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Boston, Thomas a Scotch Presbyterian divine and voluminous writer, was born in Dunse, Berwickshire, 7th March, 1676. He received his school training at his native place, and afterward attended the University of Edinburgh. He was ordained in 1699 minister of the parish of Simprin, near his native place, and in 1707 he removed to Ettrick. … Continue reading “Boston, Thomas (2)”

Boston, Massachusetts, archdiocese of Comprises Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties, excluding the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham. Founded as a diocese on 8 April 1808 . Elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1875 . Suffragan sees include Burlington, Vermont Fall River, Massachusetts Manchester, New Hampshire Portland, Maine Springfield, Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts … Continue reading “Boston, Massachusetts, archdiocese of”

Boston, John an English monk of St. Edmundsbury, is supposed to have died in 1410. He was one of the first collectors of the lives of English writers and the precursor of Leland, Bale, and Pits. His work was entitled Speculum Coenobitarum (Oxford, 1722). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Boston, John”

Boston College Boston , Massachusetts Founded, 1863 ; conducted by the Jesuits; preparatory school; college of arts and sciences; school of education; school of law; graduate, extension, and summer schools; library of 115,000 volumes; professors, 107; students, 2,500; degrees conferred in 1929, 311. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Boste, Saint John (Or JOHN BOAST.) Priest and martyr, b. of good Catholic family at Dufton, in Westmoreland, about 1544; d. at Durham, 24 July, 1594. He studied at Queen’s College, Oxford, 1569-72, became a Fellow, and was received into the Church at Brome, in Suffolk, in 1576. Resigning his Fellowship in 1580, he went … Continue reading “Boste, Saint John”

Boston Archdiocese; comprises Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties in the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A., the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham excepted, embracing an area of 2,465 square miles. The see was erected 8 April, 1808, and created an archbishopric in 1875. When the first Bishop of Boston was consecrated his jurisdiction extended … Continue reading “Boston”

Bost, Paul Ami Isaac David a Swiss Protestant theologian, was born at Geneva, June 10, 1790. His father, a member of the Moravian Church, sent his son to Neuwied, where he spent four years. After his return, he pursued a-theological course at his native place, and was ordained in 1814. In 1816 he accepted a … Continue reading “Bost, Paul Ami Isaac David”

Bost, Jean Augustin a French philanthropist, was born at Moutiers-Grandval, in Berne, in 1817. He was apprenticed to a bookbinder at Geneva, but love for music led him to Paris to be instructed by the great masters there. Under the influence of pastor L. Meyer he was induced to study for the ministry, and the … Continue reading “Bost, Jean Augustin”

Bossutus, Goswin a French monk of the order of Cistercians, a chanter, lived in the early half of the 13th century, at the abbey of Villers. This abbey, only the ruins of which remain, was situated in a valley of Brabant, about three leagues from the city of Gembloux. Bossutus wrote, in two books, the … Continue reading “Bossutus, Goswin”

Bossuet, Jacques Bnigne Bishop and pulpit orator, born Dijon, France , 1627 ; died Paris, France , 1704 . He was educated at the Jesuit college in Dijon and in Paris, where he was ordained, 1652 , after a retreat made under the direction of Saint Vincent de Paul. After holding the post of archdeacon … Continue reading “Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne”