Vigiles or more properly the Vigiles Urbani ("watchmen of the City") or Cohortes Vigilum ("cohorts of the watchmen") were the firefighters and police of...
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In Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. The Latin term vigilia,...
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village in the parish of Santa Eulalia de Vigil, Asturias, Spain The Vigil, an 1884 painting by John Pettie Vigiles, firefighters and nightwatchmen of Ancient...
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A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, παννυχίς or agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion...
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The Vigil of the Princes refers to occasions when members of the British royal family have "stood guard" during the lying in state of one of their relatives...
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The Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil on the Holy Night of Easter is a liturgy...
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A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray, show...
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Great Fire of Rome (section Vigiles)
buildings include: AD 6, which led to the introduction of the Cohortes Vigiles AD 12 which destroyed the Basilica Julia AD 14 at the Basilica Aemilia...
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Vigil is a 1984 New Zealand drama film directed by Vincent Ward and starring Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay, and Gordon Shields...
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also employed to fight fires. Roman Emperor Augustus created the Vigiles. The Vigiles were an organization of freedmen that fought fires. They would use...
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Timothy B. Vigil (/ˈvɪdʒəl/) is an American comic book artist known for horror works, including the series Faust, which Vigil co-created with writer David...
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Vigil Games was an American game development company owned by THQ. It was formed by comic artist Joe Madureira and David Adams in 2005. Vigil Games was...
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The House of Vigil [biˈxil] is a noble family that first began in the Kingdom of Asturias around the 5th to 8th century. The family originated from the...
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"Dindicodes" vigil is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1926. It is found in Myanmar. Wikimedia Commons has...
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Joe Vigil (born November 25, 1929) is an American track and field coach who specializes in long-distance running. From 1965 to 1993 he coached and taught...
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Philip Vigil (born c. 1986) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Colorado State University Pueblo, a position he has...
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district from 1970 to 1998. Vigil was the son of Maclovia Lujan and Samuel Vigil Sr. He attended New Mexico Highlands University. Vigil served in the United...
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Nick Vigil (born August 20, 1993) is an American professional football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played...
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Martial d'Auvergne (redirect from Vigiles du roi Charles VII)
attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement. His most important work is the Vigiles de Charles VII à neuf psaumes et neuf leçons (1493, edited 1724),[citation...
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Zachary Vigil (born March 28, 1991) is an American former professional football linebacker. He played college football at Utah State and was signed by...
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Hunter: The Vigil is a tabletop role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Publishing on August 14, 2008, and is the sixth game in their game...
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Edward Vigil is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 62nd district as a member of the Democratic Party...
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Hernán Vigil (29 July 1910 – 1980) was a Chilean equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...
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Vigils for Peace (German: Mahnwachen für den Frieden) is the name of regular series of vigils that have taken place on Mondays in many cities in Germany...
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Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (redirect from Vigiles et Sancti)
"Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" (Latin: Vigiles et Sancti) is a popular Christian hymn with text by Athelstan Riley, first published in the English Hymnal...
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Before the Vigil (つやのよる ある愛に関わった、女たちの物語, Tsuya no Yoru Aru Ai ni Kakawatta) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Isao Yukisada. It is based on the...
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Vigil is a British police procedural drama television series created by Tom Edge and produced by World Productions. The series premiered on BBC One on...
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Vigil (/viˈhɪl/ vee-HILL) is a Spanish surname. The Vigil surname comes from the word "vigil,"[citation needed] which is from the Latin "vigilia," meaning...
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Helmeted hornbill (redirect from Buceros vigil)
The helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) is a very large bird in the hornbill family. It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand and...
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"Manhattan Vigil" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of the American police procedural Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the 300th overall...
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