Mailly, Francois DE a French prelate, was born at Paris, March 4, 1658. In 1698 he was appointed archbishop of Aries, and in 1710 he succeeded the famous Le Tellier in the archbishopric of Rheims. Mailly distinguished himself by his ardent zeal for the Roman see. When the bull Unigenitus was promulgated, he forced it … Continue reading “Mailly, Francois DE”
Maille De Breze, Simon De
Maille De Breze, Simon De a French prelate, was born in 1515; became a religious of the order of Citeaux, was made abbot of Loroux, then bishop of Viviers, and in 1554 archbishop of Tours. He was a member of the Council of Trent, and took decided ground against the Reformers, who had given him … Continue reading “Maille De Breze, Simon De”
Maillat, Joseph Anne Marie De Moyrta De
Maillat, Joseph Anne Marie De Moyrta De a French Jesuit and missionary, was born in 1679, at the ancestral castle near Nantua. He entered the order quite young. In 1701 he was appointed to take a part in the mission to China, and embarked in 1703 for Maeao, and thence for China. He quickly mastered … Continue reading “Maillat, Joseph Anne Marie De Moyrta De”
Maillard, Olivier
Maillard, Olivier a celebrated French pulpit orator, was born in Bretagne in the 15th century. His early history is somewhat obscure. He became a doctor of the Sorbonne, professor of theology in the order of the Minor Brethren, and court preacher to Louis XI and to the duke of Burgundy. In 1501 he was entrusted … Continue reading “Maillard, Olivier”
Maillard, Oliver
Maillard, Oliver Celebrated preacher, b. at Juignac, (?), Brittany, about 1430; d. at Toulouse, 22 July, 1502. He took the Franciscan habit with the Observants, apparently in the province of Aquitaine. He was there the vicar Provincial of the Observants, when on 2 June, 1487, he was elected Vicar General of the Ultramontane Observants (i.e. … Continue reading “Maillard, Oliver”
Maillard, Antoine-Simon
Maillard, Antoine Simon French missionary among the Acadians and Micmacs, died Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1762. His influence over the Indians was so great that the English allowed him to remain with them and gave him a pension and church in Halifax with religious liberty for his flock. He was the first white man to master … Continue reading “Maillard, Antoine-Simon”
Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de
Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac on the Isère; d. 28 June, 1748, at Peking, China. After finishing his studies he joined the Society of Jesus in 1686, and in 1701 was sent on the mission to China as a member of the order. In June, 1703, … Continue reading “Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de”
Mailduff
Mailduff an Irish monk, who flourished about the middle of the 7th century, established a monastery in Wiltshire, England, A.D. 650, long called Mailduffburgh, now known as Malmesbury. It was richly endowed by Athelstan and other kings of England, and became the alma mater of some of the first educated Saxons in England in either … Continue reading “Mailduff”
Mail, Coat of
Mail, Coat of “a corselet of scales,” a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales (1 Sam. 17:5); also (38) a corselet or garment thus encased. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Mail (, koaske’seth, a scale, as of fish, Lev 11:9, etc.), spoken of as a cuirass composed of plates of metal attached to a bodice like scales, so as to be impervious to the sword (1Sa 17:5). Another term, rendered coat of mail, is ,’ shiryon’, which signifies the corselet or garment thus encased (1Sa … Continue reading “Mail”