Saint Peter was born in Bethsaida Gaulanitis, Syria Roman Empire at around 1 AD. Peter’s feast day is on the twenty ninth of June. Bethsaida Gaulanitis was near where the Jordan River enters the Sea of Gennesaret. This place was abandoned at around 65 AD. Peter’s original name appointed to him by his parents was Simon, it became Peter when Jesus changed his name. His father’s name was Jonah. Jonah was a physically strong individual, hence he became a fisherman. Peter deeply followed in his father’s footsteps. His mother’s name was Perpetua. Not much is known about her. Peter also had a brother named, Andrew. Andrew was another one of Jesus’s twelve disciples. Peter did not go to school, he was just taught by his father in the trade of fishing
St. Francis of Assisi was born in Umbria in the year 1182. He was a child every father hoped for, he was filled with life, a determined and courageous individual. He was gifted with rather good looks, qualities that attracted friends and a gift of leadership. His father was an extremely wealthy merchant in Assisi. But this son, his favourite, was the one who broke Peter Bernardone’s heart. The boy turned on his father, and in a vicious event that eventually resulted into a public scene. St. Francis of Assisi stepped away from his father, his business and left his father in a state of immense emotional suffering.
Despite the widespread popularity amongst First Nations people, however, and while “at least some of the traditional remedies involving devil’s-club may have a sound biochemical basis (Turner, 1982, p. 17)”, it hasn’t been widely used at this stage in the modern commercial market. There is ongoing research to determine its potential benefit for commercial pharmacological use, and there is some concern for what the implications of this could be for this slow-growing, sensitive shrub.
Saint Matthew The name Matthew comes from the Greek Maththaios, which is derived from the Hebrew or Aramaic Mattiyah. His name means “gift of Yahweh” or simply “gift of God.” Saint Matthew was one of the twelve apostles and he wrote the Gospel according to Matthew. Although he was a publican, it is said the Saint Matthew was a Jew. Before his conversion, he was a publican, which was a tax collector, by profession. Not much is really known about Matthew later on in his life. His beginning of apostolic activity started in the communities of Palestine. He wrote for his countrymen in Palestine and composed his Gospel in his native Aramaic. This is refereed to as the “Hebrew tongue” which is mentioned in the Gospel and the Acts of
The Purple Loosestrife is an invasive species that continues to reproduce and slowly being treated. The invasive species of the Purple Loosestrife, or Lythrum Salicaria, is a wetland plant that can produce up to 2.7 million seeds with each plant blooming about 30 flowering stems from early July until early September. From their long flower spikes, they have five to seven pink purple petals with a purple rose flower. This invasive species can grow from anywhere between four feet to ten feet tall. Species that are closely related or often confused to be a Purple Loosestrife include the following: fireweed, blue vervain, blazing stars, and native swamp loosestrife.
March 25th, 1347 Saint Catherine was born in Italy. St Catherine is the patron of firefighters, illness, miscarriages, nurses and sick people. During her life, St Catherine herself suffered illness' leading her to be the patron as apparent. At the age of 16, St Catherine had previously disregarded marriage, as she envisioned mystical experiences seeing guardian angels, transforming her into a brilliant minded young woman even though she was not supported with formal education.
Farmer: I use Ethephon, which I have heard can be found in a variety of commercial herbicides.
The Effects of Noxious Weeds on Rangeland Seth Robbins Noxious weeds can be very harmful to all aspect of rangeland. They can outcompete native grasses and forbs causing a loss of forage to livestock and wildlife. A large number of noxious weeds have been purposely introduced to the United States for purposes such as food, forage, fiber and decorative ground cover. Programs have been created to help with the invasion of weeds. It’s taken lots of time and resources to get programs started up to be able to combat the effect of noxious weeds.
Spotted knapweed is a growing concern throughout the state of Montana (MT). (See Attachment 4). Spotted knapweed is native to the grasslands of central Europe and east to central Russia, Caucasia and western Siberia (Duncan, et al., 2011). It was introduced to North America from Eurasia as a contaminant in
As young children, we are not worried about our true identity. As children grow into teenagers and young adults, they begin to wonder what their true worth is. They wonder why they are put on this Earth. Now imagine losing all your memory. You only knew your name and your intermediate family. In the book, Saint by Ted Dekker, Carl Strople, the main character, fights to regain his memory and save his son and wife from the X-Group. One central theme of Saint is in the end you will bring your own downfall or you will be your upbringing; you can't escape you.
I think we should definitely use insecticides to try and get rid of all the insects that can be threatening to humans in Africa. We should use DDT in Africa because of the harmful effects of dangerous insects. We should use it because it stops the spread of malaria, it
Saint Catherine of Siena Catherine 12/__/2017 Masayda Saint Catherine of Siena was born in Siena, Italy, March 25, 1347. She later became part of the Third order of Saint Dominic, at first against her parents’ wishes. She was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She obtained this title by writing over four hundred letters to the current pope and various leaders, trying to restore the Papacy to Rome and bring peace among the whole of Italy. Catherine also provided for the poor and took care of the sick for endless hours. For most of her life, she survived on the Holy Eucharist alone, being so repulsed by food that she could not stomach it. Saint Catherine died on April 29, 1380, at age 33, akin to Jesus Christ. She is patroness against fire, illness, Europe, Italy, miscarriages, people ridiculed for their faith, sexual temptation, and nurses. She is one of the most influential and recognized saints in the Catholic Church.
The image of St. Nicholas has been distorted throughout time and it is important to determine who St. Nicholas really was to best understand his current personification. Many of the realities of St. Nicholas’ story have been twisted by stories that make learning about St. Nicholas difficult. Though his real
Saint Report St. Clare of Assisi was born on July 16, 1194 and died on August 11, 1253. Clare lived in Assisi Italy her whole life and was one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She was the oldest daughter of Favorino Sciffi, who was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family, who owned a large palace in Assisi and a castle.
Knudsen 1 St. Basil’s Cathedral As legend has it, the builders of St. Basil’s Cathedral were blinded by the command of Ivan the Terrible, so they could never create a building greater. There is still the question if St. Basil’s is actually the most beautiful cathedral made in its time. Comparing it to the beautiful Pisa Cathedral and Assumption Cathedral, which were made around the same time, one could find it hard to decide which is the most artistic. Looking at the materials, art, and icons of cathedrals are ways to gauge how beautiful the building is. St. Basil’s Cathedral was the most beautiful cathedral made in its time.