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Bernard SEE BEMO; SEE BERTRAM; SEE BERUS. Bernard master of the school AT ANGERS, and disciple of St. Fulbert of Chartres, flourished in the 11th century, and is said to have died about 1054. He wrote, A Relation of his Journey to Notre Dame of Puy-en-Velay: A Treatise on the Miracles of St. Faith, Virgin … Continue reading “Bernard (3)”

Bernal Augustin a Spanish theologian of the Jesuit order,was born at Magallon (Aragon) in 1587, and died at Saragossa, Sept. 13, 1642. His principal works are, Disputatio de Divini Verbi Incarnatione: De Sacramentis. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bernaldus SEE BERTHOLDUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bernal, Agostino Spanish theologian, born at Magallon in Aragon in 1587; died at Saragossa, 13 September, 1642. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1603 when sixteen years old. Being a finished classical scholar he taught humanities and rhetoric with success. The greater part of his life, however, he spent as professor of philosophy and … Continue reading “Bernal, Agostino”

Bernadette Soubirous, Blessed (1844 -1879 ) Virgin, born Lourdes, France ; died Nevers, France . When only 14 years of age she witnessed 18 apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes, instructing her to make known to the world the miraculous healing powers which the Blessed Virgin would give to the waters there by her presence. … Continue reading “Bernadette Soubirous, Blessed”

Bernachus (Or Brynach) Saint of Wales, in the 5th century, Was said to have been the instructor of Brychan, king of Brecknock. His life is given in the Cotton MS. Vesp. A. 14 of the 12th century, and is printed in W. T. Rees’s Lives of the Cambro- Briton Saints (1853). The details are fabulous: … Continue reading “Bernachus (Or Brynach) Saint”

Bernabe Cobo (1582-1657) Naturalist, born Lopera, Spain; died Lima, Peru. He was successively rector of the Jesuit colleges of Arequipa, Pisco, and Callao. From 1630 -1650 he was in Mexico as a missionary. His long residence in Spanish America equipped him with full and reliable information as to its natural features and inhabitants, and he … Continue reading “Bernabe Cobo”

Bern-Hart Saint SEE BERNARD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bermondsey (Bermond’s isle) A former Benedictine abbey in Southwark, London. It was founded, 1082 , by Alwyn Childe, a citizen of London, who established there a community of monks subject to Cluny; it became an abbey , 1399 . A hospital and relief house of Saint Thomas in Southwark, founded by the prior, 1213 , … Continue reading “Bermondsey”

Bermudas Group of islands in the west Atlantic Ocean, and a colony of the British Empire, with a representative government; area, 19.3 square miles. During the 17th century the Bermudas experienced the same religious troubles which beset England . In 1615 a law excluded Catholics from the colony. Secessions from the Established Church took place … Continue reading “Bermudas”