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Balch, Hezekiah James a Presbyterian minister, was born at Deer Creek in 1746. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1766; was licensed by the Donegal Presbytery in 1767; and was ordained by the same Presbytery in 1770. He spent his life laboring in the Southern States. He died in the summer of … Continue reading “Balch, Hezekiah James”

Balch, Hezekiah, D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born in Hartford County, Md., in 1741. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1762, and was licensed to preach by the Newcastle Presbytery in 1768. He died in April, 1810. He was widely known in the Presbyterian-Church as a preacher. See Sprague, Annals of the … Continue reading “Balch, Hezekiah, D.D.”

Balbus, Hieronymus (Accellini). Humanist, poet, diplomatist, and Bishop of Gurk in Carinthia, b. about 1450 at Venice; d. there, probably 1535. He was a pupil of Pomponius Laetus, the founder of the Roman Academy. As a young man, by his manner and bearing alike, Balbus gave great offence; he was of a quarrelsome disposition, and, … Continue reading “Balbus, Hieronymus”

Balbulus, Notker, Blessed Born Jonswil, Saint Gall, c.840; died 912. Monk. He composed a martyrology, and a metrical biography of Saint Gall, and is probably the author of the “Gesta Caroli Magni,” a collection of legends. He introduced the sequence, a new kind of religious lyric, into Germany . Beatified , 1512. Feast , 6 … Continue reading “Balbulus, Notker, Blessed”

Balbuena, Bernardo de A Spanish poet, born in Val de Peñas, 1568; died in Porto Rico, 1627. At an early age he was taken by his parents to Mexico, where he received his education. Later he spent twelve years in Jamaica, and then passed the remainder of his days of Bishop of Porto Rico, to … Continue reading “Balbuena, Bernardo De”

Balboa, Vasco Nuntilde;ez de Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America, born in Spain, 1475, either at Badajoz or at Jerez de los Caballeros; died at Darien, 1517. He went to Central America, in 1500 with Rodrigo de Bastidas and thence, in secret, with Martín Fernández de Enciso to Cartagena. … Continue reading “Balboa, Vasco Nuntilde;ez de”

Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Catholic geographer . Born, 1475; died , 1519. Discovered the Pacific Ocean. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Balboa, Miguel Cavello a Spanish missionary, lived in the 16th century. He at first served in the wars of France, then embraced the ecclesiastical profession and went to America in 1566. He established himself at Santa Fe de Bogota, where one named Juan de Orozco acquainted him with numerous documents relating to American antiquities; this … Continue reading “Balboa, Miguel Cavello”

Balbinus, Boleslaus A Jesuit historian of Bohemia, born 4 December 1621, at Königgrätz, of an ancient noble family; died 29 November, 1688 at Prague. His entire life was a devoted to collecting and editing the materials of Bohemian history, and his researches have often been utilized by the Bollandists. He wrote over thirty works, the … Continue reading “Balbinus, Boleslaus”

Balbinus, Aloysius Boleslaus a Bohemian Jesuit, who was born at Koniggratz in 1611, and died in 1689, as professor of rhetoric at Prague, is the author of Examen Melissoeum, seu Epigrammatum., Libri VI (Vienna, 1670): Miscellanea Historica Regni Bohemice (Prague, 1679): De Parochiis et Sacerdotiis Bohemice (ibid. 1683): De Archiepiscopis Bohemien (ibid. 1689). In MS. … Continue reading “Balbinus, Aloysius Boleslaus”