Ave Maria ('Hail, Mary'), are the first two words of the angel Gabriel's salutation according to Luke I 28, and the beginning of the very common Latin prayer to the Virgin in the Roman Catholic Church. Its lay use was sanctioned at the end of the twelfth century, and a papal edict of 1326 ordains the repetition of the prayer thrice each morning, noon, and evening, the hour being indicated by sound of bells called the Ave Maria or Angelus Domini. The prayers are counted upon the small beads of the rosary, as the Paternosters are upon the large ones. Research Ave Maria
Passover is a Jewish festival to commemorate the deliverance of the Israelites, when the angel of death (that slew the first born of the Egyptians) passed over their houses, and spared all who did as Moses commanded them. Research Passover
Baccio Bandinelli was Italian sculptor. He was born in 1493 at Florence and died in 1560. He was jealous of and strove to rival Michaelangelo. Among his works are a Hercules and Cacus, the dead body of Christ held up by an angel, Adam and Eve, etc. Research Baccio Bandinelli
The reverend George Croly was a British author. He was born in 1780 at Dublin and died in 1860. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was appointed to a small curacy in Ireland, but resigned it and became a prominent figure in London journalism and letters and for twenty-five years he lived in London devoting himself to literature until in 1835 he became rector of Saint Stephen's at Walbrook where he gained a reputation for his eloquence. His separate literary works comprise: Paris in 1815, a poem; the Angel of the World, tale; Catiline, a tragedy; Pride shall have a Fall, comedy, 1824; Salathiel, a romance; etc. He is also the author of a Personal History of George IV; the Political Life of Burke; an edition of Pope and of Jeremy Taylor; a Treatise on the Apocalypse; Divine Providence, or the Three Cycles of Revelation; and numerous sermons. Research George Croly
Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American writer. He was born in 1809 at Cambridge, Massachusetts 1809 and died in 1894. Educated at Harvard University, he began the study of law, but in a short time relinquished it for that of medicine. In 1839 he became professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, but resigned after two years' service in order to devote himself to practice in Boston. In 1847 he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at Harvard, a position which he filled until 1882. He was a voluminous writer both in prose and verse, and shone as a prominent figure in the famous group associated with the Atlantic Monthly. His chief works, besides several volumes of poems, and treatises on medicine, are The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The Professor at the Breakfast Table, and The Poet at the Breakfast Table; Elsie Venner, The Guardian Angel, A Mortal Antipathy, and Memoirs of Motley and Emerson. A visit to Europe in 1886 produced a charming record, A Hundred Days in Europe. Research Oliver Wendell Holmes
Amy Acker is an American actress. She was born in 1976 at Dallas, Texas. She is best known for her role as 'Winifred 'Fred' Burkle' in the television series 'Angel'. Research Amy Acker
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