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Barba, Giovanni an Italian advocate and bishop, a native of Naples, had charge of representing the government of Naples among the twelve consistorial advocates. It was owing to Barba that pope Clement XII instituted the society of studies already projected by Sextus V. He died Sept. 11, 1749. He wrote Delle Arte e del Methodo … Continue reading “Barba, Giovanni”

Barba, Alvaro Alonzo A secular priest of whom Nicolas Antonio (Bibliotheca hispana nova, 1786) says “Baeticus ex oppido Lepe, apud Potosi”; hence of Andalusian origin. By Lepe and Potosi, Lipes in western Bolivia might be indicated. He lived at Potosi during the period when its silver-mines were most productive and luxury and revelry among the … Continue reading “Barba, Alvaro Alonzo”

Barax (Or Baraze), Cyprien a French missionary, swas sent by the Jesuits, to which order he belonged, on a mission to the house of Moxes, and to other savage tribes of South America. He called them together, taught them to cultivate the soil, to weave cloth, and other useful arts. He spent twenty-seven years in … Continue reading “Barax (Or Baraze), Cyprien”

Barawa Fire was an Indian discovery, similar to the Greek fire in that it continued burning under water. Beshukerma, or Visvakarma, is said to have discovered it when the good genii, Devas, fought against the evil Assurs. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baratz a document granted by the Turkish sultan to the Greek patriarchs and bishops, sanctioning them in the exercise of their ecclesiastical functions. It gives them power to appoint or depose the inferior clergy, to grant licenses for marriages, to issue divorces, to collect the revenues belonging to the churches, to receive the legacies bequeathed … Continue reading “Baratz”

Baratier, John Philip an eminent boy-scholar, was born January 19th, 1721, at Schwabach, in Anspach. His father, Francis, was pastor of the French Protestant church in Schwabach, and gave his son careful education from infancy. At five years old he could speak Latin, French, and German, and at seven he knew by heart the Psalms … Continue reading “Baratier, John Philip”

Barat, Nicolas A French Orientalist, born at Bourges during the first quarter of the seventeenth century; died in 1706 at Paris. He began his studies at Sens, and continued them in Paris, where he was instructor in the Manzarin College. There he came under the influence of Richard Simon, the famous Orientalist and Biblical scholar. … Continue reading “Barat, Nicolas”

Barat, Madeleine Sophie, Saint Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born Joigny, Burgundy, 1779; died Paris, France , 1865. Educated by her brother Louis, she became associated with his friend Father Varin, and at his suggestion she made her first consecration to the religious life, 1800, thus founding the Society of the Sacred … Continue reading “Barat, Madeleine Sophie, Saint”

Barat, Madeleine-Sophie Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born at Joigny, Burgundy, 12 December, 1779; died in Paris, 24 May, 1865. She was the youngest child of Jacques Barat, a vine-dresser and cooper, and his wife, Madeleine Foufé, and received baptism the morning after her birth, her brother Louis, aged eleven, being chosen … Continue reading “Barat, Madeleine-Sophie”

Barashnom in Persian mythology, is the greatest ceremony of purification. A holy priest well instructed in the divine service washed the penitent in a sacred spot. The latter thereupon remained first three, then nine, days in a specially selected and secluded place, still continuing his purifications. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature