Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus [fə-brĭsh′əs hĭl-dā′nəs] also known by the name, Wilhelm Fabry of Hilden, German physician and called "The father of German surgery."
Among his numerous contributions to medicine were the first classification of burns, the introduction of the tourniquet in surgical practice and extraction of iron splinters in the eye with use of a magnet.
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Saint Fabiola (-399 AD) from Rome, Italy.
Fabiola was a Christian noble woman and Roman matron of rank belonged to the patrician Roman family of the gens Fabia. Under the influence of St. Jerome, Fabiola converted to Christianity and devoted her life to the practice of Christian asceticism and charitable work. Fabiola is distinguished by the foundation of the first public hospital in western Europe. In addition to the hospital being founded she later founded with aide of St. Pammachius, a hospice for pilgrims at Porto, Italy the first of its kind. She supported monasteries throughout Italy and Mediterranean islands.
Fabiola had been in an undesirable marriage and obtained a divorce through Roman law which was contrary to the ordinances of the Church. Under church law, only following death of one spouse may one be free to marry again. She entered upon a second union before the death of her first husband.
St. Jerome's stay at Rome (382-84 AD) did not give occasion for them to meet, Fabiola was not one of the ascetic circle which St. Jerome frequented. It was later that, upon the death of her second consort, she chose to devote herself to a life of Christian virtues; renunciation of carnal ways and enter into a life of labor for others. On the day before Easter, following the death of her second consort she appeared before the gates of the Lateran basilica, dressed in penitential garb, and did public penance for her sin, which made a great impression upon the Christian population of Rome. The pope received her formally again into full communion with the Church.
Fabiola renounced all the world had to offer her, and devoted her immense wealth to the needs of the poor and the sick. She erected a fine hospital at Rome, and waited on the inmates herself, never shunning the afflicted. She gave large sums of her wealth to the churches and religious communities in Rome and abroad in Italy. All her interests were centered on the labor for others; the needs of the Church, and care for the poor and afflicted.
After her conversion to Christianity, she worked closely with St. Jerome, dedicating her wealth and life to the church. Familiar with Hebrew, Greek and Latin, she studied the Scriptures under Jerome, whom she followed to Bethlehem (395 AD). She lived in the hospice of a convent directed by Saint Paula and applied herself under the direction of St. Jerome, to the study of Scriptures and to ascetic exercises. An incursion of the Huns into the eastern provinces of the empire and the quarrel which broke out between Jerome and John II, Bishop of Jerusalem respecting the teachings of Origen made residence in Bethlehem unpleasant. When the Huns threatened to invade Palestine, Fabiola returned to Rome (396). She remained in contact with St. Jerome through letters and at Fabiola's request, Jerome wrote a treatise on the priesthood of Aaron, on the priestly dress, and on the 42 stopping places of the Israelites in the desert.
At Rome, Fabiola united with the former senator Saint Pammachius in carrying out a great charitable undertaking; together they erected at Portus a large hospice for pilgrims coming to Rome. Fabiola also continued her usual personal labors in aid of the poor and sick until her death on 27 December of 399 or 400. St. Jerome wrote a eulogistic memoir of Fabiola in a letter to her relative Oceanus.
Her feast day is celebrated on December 27.
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Abraham de Fabert (1599-1662)
Esteemed to the position of Marshal of France in later life, he was born the son of Abraham Fabert, (Seigneur de Moulins (d. 1638) a famous printer who rendered great services, both civil and military, to King Henry IV.
At the age of fourteen Fabert entered the Gardes françaises, and in 1618 received a commission in the Piedmont regiment, becoming a major in 1627 and almost constantly in service. He distinguished himself through his skills as an engineer repeatedly during the wars of the period, notably in La Rochelle and at the siege of Exilles in 1630.
He was a leading French commander during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. His skill in engineering earned him the position playing a key role in sieges which Louis XIII's troops forced surrender of the Huguenot strongholds in Southern France during the 1620's. He further distinguished himself in the Battle of Veillane in the Alps in 1630. His bravery and engineering skill were again displayed in the sieges of Avesnes and Maubeuge in 1637, and in 1642 Louis XIII. made him governor of the recently-acquired fortress of Sedan.
Appointed governor of Sedan when that town came under French rule in 1642, he remained loyal to the government of Jules Mazarin, first minister to young King Louis XIV, during the aristocratic uprising known as the Fronde (1648-1653). Fabert was made a marquis and lieutenant-general in 1651, and in 1654, Fabert besieged and captured the rebel base at Stenay when he introduced new methods of siegecraft which anticipated in a measure the great improvements of Vauban. The small force that he organized in Sedan in 1651-52 became the core of the army that defeated the rebel princes and restored Mazarin to power.
