Sentence examples for greater born from inspiring English sources

44 Jerusalem, Israel Saint James, also called James, son of Zebedee, or James the Greater (born, Galilee, Palestine died 44 ce, Jerusalem; feast day July 25), one of the Twelve Apostles, distinguished as being in Jesus' innermost circle and the only apostle whose martyrdom is recorded in the New Testament (Acts 12 2).

849 899 Alfred, also spelled Aelfred, byname Alfred The Great (born 849 died 899) king of Wessex (871 899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England.

Berkshire was alternately claimed by the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia and was the native shire of Alfred the Great, born at Wantage in 848.

377 Melitene, Armenia January 20, 473 desert Saint Euthymius The Great, (born 377, Melitene, Armenia died Jan . 20 473, Palestinian desert, northeast of Jerusalem; feast day January 20), ascetic and one of the great fathers of Eastern Orthodox monasticism, who established religious communities throughout Palestine.

January 27 , 1571 January 19 , 1629Abbās I, byname ʿAbbās the Great (born Jan. 27, 1571—dIed Jan. 19, 1629) shah of Persia from 1588 to 1629, who strengthened the Ṣafavid dynasty bynameelling Ottoman and Uzbek troops from Persian soil and by creating a standing army.

François Couperin, byname Couperin le Grand ("the Great") (born November 10 , 1668 Paris, France died September 11 , 1733 Paris) French composer and harpsichordist, the most renowned of the Couperin dynasty of 17th- and 18th-century musicians.

309 379 Shāpūr II, byname Shāpūr The Great (born ad 309 died 379) 10th king of the Sāsānian Empire of Persia, who withstood Roman strength by astute military strategy and diplomacy and brought the empire to the zenith of its power.

Tuscany?, Italy November 10, 461 Rome, Italy Saint Leo I, byname Leo The Great (born 4th century, Tuscany?—died Nov. 10, 461, Rome; Western feast day November 10 ([formerly April 11]), Eastern feast day February 18), pope from 440 to 461, master exponent of papal supremacy.

C. 519 BCE 465 BCE Persepolis, Iran Xerxes I, Old Persian Khshayarsha, byname Xerxes the Great (born c. 519 bce died 465, Persepolis, Iran) Persian king (486 465 bce), the son and successor of Darius I.

The cryptologists guessed correctly that the first signal was the question, "When was Frederick the Great born?" followed by the response, "1712".

Martha, great-great-great-grandmother (born 1821).