Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Leonard Lessius Jesuit theologian, born Brecht, Belgium, 1554; died Louvain, 1623. Having gained his doctorate of philosophy at Louvain when only seventeen, he entered the Society of Jesus, 1573. He studied theology in Rome, and was sent as professor of theology to Louvain where he remained for 15 years, acquiring a reputation for learning surpassed … Continue reading “Leonard Lessius”

Leonard, Josiah a Presbyterian minister, was born in Kingsborough, N. Y., April 15, 1816. He graduated from Union College in 1837, and finished his theological course in Union Seminary. He was ordained to the ministry in 1840, and was pastor of the following churches successively: Mexicoville, N. Y., 1840-4; Oswego, 1842-45; Dellii. 1845-48; Fulton, Ill., … Continue reading “Leonard, Josiah”

Leonard, George (1), a Congregational, and subsequently an Episcopal, minister, was born in Middleborough, Mass., April 6, 1783; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1805; studied with Dr. Perkins, of West Hartford; and was ordained over the Church in Canterbury, Conn., in 1808. After two years he was dismissed, and preached in various places in Massachusetts. … Continue reading “Leonard, George (2)”

Leonard Calvert (1607-1647) Founder of Maryland and first proprietary governor, brother of Cecilius Calvert , born England ; died Maryland. He commanded the expedition which established the settlement at Saint Mary’s, 1634 . The colonists were opposed by William Claiborne of Virginia, the conflicting claims being settled in favor of Lord Baltimore. In 1643 the … Continue reading “Leonard Calvert”

Leonard, Alexander S., S.T.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in New York city, June 28, 1806. He graduated from Columbia College in 1825; was engaged in mercantile pursuits for twenty years; ordained deacon in 1848; assistant at St. Clement’s Church, N.Y.; rector of Emmanuel Church, in the same city, from 1849 to 1865, and … Continue reading “Leonard, Alexander S., S.T.D”

Leonard, Abiel S.T.D., an army chaplain and Congregational minister, was born at Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 5,1740; graduated at Harvard College in 1759; and was ordained pastor of the original Church in Woodstock, Conn., in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and was in the service of his country until 1778. … Continue reading “Leonard, Abiel”

Leon Or Leone, Jacob Jehudah a Jewish writer of note, who was born, of Moorish descent, in 1614, in Holland, and flourished first at Middelburg and later at Amsterdam, is noted as a writer on the Temple model (compare Retrato del Templo, Middelb. 1642, or Hebrew , Amst. 1650), and as an illustrator of the … Continue reading “Leon Or Leone, Jacob Jehudah”

Leon, Luis Ponce de a Spanish ecclesiastic, was born at Belmonte, in the south of Spain, in 1527 (according to the Tesoro de los Prosadores Espanoles por Ochod [Paris, 1841], at Granada; and according to St. Antonio and Ticknor at Belmnonte in 1528). He studied at Salamanca, entered in 1543 the order of the Augustines, … Continue reading “Leon, Luis Ponce de”

Leon Da Modena (Ben-Isaac Ben-Mordecai) also called Jehudah Arje Modanese, one of the most celebrated Italian rabbis, the Jewish John Knox of the 16th century in Italy, was born in Venice April 23, 1571, of an ancient and literary family, originally from France. Leon displayed his talents and extraordinary intellectual endowments at a most tender … Continue reading “Leon Da Modena (Ben-Isaac Ben-Mordecai)”

Leon (THE DIOCESE AND CIVIL PROVINCE OF LEON) HISTORY Probably before the time of Trajan, the Romans founded in the Asturias, in the neighborhood of the ancient Lancia, a military colony to which they gave the name of Legio Septima Gemina. From Legio (acc. legionem) was formed, in accordance with the nature of the Romance-Castilian … Continue reading “Leon”