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Baldridge, Samuel a Presbyterian minister, was born in North Carolina, March 21, 1780. He studied in a school of Samuel Doak, afterwards chartered as Washington College. Oct. 5, 1807; he was licensed at Salem Church, Tenn., and was appointed to supply within the bounds of the Presbytery until the next stated meeting. Oct. 11, 1808, … Continue reading “Baldridge, Samuel”

Baldricus (Baldericus, or Baudrius Aurelianensis, Burgulensis, Dolensis), a French Benedictine, was a native of Meun-sur-Loire, educated at Angers, and afterwards abbot of Bourgueil, about 1047. He attended the Council of Clermont in 1095, and in 1108 was made archbishop of Dol, in Bretagne. He died at a great age, Jan. 7, 1131. He wrote Historic … Continue reading “Baldricus”

Baldric (Baldry, or Baudrey) is (1) a bellrope; (2) the leathern strap for suspending the clapper from the staple in the crown of a bell. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baldrey, J an English engraver, lived about 1790, and executed some portraits and other subjects, in the chalk style, among which the best are, The Finding of Moses: Diana and her Nymphs: The Benevolent Physician. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baldred, St. was a Scotchman and disciple of St. Mungo, or Kentigern, of Glasgow. He inhabited a cell at Tyningham, in Haddingtonshire, and is said to have been eminent for his virtues and gift of miracles. For some years he inhabited a solitary island in the sea called Bass. According to Simeon of Durham, he … Continue reading “Baldred, St.”

Baldred, Saint Bishop of Glasgow, died Aldhame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, c.608. He was of Irish ancestry, and succeeded Saint Kentigern in the See of Glasgow. The disturbed conditions of the time forced him to retire from his see, and he is said to have ended his life as a hermit . He has often been confounded … Continue reading “Baldred, Saint”

Baldovinetti, Alesso A notable Florentine painter, b. in Florence, 14 October, 1427; d. there, 29 August, 1499. His father was a wealthy merchant, but leaving the paternal business he registered himself, at the age of twenty-one, as a member of the Academy of Saint Luke. He called himself a pupil of Paolo Uccelli, and according … Continue reading “Baldovinetti, Alesso”

Baldovinetti, Alessio an distinguished Italian painter, was born at Florence in 1442. He took to painting against his father’s desire, and studied with such diligence that he surpassed all his contemporaries in minuteness of detail. His principal extant works are a Nativity in the Church of the Annunziati; an Altar- piece, No.24, in the gallery … Continue reading “Baldovinetti, Alessio”

Baldov, Johann a professor of Hebrew at Leipsic and Helmstadct, who died in 1662, is the author of, Medulla Grammat. Hebr. Buxtorfio-Erpernio-Trostiance in Succinctas Tabulas, Perspicuos Canones et Paucas Observ. Contracta (Leipsic, 1636; 4th ed. 1664): Oratio de Linguae Hebr.: Pronunciatione, etc. (ibid. 1638): Specimen Coronidis ad Medullam Gramm. sive Dilucidarii Biblici quoad Rem Gramm. … Continue reading “Baldov, Johann”

Baldock, Thomas an English Baptist minister, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, March 3, 1802. He was converted at the age of eighteen, and began soon after to preach in the surrounding villages. He entered upon the pastorate at Wivelsfield in April, 1841, where he continued to labor with eminent success until his death, Sept. 26, … Continue reading “Baldock, Thomas”