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"Saint Romaric (died 653) was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia from the late 6th century until the middle of the 7th century. He and Amatus of Grenoble founded Remiremont Abbey. Biography He was a former Count Palatine in the court of the Merovingian king, Theodebert II. His parents were killed by Queen Brunhilda, and because of the enmity of his family with this queen, he wandered without a home. However, with the fall of the Queen, he was received at the court of Chlothar II and his lands restored."Saint Romaric", Nominis Disenchanted with life as a courtier, Romaric experienced a religious conversion through the missionary efforts of Amatus of Grenoble, a monk of Luxeuil Abbey. Romaric entered Luxeuil and trained to be a monk. With the approval of Abbot Eustace, Romaric and Amatus founded a double monastery for men and women, later given the name of Remiremont (Romarici Mons). The monastery was built on land belonging to St. Romaric, when he was a count palatine. One of the earlier monks in Remiremont was St. Romaric's friend St. Arnulf. Around 625 Romaric succeeded Amatus as abbot. He directed several members of his family who embraced religious life there: two of his daughters, Azeltruda and Zeberga, his granddaughter Gebetruda, and his grandson Adelphus. Romaric died in 653.Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ) Romaric is recognized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on December 10 or December 8. He was canonized on 3 December 1049 by Pope Leo IX. See also References Sources *Alban Butler's lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland. Category:6th-century births Category:7th- century deaths Category:7th-century Frankish saints Category:Colombanian saints "
"Dragon Fist (), also known as Dangsang Martial Arts or The Wild Big Boss, is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei, starring Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and James Tien. The film was released in Hong Kong on 21 April 1979. Plot Tang How-yuen (Jackie Chan) is a disciple of kung fu master San-thye. San-thye wins a martial arts tournament, only to be killed by evil kung fu master, Master Li (Yen Shi-kwan). Tang tries unsuccessfully to fight Chung, and leaves the evil master unharmed. Tang, along with San-thye's wife and daughter head after the killer to seek revenge. When they find him, Chung has repented and has cut off his own leg as penance. The master's widow becomes ill, so Tang goes to work for a gang in order to get her medicine. However, whilst in their employ, he is blamed for the death of a young boy, and San-Thye's widow is poisoned. Tang and the one-legged master join forces to defeat the evil lord who poisoned San-thye's widow. Cast * Jackie Chan as Tang How-yuen * Hsu Hsia as Master King * Ouyang Sha-fei as Master King's wife * Nora Miao as Zhuang Meng-lan * Yen Shi-kwan as Master Li * Pearl Lin - Zhong Qiu-ping * James Tien as Fang Gang * Eagle Han-ying as Nan Qing * Ko Keung as Master Wing * Chui Yuen as Wing's student * Wong Kwong-yue as Wing's assistant * Chui Fat as Wing's assistant * Peng Kang as Wing's student * Wang Yao as Wing's student Production Like Chan's Spiritual Kung Fu, Dragon Fist was filmed in South Korea in early 1978 but was unable to be released or produced because the studio went bankrupt and was running out of money. As a result, both Lo Wei productions only had cost-cutting measures after Chan returned from his loan deal with Seasonal Films, where he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master alongside director Yuen Woo-ping. During the production, Chan reportedly had his nose broken repeatedly, joking "Do you think I was born with this nose?" Unlike most of Jackie Chan's early films, Dragon Fist had a more serious tone, with little in the way of comedic moments. Like many other Hong Kong kung fu films, the film was scored with various musical cues from American films, mainly Jerry Goldsmith's 1966 score for The Sand Pebbles. Box office The film grossed 1,004,000 at the Hong Kong box office in 1979. In South Korea, the film sold 103,261 tickets in Seoul City. Home media * On 15 February 2001, Seven 7 released the French language theatrical version DVD entitled Le Poing De La Vengeance, with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. It contains no other language options. * On 22 October 2001, Eastern Heroes released the film in the UK on DVD, uncut (except for many frame-cuts). However, it's poorly cropped from 2.35:1 into 1.78:1 and only contains an English dub. * On 4 June 2002, Columbia Tri-Star released the film in the US on DVD, in Full Frame with English and Cantonese language options. However, it contains a heavily edited version produced by Aquarius Releasing (roughly 15 minutes missing) and is dubtitled. * On 24 February 2006, Universal Japan released the film in Japan on DVD, in 2.35:1 and with a Cantonese soundtrack. This version was the first completely uncut release on DVD, however, it does not feature any English subtitles. * On 11 June 2007, Hong Kong Legends released the film in the UK on DVD, in 2.35:1 and uncut in Cantonese language with newly translated English subtitles. * In 2018, UK company 88 Films released the film on Blu-ray. It contains the original Mandarin, Cantonese, and English language tracks in mono and in a newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD MA format. The blu-ray also contains subtitles for each track option. It is uncut and remastered in genuine HD. See also * Jackie Chan filmography * Southern Dragon Kung Fu * List of Hong Kong films * List of martial arts films References External links * Dragon Fist at Hong Kong Cinemagic Category:1979 films Category:1979 martial arts films Category:Films directed by Lo Wei Category:Hong Kong films Category:Hong Kong martial arts films Category:Kung fu films Category:Mandarin-language films Category:Wushu films Category:Films shot in South Korea "
"Martin Čech (June 2, 1976 in Havlíčkův Brod - September 6, 2007 in Havlíčkův Brod) was a Czech ice hockey defenceman.Denik.cz "Zemřel Martin Čech" 2007.09.06 Čech played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Zlín and HC Lasselsberger Plzeň before moving to Finland's SM-liiga, spending one season with JYP and two seasons with Pelicans. He then moved to the Russian Super League playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, HC Sibir Novosibirsk and Salavat Yulaev Ufa before returning to the Extraliga for HC Moeller Pardubice. He also represented the Czech Republic at international level. Čech was killed in a car crash on September 6, 2007.Eliteprospects.com - Martin Cech Despite being deceased, Čech appears in hockey video games: NHL 09, 10, and 11. References External links * Category:1976 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Czech ice hockey defencemen Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Category:Metallurg Magnitogorsk players Category:HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Category:JYP Jyväskylä players Category:Lahti Pelicans players Category:Road incident deaths in the Czech Republic Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Category:People from Havlíčkův Brod "