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Boson a theologian of Normandy, was born in 1065 in the town of Montevilliers. Hle entered the abbey of Bec at the age of twenty-three, and in 1093 accompanied St. Anselm to his bishopric at Canterbury, and assisted him at the council of Clermont in 1095. Returning to the abbey of Bec in 1115, he … Continue reading “Boson”

Bosor See Beor. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Bosor (Bo), the Graecized form of the name of a place and of a man. 1. A city, both large and fortified, on the east of Jordan, in the land of Gilead (Galaad), named with Bozrah (Bosora), Carnaim, and other places, in 1Ma 5:26; 1Ma 5:36. … Continue reading “Bosor”

Bosom, Abraham’s Expression used by Luke to indicate the abode of the righteous dead before their admission to the Beatific Vision after the death of the Saviour; the Fathers of the Church often use it to mean heaven. It suggests the return of the patriarch’s posterity to his embrace. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Bosom, Abraham’s … Continue reading “Bosom, Abraham’s”

BOSOM The front of the upper part of the body, the breast. The orientals generally wore long wide, and loose garments; and when about to carry any thing away that their hands would not contain, they used for the purpose a fold in the bosom of their robe above the girdle, Luk 6:38 . Our … Continue reading “Bosom”

Boso (Breakspear) Third English Cardinal, date of birth uncertain, d. at Rome, about 1181. He was a Benedictine monk of St. Albans Abbey and the nephew of Adrian IV. Though this relationship was on the maternal side, Cardella states that Boso as well as Adrian IV bore the surname of Breakspear. He had a reputation … Continue reading “Boso (Breakspear)”

Boso Apostle of the Wends; first Bishop of Merseburg; died 970 . He was a Benedictine who was sent by the Emperor of Germany to convert the conquered Wends. His labors were so successful that in 968 , three sees, Merseburg, Zeitz, and Meissen, were erected in his mission. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Boso First … Continue reading “Boso”

Boskoi (), monks in Syria and Mesopotamia who lived upon roots and herbs. They inhabited no houses, nor ate flesh or bread, nor drank wine. They professed to spend their time in the worship of God, in prayers and in hymns, till eating-time arrived; then every man went, with his knife in his hand, to … Continue reading “Boskoi (2)”

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina form the north-western corner of the Balkan Peninsula. Taking the two together as one territory, Bosnia-Herzegovina is bounded on the north by the Austrian provinces and titular kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia, on the east by the Kingdom of Servia, on the south by one of the nominal provinces … Continue reading “Bosnia and Herzegovina”

Bosjemans (Dutch: Bosjesman-nen) A people found in Great Namaqualand, South Africa, kindred to the Hottentots. They are of diminutive stature with yellow skin and slanting eyes. There is no tribal organization. Their religion is animistic. A native aesthetic sense is indicated by a curious folklore. The missionaries of the Orange River Prefecture Apostolic have brought … Continue reading “Bosjemans”

Bosio, Jacopo of Milan, a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, was intrusted with the care of religious affairs in Malta at the end of the 16th century. He wrote a History of the True Cross, from the period of its discovery under Constantine the Great: and an Account of the Order … Continue reading “Bosio, Jacopo”