- A
leper colony, also
known by many
other names, is an
isolated community for the
quarantining and
treatment of
lepers,
people suffering from leprosy....
-
Baldwin IV (1161–1185),
called the
Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem, from 1174
until his
death in 1185. He was
admired by his
contemporaries and...
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Simon the
Leper (Gr****: Σίμων ὁ λεπρός, Símōn ho leprós) is a
biblical figure who
lived in Bethany, a
village in
Judaea on the
southeastern slope of the...
- The
Terrace of the
Leper King (or
Leper King Terrace) (Khmer: ព្រះលានស្តេចគម្លង់,
Preah Lean
Sdach Kumlung) is
located in the
northwest corner of the Royal...
- Jesus'
cleansing of ten
lepers is one of the
miracles of
Jesus reported in the
Gospels (Gospel of Luke 17:11–19). Ten
lepers,
seeing Jesus, "raised their...
- The
Leper Queen is a
fictional villain appearing in
American comic books published by
Marvel Comics. She is the
masked leader of the
Sapien League, an...
- 20
million pesos. The US
territorial administration also
issued Culion leper colony coinage between 1913 and 1930. When the
Philippines became a U.S...
- Adam the
Leper was the
leader of a fourteenth-century
robber band,
operating in
South East
England in the 1330s and 1340s. Like the
north Midlands bandits...
-
Toussaint (c. 1890 –
after 1934) was the
chief of a
leper colony in
South America,
known for his
appearance in the
novel Papillon. The
novel recounts...
-
Jesus cleansing a
leper is one of the
miracles of Jesus. The
story is
found in all
three of the
Synoptic Gospels:
Matthew 8:1–4, Mark 1:40–45 and Luke...