Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Walsh, Peter Irish Franciscan, born at Mooretown, County Kildare, about 1608; died in London, 15 March, 1688. Educated and ordained in the celebrated Irish College of St. Anthony at Louvain, he was later appointed to the convent of his order at Kilkenny, where he warmly supported the Ormondist party in the confederation then assembled in … Continue reading “Walsh, Peter”

Walsh, Patrick Journalist, United States senator; born at Ballingary, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 1 January, 1840; died Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A., 19 March, 1900. With his parents he emigrated in 1852 to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was apprenticed to a printer. While working at this trade he attended night school, and saved money enough to enable … Continue reading “Walsh, Patrick”

Walsh, John Johnston, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Newburgh, N.Y., April 4, 1820. He joined the Church at the age of eighteen, graduated from Union College in 1839, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1843, went as a missionary to India, returned after thirty years of labor, was pastor at Millerstown, N.Y., from … Continue reading “Walsh, John Johnston, D.D”

Walsh, John an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, in 1795. It was intended by his parents that he should become a Roman Catholic priest, and his education was in reference thereto. Removing to Liverpool, he was led to Christ under the ministry of Joseph Entwisle. He was received into the ministry in … Continue reading “Walsh, John”

Walsh, Henry a Presbyterian minister, was born near Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 5, 1824. He came to the United States in 1840; was educated at Oglethorpe University, Ga.; taught for several years; studied theology in the Princeton Theological Seminary; was licensed by Raritan Presbytery in 1852; was pastor of the churches of Carmel and Macedonia, N.C., … Continue reading “Walsh, Henry”

Walsh, Edward Irish poet, born at Derry in 1805; died at Cork, 6 August, 1850. When little more than a boy he showed great intellectual gifts, and in 1830 was private tutor in County Cork. He was for a time teacher of a school at Millstreet, whence, in 1837, he removed to Tourin, County Waterford, … Continue reading “Walsh, Edward”

Walpurgis, or Walpurga, St was the sister of Willibald, the first bishop of the diocese of Eichstadt after it had been founded by Boniface. She was of English birth, and went as a missionary to Germany at the solicitation of Boniface. After a period of labor in Thuringia, she became abbess of the convent at … Continue reading “Walpurgis, or Walpurga, St”

Walpole, Ven. Henry English Jesuit martyr, born at Docking, Norfolk, 1558; martyred at York, 7 April, 1595. He was the eldest son of Christopher Walpole, by Margery, heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford, and was educated at Norwich School, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Gray’s Inn. Converted by the death of Blessed Edward Campion, he went by … Continue reading “Walpole, Ven. Henry”

Walnut Walnuts are probably intended in the Son 6:11, ‘I went into the garden of nuts.’ The Hebrew name (egoz) is evidently the same as the Persian gowz, which has been converted by the Arabs into jowz, by a process common in the case of many other words beginning with the interchangeable letters gaf and … Continue reading “Walnut”

Waln, Nicholas a member of the Society of Friends, was born Oct. 19, 1742, at Fair Hill, near Philadelphia, Pa. He acquired a good elementary education at a Friends’ school in Philadelphia, and on leaving the institution commenced the study of law; and before attaining to his majority was admitted to practice in the courts. … Continue reading “Waln, Nicholas”