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Halcyon sancta
Halcyon Hal"cy*on, n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.?: F. halcyon.] (Zo["o]l.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.

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- Look up sancta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sancta may refer to: Scala Sancta, a set of 28 white marble steps that are Roman Catholic relics located...
- The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of...
- Sancta Maria refers to Saint Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. Sancta Maria may also refer to: Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, a Trappist monastery Sancta Maria...
- Sancta Susanna is an early opera by Paul Hindemith in one act, with a German libretto by August Stramm. Composed over a two-w**** period in January/February...
- The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See...
- The Sancta Sanctorum (Italian: Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum) is a Roman Catholic chapel entered via the Scala Sancta (Holy Staircase)...
- Abraham a Sancta Clara (July 2, 1644 – December 1, 1709) was an Augustinian friar. He was born Johann Ulrich Megerle, in Kreenheinstetten, Germany. He...
- A Holy Door (Latin: Porta Sancta) is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed by...
- (Latin: papa, lit. 'father'), whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See (Sancta Sedes in Latin). In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of...
- Saint Columba (521–597) was an Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland. Saint Columba may also refer to: Columba of Cornwall or Saint Columba the...