Lydgate, John Born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the Benedictine abbey at Bury when fifteen and may have been educated earlier at the school of the Benedictine monks there and have been afterwards at the Benedictine house of studies at Oxford. It is possible, as Bale asserts, that he … Continue reading “Lydgate, John”
Lydenburg, South Africa, diocese of
Lydenburg, South Africa, diocese of Established as the Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa on 12 June 1923. Entrusted to the German Sons of the Sacred Heart. Elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg on 9 December 1948. Elevated to the diocese of Lydenburg on 11 January 1951. Name changed to the … Continue reading “Lydenburg, South Africa, diocese of”
LYDDA OR LOD
LYDDA OR LOD 1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Neh 11:35; Act 9:32 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Lydda
LYDDA In Hebrew Lud or Lod, 1Ch 8:12 ; Ezr 2:33, and by the Greeks called Diospolis, was a city nine miles east of Joppa, on the way to Jerusalem. Here Peter healed Aeneas, Mal 9:33,34 . It was destroyed not long after Jerusalem; but was soon rebuilt, and became the seat of a famous … Continue reading “Lydda”
Lycus
Lycus (Wolf), a river of Palestine, mentioned by ancient geographers as situated between ancient Biblus and Berytus (Strabo, 16, page 755; Pliny, 5:20). This is evidently the modern Nahr el-Kelb (Dog River), at the mouth of which, about 2 hours N.E. of Beirut, are found the remarkable rock- tablets of ancient victorious kings (Wilson, 2:405; … Continue reading “Lycus”
Lycopolis
Lycopolis A titular see in Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoë. As Siout or Siaout it played a minor role in Egyptian history. After the fall of the sixth dynasty, its princes, freed from the supremacy of Memphis, bore alternately the yoke of the kings of Heracleopolis or Thebes. The principal object of worship was the … Continue reading “Lycopolis”
Lycia
LYCIA A province in the southwest of Asia Minor bounded west by Caria, east by Pamphylia, north by Phrygia and Pisidia, and south by the Mediterranean. The country is somewhat mountainous, though not barren. Of its cities, only Patara and Myra are mentioned in the New Testament, Mal 21:1,2 ; 27:5. Fuente: American Tract Society … Continue reading “Lycia”
Lychnoscope
Lychnoscope (an opening for watching the light), a name assigned by conjecture to an unglazed window or opening, which is frequently found near the west end of the chancel, and usually on the south side, below the range of the other windows, and near the ground. What purpose these low side windows served in churches … Continue reading “Lychnoscope”
Lych-gate
lych gate Roofed gateway of a cemetery to afford shelter to the coffin while waiting to proceed to the graveside. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Lych-gate or LICH-GATE (Anglo-Sax. lie or lice, a body or corpse), i.e., corpse- gate, is a covered gate erected, especially in England, at the entrance of a churchyard, beneath which the … Continue reading “Lych-gate”
Lycea
Lycea a festival among the Arcadians, celebrated in honor of Zeus Lycaeus. It is said to have been instituted by Lycaon, the son of Pelasgus, who sacrificed a child on the occasion, and sprinkled the altar with its blood. Plutarch says that the Lycea was celebrated in a manner similar to the Roman Lupercalia. Fuente: … Continue reading “Lycea”