Maitland (MAITLANDENSIS) Located in New South Wales. Maitland, the principal settlement on Hunter River, was chosen as the title for a bishop in 1848, when Dr. William Henry Davis, O.S.B., was sent as coadjutor to the Right Rev. Dr. Polding, O.S.B., Archbishop of Sydney, with the title of Bishop of Maitland. However, it did not … Continue reading “Maitland”
Maith
Maith (, of unknown, but prob. Heb. origin), a person named as the son of Mattathias and father of Nagge (Neariah), in Christ’s maternal ancestry (Luk 3:26); but, as no such name occurs in the pedigree in the O.T., and as it would here unduly extend the time of the lineage, we may reasonably conjecture … Continue reading “Maith”
Maistre, Xavier de
Maistre, Xavier de Romance writer, brother of Count Joseph Marie de Maistre , born Chambery, France , 1763; died Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1852. He was the author of a few charming booklets, written with artless grace and spontaneous wit: “Voyage autour de ma Chambre,” “Le leprenx de la Cite d’ Aoste,” and “La Jeune Siberienne.” … Continue reading “Maistre, Xavier de”
Maistre, Joseph Marie de, Count
Maistre, Joseph Marie de, Count Political philosopher, brother of Xavier de Maistre , born Chambery, France , 1753; died Turin, Italy , 1821. He passed fourteen years at Saint Petersburg as Sardinian plenipotentiary. He was a profound thinker and ranks very high in French letters. He had an intense love of religion, a firm belief … Continue reading “Maistre, Joseph Marie de, Count”
Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de
Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de French philosophical writer, b. at Chambéry, in Savoy, in 1753, when Savoy did not belong to France; d. at Turin, 26 Feb., 1821. His family, which was of French origin, had settled in Savoy a century earlier, and had attained a high position, his father being president of the Senate. Joseph, … Continue reading “Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de”
Maistre, Joseph
Maistre, Joseph (count) de, an eminent French Roman Catholic writer, the greatest advocate of Ultramontanism in the 19th century, was born at Chambery April 1, 1753. His father was president of the senate of Savoy, and he became himself a member of that body in 1787. When the French armies invaded Savoy in 1792 he … Continue reading “Maistre, Joseph”
Maistre de Sacy
Maistre de Sacy SEE SACY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de
Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de Founder of Montreal, born Champagne, France; died Paris, France, 1676. He was sent in command of a company to found Ville-Marie on the Island of Montreal (1642). The settlement was constantly menaced by the Indians, yet for twenty-five years he remained at his post. He attended to the spiritual and … Continue reading “Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de”
Maison, Johann Georg
Maison, Johann Georg a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Neustadt-on-the-Aisch, May 24, 1730. He studied at Erlangen and Halle, and acted for some time as teacher at different schools. In 1779 he was appointed to the pastorate at Dottenheim, and died January 28, 1784. He wrote, Explicatio Psalmi Secundi (Culmbach, 1771): Super Mat … Continue reading “Maison, Johann Georg”
Mairs, George
Mairs, George an Irish minister, was born at Drumbeg, Monaghan County, Ireland, in 1761; received his classical education at the University of Glasgow; next studied theology; was licensed to preach by an associate presbytery in Ireland, and, after laboring as a probationer for eighteen months, was ordained and installed pastor of the congregation of Cootehill, … Continue reading “Mairs, George”