• Pontiff (redirect from Pontifex)
    A pontiff (from Latin pontifex) was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College...
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    The pontifex maximus (Latin for "supreme pontiff") was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum) in ancient Rome. This was...
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  • Pontifex is used in modern times as a surname. This family has been traced to John Pontifex, of West Wycombe, Bucks, and his wife Alice. John left a will...
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  • For people bearing the modern surname Pontifex, see Pontifex (surname). Pontifex may also refer to: Pontifex (project), the Planning Of Non-specific...
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    Pope (redirect from @pontifex)
    Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis). He is also commonly called the supreme pontiff or the sovereign pontiff (Latin: summus pontifex). Pontifex Maximus...
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  • The Way of All Flesh (originally titled Ernest Pontifex or the Way of All Flesh) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era...
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    highest-ranking priests of the state religion. The college consisted of the pontifex maximus and the other pontifices, the rex sacrorum, the fifteen flamens...
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  • Valentine Pontifex is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1983. Valentine Pontifex is a novel in which the Metamorphs try to drive people from their...
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  • PONTIFEX (Planning Of Non-specific Transportation by an Intelligent Fleet EXpert) was a mid-1980s project that introduced a novel approach to complex aircraft...
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  • Alfred Pontifex (17 March 1842 – 25 August 1930) was an English first-class cricketer who made a single appearance for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club...
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  • The Empty Man is a comic book series created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Vanesa R. Del Rey in 2014, published by Boom! Studios. The nation is in the...
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    senator of the early Empire. His tenure as pontifex led him sometimes to be called Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex, to differentiate him from his contemporary...
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  • John Pontifex may refer to: John Pontifex (cricketer, born 1796) John Pontifex (cricketer, born 1771) This disambiguation page lists articles about people...
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    The pontifex maximus was the chief priest of the ancient Roman religion, and head of the Collegium Pontificum ("College of Pontiffs"). According to legend...
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  • Kyle Marshall Pontifex (born 5 February 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand professional field hockey player. He plays as a goalkeeper. He earned his...
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    Amoeba (redirect from Pontifex (genus))
    An amoeba (/əˈmiːbə/; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; pl.: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) /əˈmiːbi/), often called an amoeboid...
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    retired, the tweets were archived, and @Pontifex read "Sede Vacante". Pope Francis took control of the @Pontifex account upon his election. A variety of...
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  • Sydney Pontifex (8 February 1803 – August 1874) was an English cricketer who made his first-class debut in 1829, playing for an All-England team. "Sydney...
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    had previously been a close ally of Julius Caesar. He was also the last pontifex maximus before the Roman Empire, and (presumably) the last interrex and...
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  • Romanus Pontifex (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls: One issued in 1436 by Pope Eugenius IV; A second issued...
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  • Dudley David Pontifex (12 February 1855 – 27 September 1934) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey, Somerset and the Marylebone...
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    Annie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop (24 March 1891 – 5 November 1955), known as Charley Toorop (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɕɑrli ˈtoːrɔp]), was a Dutch...
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  • Quintus Mucius Scaevola "Pontifex" (140–82 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early authority on Roman law. He is credited with...
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    Senate. In 63 BC, Caesar stood for the praetorship and also for the post of pontifex maximus, who was the head of the College of Pontiffs and the highest ranking...
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  • Dream-Speakers", "A Thief in Ni-Moya" (novella), "Voriax and Valentine" Valentine Pontifex (1983) ISBN 0-87795-544-1, novel The Mountains of Majipoor (1995) ISBN 0-553-09614-1...
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  • Lucius Volusius Saturninus was a senator of the early Roman Empire, who was active during the Principate. He was a member of the College of Pontiffs. Saturninus...
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  • Pseudopostega pontifex is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is known from Cali, Colombia. The length of...
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  • the plebs in 141 BC and praetor in 136 BC. He also held the position of pontifex maximus for sixteen years after his consulship. He died around 115 BC....
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  • Robert Stanley Pontifex (born 27 December 1942) is a resident of North Adelaide, South Australia. On Australia Day 2016, he was honoured as a Member of...
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    Catholic pope uses various titles by tradition, including Summus Pontifex, Pontifex Maximus, and Servus servorum Dei. Each title has been added by unique...
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