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Ayres, Hiram M a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Pennsylvania in 1840. He experienced religion at the age of seventeen; graduated at the Illinois Wesleyan University in 1863, and in the same year united with the Central Illinois Conference. He died Aug. 4,1870. Mr. Ayres was an earnest, faithful, successful preacher and pastor. His … Continue reading “Ayres, Hiram M”

Ayres, Enos a Presbyterian minister, was ordained by the New York Presbytery, before May, 1750, as the minister of Blooming Grove, Orange Co. He graduated at Nassau Hall in 1748, and his name stands first on the roll of alumni. He died in 1765. See Webster, Hist. of Presb. Church in merica (1857); Alexander, Princeton … Continue reading “Ayres, Enos”

Ayre, William an English Congregational minister, was born at Petrockstow, Devonshire, in 1800. He was brought up in the Church of England, but afterwards adopted the principles of Congregationalism. He studied with a view to the ministry at Homerton College, but because of ill-health he did not complete his course. Mr. Ayre’s first charge was … Continue reading “Ayre, William”

Ayre, Rishworth J a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Standish, Me., Nov. i5, 1803. He embraced religion in his fourteenth year, and in 1826 entered the Maine Conference. During the following forty-eight years of his itinerancy, eighteen were effective, nine supernumerary, and twenty-one superannuated. He died Jan. 17, 1874. Mr. Ayre was characterized by … Continue reading “Ayre, Rishworth J”

Ayrault, Walter, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Geneva, N.Y., November 28, 1822. He graduated from Hobart College in 1840, was ordained deacon in 1846, and presbyter in 1847; settled at Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1853; at Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1856; at Genesee in 1862, at Oxford in 1865, and in 1875 became chaplain … Continue reading “Ayrault, Walter, D.D”

Ayr, Scotland Capital of Ayrshire, Scotland. Bruce called together the Scottish parliament in the old church of Saint John, 1315 ; Dominicans and Franciscan Observants had houses here before the Reformation. The town is associated with Robert Burns, who was born nearby. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aymon, John a French writer, lived at the close of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. He was at first a Catholic priest, then left the Roman Catholic Church at Geneva, and married at the Hague. He again returned to the Church of Rome, and in 1706 was put by the Cardinal … Continue reading “Aymon, John”

Aymo SEE HAYMO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aymeric of Piacenza A learned Dominican, b. at Piacenza, Italy; d. at Bologna, 19 August, 1327. Soon after his entrance into the Lombard province of the Dominican Order, he was sent (1262) to pursue his studies at Milan, where he formed a close friendship with Niccolo Boccasini, later pope under the name of Benedict XI … Continue reading “Aymeric of Piacenza”

Aymards are the earliest known inhabitants of the mountain valleys of South-eastern Peru and Northwestern Bolivia, now to be found principally in the Peruvian province of Puno and the Bolivian provinces of La Paz and Oruro. Though distinct in language, they physically resemble the Indians of the great Quichuan or Inca family, who were indebted … Continue reading “Aymards”