of humble parentage

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• humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …   English dictionary for students

• humble — adj 1. modest, unpretentious, unpretending, unpresuming, free from pride, without arrogance, unostentatious, reserved, restrained. 2. meek, mild, submissive, obsequious, servile, subservient, subsidiary, slavish, broken in spirit, unambitious,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Pepys, Samuel — born Feb. 23, 1633, London, Eng. died May 26, 1703, London English diarist and public official. Born into a humble family, Pepys was appointed about 1659 as a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, where on Jan. 1, 1660, he began the diary for… …   Universalium

• Celestine V —     Pope St. Celestine V     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Celestine V     (PIETRO DI MURRONE.)     Born 1215, in the Neapolitan province of Moline; elected at Perugia 5 July, 1294; consecrated and crowned at Aquila, 29 August; abdicated at… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Celestine V —     Pope St. Celestine V     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Celestine V     (PIETRO DI MURRONE.)     Born 1215, in the Neapolitan province of Moline; elected at Perugia 5 July, 1294; consecrated and crowned at Aquila, 29 August; abdicated at… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Akiba ben Joseph — Akiva redirects here. For other people and things with this name, see Akiva (disambiguation). Akiba ben Joseph (ca.50–ca.135 AD) (Hebrew: עקיבא) or simply Rabbi Akiva was a Judean tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of… …   Wikipedia

• Adrian VI —     Pope Adrian VI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Adrian VI     The last pontefice barbaro (Guicciardini, XIV, v), and the only pope of modern times, except Marcellus II, who retained his baptismal name; succeeded Pope Leo X, from 9 January,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Adrian VI —     Pope Adrian VI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Adrian VI     The last pontefice barbaro (Guicciardini, XIV, v), and the only pope of modern times, except Marcellus II, who retained his baptismal name; succeeded Pope Leo X, from 9 January,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Pius IV — Infobox Pope|English name=Pius IV|Latin name=Pio PP. IV birth name=Giovanni Angelo Medici term start=December 25, 1559|term end=December 9, 1565 predecessor=Paul IV|successor=Pius V birth date=birth date|1499|3|31|mf=y|birthplace=Milan, Italy… …   Wikipedia

• Jean Balue — (c. 1421 ndash; October 5 1491), was a French cardinal and minister of Louis XI.He was born of very humble parentage at Angle in Poitou, and was first patronized by the bishop of Poitiers. In 1461 he became vicar general of the bishop of Angers.… …   Wikipedia

• Wolfgang Capito — Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (or Köpfel) (1478 ndash; November 1541) German reformer, was born of humble parentage at Hagenau in Alsace.He was educated for the medical profession, but also studied law, and applied himself so earnestly to theology… …   Wikipedia