He was created marshal of France in June 1658, being the first commoner to attain that rank. Fabert died at Sedan on May 17, 1662.
Footnote: The two sources I have access to, contradict on date of death (One states May 17, 1662, and the second source states 17th of May 1660. Since the former source is a more updated reference, it is my belief Abraham de Fabert's date of death is May 17, 1662).
Footnote: See Histoire du maréchal de Fabert (Amsterdam, 1697); P. Barre, Vie de Fabert (1752); A. Feillet, Le Premier Maréchal de France plébéien (1869); Bourelly, Le Maréchal Fabert (1880).
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fa•çade or fa•cade n. [French; Italian facciata < faccia L.L. facia] See FACE.
Synonyms: mask, disguise, front, guise, pretense, veneer
Sentence example: "He maintained a facade of happiness."
In Architecture, this structure is usually located in the exterior or face of a building. The rear of a large or pretentious building is sometimes called the rear façade, and an edifice may have as many façades as it has architectural faces with individual treatment. Thus a Gothic cruciform church has three façades, the west, or main, front and the ends of each transept; in a Greek temple the two short gable ends are façades, whereas the two long sides are merely flanks. An elevation of the side of a building is called the lateral façade. The sides of a court or cortile are often called façades, but this is not a correct application of the term. A façade which does not conform to the section of the building behind it but rises above or extends beyond it, is called a screen façade, as in the case of many Italian churches such as the Pisa Cathedral and the Certosa at Pavia, and in such English cathedrals as those of Peterborough, and Lincoln.
Figuratively, the word can be used as a figure of speech to describe the "face" that people show other people, as opposed to what they really think or do.
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Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, [l
After the Greeks defeated the Romans at Heraclea in 280, Fabricius was dispatched as ambassador to Pyrrhus, victorious king of the Greek city-state of Epirus, to negotiate for the ransoming of Roman prisoners.
Before releasing the prisoners, Pyrrhus sought to bribe Fabricius in the hope that the ambassador would use his influence to obtain for Epirus favorable conditions of peace from the Romans. Fabricius scorned the bribe, however, and Pyrrhus was so impressed that he issued orders for the prisoners to be liberated without the payment of ransom. He is also reputed to have reported to Pyrrhus the offer of a traitor to kill him. Fabricius was consul again in 278, when he succeeded in negotiating peace with Pyrrhus. Two years later, as censor, he carried out with vigor the old Roman laws designed to curb extravagance in private life. For his victories over the Lucanians, Bruttians, and Samnites, he was honored with a triumph.
He is distinguished by his old Roman virtues and simplicity.
* The New World Family Encyclopedia, ©1955 lists "Caius Fabricius".
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John, the Younger, Faber. (about 1695-1756)
Two English artists, father and son.
John Faber, the younger born about 1695 was a famed mezzotint engraver as was his father (John "The Elder" Faber). He studied with his father and at Vanderbank's Academy in London. His work consists mainly of portraits incluing those of Ignatius Loyola (after Titian) and Charles II (after the Dutch painter Sir Peter Lely), the series "Beauties of the Kit-cat Club" (after the German painter Sir Godfrey Kneller), and "St. Peter" (after Sir Anthony Vandyke).
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Count Georg Friedrich Alfred von Fabrice (1818-1891).
German military leader and statesman born at Quesnoy-sur-Deule, France. He joined the army of Saxony at the age of sixteen and after about thirty years of service attained the post of chief of the general staff with the rank of major general.
When Saxony joined Austria against Prussia in 1866, he became commander of the Saxon troops fighting in Bohemia. The war ended the same year, in October 1866. He was then named minister of war in the Saxon cabinet. He served with distinction as a commander in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), negotiated the preliminary peace terms and was commander of the German army which occupied France.
Late in 1871 he reassumed the post of minister of war and five years later became prime minister of Saxony. He was created baron in 1878, became minister of foreign affairs in 1882, and received the title count in 1884.
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Fabriano, Italy. A town and episcopal see in the province of Ancona, Italy, situated in the Marche region (The Marches), at the foot of the Apennines, 44 miles by rail southwest of the city of Ancona. A Romanesque-Gothic mayoral palace (1255) is one of the notable buildings. The municipal art gallery, several private houses, and a number of churches are attractions to the location.
The town was the home of a minor school of painting in the late 14th century founded by Allegreto Nuzi and Gentile da Fabriano. Some of their paintings remain in the town, dating to the 13th century. Frescoes by the former decorate the local cathedral.
The town suffered damage during World War II. Fabriano has been famous for the manufacture of paper since 1276, and the public archives contain ancient documents inscribed on paper manufactured there in 1293. Present-day industries include the manufacture of cement and pottery.
