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Baini, Giuseppe an Italian musical critic and composer of church music, was born at Rome in 1775. He took priest’s orders, and was instructed by his uncle, Lorenzo Baini, and by Jannaconi. He served for several years as one of the bass singers in the choir of the pontifical chapel, and in 1814 became musical … Continue reading “Baini, Giuseppe”

Baini, Abbate Giuseppe Born in Rome, 21 October, 1775; died there 21 May, 1844. Baini made his first musical studies under the direction of his uncle Lorenzo Baini, a distinguished disciple of the Roman School, who introduced him into the spirit and traditions of the Palestrina style. Later Baini became the pupil and friend of … Continue reading “Baini, Abbate Giuseppe”

Bainham, James an English martyr, was a son of Master Bainham, a knight of Gloucestershire. He was a good Greek and Latin scholar, and a very pious man. He was taken andwhipped at the tree, and afterwards sent to the Tower to be racked. After he had thus been tortured, he was brought before the … Continue reading “Bainham, James”

Baines, William one of Wesley’s early helpers, was for some time master of Kingswood School, near Bristol. He afterwards procured ordination from the friendly bishop of Bath and Wells, and for several years preached in churches near Bristol. Mr. Wesley invited him to London to assist as curate in his chapels there. For some time … Continue reading “Baines, William”

Baines, Thomas Duckle an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1803. When young he indulged a naturally gay and pleasure-loving disposition, at the same time regularly attending the parish church. At the age of twenty- seven he heard a Methodist preacher, was converted, declined proposals for education for the ministry of the … Continue reading “Baines, Thomas Duckle”

Baines, Ralph Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, England, b. at Knowsthorp, Yorks, date of birth uncertain; d. 18 November, 1559. Educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, he was ordained priest at Ely, 1519. Rector of Hardwicke in Cambridgeshire until 1544 when he went to Paris where he became Professor of Hebrew. In 1553 he returned … Continue reading “Baines, Ralph”

Baines, Peter Augustine Titular Bishop of Siga, one of the most striking figures among English Catholics at the period of Emancipation, was born at Kirkby, in Lancashire, 25 January, 1787; d. 6 July, 1843. For his early education he was sent to the English monastery at Lampspring, in Hanover, where he arrived in 1798. Four … Continue reading “Baines, Peter Augustine”

Bainerd, Nehemiah a Presbyterian minister, was a native of Haddam, Conn. He graduated at Yale College in 1732; was ordained pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Glastenbury, Conn., in April, 1740; and died Nov. 9, 1842. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 3, 149. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baine, Joseph an English Baptist minister, was born in Downshire, Scotland, about 1755. Early in life he removed to England, and about the year 1800 was called to the pastorate of a Church at Portsmouth, Hampshire. After remaining here for a time, he took charge, for a brief period, of a Church in Davenport, in … Continue reading “Baine, Joseph”

Bainbridge, Thomas a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Appleby, England, Oct. 26, 1792. He received a careful religious training from his pious mother; did not experience conversion, however, until his twenty-fourth year; became a local preacher three years later; soon afterwards emigrated to the United States; and in 1833 united with the New York … Continue reading “Bainbridge, Thomas”