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Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598 -1680 ) Architect and sculptor, born Naples ; died Rome. Skilled in painting, poetry, and sculpture, he won fame through his architectural work in Rome, notably the baldachinum and colonnade of Saint Peter’s and the Scala Regia connecting the church with the Vatican. Among the best examples of his sculpture are … Continue reading “Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo”

Bernieres-Louvigny Jean De a French theologian, was born in 1602 at Caen. Guided in his spiritual life by P. John Chrysostom, a monk of the third order of St. Francis, it was by his advice that Bernieres built at Caen a house called the Hermitage, in the exterior court of the Convent of the Ursulines, … Continue reading “Bernieres-Louvigny Jean De”

Bernier, Etienne-Alexandre French Bishop, b. at Daon (Mayenne), 31 October, 1762; d. at Paris, 1 October, 1806. He was a first professor of theology in the higher seminary and in the University of Angers, then pastor of St. Laud’s parish, in that city. During the Revolution he refused to take the Civil Oath, and succeeded … Continue reading “Bernier Etienne Alexandre”

Bernice (Or Berenice) Saint is supposed by many to be the same with ST. VERONICA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

BERNICE, OR BERENICE Eldest daughter of king Herod Agrippa I, and sister to the younger Agrippa, Mal 25:13,23 ; 26:30. She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis; and after his death, in order to avoid the merited suspicion of incest with her brother Agrippa, she became the wife of Polemon, king … Continue reading “BERNICE, OR BERENICE”

Bernice ( in Acts, also in Josephus; Berenice= , see Sturz, Dial. Maced. p. 31; the form Beronice is also found, comp. Eustath. ad ]1. 10, 192; Valckenaer, ad Herod. p. 477; Niebuhr, Kl. Schr. 1, 237), the name of several Egyptian princesses (see Smith’s Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v. Berenice), and also of several … Continue reading “Bernice”

Berni, Francesco An Italian comic poet, b. at Lamporecchio (Florence) 1497 or 1498; d. at Florence, 26 May, 1535. The son of noble but impoverished parents, he spent his early years in the Tuscan capital fighting want. At twenty better luck awaited him in Rome, where Cardinal Bibbiena, his relative the Cardinal’s nephew, Angelo Dovizi, … Continue reading “Berni, Francesco”

Bernhold Johann Balthasar a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born May 3, 1687, at BurgSalach, in Franconia. He studied at Altdorf, Jena, and Wittenberg. In 1709, on presenting a dissertation, De Obligatione Suppliciorum Propositiones Morales, he received the degree of doctor of philosophy. In 1714 he was appointed deacon at Pfedelbach, and rapidly advanced as … Continue reading “Bernhold Johann Balthasar”

Bernhardi Johann Heinrich a German Protestant theologian, was born in 1685, at Wolfhagen, in Hesse, and died Feb. 21, 1729. His principal works are, Disputatione de Usu et Utilitate Philosophice et Historice in Jurisprudentia (Hanover, 1719): De Getuina ac Solida Doctoris Theologici Sapientia (Duisburg, 1725) De Rationabilitate- Mysterii Salutis (Hanover, 1726). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Bernhardi Johann Heinrich”

Bernetti Tommaso an Italian ecclesiastic and statesman, was born at Fermo, Dec. 29, 1779. After having pursued his studies with. success in his native city, he became secretary of the tribunal of the Rota. In 1808 he accompanied cardinal Brancadoro to France, and was one of the three who refused, April 2, 1810, to appear … Continue reading “Bernetti Tommaso”