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Sanderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Sanderson, Robert, 1587–1663, English clergyman. Gaining William Laud's favor, he was appointed a royal chaplain in 1631 and regius professor of divinity at Oxford in 1642. Imprisoned…

Percy, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811, English antiquary and churchman, b. Shropshire. In 1782 he became Protestant bishop of Dromore (Ireland). He achieved literary fame as the editor of the…

Eustathius, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Eustathius, SaintEustathius, Sainty&oomacr;stāˈthēəs [key], c.280–c.335, patriarch of Antioch (324?–330?), leader at the First Council of Nicaea. He was deposed and exiled by a…

Faber, Johannes

(Encyclopedia) Faber, JohannesFaber, Johannesyōhäˈnəs fäˈbər [key], 1478–1541, German churchman. His German surname was Heigerlin. He was a Dominican. After 1531 he was bishop of Vienna. Faber was…

Fléchier, Esprit

(Encyclopedia) Fléchier, EspritFléchier, Espritĕsprēˈ flāshyāˈ [key], 1632–1710, French writer. He was a famous pulpit orator and became bishop of Nîmes. His principal work is an account of special…

Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez de

(Encyclopedia) Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez deFonseca, Juan Rodríguez dehwän rōdrēˈgāth dā fōnsāˈkä [key], 1451–1524, Spanish prelate. Chaplain to Isabella and Ferdinand, he was bishop successively of…

Fell, John

(Encyclopedia) Fell, John, 1625–86, English clergyman. He was dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and bishop of Oxford. While at Oxford, he initiated an extensive building program and promoted the…

Tanner, Henry Ossawa

(Encyclopedia) Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859–1937, American painter, b. Pittsburgh; son of a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He studied with Eakins in Philadelphia and in Paris. Tanner…

Stubbs, William

(Encyclopedia) Stubbs, William, 1825–1901, English historian, educated at Oxford. Ordained in 1850, he was a professor of modern history at Oxford until in 1884 he was made bishop of Chester. Stubbs'…

Buzău

(Encyclopedia) Buzău Buzău b&oobreve;zûˈ&oobreve; [key], city, SE Romania, in Walachia, on the Buzău River. It…