Mair Hugh, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at New Mylus, Ayrshire, Scotland, July 16, 1797; graduated at the college in Glasgow in 1817; studied theology in Edinburgh; was licensed in 1822; was employed for some time as a missionary in the Orkneys, and other parts of Scotland; came to America in 1828, and was … Continue reading “Mair Hugh, D.D”
Maipure Indians
Maipure Indians (Maypure) A former important group of tribes on the Upper Orinoco River, from above the Meta to the entrance of the Cassiquiare, in Venezuela and Columbia, speaking dialects of the Arawakan stock. The tribes were the Maipure proper; Meepure; Cavare, or Cabre; Avane, or Abani; Pareni; Guipuñave, or Guaypunave, and Chirupa or Quirupa. … Continue reading “Maipure Indians”
Mainz, Germany, diocese of
Mainz, Germany, diocese of Founded in the 4th century as the diocese of Mainz. Elevated to an archdiocese in 747. Re-designated as a diocese on 29 November 1801. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau. Notable bishops include Saint Arnulf Saint Aureus Saint Bardo Saint Boniface Saint Rabanus Maurus Saint Willigis See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org … Continue reading “Mainz, Germany, diocese of”
Mainz, Germany, city of
Mainz, Germany, city of (Latin: Moguntiacum; French: Mayence) City in Rhine-Hesse and former principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally a Celtic settlement, Mainz became a Roman camp, 38 B.C. Christianized about the second century, it was made an archiepiscopal see in 780. The principality grew in size until it extended (on both sides of … Continue reading “Mainz, Germany, city of”
Mainz, Alban of, Saint
Mainz, Alban of, Saint Fourth-century martyr . He came from Naxos to Milan, whence he set out to evangelize the Gauls , and was probably massacred by the Huns at Mainz. Invoked against epilepsy, gravel, and hernia. Feast , 21 June . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mainz
Mainz German town and bishopric in Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatine –Ed.]; formerly the seat of an archbishop and elector. HISTORY (1) Until the Suppression of the Former Archdiocese Near the site of the modern Mainz there existed some centuries before the Christian era a Celtic settlement. Here, about 38 B.C., Agrippa established a Roman camp (Moguntiacum), … Continue reading “Mainz”
Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de
Maintenon, Franoise, Marquise de Born Niort, France, 1635; died Saint Cyr, 1719. She was the granddaughter of Agrippa d’ Aubigne, and was born in prison, where her father Constant d’Aubigne was incarcerated for conspiracy. She married the poet Scarron (1562), and later found an entrance to Court circles as tutor of Mme de Montespan’s illegitimate … Continue reading “Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de”
Maintenon, Franccedil;oise, Marquise de
Maintenon, Franccedil;oise, Marquise de Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April 1719. She was the granddaughter of the celebrated Protestant writer, Agrippa d’Aubigné. Constant d’Aubigné, son of Agrippa, imprisoned in the Château Trompette at Bordeaux on suspicion of intriguing with the English, had married in 1627 Jeanne de Cardillac, daughter of … Continue reading “Maintenon, Franccedil;oise, Marquise de”
maintenance, church
maintenance, church The support of the ministers, institutions, services, and buildings of the Church. This duty is incumbent ou the laity today just as it was under the Old Law and in Apostolic times. The method of fulfilling it varies in different localities and ages. The Church has always endeavored to prevent any abuses or … Continue reading “maintenance, church”
Maintain
Maintain “to preside, rule,” also means “to maintain,” Tit 3:8, Tit 3:14, “to maintain (good works),” RV marg., “profess honest occupations” (AV, marg. … “trades”). The usage of the phrase kala erga (good works) in the Pastoral Epistles is decisive for the rendering “good works,” here. See OVER (to be), RULE. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of … Continue reading “Maintain”