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Alured Of Beverley SEE ALRED. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alur (Old Eng. alours). This word appears generally to have signified the gutter, passage, or gallery in which persons could walk behind a parapet on the top of a wall, or in other situations, especially in military architecture, where the alur becomes of the highest importance. The term, however, was sometimes used for passages of … Continue reading “Alur”

Alunno, Niccolograve; (Real name Niccolò di Liberatore) Notable Umbrian painter in distemper, born c. 1430, at Foligno; died 1502. He was the son of a painter and a pupil of Bartolommeo di Tommaso. His master’s assistant was Bennozo Gozzoli, the pupil of Fra Angelico. The simple Umbrian feeling in his work was somehow modified by … Continue reading “Alunno, Niccolograve;”

alumnus (Latin: one that nourishes) Originally, an adopted or foster child, a child of the camp, native-born of a country; in post-Reformation times, a student who was adopted by the Alumnat, an institution endowed for the support and education of poor students; in modern use, a graduate of any institution of learning; in ecclesiastical usage, … Continue reading “Alumnus”

Alumbrados (Illuminati) Short-lived Spanish sect in the 16th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Alumbrados (Alumbrados.) The name assumed by some false mystics who appeared in Spain in the sixteenth century and claimed to have direct intercourse with God. They held that the human soul can reach such a degree of perfection that it contemplates even … Continue reading “Alumbrados”

Alulphus a monk of St. Martin, of Tournay, who lived at the end of the 11th century, composed a selection of thoughts and extracts taken from the works of St. Gregory, and entitled Gregorialia. Mabillon has given the preface in his Analecta (vol. 1). Another work is attributed to him, Opus Exceptionum (Paris and Strasburg). … Continue reading “Alulphus”

Alukah SEE HORSE-LEECH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aluic SEE ALWIG. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alubert an eminent Anglo-Saxon missionary, who went over from England and joined Gregory in the superintendence of his school at Utrecht. Persuaded by Gregory, he returned to England to seek episcopal consecration. During the year he spent there, he enjoyed the society of the celebrated Alcuin, then superintending his famous school at York. Having received … Continue reading “Alubert”

Aluberht (1) the fifth bishop of the South Saxons at Selsea, is known only by the appearance of his name in the lists. His date must fall between 747, when his predecessor Sigga was at the Council of Clovesho, and 765, when his successor signs. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Aluberht (2) … Continue reading “Aluberht (2)”