SWETCHINE, MADAME (17821857)
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SWETCHINE, MADAME (17821857) , Russian mystic, whose maiden name was Soymanof, was born in Mpscow, and under the influence of Joseph de Maistre became a member of the Roman Catholic Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk - CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o) - CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD (1784–1873) in 1815. In the following year she settled in Paris where, until her death, she maintained a famous salon remarkable no less for its high courtesy and intellectual brilliance than for its religious atmosphere. Though not physically beautiful she had a personality of rare spiritual charm, nurtured in the private chapel of her house . Her husband , General Swetchine, was 25 years her senior. Her Life and Works (of which the best known are " Old Age " and " Resignation ") were published by M. de Falloux (2 vols., 1860) and her Letters by the same editor (2 vols., 1861). See Sainte-Beuve, Nouveaux lundis, vol. i.; and E. Scherer, Etudes sur la litterature contemporaine, vol. i.
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