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Bertulphus Saint third abbot of Bobbio, in Italy, sprang from a good family in France. He lived for Some time at the court, from which life he was withdrawn by the example of his relative St. Arnoldus of Metz. He retired to Arnoldus at Metz, and after undergoing with him a course of discipline for … Continue reading “Bertulphus Saint”

Bertron Samuel Reading a Presbyterian minister, was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1806. He was prepared for college in Philadelphia; graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1828, and entered Princeton Seminary the same year, where he remained two years and a half, not completing his course because of ill- health. He was licensed … Continue reading “Bertron Samuel Reading”

Bertulf, Saint Abbot of Bobbio, date of birth unknown; d. 639 or 640. He was the son of a pagan nobleman in Austrasia and a near relative of St. Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, whose pious example had such an influence on Bertulf that he became a Christian and in 620 entered the monastery of Luxeuil. … Continue reading “Bertulf, Saint”

Bertrandus De Trillia (or, according to some, BERNARDUS), of the diocese OF NISMES, a Dominican; flourished about the close of the 13th century. He composed a commentary on Peter Lombard’s Book of Sentences, and postils on several books of Scripture are attributed to him. None have beeun printed. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Bertrandus De Trillia”

Bertrand, Severin a French theologian and scholar, who lived in the early half of the 17th century, was priest at Ferte Bernard, and wrote, Oraison Funebre de Madame la Duchesse de Guise, Anne d’Este (Paris, 1607): La Rhetorique Royale Francaise (ibid. 1615). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Bertrand, Severin”

Bertrand Saint bishop OF COMINGES, in Gascony, was born about the middle of the 11th century. He embraced the ecclesiastical state very early, and was made, first, archdeacon of the Church of Toulouse, and, shortly after bishop of Cominges, in which capacity he showed himself alike the physician, guide, and pastorof his flock. He restored … Continue reading “Bertrand Saint”

Bertrand, Pierre (1) A French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist, b. 1280 at Annonay in Vivarais; d. 1348 or 1349 at the Priory of Montaud, near Avignon. His noble parentage is known to us through the manuscript memoir of Grasset, a Celestine monk of the seventeenth century (Discours généalogique de la noble maison de Bertrand et … Continue reading “Bertrand, Pierre”

Bertrand Le Blas a martyr of the Reformation period, was a German by birth, and went to Wesel for the cause of religion, where, on Christmas-day, he took the cake out of the priest’s hand, and stamped it under his feet, saying that he did it to show the glory of God. Bertrand was taken … Continue reading “Bertrand Le Blas”

Bertrand, Louis, Saint Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His patents were Juan Bertrand and Juana Angela Exarch. Through his father he was related to the illustrious St. Vincent Ferrer, the great thaumaturgus of the Dominican Order. The boyhood of the saint was unattended by any of the prodigies that … Continue reading “Bertrand, Louis, Saint”

Bertrand, Jean Elie a Swiss preacher, was born. at Neuchatel in 1737. He first settled at Berne, where he was appointed first pastor of the French Churche but he afterwards obtained the professorship of belles-lettres at the Academy of Neuchatel. He co-operated, in 1770, in the founding in that city of the typographical society, and … Continue reading “Bertrand, Jean Elie”