Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Waldseemuuml;ller, Martin (Graecized ILACOMILUS). Learned Humanist and celebrated cartographer, born at Wolfenweiler near Fribourg, or in Fribourg itself, about 1475; died as a canon of St-Dié in Lorraine, probably at the beginning of 1522. The first authentic information concerning Waldseemüller is to be found in the matriculation register of the University of Fribourg, where his … Continue reading “Waldseemuuml;ller, Martin”

Waldseemuller, Martin Catholic geographer . Born 1475; died 1522. Drew up the first modern atlas of the world, a Latinized edition of Ptolemy’s geography with 20 additional maps, used the name America in his world map (1507), and made a translation in Latin of the voyages of Amerigo Vespucci. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Waldschmidt, John a German Reformed minister, was born in Nassau, Germany, in 1724, and came to America in 1752. He was pastor of the churches at Cocalico, Weiseichenland, Mode Creek, and Zeltenreich, Pa., from 1752 to 1786. He also supplied Tulpehocken (1756-58) and Heidelberg (1767-70). He died in 1786. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. … Continue reading “Waldschmidt, John”

Waldsassen, Abbey of (“Settlement in the woods”). Located on the River Wondreb, Upper Palatinate, near the border of Bohemia, in the Diocese of Ratisbon. This celebrated Cistercian monastery was founded by Gerwich von Wolmundstein, a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Sigeberg, with the permission of his former Abbot Kuno, then Bishop of Ratisbon. Gerwich … Continue reading “Waldsassen, Abbey of”

Waldron, William a Congregational minister, was the son of captain Richard Waldron, of Portsmouth, N. H., and grandson of major Richard Waldron, of Dover, who was murdered by the Indians in 1689, at the age of eighty years. William was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 4, 1697, and graduated from Harvard College in 1717. … Continue reading “Waldron, William”

Waldron, Isaac an English Wesleyan minister, began his itinerant labors among the Methodists of England in 1760, and died (according to Hill) in 1782. He was not eminent either for piety, gifts, or usefulness. His natural disposition was crooked. He died in obscurity. See Atmore, Meth. Memorial, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Waldron, Isaac”

Waldo, Nathan a Congregational minister, received the honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1803; was ordained pastor of the church in Williamstown, Vt., in 1806; and died in 1832. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 2, 269. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Waldo, Horatio a Presbyterian minister, was a native of Coventry, Conn. He graduated at Williams College in 1804; was a tutor in the college in 1806-7; settled as pastor of the Church in Griswold, Conn., in 1810; resigned his pastoral charge in 1830; and removed to Portage, N.Y., where he died in 1846, aged sixty-nine. … Continue reading “Waldo, Horatio”

Waldo, Daniel a Congregational minister, was born in Windham, Conn., Sept. 10, 1762, and was a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1788. For a time he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary army; he was taken prisoner, and imprisoned by the British in the Sugar House, New York, barely escaping with … Continue reading “Waldo, Daniel”

Waldo (or Valdo), Peter the founder or ally of the Vaudois or Waldenses (q.v.), a body of Christians who separated themselves from the Church of Rome in the 12th century, was born at Vaux, in Daluphiny, on the banks of the Rhone. He acquired a large fortune by commercial pursuits in Lyons, France; and when … Continue reading “Waldo (or Valdo), Peter”