Frank (Phillip), born 1936, U.S. painter.
Joseph, 1887–1946, U.S. painter, born in Italy.
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”
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A comet – by virtue of its unpredictability as a stella errans – a wandering star – induced feelings of instability and possible apocalypse.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2018
For Dante, Bernard is colui ch'abbelliva di Maria, come del sole stella mattutina, "he who drew light from Mary, as the morning star from the sun."
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
Stella comata.And in the same yere appered stella comata whiche endured xv dayes.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
Quum vitiorum tempestas Turbabat omnes semitas, Apparuisti, Deitas, Velut stella salutaris In naufragiis amaris....
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
And in a sermon preached before Innocent VI. on the feast of the Epiphany, after the text Videntes stellam Magi, he begins with the invocation, O Maria stella Maris, Mater stellae solaris.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 by Clergymen, Society of
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