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Vigor (name)
Vigor is a given name and a surname. It may refer to: * Saint Vigor (died 537), French bishop, missionary and saint * Vigor or Victor Boucquet (1619–1677), Flemish painter * Vigor Bovolenta (1974–2012), Italian volleyball player * Eileen Vigor (born 1935), English retired cricketer and lawn bowler * Jane Vigor (1699–1783), English letter writer from the Russian court * Michael Vigor Michael James Vigor (born 17 September 1990) is a Scottish-born Australian professional basketball player for the Willetton Tigers of the NBL1 West. He made his debut in the State Basketball League (SBL) for the Perth Redbacks in 2008 and in 20 ... (born 1990), Scottish-born Australian basketball player * Xia Vigor (born 2009), British-Filipino child actress and TV host {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vigor
Saint Vigor (french: Saint Vigor, Vigeur; la, Vigor, Vigorus) (died circa 537 AD) was a French bishop and Christian missionary. Life Born into the nobility in Artois, he studied at Arras under Saint Vedast. His father would not grant approval for him to become a priest, so he ran away from home, taking nothing with him, accompanied by an acolyte, Theodimir. Thereafter, he became a hermit preacher at Reviers, Calvados, and worked as a missionary. Vigor was named bishop of Bayeux in 514. He fervently opposed paganism and reputedly founded a monastery, later known as Saint-Vigor-le-Grand. In Bayeux, Normandy, he destroyed a pagan temple that was still in use and built a church on the grounds. Veneration Vigor was venerated from an early date in Bayeux, where he had been bishop. His cult as a saint is attested in 834 by mention of a relic at Le Mans. Around 987 Vigor's relics came to the Abbey of Saint-Riquier in Ponthieu. Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen held a copy of the ''Vita Vigoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Boucquet
Vigor Boucquet or Victor Boucquet (Veurne, 1619 – Veurne, 1677) was a Flemish painting, Flemish painter known for his portraits and paintings of biblical subjects.Victor Boucquet at the Netherlands Institute for Art History He was mainly active in his native Veurne and its surroundings where he was in demand for altarpieces for the local churches and monasteries. He worked in the typical Flemish Baroque style of his time, with a tendency towards a somber realism.P. Bautier, ''Victor Boucquet et les portraitistes flamand ‘pseudo-espagnols’'', Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Oudheidkunde en Kunstgeschiedenis Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, XI – 1941 - 4, pp. 241-244 Life He was born at Veurne in 1619. He was the son of Marcus Boucquet, a little known painter who was the city painter of V ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigor Bovolenta
Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the European Championship in 1995 and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 37 only a few hours after feeling faint (allegedly suffering a heart attack) during an Italian League fourth level game between his team, Forlì, and the reserve team of Macerata. He had severe coronary artery disease similar to Sergey Grinkov. See also *List of sportspeople who died during their careers Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location. Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers * List of American football players who died during their careers * L ... References External linksRAI Profile 1974 births 2012 deaths Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Volley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Vigor
Eileen Vigor (; born 1935) is an English former cricketer and international lawn bowler. She played as a right-arm off break bowler, and played in five test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1963 and 1966. She played domestic cricket for Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. .... Vigor also played for the England bowls team, and took part in the 1991 World Indoor Bowls Championship. References External links * * 1935 births Living people People from Bermondsey England women Test cricketers Surrey women cricketers English female bowls players {{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Vigor
Jane Vigor (née Goodwin) (1699 – 6 September 1783) (other married names: Ward, Rondeau) was an English letter writer, best known for her "Letters from a Lady, who resided some years in Russia, to her Friend in England ...", written when she was the wife of two successive British residents (ambassadors) to the court of the Empress Anna of Russia. Her letters "offer a unique eyewitness account of imperial and expatriate society at Saint Petersburg" in the 1730s. Family and early life She was born at Graffham in Sussex, England in early 1699, the daughter of Revd. George Goodwin (1666–1750) and his wife, Elizabeth, née Sykes. George Goodwin was the rector of Graffham church, having been instituted as such in June 1698. Jane Goodwin was baptised at Graffham church on 20 February 1699. When Jane was ten years old, George Goodwin moved to Methley in Yorkshire where he was instituted as rector of St Oswald's Church in March 1709, remaining there until his death in 1750. On 20 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vigor
Michael James Vigor (born 17 September 1990) is a Scottish-born Australian professional basketball player for the Willetton Tigers of the NBL1 West. He made his debut in the State Basketball League (SBL) for the Perth Redbacks in 2008 and in 2011 joined the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 2011 as a development player. He won an NBL championship with the Wildcats in 2014 and sn SBL championship with the Redbacks in 2017. He played in Europe between 2015 and 2020, and in 2018 he represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Early life Vigor was born in Westhill, Scotland, to an English father and a Scottish mother. He lived there for the first five years of his life before being raised in Australia. Vigor attended Wesley College in Perth, Western Australia, where he played for the school's basketball team. He also played in the Western Australian Basketball League (WABL) for the Perth Redbacks as a junior. Professional career SBL, SEABL and NBL1 Vig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
