Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mamertine Prison Generally accepted as the one mentioned by Livy (I, 33), lies beneath the church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, Via di Marforio, Rome. According to tradition in the Acts of Saint Processus and Saint Martmlanus (6th century), Saint Peter was imprisoned in the lower cliamber or Tullianum where he baptized these saints, his … Continue reading “Mamertine Prison”

Mameluco (From the Arabic, memluk, “slave”, the household cavalry of the former sultans of Egypt, recruited chiefly from the children of Christian slaves). The general term applied in South America to designate the mixed European-Indian race, and more specifically applied in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the organized bands of Portuguese slave-hunters who desolated … Continue reading “Mameluco”

Mame, Alfred Henri Amand 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 … Continue reading “Mame, Alfred-Henri-Amand”

Mamdai MAMDAI (1Es 9:34) = Benaiah, Ezr 10:35. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Mamdai mamda-, mamd (LXX: Codex Vaticanus , Mamda; Codex Alexandrinus , Manda): One of those who consented to put away their strange wives at Esdras’ order (1 Esdras 9:34) = the King James Version Mabdai = Benaiah in Ezr 10:35. Fuente: … Continue reading “Mamdai”

Mambre, Vale of A plateau in Hebron, in Chanaan. When Abraham was dismissed from Egypt by the Pharao, he went with his nephew Lot towards Bethel, where they separated, and Abraham “came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron, and he built there an altar to the Lord” (Genesis 13). There … Continue reading “Mambre, Vale of”

Mamas a saint of the Romish Church, a native of Paphlagonia, flourished in the 3d century. He was born in prison, his mother, Russina, having been arrested on account of her adherence to Christianity. He was brought up by a Christian widow named Ammia, and while a boy was already persecuted for his faith, but … Continue reading “Mamas”

Mamani (della Rovere), Terenzio, Count a famous Italian philosopher, was born September 15, 1799, at Pesaro. He studied at Rome, but had to leave his country on account of his participation in the insurrection of 1831. He went to France, but returned to Italy in 1848. In 1857 he was professor of philosophy at Turin, … Continue reading “Mamani (della Rovere), Terenzio, Count”

Mamakurs a kind of bracelets worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Mamaias (,Vulg. Samea), given (1Es 8:14) in place of the SHEMAIAH SEE SHEMAIAH (q.v.) of the Heb. text (Ezr 8:16). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Mamaias ma-mayas. See SAMAIAS, (3). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Mamaias Mama’ias. Apparently the same with Shemaiah in Ezr 8:16. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Mamachi, Thomas Maria Dominican theologian and historian, born at Chios in the Archipelago, 4 December, 1713; died at Corneto, near Montefiascone, Italy, 7 June, 1792. At the age of sixteen he entered the convent of Chios and passed later to St. Mark’s at Florence and the Minerva at Rome. In 1740 he was appointed professor … Continue reading “Mamachi, Thomas Maria”