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Wilfrid, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Wilfrid, Saint, 634–709?, English churchman, b. Northumbria, of noble parentage. He was educated at Lindisfarne and Canterbury. With Benedict Biscop he traveled to Lyons and Rome in…Lennoxville
(Encyclopedia) Lennoxville, town (1991 pop. 4,046), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi rivers, SE of Sherbrooke. It is chiefly a residential town and is the seat of…Donatism
(Encyclopedia) DonatismDonatismdŏnˈətĭzəm [key], schismatic movement among Christians of N Africa (fl. 4th cent.), led by Donatus, bishop of Casae Nigrae (fl. 313), and the theologian Donatus the…Prochorus
(Encyclopedia) ProchorusProchorusprŏkˈərəs [key], in the New Testament, one of the seven deacons. According to tradition he became bishop of Nicomedia.BISHOP, Cecil William (Runt), Congress, IL (1890-1971)
BISHOP, Cecil William (Runt), a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near West Vienna, Johnson County, Ill., June 29, 1890; attended the public schools, and Union Academy, Anna, Ill.;…Cecil William (Runt) BISHOP, Congress, IL (1890-1971)
BISHOP Cecil William (Runt) , a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near West Vienna, Johnson County, Ill., June 29, 1890; attended the public schools, and Union Academy, Anna, Ill.;…Cumberland, Richard, 1631–1718, English philosopher
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland, Richard, 1631–1718, English philosopher. He was bishop of Peterborough from 1691. In his De legibus naturae [on natural laws] (1672) he first propounded the doctrine of…American University
(Encyclopedia) American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college…Latimer, Hugh
(Encyclopedia) Latimer, HughLatimer, Hughlătˈəmər [key], 1485?–1555, English bishop and Protestant martyr. Latimer was educated at Cambridge, entered the church, and came under the influence of the…Gothic language
(Encyclopedia) Gothic language, dead language belonging to the now extinct East Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Gothic has…Trending
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