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Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning.
Color or light
In physics, a black body is a perfect absorber of light, but by a rule derived by Einstein it is also, when heated, the best emitter. Thus, the best radiative cooling, out of sunlight, is by using black paint, though it is important that it be black (a nearly perfect absorber) in the infrared as well.
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Benedict the Black, Saint - Brief biographical entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia, on the Franciscan erroneously called Benedict the Moor.
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Benedict the Moor - Short biography.
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For All the Saints: Benedict the Black - Short biography.
Patron Saints Index: Benedict the Black - Also known as St. Benedict the African. Patron saint of African-Americans and Black missions. Illustrated profile.
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St. Benedict of San Philadelphio - Also known as Benedict the Moor. Born in Italy to Christian slaves from Ethiopia, St. Benedict joined an association of hermits, and when that was dissolved, became a Franciscan Recollect. Biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Meta Description: [ Also known as Benedict the Moor. Born in Italy to Christian slaves from Ethiopia, St. Benedict joined an association of hermits, and when that was dissolved, became a Franciscan Recollect ]
St. Benedict the Moor (Also Called the Black) - Short biography, from the book A Saint a Day by Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap.
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