Vitalian
Americannoun
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In the Seventh Century Pope Vitalian recommended an organ for churches with a view to improving the singing of congregations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ruin of Vitalian was a work of more difficulty and danger.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Henry Hart Milman
When Vitalian laid siege to Constantinople, Proclus is said to have burned his ships with a polished brass mirror.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
An archbishop-designate who was sent to Rome for consecration having died there, Pope Vitalian in 668 consecrated Theodore of Tarsus as archbishop of Canterbury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
At last one of his own generals, Vitalian, rose against him.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
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