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The Divine Comedy ( Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature [ 1 ] and one of the greatest works of Western literature.
Jean Pierre de Caussade was born in Cahors, now in Lot, France. He was spiritual director to the Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France, from 1733 to 1740. During this time and after he left Nancy, he wrote letters of instruction to the nuns. Some material ascribed to him was first published in 1861 by Henri Ramière [ fr] under the title L ...
Glenn "Divine" Milstead's high school yearbook photo at age 17 [2]. Divine was born as Harris Glenn Milstead on October 19, 1945, at Women's Hospital in Baltimore. [3] His father, Harris Bernard Milstead (May 1, 1917 – March 4, 1993), after whom he was named, was one of seven children born in Towson, Maryland, to a plumber who worked for the Baltimore City Water Department. [4]
Total equity. $251 million (2001) Number of employees. 3,600 (2001) Footnotes / references. [1] Divine, Inc. (stylized in lowercase), originally Divine Interventures, was a company that invested in internet companies during the dot-com bubble. The company was originally modeled after CMGI but changed its business plan after the bubble burst.
Dante encounters the poets Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan, who include him in their number and make him "sixth in that high company". [29] They reach the base of a great Castle – the dwelling place of the wisest men of antiquity – surrounded by seven gates, and a flowing brook. After passing through the seven gates, the group comes to an ...
Bless us, divine number, thou who generated gods and men! O holy, holy Tetractys, thou that containest the root and source of the eternally flowing creation! For the divine number begins with the profound, pure unity until it comes to the holy four; then it begets the mother of all, the all-comprising, all-bounding, the first-born, the never ...
The Liturgy of the Hours ( Latin: Liturgia Horarum ), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum ), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [ a] often also referred to as the breviary, [ b] of the Latin Church. The Liturgy of the Hours forms the official set of prayers "marking the hours of each day ...
Personnel per liner notes included in Venus, Folly, Cupid & Time – Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy. Musicians Neil Hannon – vocals, guitars, keyboards , piano, mandolin , banjo , zither , harmonica; bass and drums (tracks 1 and 7)