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  • 131Nicholas Scibetta — Nicholas Scibetta, also known as Little Nicky (died 1978), was a Sicilian American mobster who was the nephew of Joseph Zicarelli and John Zicarelli and is the brother in law of Sammy Gravano and uncle of mafioso Gerard Gravano who was a Gambino… …

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  • 132MELANCHTHON, Philip — (1497 1560) Author of the Augsburg Confession and the subsequent Apology, Philip Melanchthon is regarded as one of the main leaders of the Reformation, and his theology served as the focal point for most strains of Protestantism emerging from… …

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