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42 relations: Aloysius Lilius, Angelo Secchi, Archaeoastronomy, Arizona, Castel Gandolfo, Catholic News Service, Christopher Clavius, Cosmology, Easter, George Coyne, George Van Biesbroeck Prize, Green flash, Gregorian calendar, Gregorian Tower, Guy Consolmagno, Holy See, Index of Vatican City-related articles, Italian unification, Italy, Light pollution, Michał Heller, Motu proprio, Mount Graham, Mount Graham International Observatory, Pontifical Gregorian University, Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius XI, Roman College, Rome, Safford, Arizona, Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome, Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, Society of Jesus, St. Peter's Basilica, Steward Observatory, Templeton Prize, The New York Times, Tucson, Arizona, United States, University of Arizona, Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope.
Aloysius Lilius
Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510 – 1576), also variously referred to as Luigi Lilio, Luigi Giglio, was an Italian doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist, and also the "primary author" who provided the proposal that (after modifications) became the basis of the Gregorian Calendar reform of 1582.
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Angelo Secchi
Fr.
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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures".
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.
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Castel Gandolfo
Castel Gandolfo (Castrum Gandulphi; colloquially Castello in the Castelli Romani dialects) is a town located southeast of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy.
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Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency that reports on the Roman Catholic Church.
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Christopher Clavius
Christopher Clavius (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who modified the proposal of the modern Gregorian calendar after the death of its primary author, Aloysius Lilius.
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Cosmology
Cosmology (from the Greek κόσμος, kosmos "world" and -λογία, -logia "study of") is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
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Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.
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George Coyne
George V. Coyne, S.J. (born January 19, 1933) is a Jesuit priest, astronomer, and former director of the Vatican Observatory and head of the observatory's research group which is based at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
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George Van Biesbroeck Prize
The George Van Biesbroeck Prize is an award for long-term achievements in the field of astronomy.
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Green flash
Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that sometimes occur just after sunset or right before sunrise.
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Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used civil calendar in the world.
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Gregorian Tower
The Gregorian Tower (Torre Gregoriana) or Tower of the Winds (Torre dei Venti) is a square tower located above the Gallery of Maps, which connects the Villa Belvedere with the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
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Guy Consolmagno
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ (born September 19, 1952), is an American research astronomer, Jesuit religious brother, and Director of the Vatican Observatory.
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Holy See
The Holy See (Santa Sede; Sancta Sedes), also called the See of Rome, is the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, the episcopal see of the Pope, and an independent sovereign entity.
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Index of Vatican City-related articles
This is an index of Vatican City-related topics.
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Italian unification
Italian unification (Unità d'Italia), or the Risorgimento (meaning "the Resurgence" or "revival"), was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Light pollution
Light pollution, also known as photopollution, is the presence of anthropogenic light in the night environment.
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Michał Heller
Michał Kazimierz Heller (born 12 March 1936 in Tarnów) is a Polish professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff.
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Motu proprio
In law, motu proprio (Latin for: "on his own impulse") describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party.
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Mount Graham
Mount Graham (called in Nnee biyati' (Western Apache) Dzil Nchaa Si An - ′Big Seated Mountain′) is a mountain in southeastern Arizona in the United States.
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Mount Graham International Observatory
Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO) is a division of Steward Observatory, the research arm for the Department of Astronomy at The University of Arizona, in the United States.
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Pontifical Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregoriana) is a higher education ecclesiastical school (pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy.
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Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (Gregorius XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 May 1572 to his death in 1585.
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Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (Leone; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death.
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Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI, (Pio XI) born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in 1939.
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Roman College
The Roman College (Collegio Romano) was a school established by St.
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Rome
Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).
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Safford, Arizona
Safford (Western Apache: Ichʼįʼ Nahiłtį́į́) is a city in Graham County, Arizona, United States.
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Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome
The Church of St.
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Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action is a five volume set that represents more than a decade of scientific-theological conferences sponsored by the Vatican Observatory and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
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Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.
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St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of St.
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Steward Observatory
Steward Observatory is the research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (UA).
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Templeton Prize
The Templeton Prize is an annual award presented by the Templeton Foundation.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (also referred to as U of A, UA, or Arizona) is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona.
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Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope
The 1.8 meter Alice P. Lennon Telescope and its Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility, known together as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), is a Gregorian telescope observing in the optical and infrared situated on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Observatory
