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John Frank Corvino (born 1969) is an American philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy and the dean of the Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and the author of several books, with a focus on the morality of homosexuality. [ 2] Corvino is sometimes referred to as "The Gay Moralist", a sobriquet he assumed while ...
John Corvinus ( Hungarian: Corvin János, Croatian: Ivaniš Korvin, Romanian: Ioan Corvin; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his mistress, Barbara Edelpöck .
Matthias's only known child John Corvinus was born out of wedlock in 1473. [279] [280] His mother Barbara Edelpöck—the daughter of a citizen of Stein in Lower Austria—met the King in early 1470. [279] John Corvinus died on 12 October 1504. [3]
John of Montecorvino. John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino[ 1] in Italian [ 2] (1247 – 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Latin Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking. [ 3] He converted many people during his missionary work and established several ...
1505. The House of Hunyadi was one of the most powerful noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th century. A member of the family, Matthias Corvinus, was King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490, King of Bohemia (ruling in Moravia, Lower Lusatia, Upper Lusatia, and Silesia) from 1469 until 1490, and Duke of Austria from 1487 until ...
John of Monte Corvino, was a Franciscan missionary who traveled from Persia and moved down by sea to India, in 1291 [77] Odoric of Pordenone who arrived in India in 1321. He visited Malabar, landing at Pandarani (20 m. north of Calicut), at Cranganore, and at Kulam or Quilon. [78] Jordanus, a Dominican, followed in 1321–22.
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The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The club plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field, which is located on Chicago's South Side. They are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago ...