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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Large man-eating Nile crocodile in Burundi Gustave A photograph of Gustave for National Geographic, taken by Martin Best Species Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) Sex Male Hatched c. 1955 (age 69–70) Known for Allegedly killing up to 300 people Residence Ruzizi River and Lake ...
Saint Jean d'Acre ('Saint John of Acre') or the Italian equivalent San Giovanni d'Acri (and Acone) may refer to: the city Acre, Israel, notably during the Crusader Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (later shifting its capital to Acre) a former Latin Catholic Diocese of Acre with see there, later a titular see
The Hospitaller commandery of Saint-Jean-d'Acre is a monumental complex founded by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitallers. It is located in the city of Saint-Jean-d'Acre (now Acre in Israel). In the 13th century, the commandery became the headquarters of the Order until the fall of the city in 1291. [1]
Crusader Manuscript Illumination at Saint-Jean d'Acre, 1275–1291. Princeton University Press. Folda, Jaroslav (2005). Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre. Cambridge University Press. Guadagnini, Elisa, ed. (2009). La “Rectorique de Cyceron” tradotta da Jean d'Antioche. Pisa: Edizioni della Normale.
After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the seat of the patriarch moved to Tyre and then to St-Jean d'Acre in 1191; the patriarch returned to Jerusalem in 1229, when the city was returned to the crusaders, then back to St-Jean d'Acre in 1244. St-Jean d'Acre had its own bishop until 1263, when the patriarchs of Jerusalem administered it until the ...
An overview of the history of the Crusades, numbered as eight. Topics include: I. Origin of the Crusades; II. Foundation of Christian states in the East; III. First destruction of the Christian states (1144-1187); IV. Attempts to restore the Christian states and the Crusade against Saint-Jean d'Acre (1192-1198); V.
The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre (also known as the Convention of Acre) concluded the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II.The Armistice, signed on 14 July 1941, [1] was between Allied forces in the Middle East under the command of British General Henry Maitland Wilson, and Vichy France forces in Syria and Lebanon, under the command of General Henri Dentz, Commander in Chief of the Army of ...
The St Jean d'Acre was a Surveyor's Department design. The design was approved on 15 February 1851, and she was ordered the same day. [2] Her keel was laid down at Devonport Dockyard in June 1851, and she was launched on 23 March 1853. [2]