Lindsay (properly Alexander William Crawford), Lord (known after the death of his father as Count of Crawford and Balcarres), an English writer, was born October 16, 1812. He was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated in 1833 as master of arts. He then travelled extensively, and published in 1838 his Letters … Continue reading “Lindsay (properly Alexander William Crawford), Lord”
Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of
Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of On the River Tay, near Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of King William the Lion, about 1191. Boece (Chronicles of Scotland) gives 1178 as the date, but his romantic story of the foundation (adopted by Walter Scott in “The Talisman”) is quite uncorroborated, and almost … Continue reading “Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of”
Lindores
Lindores Benedictine Abbey , Fifeshire, Scotland, founded c.1191, by David, Earl of Huntingdon and inhabited by Tironensian Benedictines. It was sacked by the Protestant mob, 1543, 1559, and in 1600, was created a temporal lordship. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Lindo, Elia H
Lindo, Elia H a Jewish writer, who died in London, July 11, 1865, is the author of History of the Jews of Spain and Portugal (London, 1849). From the Hebrew he translated a work of Menasseh ben-Israel: The Conciliator, a Reconcilement of the Apparent Contradictions in Holy Scripture (1842, 2 volumes). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. … Continue reading “Lindo, Elia H”
Lindner, Wilhelm Bruno
Lindner, Wilhelm Bruno a Lutheran theologian of Germany, who died at Leipsic in 1876, doctor and professor of theology, is the author of, De Joviniano et Vigilantio (Leipsic, 1839): Lehrbuch der christlichen Kirchengeschichte (1848- 54, 3 volumes): Bibliotheca Patrum Ecclesiasticorum Selectissima (1857): Sermons, delivered in the University Church (1844): Christological Sermons (1855). See Zuchold, Bibl. … Continue reading “Lindner, Wilhelm Bruno”
Lindner, Friedrich Wilhelm
Lindner, Friedrich Wilhelm a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1779 at Weida. He commenced his academical career at Leipsic in 1806, was in 1825 professor of catechetics, retired in 1860, and died November 1, 1865. He published, Die wichtigsten Thatsachen und Urtheile fur und gegen Missions- und Bibelgesellschaften (Leipsic, 1825): Die Lehre vom … Continue reading “Lindner, Friedrich Wilhelm”
Lindley, Jacob, D.D
Lindley, Jacob, D.D a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was born June 13, 1774, in western Pennsylvania, and was the fifth in descent from Francis Lindley, one of the passengers in the Mayflower. Jacob’s father erected a block-house between the Monongahela river and Wheeling, as a defence against prowling Indians, in the winter of 1774 and 1775; … Continue reading “Lindley, Jacob, D.D”
Lindley, Daniel, D.D
Lindley, Daniel, D.D a Presbyterian missionary, was born in America in 1800. After receiving his theological education, he was ordained, and went with five others to South Africa in 1834. In 1836 he established a mission on the Allovo river, Port Natal, and commenced his lifelong work of laboring to convert the Zulus to Christ. … Continue reading “Lindley, Daniel, D.D”
Lindisfarne Gospels
Lindisfarne Gospels A copy of the Four Gospels in Latin with an interlinear Anglo-Saxon translation or gloss, written c.700, in round characters by Eadfrid, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698-721), ornamented with exquisite tracery and illumination hy Ethelwold (724-740), and enclosed in a jewel-studded metal cover wrought by Bilfrid, the anchorite, over the Latin words, the priest … Continue reading “Lindisfarne Gospels”
Lindisfarne, England, diocese of
Lindisfarne, England, diocese of Founded in 635 . Sixteen bishops are known to have served until the diocese was merged with that of Durham in 995. Notable bishops include Saint Aidan Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Bishop Eardulf New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary