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Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro Celebrated theologians and canonists, the sons of a distinguished surgeon of Verona. A rare intellectual sympathy bound these brothers together and led them to assist each other in the preparation and composition of their many works. Girolamo was born at Verona 29 January, 1701, and died 23 April, 1781. After finishing … Continue reading “Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro”

Ballerini, Girolamo (1702 -1781 ) Theologian and canonist, brother of Pietro Ballerini . He edited the works of Cardinal Noris of Verona, of Matteo Giberti, Bishop of Verona, and the sermons of Saint Zeno. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Ballerini, Antonio (1805 -1881 ) Jesuit canonist, born Medicina, Italy ; died Rome, Italy . Professor of moral theology at the Roman College, he took a prominent part in the controversy on Rosmini and Saint Alphonsus Liguori, and contributed valuable treatises on the Immaculate Conception. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ballerini, Antonio Born at Medicina, near … Continue reading “Ballerini, Antonio”

Ballenstedt, Johann Georg Justus a German theologian, was born in 1756 at Schoningen. He was pastor at Pabstorf, in Prussia. He wrote Die Urwelt, a work widely known throughout Germany, and which contains important information concerning geology. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Balleganach, Ferquhard De a Scottish prelate, was bishop of Caithness before 1309. He is said to have been a strenuous defender of the liberties of the Church, and to have died in 1328. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, p. 212. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Balle, Nikolai Edinger a distinguished Lutheran theologian of Denmark, was born in 1744 in Zealand became in 1772 Professor of Theology at Copenhagen, and in 1783 bishop of Zealand. He died in 1816. He wrote, Theses theologicae (Copenh. 1776), and A Manual of Religious Doctrines (Copenh. 1781); he was also the editor of a magazine … Continue reading “Balle, Nikolai Edinger”

Ballarini, Ippolito an Italian theologian, was a native of Novara. He first entered the Benedictine Order, then that of the Camaldules. In 1545 he became abbot of St. Michael of Murano at Venice, and general of his order in 1556. He died in 1558. He wrote, Tractatus de Diligendis Ininnicis, with no indication of place … Continue reading “Ballarini, Ippolito”

Ballard, Thomas an Irish Wesleyan Methodist minister, was born at Borris-O’Kane, County Tipperary, in 1796. He was converted in his fourteenth year under the labors of Gideon Ouseley, and was appointed to a circuit in 181. He prosecuted his labors with unwearied diligence for forty-six years, when he became a supernumerary. He died at Holywood, … Continue reading “Ballard, Thomas”

Ballard, Josiah a Congregational minister, was born in Petersborough, N. H., April 14, 1806. He was fitted for college at Monson Academy, taught the classics in Westfield Academy for a vear and a half, and studied theology privately. In 1836 he was ordained in Chesterfield, N. H., and settled over a Congregational Church in Nelson, … Continue reading “Ballard, Josiah”

Ballard, Edward D.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Maine, a graduate of the General Theological Seminary, was engaged for several years, until about 1856, as a teacher in Cheshire, Conn. In 1858 he became rector of St. Paul’s Church, Brunswick, Me., and held this pastorate at the time of his death, which … Continue reading “Ballard, Edward D.D.”