Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Vitalian pope from 657 until 672. In that age the pope was subject to the emperor, and Vitalian was obliged to write to Constans II to request the imperial confirmation of his elevation to the papal chair. In the Monothelite controversy he was obliged to bend before the imperial party, which favored the Monothelite error. … Continue reading “Vitalian”

Vitali, Giuseppe a painter of Bologna, flourished about 1700. He studied under Giangioseffo del Sole, and painted history. He executed some works for the churches of Bologna, then most important of which are the Annunciation, in San Antonino; St. Petronio, in SS. Sebastiani e Rocco and the Martyrdom of St. Cecilia, in the church of … Continue reading “Vitali, Giuseppe”

Vitali, Alessandro an Italian painter, was born at Urbino in 1580. He was instructed by Federigo Baroccio, who assisted him in some of his best Works. He copied the Annunciation of Loreto, by Baroccio, with such success that it might easily be mistaken for the original. His St. Agnes, inn the cathedral, and St. Augustine, … Continue reading “Vitali, Alessandro”

Vital, St an early French monk, was born about 1050 at Tierceville, near Mortain, Normandy.. He left his native land to gain instruction from the most learned men of his time, was ordained, and became (about 1080) chaplain of Robert, count of Mortain, who furnished him a prebendship in the collegial church of St. Evroul, … Continue reading “Vital, St”

Vital Chajim a famous Cabalist and pupil of Isaac Loria (q.v.), was a descendant of a Calabrian family. He was born in 1543, and died in 1620. After the death of his teacher, Vital diligently collected all the manuscript notes of the lectures which Loria’s disciples had written down, from which, together with his own … Continue reading “Vital Chajim”

Viswamitra (Sanskrit viswa, all, and mitra, friend, i.e. friend of all the gods), an interesting character in the mythological history of India, was the author of many hymns of the Rigveda, SEE VEDA; but his fame, which pervades all the periods of Sanskrit literature, is chiefly founded on the remarkable fact that, though by birth … Continue reading “Viswamitra”

Visucius and Visucia were Galico Germanic gods, of which the first, identical with Mercury, appears non a strange tablet recently found on the Neckar. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Visscher, Cornelius a celebrated Dutch designer and engraver, was born at Haarlem about 1610. He studied under Peter Soutman, but adopted a style of his own, formed by a combination of the point with the graver, in which he has hardly been equaled. His works are very numerous, and those from his own designs are … Continue reading “Visscher, Cornelius”

Vispered in the Parsee philosophy, is a book of the Zendavesta (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Viso, Fray Cristobal dei a Spanish painter of the 17th century, resided at Madrid, and at one time held the office of commissary-general of the Indies. He painted all the saints of the Order of San Francisco for the chapter-house of the convent of that order at Cordova. He was a monk of the same … Continue reading “Viso, Fray Cristobal dei”