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Arevalo, Rodrigues Sanchez De a Spanish bishop, was born at St. Maria de Nieva, in the diocese of Segovia, in 1404. He studied law at Salamanca, and the kings, John II and Henry IV of Castile, whose secretary he was, made use of his talents on several occasions. When, in 1455, he was sent to … Continue reading “Arevalo, Rodrigues Sanchez De”

Areus a king of the Lacedaemonians, whose letter to the high-priest Onias is given in 1Ma 12:20 sq. He is so called in the A. V. in 1Ma 12:20 and in the margin of 1Ma 12:7; but Oniares in 1Ma 12:19, and so in the Greek text (v. r. , ) in 1Ma 12:20, and … Continue reading “Areus”

Aretusi, Cesare an Italian painter, was born at Modena, and lived about 1590. He imitated the works of Bagnacavallo, and surpassed all artists then living as a copyist of the works of great masters; for he could assume the style of almost any painter, and pass off many of his copies as genuine. He was … Continue reading “Aretusi, Cesare”

Aretology That branch of ethics concerned with the nature of virtue. — C.A.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Aretius, Benedictus a celebrated Swiss theologian; professor of logic at Marburg, in 1548; appointed professor of languages at Berne, in Switzerland, 1563, and professor of theology the same year; in which office he remained until his death in 1574, leaving many works, among them 1. Examen Theologicum, or Loci Communes (Geneva, 1759 and 1617), a … Continue reading “Aretius, Benedictus”

Aretino, Pietro an Italian writer, was born at Venice, and died in 1556. His boldness in criticising public men obtained for him the sobriquet of the Flail of Princes. He composed paraphrases on the Penitential Psalms:-The Life of the Blessed Virgin; of St. Thomas Aquinas; St. Catharine of Sienna, etc. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Aretino, Pietro”

Aretino, Leonardo Bruno an Italian writer of the fifteenth century, was born at Arezzo. At the solicitation of Poggius, his intimate friend, he was made secretary of pope Innocent VII, and afterwards, in 1413, of John XXIII, with whom he attended the Council of Constance. Poggius addressed to him his celebrated letter upon the punishment … Continue reading “Aretino, Leonardo Bruno”

Aretino, Guido, Of Arezzo So called because he was born in that city, was a Benedictine monk. and, according to some, abbot of the Monastery of Pomposia, near Ravsenna. He discovered six notes in music, in changing the hymn of St. John, thus: UT queant laxis Re sonare fibris, Mi ra gestorum FA muli tuorum, … Continue reading “Aretino, Guido, Of Arezzo”

Aretino, Francesco a Franciscan of the strict observance, in the 16th century, wrote, Expositio in Regulam F.F Minorum (Florence, 1594):-Interpretcatio Commentariorum: Chrysostomi in Enuang. S. Johannis (Paris, 1415). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Arethusa A titular see of Syria near Apameia. Its episcopal list (325-680) is given in Gams (p. 436). It was also a Latin see for a brief period during the Crusades (1099-1100). In the time of Constantius (337-361) its Bishop, Marcus, destroyed a heathen temple which under Julian he was ordered to rebuild. To avoid … Continue reading “Arethusa”