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Blanton, William C a Baptist minister, was born in Franklin County, Ky., Feb. 3, 1803. He united with the Church in 1827, and was ordained in 1833. His only settlement was as pastor of the Lebanon and North Benson churches, but while holding this position he supplied, for longer or shorter periods, several churches in … Continue reading “Blanton, William C”

Blanton, William L a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Cumberland County, Va., April 4, 1821. He was converted in 1832, and in 1844 entered the Virginia Conference. After a brief career, full of zeal, fervent piety, and intellectual promise, he died, Aug. 5, 1846. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of … Continue reading “Blanton, William L”

Blanshard, Thomas W an English Wesleyan missionary, was born at Terrington, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire, Dec. 29, 1834. He was accepted for the ministry in 1859, and sent to the Richmond Theological Institution; was afterwards appointed to Sierra Leone, where for three years and a quarter he remained at his post amid trial and discouragement, … Continue reading “Blanshard, Thomas W”

Blanshard, Thomas an English Wesleyan minister, was born in 1770. He entered the ministry in 1795, and labored on various circuits until 1808, when he was appointed to the office of book-steward. He discharged the duties of this office for fifteen years with diligence and inflexible integrity. He resumed the itinerancy in 1823, but a … Continue reading “Blanshard, Thomas”

Blanseri (Or Blancheri), Vittorio a Venetian painter, was born about 1735, and died in 1775. He studied under Beaumont, and succeeded him in the service of the court of Turin, in which city are his chief works. Three of his best pictures are in the Church of St. Pelagio. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Blanseri (Or Blancheri), Vittorio”

Blanquart De Bailleul, Louis, Edmond Marie a French prelate, was born at Calais, in the diocese of Arras, Sept. 8, 1795. He was at first destined for the bar, but afterwards took up the ecclesiastical profession. Shortly after his exit from the Seminary of St. Sulpice, he became vicar-general to the bishop of Versailles, and … Continue reading “Blanquart De Bailleul, Louis, Edmond Marie”

Blanpied, John a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in St. Peter Port, island of Guernsey, Dec. 25, 1798. He became a sailor at the age of fourteen, and for ten years followed the sea; experienced conversion in his twenty-first year; emigrated to Cambridge, O., in 1820; spent ten years in teaching; received license to preach … Continue reading “Blanpied, John”

Blankenship, Martin C. a Baptist minister, was born in Vermillion County, Ill., about 1820. He was converted at fifteen, and removed to Texas; subsequently returned, and was settled in the bounds of the Louisville Association, where he was ordained in 1855. In 1856 he was employed as an itinerant missionary in the Bloomfield Association, and … Continue reading “Blankenship, Martin C.”

Blanpain, Jean a French ecclesiastic, was born at Vignot (Meuse) Oct. 21, 1704. He was a Premonstrant monk, and became prior and eventually curate and official at the abbey of Estiral. He died about 1765, leaving several historical works, for which see Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Blane, Saint (died 590 ) Bishop and confessor , born and died island of Bute, Scotland. Educated in Ireland under Saints Comgall and Kenneth, he became a monk, and went to Scotland as bishop among the Picts . He founded a monastery at Dunblane , on the site of which the cathedral of Dunblane now … Continue reading “Blane, Saint”