Vigiles or more properly the Vigiles Urbani ("watchmen of the City") or Cohortes Vigilum ("cohorts of the watchmen") were the firefighters and police of...
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In Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. The Latin term vigilia,...
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A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, παννυχίς or agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion...
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village in the parish of Santa Eulalia de Vigil, Asturias, Spain The Vigil, an 1884 painting by John Pettie Vigiles, firefighters and nightwatchmen of Ancient...
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The Vigil of the Princes refers to occasions when members of the British royal family have "stood guard" during the lying in state of one of their relatives...
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also employed to fight fires. Roman Emperor Augustus created the Vigiles. The Vigiles were an organization of freedmen that fought fires. They would use...
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Great Fire of Rome (section Vigiles)
buildings include: AD 6, which led to the introduction of the Cohortes Vigiles AD 12 which destroyed the Basilica Julia AD 14 at the Basilica Aemilia...
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The Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil on the Holy Night of Easter is a liturgy...
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A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray, show...
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The House of Vigil [biˈxil] is a noble family that first began in the Kingdom of Asturias around the 5th to 8th century. The family originated from the...
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