Lance, Lucien Charles, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Bordentown, N.J., September 7, 1832. He graduated from Charleston College, and in 1854 from the General Theological Seminary, N.Y.; became pastor of All- Saints’, Waccamaw, N.C.; after the war in Wye and Queenstown, Maryland, rector of Ascension Church, Frankfort, Kentucky, two years at Kenosha, … Continue reading “Lance, Lucien Charles, D.D”
Lance, Lancet
Lance, Lancet LANCE, LANCET.The former only Jer 50:1-46; Jer 52:1-34, RV [Note: Revised Version.] spear, but Heb. is kdn, hence rather javelin; the latter only 1Ki 18:28, RV [Note: Revised Version.] lance, Heb. rmach. For both these weapons, see Armour and Arms, 1. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Lance, Lancer, Lancet
Lance, Lancer, Lancet lans, lanser, lanset. See ARMOR, III., 4., (3); 1Ki 18:28 the Revised Version (British and American) lances. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Lance, Holy
Lance, Holy That with which Our Lord’s sacred Side was opened after His death (John 19), according to a tradition found by Saint Helena at Jerusalem. In 615 the point of the lance, which had been broken off, was brought to Constantinople and in 1241 to Paris, where it disappeared during the French Revolution. The … Continue reading “Lance, Holy”
Lance and Nails, Feast of the
Lance and Nails, Feast of the Instituted by Pope Innocent VI, 1353, for Germany and Bohemia, and since then, by special concession, celebrated in various dioceses, countries and religious orders, but not everywhere on the same day. At present, wherever conceded, its celebration is assigned to the Friday after the first Sunday of Lent. Fuente: … Continue reading “Lance and Nails, Feast of the”
Lance
lance Emblem in art associated with Saint Longinus , the centurion who pierced the side of Christ with his lance Saint Matthew , due to his martyrdom Saint Simon the Apostle Saint Thomas, due to his martyrdom New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Lance (, kidon’, so called from its destructive use, Jeremiah 1:42; … Continue reading “Lance”
Lancaster, Nathaniel
Lancaster, Nathaniel D.D., a minister of the Church of England, was born in England in 1698. During a portion of his ministry he was rector of Stamford Rivers, but he is better known as a literary man than as a pastor. He died in 1775. His published works are, Sermons (1746): Essay on Delicacy (1748, … Continue reading “Lancaster, Nathaniel”
Lancaster, Lydia
Lancaster, Lydia a female Quaker minister, daughter of Thomas Rawlinson, was born at Graithwaite, Lancashire, England, in 1684. In the course of her ministry she visited several times the greater part of England, Ireland, and Scotland, building up her society with great zeal and efficacy. In 1718 she came to the United States, and was … Continue reading “Lancaster, Lydia”
Lancaster, Joseph
Lancaster, Joseph an English Quaker, was born in London, November 25, 1775, and died about October 4, 1838. He was the promulgator of the mutual system of education first introduced by Dr. Bell at Madras, but afterwards known both in England and America as the Lancasterian System, and gave an impulse, by his writings and … Continue reading “Lancaster, Joseph”
Lancaster, England, diocese of
Lancaster, England, diocese of Founded on 22 November 1924. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Liverpool. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Lancaster patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary