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Hessians

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Inhabitants of Hesse, descendants of the Chatti. They were converted by Saints Lubentius and Goar, but their chief missionary was Saint Boniface. They formed minor states as Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Nassau. During the Revolution Hessian troops were hired by England to help hold her American colonies.

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Entry for 'Hessians'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​h/hessians.html. 1910.
 
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