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the priest Leopold Moczygemba (pictured) was responsible for the founding of Panna Maria, Texas , the first Polish community in the United States ?
in 1607, Spanish priest and professor of music at the University of Salamanca Sebastián de Vivanco published 18 versions of the Song of Mary in the same book?
the Very Reverend Anthony Bridge , brother of former Law Lord Lord Bridge of Harwich , gave up a career as an artist to become a Church of England priest ?
the 2003 British Grand Prix was disrupted when defrocked Catholic priest Neil Horan ran into the path of the oncoming cars?
the rex Nemorensis was a Roman priest of Diana who got his position by killing the previous incumbent ?
after serving as a border guard , Saint Claudius of Besançon became, successively, a priest , monk , abbot , bishop , and then an abbot again, in the 7th century ?
Penitents Compete is a Turkish reality television series in which a Jewish rabbi , a Buddhist monk , a Greek Orthodox priest , and a Muslim imam try to convert atheists ?
Anthony Baldinucci , a Jesuit priest , often carried a cross and wore heavy chains while walking barefoot into towns where he was conducting missions ?
Jesuit priest John Nobili founded Santa Clara University in 1851 ?
Charles J. O'Byrne , Secretary to Governor David Paterson of New York , is a former priest who officiated at the marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette in 1996 and presided over their funeral in 1999?
Gilles Joye , a Renaissance composer, was known for brawling and frequenting brothels —but later became a priest ?
Zdzisław Peszkowski , one of the few Polish Army officers who survived the Katyn massacre , became a priest and preached forgiveness for the massacre's perpetrators?
Roman Catholic priests afflicted with alcoholism or other ailments can use unfermented grape juice , known as mustum , in place of sacramental wine during the Eucharist ?
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