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Our Lady of the Pillar is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in AD 40 while he was preaching in what is now Spain. Those who adhere to this belief consider this appearance to be the only recorded instance of Mary exhibiting the mystical phenomenon of bilocation. Among Catholics, it is also considered the first Marian apparition, and unique because it happened while Mary was still living on Earth.
Gregorio Hilario del Pilar y Sempio was a Filipino general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War.
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Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.
El Pilar is an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border. The site is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of San Ignacio, Belize and can be accessed through the San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls on the Belize River. The name "El Pilar" is Spanish for "watering basin", reflecting the abundance of streams around the site and below its escarpment, which is rare in the Maya area.
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Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán, commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plumePláridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along with José Rizal and Graciano López Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.
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Pilar Shimizu is a Guamanian breaststroke swimmer. While qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics she broke the 20-year-old national record set by Tammie Kaae, another Olympian from Guam. At these Olympics she became the youngest Olympian ever from Guam at age 16. She finished 42nd in the 100 meter breaststroke event and did not advance to the semifinals. Shimizu also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Internationally, Shimizu has earned three bronze medals at the Oceania Games and two silver medals at the Pacific Games.
María del Pilar Peña Carrasco, commonly known as Pili Peña, is a Spanish water polo player.
María del Pilar Fernández Julián is a Spanish sport shooter. Fernandez had won a total of nine medals in both air and sport pistol at the ISSF World Cup series.
Leonor del Pilar Rodríguez Manso is a Spanish international basketball player for Perfumerías Avenida and the Spanish national team.
María Pilar Campoy is an Argentine field hockey player and part of the Argentina national team.
Pilar Lucrecia Cordón Muro is a Spanish Olympic show jumping rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed 11th in the team and 46th in the individual competition.
María del Pilar Luna Erreguerena was a Mexican underwater archaeologist, pioneer in the field of archaeology, who founded the Division of Underwater Archaeology of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). She was awarded her undergraduate degree by the National School of Anthropology and History and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), from which she then obtained her master's degree in Anthropological Sciences.
The closing ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 August 1992.
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- ↑ "Pilar Tosat Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
