Word: saint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nobis. In August 1914, heartsick at the World War then beginning, Giuseppe Sarto died at 79. Even during his lifetime he had been spoken of as a saint; soon after his death, steps were taken to proclaim him one. In his case, the "process" toward sainthood, which sometimes takes centuries, has moved in double-quick time; only last fall (TIME, Sept. 18) he was declared "venerable...
...Last occasion: the beatification of Pius V in 1672, which was followed 40 years later by his canonization as Saint Pius...
...Come." One Indian newspaper has called Bhave "the Saint Paul of constructive work." Wherever he goes, roads, huts or houses are decorated with festoons of palm and mango leaves. As he passes through wayside villages at dawn, groups of scantily clad, emaciated people shout: "The God who is distributing land has come!" Or, calling him the "son of Gandhi," they touch his feet, offer him flower garlands and fruit, beat drums, and blow bugles...
...Rugged Likeness. With Saint-Gaudens as his master, Fraser began producing the bigger-than-life allegorical sculptures that U.S. architects like to set up in parks and in front of public buildings. He also developed a knack for catching a rugged likeness in stone or metal. Soon after he returned to the U.S. in 1900, he had more commissions than he could fill...
...Other sculptors who have received it include Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Paul Manship...