damian

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Definition of damian in English English dictionary

A male given name

Intendeth for to do thee villainy:.

given name, male

Related Terms

Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam

born Sept. 29, 1686, Benediktbeuren, Bavaria died May 10, 1739, Munich born Sept. 1, 1692, Tegernsee, Bavaria died April 29, 1750, Mannheim, Palatinate Bavarian architects and decorators. After studying in Rome (1711-13), Cosmas Damian became a prolific fresco painter, and his brother, Egid Quirin, became a sculptor and stuccoist. They developed the effects of dramatic lighting and illusionism originated by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Andrea Pozzo. Working as a team, they produced magnificent illusionistic decoration in ecclesiastical buildings, combining dramatic lighting and colour. Their works are notable for their profound and dramatic intensity of religious feeling. The brothers became the principal late Baroque exponents of illusionist decoration in religious architecture. Their most notable collaboration is the church of St. John Nepomuk in Munich (1733-46) known as the Asamkirche in honour of the brothers

Saint Peter Damian

born 1007, Ravenna died Feb. 22, 1072, Faenze; feast day February 21 Italian cardinal and Doctor of the Church. He was prior of Fonte Avellana in the Apennines before being named a cardinal in 1057. A leading monastic reformer and ascetic, he played an important role in the promotion of apostolic poverty and in support of papal reformers who sought to enforce clerical celibacy and abolish simony. He defended Pope Alexander II against the antipope Honorius II and reconciled Alexander with the city of Ravenna. He was also sent as a papal legate to resolve disputes in Milan and Cluny, Burgundy, and he played a key role in the formulation of the papal election decree of 1059

Turkish pronunciation

deymiın

Pronunciation

/ˈdāmēən/ /ˈdeɪmiːən/

Etymology

() From the Ancient Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from δαμαω (damao, “to tame”).