The Roman church of San Gavino is Gavoi's foremost sacred spot, through there are eight other ancient churches in the village.

He is the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy, for a long time the primary philosophical approach of the Roman Catholic Church.

With his huge army he was intent upon establishing the Seleucid empire as the foremost power in the Hellenic world but these plans put the empire on a collision course with the new superpower of the Mediterranean, the Roman Republic.

These emperors were elevated via a military career, from the condition of common soldiers in one of the Roman legions to the foremost positions of political power.

Some blame the complete esteem with which the sovereign's office was held, justified by prominent French Roman Catholic theologians ( e. g. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ), and that the special powers of French Kings " were accompanied by explicit responsibilities, the foremost of which was combating heresy ".

Martin Luther, the foremost leader of the reformation, spoke of the necessity of belonging to the church ( albeit in the sense of perceived " company of believing people " in Protestantism, not the Roman Catholic Church ) in order to be saved: Therefore he who would find Christ must first find the Church.

Although remaining a Roman Catholic he allied himself with the Protestant princes, and during the earlier part of the Thirty Years ' War he was one of their foremost champions.

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature.

Aiun-ken Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle ( born 11 November 1898 in Gut Externbrock near Nieheim, Westphalia ; died 7 July 1990 in Münster, Westphalia ) was a German Jesuit priest and one of the foremost teachers to embrace both Roman Catholic Christianity and Zen Buddhism.

He is remembered as Febronius, the pseudonym under which he wrote his 1763 treatise On the State of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pontiff which offered Europe the " foremost formulation of the arguments against papal absolutism in Germany.

His 1763 treatise " On the State of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pontiff " offered Europe the " foremost formulation of the arguments against papal absolutism in Germany.

The foremost elegiac writers of the Roman era were Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid.

It is the foremost example of Roman historical relief and one of the great artistic treasures of the ancient world.

Religion sat ever easy with William ; as he had acquiesced in the Reformation under Henry VIII, so now he acquiesced in the re-establishment of the Pope's authority and the restoration of the Roman form of service, and was one of the foremost at Cardinal Pole's reception when he came on a mission from the Pope.

The foremost of the Marian reforms was the inclusion of the Roman landless masses, the capite censi, men who had no property to be assessed in the census.

He was the DRC's foremost Roman Catholic prelate from 1991 until his death in 2007.

The Dutch Miracle refers to the Netherlands's miraculous transition in the 1590s from a possession of the Holy Roman Empire to the foremost maritime and economic power in the world.

It has the additional tasks of trying to return to full communion with the Holy See those traditionalist Catholics who are in a state of separation, of whom the Society of Saint Pius X ( SSPX ) is foremost, and of helping to satisfy just aspirations of people unconnected with these groups who want to keep alive the pre-1970 Roman Rite liturgy.

This ultimately resulted in Hanson's statue being one of two representing Maryland in Statuary Hall in the U. S. Capitol, even though, according to historian Gregory Stiverson, Hanson was not one of Maryland's foremost leaders of the Revolutionary era.

Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1150 – 1220 ) also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark.

William of Malmesbury ( c. 1095 / 96 – c. 1143 ) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century.

Regarded into the 21st century as the foremost historian of the Puritan revolution, he wrote its history in a series of volumes, originally published under different titles, beginning with the accession of King James I of England.

As a foremost historian of the era, Gardiner's evaluation of Oliver Cromwell is especially significant.

Suger became the foremost historian of his time.

In the 5th century, Armenia ’ s foremost early medieval historian Movses Khorenatsi ( Մովսես Խորենացի ) testifies that the population of Artsakh and Utik spoke Armenian, with the River Kura, in his words, marking the “ boundary of Armenian speech ” (… զեզերս հայկական խօսիցս ).

In 1960, the art historian Kenneth Clark made the point that the success of the composition is a result first and foremost of the accurate handling of light and shade:

However, in recent years scholars have emphasized his role as a foremost champions of black rights before, during and after the Civil War ; one historian says he was " perhaps the least racist man in America in his day ".

Creighton was regarded by many as the foremost historian of his day and his influence is still strongly felt.

The British writer and dance historian Cyril W. Beaumont was a close friend of Cecchetti and, in 1922 he collaborated with Cecchetti to codify the training technique into a printed syllabus, The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet, which has become the foremost reference for Cecchetti method teachers worldwide.

The historian Robert A. Kann called him " a man of outstanding gifts, perhaps the foremost diplomat in imperial Austrian history " ( A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918, p. 211 ).

Mortification was described by Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane in his Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop in 1999: " During the early 1990s, Mortification became internationally known as Australia's foremost Christian-inspired death metal band.

It is a masterly work .. Davies is the foremost historian of modern Poland.

Himself one of the foremost exponents of iconology, he was the father of art historian and critic Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr ..

He was described by activist A. Philip Randolph as “ the father of Harlem radicalism ” and by the historian Joel Augustus Rogers as “ the foremost Afro-American intellect of his time .” John G. Jackson of American Atheists described him as " The Black Socrates "

He was the country's greatest modern historian, foremost organizer of scholarship, leader of the pre-revolution Ukrainian national movement, head of the Central Rada ( Ukraine's 1917 – 1918 revolutionary parliament ), and a leading cultural figure in Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s.

Yuk Yuk's founder Mark Breslin, SCTV's Robin Duke, Cindy Block, Shawn Campbell, Canada's foremost comedy historian Andrew Clark, David Flaherty, Writer Lorne Frohman, Comedian Larry Horowitz, choreographer Jen Johnson, multiple Dora Award-nominee Melody A. Johnson, Mike Kennard, Frank McAnulty, Laura McGhee, David Talbot, Robert Trick.

According to Rabbi Chinedu Nwabunwanne of Aguleri, Nigeria who is the foremost Afro-Jewish historian ; the River Benue Nigeria is the mysterious River Sambatyooan.

* Martin Grabmann ( 5 January 1875-9 January 1949 ) was a German historian of theology and philosophy, and is commonly recognized as the foremost medievalist of the twentieth century.

" Architectural historian Douglass Shand-Tucci, author of Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800 — 2000, called City Hall " one of America's foremost landmarks " and " arguably the great building of twentieth century Boston.

According to Nepal's foremost historian Baburam Acharya and Professor Suryamani Adhikary of Tribhuvan University almost all of the Bahuns are Khas descendents, i. e. a Nepalese Bahun's race is Khas, and caste is Brahmin, other castes of Khas people being Chhettri, Sanyasi and Dalit.

But once introduced to the court of the warrior-chief, Taliesin became his foremost bard, followed him in his wars, and wrote of his victories.

Attempting to express the " language of the common man ", Wordsworth and his fellow Romantic poets focused on employing poetic language for a wider audience, countering the mimetic, tightly constrained Neo-Classic poems ( although it's important to note that the poet wrote first and foremost for his / her own creative, expression ).

From the Romantic period Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt each wrote a piano toccata-the ambitious Schumann piece being considered one of the most technically difficult works in the repertoire and the foremost representative of the genre in the 1800s.

It was during that time that his pursuit of the retreating Swedes to Pomerania and Denmark ( 1658-1659 ), particularly his crossing with his entire army to the Danish isle of Alsen, was commemorated in the song of the Polish Napoleonic Legions that would eventually become the Polish national anthem, the " Dąbrowski's Mazurka ", with the words commemorating his marine excursion to the island of Als: It was only during the time of the Second Polish Republic when more modern, serious historical work begun analyzing his history that a less hagiographic account begun emerging ; Władysław Czapliński wrote that Czarniecki was " first and foremost a soldier ", and noted his faults such as brutality and greed.

" Chicago feels a special interest in Mr. Lowell at this particular time because he is perhaps the foremost representative of the enterprising and opulent community which within the last week has secured the services of one of Chicago ’ s honored sons for the base-ball season of 1887 ," Field wrote.

One of the foremost modern Thomists, Dominican father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, wrote a study of providence entitled " Providence: God's loving care for man and the need for confidence in Almighty God.

In his report, Goerdeler wrote that the foremost goal of German economic policy should be: " the satisfactory provisioning of the population with fats, even in relation to armaments, as having political priority ".

The foremost sociologist of American Jewry, Marshall Sklare, wrote: " Many intermarried parents declare ... that upon maturity their child will have the right to choose his own identity.

On February 16, 2011, before an Arsenal FC vs FC Barcelona UEFA Champions League match, Dawson wrote on her official Twitter account: " I'll be happy with either team winning cuz I love them both but yes I'm a Gunner first & foremost sooooo # gooooArsenal.

Lindall, wrote an article on " The New Surrealists " which appeared in the March 2006 issue of Art and Antiques Magazine ( March, 2006 ), tracing the continually evolving art form from the 1960s through today, citing several of the world's foremost artists.

Serota wrote to the Stuckists, rejecting this on the grounds that the work was not of " sufficient quality in terms of accomplishment, innovation or originality of thought to warrant preservation in perpetuity in the national collection ", and was accused of " snubbing one of Britain ’ s foremost collections ".

Despite what may sound like a somewhat disparaging criticism, Mercier was one of the foremost Beckett scholars of his day, and wrote extensively about Godot.

She is foremost an anthropologist and a folklorist on which she wrote a book called Listening for a Life.

The foremost among these writers was Edward Hamilton Aitken ( 1851 – 1909 ) who wrote under the pen name of Eha.

He became closely allied with Benjamin Tucker, the country's foremost exponent of that doctrine, and frequently wrote for the latter's publication, " Liberty.

" The site, described as " the first and foremost aggregator of well-written and well-argued book reviews, essays, and other articles in the realm of ideas ," features links to articles across the web about literature, art, science, and politics, for which Dutton wrote pithy teasers.

Amir Khusro is considered to be one of the foremost Shayars of the world, who existed during 1253-1325 and wrote in Persian.

In his 1909 autobiography Recollections, Gladden wrote that he wanted to practice as a minister " a religion that laid hold upon life, and proposed first and foremost, to realise the Kingdom of God in this world.

In addition to being considered one of the foremost American painters of the first half of the 20th century, Hartley also wrote poems, essays, and stories.

He is noted foremost for his important contributions to the classical guitar repertoire, although he also wrote for other instruments, including many zarzuelas and operas.

He became closely allied with Benjamin Tucker, the country's foremost exponent of that doctrine, and frequently wrote for the latter's publication, " Liberty.

He is known first and foremost for his compositions for the carillon and the organ, though he wrote for the harpsichord as well.