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Lyons a city of France, situated on the Rhone, 316 miles by railway south-south- east of Paris, is noted in ecclesiastical history for two oecumenical councils which were held there: I. In 1245, consisting of 140 bishops, and convened for the purpose of promoting the Crusades, restoring ecclesiastical discipline, and dethroning Frederick II, emperor of … Continue reading “Lyons”

Lyon, Mary a teacher and female philanthropist, born in Buckland, Massachusetts, February 28, 1797, is noted as the founder of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, over which she presided until her death, March 5, 1849. A feature of her plan (at first much opposed) was the performance of the institution’s domestic labor … Continue reading “Lyon, Mary”

Lyon, John C a noted German minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Leonsberg, in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, February 11, 1802. His parents were of the Lutheran faith, and John received a Christian training. In 1817 he emigrated to this country, and some nine years later was brought nearer the cross, … Continue reading “Lyon, John C”

Lyon, James Adair, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born near Jonesborough, Tennessee, April 19, 1814. He graduated from Washington College in 1832, and afterwards from Princeton Theological Seminary; was ordained as an evangelist by the Holston Presbytery, and after serving, for five years, as a stated supply, the churches of Rogersville and New Providence, became … Continue reading “Lyon, James Adair, D.D”

Lyon, Hervey a Presbyterian minister, was born in Walden, N.Y., January 18, 1800, and was educated at Union College, pursued a course of theology at Princeton, N.J., and soon after removed to Ohio. Here, in 1828, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Huron, and ordained pastor of the Church in Vermilion. In … Continue reading “Lyon, Hervey”

Lyon, George Armstrong, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, March 1, 1806. He graduated from Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, in 1824; spent one year in Princeton Theological Seminary, and was ordained by the Erie Presbytery, September 9, 1829, pastor of the First Church, Erie, Pennsylvania, which office he held until his death, at … Continue reading “Lyon, George Armstrong, D.D”

Lyon, France, archdiocese of Founded in the 2nd century. Elevated to an archdiocese in the 3rd century. Name changed to the archdiocese of Lyon-Vienne on 6 October 1822, but back to simply Lyon on 10 February 2007. Suffragan dioceses include Annecy Belley-Ars Chambry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise Grenoble-Vienne Saint-Etienne Valence, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Chteaux Viviers Notable bishops … Continue reading “Lyon, France, archdiocese of”

Lyon, Asa a Congregational minister, was born at Pomfret, Connecticut, December 31, 1763, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1790. He was pastor of the Congregational Church at Sunderland, Mass., from October 4, 1792, to September 23, 1793; at South Hess, Vermont, from December 21, 1802, to March 15, 1840; and was a member of … Continue reading “Lyon, Asa”

Lyngwe in Norse mythology, is an island in the sea Amtswartner, where the wolf Fenris is held by the chain Gleipner. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Lyng, Georg Wilhelm a Lutheran theologian of Norway, was born in 1827. In 1869 he was professor at Christiania, and died May 19, 1884. Lyng is the author of Hedenskabets Leonetslob, i.e., a history of heathenism (1866). (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature