point *Silvain (other) *Silvan (other) *Sylvain (other) Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvanus (mythology)
Silvanus (; meaning "of the woods" in Latin) was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest (''sylvestris deus''), he especially presided over plantations and delighted in trees growing wild.Tibullus II.5.27, 30. Lucan. ''Pharsalia'' III.402.Pliny the Elder. ''Naturalis historia'' XII.2. He is also described as a god watching over the fields and husbandmen, protecting in particular the boundaries of fields.Horace. '' Epodes'' II.21-22. The similarly named Etruscan deity Selvans may be a borrowing of Silvanus, or not even related in origin.Peter F. Dorcey, ''The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion'' (Brill, 1992), pp. 10–1online noting earlier efforts to press an Etruscan etymology on Silvanus. Silvanus is described as the divinity protecting the flocks of cattle, warding off wolves, and promoting their fertility.Virgil. ''Aeneid'' VIII.600-1.Cato the Elder. ''De Re Rustica'' 83 Dolabella, a rural engineer of whom only a few p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain (other)
Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to: People *Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director *Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager * Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician * Sylvain Chavanel (born 1979), French cyclist *Sylvain Chomet (born 1963), French animator * Sylvain Cossette (born 1963), Canadian pop vocalist * Sylvain Côté (born 1966), Canadian former ice hockey player * Sylvain Cros (born 1980), French freestyle swimmer *Sylvain Distin (born 1977), French footballer *Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), British footballer * Sylvain Eugène Raynal (1867–1939), French army officer *Sylvain Estibal (born 1967), French journalist, writer, and film director * Sylvain Garel (born 1956), French politician and human-rights activist *Sylvain Grenier (born 1977), Canadian wrestler *Sylvain Guintoli (born 1982), French motorcycle racer *Sylvain Arend (1902–1992), Belgian astronomer *Sylvain Lefebvre (born 1967), former NHL player *Sylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
