Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista A Venetian painter, born at Conegliano in the province of Treviso in 1459 or 1460; died in 1517 or 1518. His father, who died in 1484, was a cloth-shearer (cimator), hence the family surname. In 1488 the young painter was at work at Vicenza; in 1492 he established himself at … Continue reading “Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista”
Cilline, Saint
Cilline, Saint Martyr , Apostle of Franconia, born Ireland, c.640; died Franconia, 689. He is said to have been a monk and later a traveling bishop. About 686 he left Ireland for the continent where he became an active missionary in East Franconia and Thuringia. He converted Duke Gozbert and was murdered by the duke’s … Continue reading “Cilline, Saint”
Cilley, Joseph L
Cilley, Joseph L a Free-will Baptist minister, was born in Maine in 1804. His ministry was devoted to churches and destitute regions along the seaboard of his native state, and was attended with a good measure of success. He died at Camden, Maine, June 30, 1871. See Free-will Baptist Register, 1873, page 83. (J.C.S.) Fuente: … Continue reading “Cilley, Joseph L”
Cilley, Daniel P
Cilley, Daniel P a convert from heathenism under the labors of Reverend Mr. Phillips, a Free-will Baptist missionary in India, belonged to the native tribe known as the Santals. He became connected with the boarding-school at Jellasore, and was baptized, with three others, August 29, 1847. He is said to have possessed more than ordinary … Continue reading “Cilley, Daniel P”
Cillen
Cillen (Cillian, Cillin, Killinus, or Killianus) occurs frequently as a name of saints in the Irish calendars: whether the initials be C.,K., or Q., the name is the same, and derived from Cill (“a cell”): 1. Son of Lubnen, is, commemorated April 14. Colgan (Acta Sanctorum, 473, c. 4) enumerates him among the prelates of … Continue reading “Cillen”
Cilla
Cilla (or Cille, also Cissa), an English abbess, was niece of Cissa, regulus of Wessex in the reign of Kentwin (A.D. 676-685), and sister of Heane, the founder of the monastery at Abingdon. Out of her patrimonial estate she- erected (about 690) a nunnery, which she named after the Holy Cross and St. Helena, at … Continue reading “Cilla”
Cilinia, Saint
Cilinia, Saint is the name of two early Christian women: 1. The mother of St. Remigius, archbishop of Rheims, and apostle of France. She was probably born about A.D. 400, and lived and died in Lauriniacum, where Remigius buried her. She is commemorated October 21. See Migne. Patrol. Lat. 135:43. 2. A virgin, celebrated at … Continue reading “Cilinia, Saint”
Cilicia, Council Of
Cilicia, Council Of (Concilium Ciliciense), provincial, was held in 423, against the Pelagian heresy. Theodore of Mopsuestia, a town in this province, was condemned as one of the heads of this heresy. See Mercator Marius, page 219; Mansi, Concil. 4:473. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cilicia
CILICIA The south-eastern province of Asia Minor, bounded north by the Taurus range, separating it from Cappadocia, Lycaonia, and Isauria, south by the Mediterranean, east by Syria, and west by Pamphylia. The western part had the appellation of Aspera, or rough; while the eastern was called Campestris, or level. This country was the province of … Continue reading “Cilicia”
Cilian
Cilian SEE KILIAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature