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The story, part of the Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium, [ 3] was written down by the ancient Roman historian Valerius Maximus. Maximus' story tells of a certain Cimon, an aged man starving to death in prison. His daughter, Pero, is permitted by the jailer to visit her starving father, and she suckles him. The story exemplifies daughterly love.
Caritas Portugal is a Portuguese confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organizations operating in Portugal. Caritas Portugal consists of 20 regional member organizations known as dioceses. The organization's national headquarters are located in Lisbon; from there it provides general assistance to the regional dioceses.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Dimensions. 160 cm × 205 cm (62.9 in × 80.7 in) Location. Private collection. Caritas Romana is an oil on canvas painting by Flemish painter Gaspar de Crayer. The painting was part of the Jan De Maere Gallery's collection up to 2003, [1] and is today owned by a unknown collector. According to some sources, it was at the Dorotheum in 2007.
Dom Carlos I ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʃ]; Charles; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), known as the Diplomat ( Portuguese: o Diplomata ), the Martyr ( Portuguese: o Martirizado ), and the Oceanographer ( Portuguese: o Oceanógrafo ), [ 2] among many other names, was King of Portugal from 1889 until his assassination in 1908.
The name Caritas Internationalis refers to both the global network of Caritas organisations and to its general secretariat based in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy . Collectively and individually, their missions are "to serve the poor and to promote charity and justice throughout the world". [ 8]
Portugal's central bank is the Banco de Portugal, an integral part of the European System of Central Banks. Most industries, businesses and financial institutions are concentrated in the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas – the Setúbal, Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Leiria and Faro districts are the biggest economic centres outside these two main ...
Caritas Germany is the umbrella organisation for the 27 diocesan Caritas organisations and the recognised central specialist associations. It is represented by the President, who is elected by the Assembly of Delegates for a six-year term. A full-time board of three to five members, chaired by the president, is responsible for the management of ...