Monte Oliveto a rich and famous abbey in Italy, is the most noted place of this order. The Order of the Holy Sacrament, also known as the Congregation of the Body of Jesus Christ, united with the Olivetenses in 1582. See Brunel, Hist. du Clergy seculier et regulier (Amst. 1716, 18mo), 2:288, 291. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Monte Oliveto”
Monte Giorgio, Ugolino of
Monte Giorgio, Ugolino of Ugolino of Monte Giorgio (c.1262 -c.1348 ) Italian Friar Minor and chronicler. He spent most of his life at the convent of Santa Maria in Monte Giorgio. In 1225 he was chosen Bishop of Abruzzi under Celestine V, but Boniface VIII , who succeeded before his consecration, annulled the appointment. Recent … Continue reading “Monte Giorgio, Ugolino of”
Monte Corvino, John De
Monte Corvino, John De (chiefly known on account of his wonderful missionary labors in the East), a native of France, was born in 1247. By papal authority Monte Corvino visited India in 1291, and thence proceeded to China, where he was kindly received by the emperor Kublai Khan, who permitted him to build a church … Continue reading “Monte Corvino, John De”
Monte Catino, Antonio
Monte Catino, Antonio an Italian philosopher, was born at Ferrara in 1536. Of noble extraction, he studied different sciences in his own country, and became professor of philosophy. He was particularly esteemed by duke Alfonso II, who chose him for his secretary, and sent him as ambassador to the court of France, and to that … Continue reading “Monte Catino, Antonio”
Monte Cassino, Abbey of
Monte Cassino, Abbey of An abbey nullius situated about eighty miles south of Rome, the cradle of the Benedictine Order. About 529 St. Benedict left Subiaco, to escape the persecutions of the jealous priest, Florentius. Accompanied by a chosen band, among them Sts. Maurus and Placid, he journeyed to Monte Cassino, one of the properties … Continue reading “Monte Cassino, Abbey of”
Monte Cas(s)ino
Monte Cas(s)ino the first Benedictine convent ever established, “the venerable mother of Western monachism,” and for a thousand years the spot especially dear to the great Benedictine order, was so named after the place in which it was located. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Monte, Cardinal del
Monte, Cardinal del SEE JULIUS II. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Monte, Andreas de
Monte, Andreas de ( ), a celebrated Jewish convert to Christianity, so named after he had embraced the new faith (before his conversion he was called R. Joseph Tsarpathi Ha-Alphasi, ), was born in the early part of the 16th century at Fez, in Africa (hence his second surname, ), of Jewish parents, who were … Continue reading “Monte, Andreas de”
Montchal, Charles De
Montchal, Charles De a French prelate, was born in 1589 at Annonay (Vivarais). His mother was Anne of Guillon. At first abbot of Saint-Amand-de-Boisse, in the diocese of Angouleme, and of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, in the diocese of Coutances, he became archbishop of Toulouse in 1627 by the resignation of Louis de Nogaret, cardinal of La Villette. … Continue reading “Montchal, Charles De”
Montcalm, Louis Joseph Gozon, Marquis de
Montcalm, Louis Joseph Gozon, Marquis de French general; born Candiac, France , 1712; died Quebec, Canada , 1759. Of warlike ancestry, he was a soldier at 15, but continued his excellent classical education by reading. After a successful series of campaigns on the Continent, he succeeded Dieskau in command of the French army in Canada, … Continue reading “Montcalm, Louis Joseph Gozon, Marquis de”