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Ar, Ar of Moab ar, moab (, ar, , ar-mo’abh; , Er; , Aroer or , Seer): The city of Ar is named in a snatch of ancient song (Num 21:15), literally the site of Ar. It is identical with Ar of Moab (Num 21:28; Isa 15:1). This is probably the place called the City … Continue reading “Ar, Ar of Moab”

AR Called also Rabbah and Rabbath-Moab, Num 21:28 Deu 2:1-37 Isa 15:1 . Its site, still called Rabbah, is found upon a hill some fifteen miles east of the Dead Sea, and south of the Arnon, midway between it and Kir Moab. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Ar (Heb. id. i.q. , a city; … Continue reading “Ar”

Aquitaine, Prosper of, Saint Also known as Tiro. Confessor of the faith. Born c.400 in Gascony; died c.463. A layman, he lived in Provence (where he probably died). Here his teachings on grace and free will were opposed by the monks of Marseilles and neighborhood. He was an ardent disciple of Saint Augustine, whom he … Continue reading “Aquitaine, Prosper of, Saint”

Aquisgranense Concilium SEE AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo An Italian diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. It comprises 29 towns in the province of Caserta and 7 in that of Aquila. Aquino became a bishopric in 465; Sora, in 275, with a regular list of bishops from 1221; Pontecorvo, on 28 June, 1725, and was immediately united to … Continue reading “Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo”

Aquino, Philip Of a learned rabbin, whose real name was Mardochai. He was born at Carpentras; but, on his expressing a desire to embrace Christianity, he found it necessary to leave France, and went to Naples, and was baptized at Aquino, whence his name. He died at Paris in 1650, where he had been made … Continue reading “Aquino, Philip Of”

Aquino, Louis Henri D of Paris, son. of Philip, was professor of Hebrew at Paris, where he published, , or Rashii Scholia in Librum Esther in Versione Latina, etc. (Paris, 1622):– , or Levi Gersonidce Comm. ini Quinque Priora Capita Libri Jobi (ibid. 1622), in Latin. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 47; Wolfn Bibl. Hebr. … Continue reading “Aquino, Louis Henri D”

Aquinas, Thomas (Born at Roccasecca, near Naples, in 1225; oblate at the Benedictine monastery, Monte Cassino, 1230-1239; student at the University of Naples, 1239-1244; having decided to become a Dominican, he studied at the University of Paris under St. Albert the Great, 1245-1248; until 1252 he was in Cologne with St. Albert at the newly … Continue reading “Aquinas, Thomas”

Aquinas, St.Thomas called the Angelical Doctor, the most conspicuous of the theological philosophers of the Middle Age, was born at Aquino, in the kingdom of Naples, in 1224 or 1226, of a noble family. (In Roman Catholic writers, and generally on the continent of Europe, his name appears as St. Thomas; but as the name … Continue reading “Aquinas, St.Thomas”

Aquinas, St. Thomas Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools. Born at Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of Naples, 1225 or 1227; died at Fossa Nuova, 7 March, 1274. I. LIFE The great outlines and all the important events of his life are known, but biographers differ … Continue reading “Aquinas, St. Thomas”