Valencia (VALENTINA). Located in Spain; comprises the civil Provinces of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón. The city of Valencia is in the region known in ancient days as Edetania, and has 173,000 inhabitants. Florus says that Junius Brutus, the conqueror of Viriathus, transferred thither (140 B.C.) the soldiers who had fought under the latter. Later it … Continue reading “Valencia”
Valence, University of
Valence, University of Erected 26 July, 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI, who was very fond of Valence. Pius II approved its erection in the Bull of 3 May, 1459. In February, 1541, the Canon Pierre Morel opened a college for thirteen poor students. In the sixteenth century Valence was … Continue reading “Valence, University of”
Valence, Diocese of
Valence, Diocese of (VALENTINENSIS). Comprises the present Department of Drome. It was re-established by the Concordat of 1802, being formed of the ancient Diocese of Valence, less the portion comprised in the new Diocese of Viviers, and of various portions of the Diocese of Die, Saint Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Vienne (see ARCHDIOCESE OF LYONS), Orange, Vaison, Gap, … Continue reading “Valence, Diocese of”
Valence, Councils Of (Concilia Valentina)
Valence, Councils Of (Concilia Valentina) Valence is a town of Dauphiny, France, on the Rhone, fifty-seven miles south of Lyons. Five ecclesiastical councils have been held there, as follows: I. Was held July 12, 374. Thirty bishops attended, of whom the names of twenty-two have reached us. It is supposed to have been a general … Continue reading “Valence, Councils Of (Concilia Valentina)”
Vale, Valley
Vale, Valley VALE, VALLEY.Vale is found in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] as the tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of two Heb. words meq and shephlah; valley represents five Heb. words, biqah, gai, nachal, meq, shephlah, and the Gr. phara[n]gx. For shephlah (a low-lying tract of ground) and biqah (a broad plain) see art. Plain, and … Continue reading “Vale, Valley”
Vale of Mambre
Vale of Mambre A plateau in Hebron, in Chanaan. When Abraham was dismissed from Egypt by the Pharao, he went with his nephew Lot towards Bethel, where they separated, and Abraham “came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron, and he built there an altar to the Lord” (Genesis 13). There … Continue reading “Vale of Mambre”
Vale
Vale SEE VALLEY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Vale The abrupt rocky hills of Palestine admit of but few sweeps of valley between. There are valleys at Hebron, and S.E. of Gerizim, and between Gerizim and Ebal, and between Gilboa and Little Hermon the undulating and English like valley of Jezreel. Five … Continue reading “Vale”
Valdés, Alfonso de
Valds, Alfonso de Spanish Humanist and chancellor of the Emperor Charles V, born at Cuenca in Castile about 1500; died at Vienna in October, 1532. His talents gave him early advancement and he accompanied Charles V in 1520 on the journey from Spain to the coronation at Aachen, and in 1521 to the Diet of … Continue reading “Valdés, Alfonso de”
Valdo
Valdo SEE WALDO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Valdes, Don Sebastian Llanos De
Valdes, Don Sebastian Llanos De a Spanish painter, flourished at Seville about 1660. He studied under Francisco de Herrera the elder; aided greatly in establishing the Academy of Seville, in the presidency of which he succeeded Juan de Valdes. Among his large historical works are, a Magdalen, in the Church of the Recollets at Madrid: … Continue reading “Valdes, Don Sebastian Llanos De”