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Xaver Ehbenbert Fridelli Jesuit missionary and cartographer , born Linz, Austria , 1673 ; died Peking, China , 1743 . With Fathers Regis, Jartoux, and others, he made a cartographical survey of China , traversing the whole empire from south to north, 1708 -1718 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Xanthopulos SEE NICEPHORUS CALLISTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Xanthicus (), the name of the sixth month among the Seleucid Syrians (2Ma 11:30; 2Ma 11:33; 2Ma 11:38 [2Ma 12:1]), i.e., in the Macedonian calendar (Ideler, Handb. d. Chronol. 1:392 sq.). Josephus makes it parallel with the Jewish Nisan (Ant. 1:3, 3; 3:10, 5; comp. War, 5:3, 1). SEE MONTH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Xanthicus”

Xantes Pagninus SEE PAGNINUS, SANCTES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Xantes Pagnino Also known as Xantes Pagnino. Born 1470; died 1541. A leading philologist of his day. Taught the Oriental languages, and wrote numerous works treating of Sacred Scripture, Greek, and Hebrew. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Xainctonge, Venerable Anne de Foundress of the Society of the Sisters of St. Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, born at Dijon, 21 November, 1567; died at Dôle, 8 June, 1621. She was the daughter of Jean de Xainctonge, councillor in he Dijon Parliament, and of Lady Marguerite Collard, both of noble birth and virtuous life. … Continue reading “Xainctonge, Venerable Anne de”

Wyttenbach, Thomas chronologically the first of Swiss reformers, is supposed to have been born in 1472 of an ancient family at Biel. He is known to have been a student at Tbingen, where Gabriel Biel and the learned Hebraist Konrad Pellican were the professors. About 1505 he habilitated himself at Basle as artium lib. magister … Continue reading “Wyttenbach, Thomas”

Wyttenbach, Daniel one of the most prominent theologians of the Reformed Church of the 18th century, was born at Worb, near Berne, June 26, 1706. He studied in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and France. In 1746 he was appointed professor at Berne, and in 1756 was called to Marburg, where he also received the degree of … Continue reading “Wyttenbach, Daniel”

Wytembogard SEE UYTENBOGAERT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wyoming Wyoming, the forty-fourth state admitted to the American Union, derives its name from the Delaware Indian word “Maughwauwama”, signifying mountains with large plains between. It lies between 41 degrees and 45 degrees N. lat. and 27 degrees and 34 degrees long. west of Washington; it is bounded by Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, … Continue reading “Wyoming”