Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Lincoln, Hugh of, Saint Confessor , Bishop of Lincoln, born Avalon, Burgundy, c.1135; died London, England , 1200. He entered the Augustinian monastery at Villard-Benoit near Grenoble and, c.1159, was made prior of Saint Maximin near Avalon. About four years later he became a Carthusian , and in 1180 was sent as prior to Witham, … Continue reading “Lincoln, Hugh of, Saint”

Lincoln, Ensign a noted philanthropist and lay minister in the Baptist Church, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, January 8, 1779. He was brought into the Church when about nineteen years old, under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Baldwin. He had been apprenticed to a printer, and in 1800 he commenced business on his own … Continue reading “Lincoln, Ensign”

Lincoln, England, diocese of Founded 678 , with Saint Theodore as first bishop , by transference from Sidnacester (now Stow), which was united to Leicester in the 10th century. The first Norman bishop was Remigius of Fecamp, 1075, who built the cathedral , rebuilt under Saint Hugh (1186) and Robert Grosseteste. In 1536 occurred the … Continue reading “Lincoln, England, diocese of”

Lincoln (LINCOLNIENSIS) Suffragan of Dubuque, erected 2 August, 1887, to include that part of the State of Nebraska, U.S.A., south of the Platte River; area 23,844 square miles. There were about 17,000 Catholics in the section of Nebraska out of which the diocese was formed, organized in 27 parishes attended by 28 secular and 3 … Continue reading “Lincoln (1)”

Linares [Or MONTEREY or NUEVO LEÓN; ARCHDIOCESE OF (DE LINARES)] In 1777, at the request of Charles III of Spain, Pius VII erected the episcopal See of Linares as suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico. Its first bishop was Fra Antonio di Gesu, O.E.M. For reasons of ecclesiastical administration the see was raised to archiepiscopal … Continue reading “Linares”

Linacre, Thomas Physician, born Canterbury, England , c.1460; died London, England , 1524. After studying at Oxford, he spent 10 years in Italy specializing in the classics, and received his degree in medicine at Padua. On his return to England he ranked as the leading humanist, and in addition was physician to Henry VIII and … Continue reading “Linacre, Thomas”

Limyra Limyra, a titular see of Lycia, was a small city on the southern coast of Lycia, on the Limyrus, and twenty stadia from the mouth of this river. It is mentioned by Strabo (XIV, 666), Ptolemy (V, 3, 6), and several Latin authors. Nothing, however, is known of its history except that Caius Cæsar, … Continue reading “Limyra”

Limus an article of dress worn around the loins by the ancient-Roman papa, or officiating priest, at the sacrifices. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Limoges (LEMOVICENSIS). Diocese comprising the Departments of Haute Vienne and Creuse in France. After the Concordat of 1801, the See of Limoges lost twenty-four parishes from the district of Nontron which were annexed to the Diocese of Perigueux, and forty-four from the district of Confolens, transferred to the Diocese of Angoulême; but until 1822 it … Continue reading “Limoges”

Limits of Sensation The two limiting sensations in the sensory continuum of any given sense(a) the lower limit is the just noticeable sensation which if the stimulus producing it were diminished, would vanish altogether or — in the view of some psychologists — would pass into the unconscious. See Threshold of Consciousness, (b) The upper … Continue reading “Limits of Sensation”