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Antonio Margli, Venerable Apostle of Guatemala, and Texas, born Valencia, Spain, 1657 ; died Mexico , 1726 . He entered the Franciscan Order in 1673 , and after his ordination set out for the Indian missions in America, 1683. Arriving at Santa Cruz, he was stationed at Queretaro college. He preached missions in Yucatan, Costa … Continue reading “Antonio Margli, Venerable”

Antonio Margarita (Malgarita, Or Margalitha) a German rabbi, lived in the early half of the 16th century. His father presided over the synagogue of Ratisbon. He was converted to Christianity in 1522; became professor of Hebrew at Augsburg, Leipsic, Vienna, and finally at Meissen with Schlegel. His works point clearly to his conversion. He wrote, … Continue reading “Antonio Margarita (Malgarita, Or Margalitha)”

Antonio, Juan a Franciscan of Salamanca, ex-definitor and ex-guardian of the Franciscan Discalceats of St. Paul, also censor of the supreme tribunal of the Inquisition, and general historian of the entire order of Franciscans. He wrote Bibliotheca Minorum Discalceatorum (Salaman. 1728, 4to): (Chronicas de Franciscanos della Provincia de S. Paulo en Castilla (tom. 1, Salaman. … Continue reading “Antonio, Juan”

Antonio Fiorentino an Italian architect, who lived about the year 1560, was born at Cava, near Naples. He studied at Rome, established himself at Naples, and built there the Church of Santa Catarina a Formello. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antonio Espejo (16th century ) Explorer, born probably Cordoba , Spain. He was a wealthy mining proprietor in Mexico , when he conducted a notable expedition into New Mexico and Arizona, 1582 -1583 , to verify the reported deaths of some Franciscan missionaries, accomplishing without bloodshed and with a handful of men as great results … Continue reading “Antonio Espejo”

Antonio Escobar y Mendoza Jesuit theologian, born Valladolid, Spain, 1589 ; died there, 1669 . The orthodoxy of his writings is above criticism, hence Pascal’s efforts to fasten the charge of laxism on Escobar’s “Manual of Cases of Conscience” do not merit serious consideration. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Antonio Di Federigo an Italian sculptor, lived, according to Vasari, about 1450. He executed three statues for the Cathedral of Sienna, and made some of the works for the external embellishment of the cathedral. In the year 1457 he executed a statue of St. Peter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antonio De Yepez a Benedictine, wrote a history of his order in seven decades, and died some time before 1621. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antonio de Sedella Also known as Pere Antoine. Born in 1730 in Spain; died in 1829. Rector of Saint Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana. He became a Capuchin friar, was sent to Louisiana as commissary of the Inquisition in 1779, but was deported by Governor Miro for fear of an uprising. He returned in 1783 … Continue reading “Antonio de Sedella”

Antonio De Fantis a Franciscan of Treviso, was one of the most subtle defenders of the doctrine of Scotus in the 16th century. Besides a Commentary on the first and second of the Sentences, he wrote Tabula Generalis Scoticce Subtilitatis Sectionibus Octo.-Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature