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Algardi, Alessandro an Italian sculptor, was born at Bologna about the year 1600. He was employed at Rome through the influence of Domenichino, and achieved a reputation as the first sculptor of his time by a statue of St. Philip Neri, in then sacristy of the Oratorian Church in that city, and a colossal group … Continue reading “Algardi, Alessandro”

Alfwold, Saint Bishop of Sherborne, in Dorsetshire; d. 1058. Alfwold, or Ælfwold, is a rather obscure English saint of whom we know little beside the few details preserved by William of Malmesbury (Gest. Pont., Bk. II, § 83). Alfwold had been a monk of Winchester, and was consecrated Bishop of Sherborne in 1045, succeeding his … Continue reading “Alfwold, Saint”

Alfroedull in Norse mythology, is the first ray of light announcing the coming of day, at whose appearance all spirits of darkness flee. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alfrida, Saint Virgin, and recluse, c. 795. This saint, whose name is variously written Elfthritha, Ælfleda, Æfthryth, Alfritha, Etheldreda, etc., was a daughter of King Offa of Mercia. According to a late and not very trustworthy legend she was betrothed to St. Ethelbert, King of the East Angles, but when he came to the court … Continue reading “Alfrida, Saint”

Alfric (AILFRIC, ALVRIC, ALVRED, ELFRIC, or ALERIC), an English prelate, lived in the beginning of the 11th century, and was brought up in the school established at Winchester by the bishop St. Ethelwold. In 987 he was appointed by St. Elphegus to govern the abbey of Cerne, in Dorsetshire; afterwards he became abbot of Medehampton … Continue reading “Alfric”

Alfred, William a Bible Christian minister, was born in Cornwall, England, July 15, 1842. He was converted when seventeen years of age; was accepted on trial by the conference in 1864; and in the year 1867 received an appointment to Victoria, Australia, at which place he arrived June 28. After laboring with great acceptability and … Continue reading “Alfred, William”

Alfred Volkmann German physiologist. Born 1801; died 1877. Professor of Physiology at Halle. Distinguished for his additions to the physiology of the nervous system and physiological optics. In 1842 he demonstrated that sympathetic nerves were largely made up of medullated fibres arising from sympathetic and spinal ganglia. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Alfred the Great (849 -899 ) King of the West Saxons, born Wantage, England . When he ascended the throne, 871 , the Danish invaders were threatening his kingdom; after a long struggle he established Saxon supremacy. He repelled four other invasions by them (875-878), and defeated them decisively 15 years later. Alfred drew up … Continue reading “Alfred The Great”

Alfred Mame Printer and publisher, born Tours, France, 1811; died there, 1893. Entering his uncle Amand Mame’s publishing firm at Tours, he conceived and carried out for the first time the idea of grouping together all the industries connected with the making and distribution of books. His success was complete. In addition to numberless liturgical … Continue reading “Alfred Mame”

Alfred Loisy Modernist, born Ambrieres, France, 1857; died 1919. He was educated at Saint Dizier, the Grand Seminaire of Chalons-sur-Marlle, and the Institut Catholique, Paris. After his ordination to the priesthood, 1879, he devoted himself to the study and teaching of apologetics. His numerous publications on the subject showed a tendency to modernism, and in … Continue reading “Alfred Loisy”