Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Loryma A titular see of Caria, small fortified town and harbour on the coast of Caria, not far from Cape Cynossema, at the western extremity of Rhodian Chersonesus, opposite to and twenty Roman miles from Rhodes (Strabo, XIV, 652, Ptolemy, V, 2, 8; Tit. Liv., XXXVII, 17; XLV, 10). Nothing is known of its history, … Continue reading “Loryma”

Loruhamah [Lo-ruha’mah] Symbolical name given to Hosea’s daughter. The context shows its meaning to be ‘not having obtained mercy,’ as in the margin. It was given to emphasise the fact that God was going to punish the people of Israel, and take them from the land, though still having mercy for a time on Judah. … Continue reading “Loruhamah”

Lort Monday Also known as Lort Monday or Plow Monday. First Monday after the feast of the Epiphany, upon which alms were formerly offered to God for the good of the Church and to obtain a blessing on the land which was ploughed at that time. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Lort, Michael, D.D an English theologian, was born in 1725; entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1745; became professor of Greek at Cambridge in 1759; rector of St. Matthew, London, in 1771; prebendary of St. Paul’s in 1780. He died in 1790. His works were, Papers in Archeology, 1777, ’79, ’87: Short Comment on the Lord’s Prayer, … Continue reading “Lort, Michael, D.D”

Lorsch, Convent Of (otherwise Lauresham, Lauresheim, monasterium Laureacense, Laurissense, Laurissa), situated four miles from Heidelberg, was established about A.D. 764 by countess Williswinda (widow of count Rupert, who, by order of Pepin, conducted pope Stephen back to Rome) and her son Cancor. Its first abbot is said to have been a near relative of the … Continue reading “Lorsch, Convent Of”

Lorsch Abbey (Laureshamense Monasterium, called also Laurissa and Lauresham). One of the most renowned monasteries of the old Franco-German Empire, is situated aboutr ten miles east of Worms in the Grand Duch of Hesse, Germany. This abbey was founded in 764 by Count Cancor and his widowed mother Williswinda. Having built a church and monastery … Continue reading “Lorsch Abbey”

Lorsbach, Georg Wilhelm a German theologian, was born at Dillenburg, in the duchy of Nassau, February 29, 1752. In 1768 he entered the University of Herborn; in 1771 he removed to that of Gttingen, and became there an enthusiastic student of the Oriental languages under Michaelis. After having finished the academical course, he spent four … Continue reading “Lorsbach, Georg Wilhelm”

Lorraine, Charles De Guise Cardinal of. SEE GUISE, CHARLES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Lorraine (or Gelee), Claude an illustrious French painter, was born in a small town of Champagne, in the diocese of Toul, Lorraine, in 1600, and went to Rome early for instruction, where he made great improvement in his studies, but met with many reverses, and often was almost penniless. Godfrey Waal admitted him into his … Continue reading “Lorraine (or Gelee), Claude”

Lorraine I. ORIGIN By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern Franconia; Charles the Bald, Western Franconia; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from the North Sea to the Rhone, with Italy in addition. After … Continue reading “Lorraine”