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  • ...[[Joseph the Carpenter]]''', but literally the son of God. He was referred to by his contemporaries as the son of Joseph, and the Gospels record that Jos This would be tantamount to legally adopting him, which makes the Holy Family unique in this directory,
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  • ...tion than the other."[!] From the Heimskringla, which covers the years 850 to 1177, and other ancient sources, these are some of the fostered men and wom ...-law), except his two foster brothers and their troops, whom he had warned to leave with him, and he then took sole possession of their lands in [[Norway
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  • ...cession, and also to that of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, which made him heir to King Karl XIII of Sweden and Norway (Karl XIV Johan). [[Category: 1st to 10th Centuries Ce]]
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  • ...rt and thus overturned Chilpéric's move. But when Chilpéric died in 584, to be succeeded by his baby son Clotaire II, Gontran attacked his adoptive son [[Category: 1st to 10th Centuries Ce]]
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  • Childebert is usually reckoned to be the natural son of Grimoald I, the mayor of the palace of King Sigibert ...When Sigibert died in 657, Grimoald had the rightful heir, Dagobert, sent to [[Ireland]] "on pilgrimage," while he installed the boy Childebert as his p
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  • ...in the Biblical gospels of Luke (chapter 3) and Matthew (chapter 1) appear to contradict each other. ...gal child of the first, a form of [[adoption]] which has some similarities to the [[adoption]] by the dead practiced in the 19th century by the [[Church
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  • ...t. Joseph when she was 12. As the mother of Christ she could be considered to be one of the most influential women in history. [[Category: 1st to 10th Centuries Ce]]
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