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Andr, Bernard (Andreas.) Native of Toulouse, Austin friar, poet laureate of England and chronographer of the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509). He was tutor to Prince Arthur, and probably had a share in the education of Henry VIII. He was also a tutor at Oxford, and seems to have been blind. His “Historia Henrici Septimi” … Continue reading “André, Bernard”

Andry, Claude of Lyons, who died in 1718, wrote L’ Heresie des Protestans etia Veriti de l’Eglise Cathol. Dicouverte (Lyons, 1714): also a Letter to a Protestant of Lyons, written in 1717, Sur le Nom d’Eglise Romaine donne a Eglise Catholique. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Andruzzi, Luigi an Italian theologian, count of Sant Andrea, was born about 1688 or 1689 on the Isle of Cyprus. He probably belonged to a Venetian family. From 1709 to 1732 he was professor of Greek in the University of Bologna. He wrote several controversial works against Dositheus, patriarch of Jerusalem, for the defence of … Continue reading “Andruzzi, Luigi”

Andrus, Reuben, D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister and educator, was born in Rutland, N.Y., January 29, 1824. In 1850 he became principal of the preparatory department of Illinois Wesleyan University, and in 1851 professor of mathematics in the same institution. He had joined the Illinois Conference in 1850, and in 1852 began his active pastorate; … Continue reading “Andrus, Reuben, D.D”

Andrus, Luman a pious and devoted Methodist preacher, born in Litchfield, Ct., 1778, and entered the ministry in 1810, laboring effectively in Connecticut and New York until superannuated in 1834. He died in 1852. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Andrus, Loyal B a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Cornwall, Vt., Jan. 13,1809. He experienced conversion when about twenty-one years of age, and in 1843 joined the New York Conference. In 1871 he superannuated, and sustained that relation until his death, near Yonkers, March 27, 1873. Mr. Andrus was peculiarly gifted in prayer, and … Continue reading “Andrus, Loyal B”

Andrus, Joseph Raphael an Episcopal clergyman, was born at Cornwall, Vt., in 1791. He was a graduate of Middlebury College in the class of 1812; studied at Yale College as a resident graduate in 1812-13; and for one year (1816) he was a student at the Andover Theological Seminary. He took orders in the Protestant … Continue reading “Andrus, Joseph Raphael”

Andrus, Jared a Congregational minister, was born at Bolton, Conn., in May, 1784. He was converted at the age of thirty. He hesitated to enter the ministry until, appealing to the lot, a favorable indication was given. He was ordained pastor of the Church at Chaplin, Conn., in 1820, where he labored for ten years, … Continue reading “Andrus, Jared”

Androtius Fulvius (Ital. Fulvio Androzzi), an Italian Jesuit, was born in 1523 at Monticolo, in Ancona. At the age of thirty-two he joined the Order of the Jesuits, and died as the head of the college at Ferrara, Aug. 27, 1575. He wrote, Della Frequenza della Communione (Brescia, 1618): Dello Stato delle Vedove (ibid. 1614). … Continue reading “Androtius Fulvius”

Andros, Thomas a Congregational minister, was born at Norwich, Conn., May 1, 1759. He saw service and endured great hardships in the Revolutionary war, especially in connection with his imprisonment in the famous old Jersey ship at New York, in which it is said eleven thousand persons perished. He was ordained at Berkley, Conn., March … Continue reading “Andros, Thomas”