Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chans, Henri (1865 -1898 ) Priest of the Paris Foreign Missions, born Coubon-sur-Loire, France . He was murdered with eight Christians in his district of Pok-lo, Kwang-tung, China. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Chanut, Pierre Marshal a French theologian and translator, was abb of Issoire, chancellor of queen Anne of Austria, and visitor-general of the Carmelites. He died Nov. 13, 1695, leaving Seconde Apologie de Justins pour les Chrtiens (from the Greek, Paris, 1670, 12mo), under the assumed name of Pierre Tondet, and in 1686, under the true … Continue reading “Chanut, Pierre Marshal”

Chanuneus CHANUNEUS (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Channuneus), 1Es 8:48.A Levite, answering to Merari, if to anything, in the parallel list in Ezr 8:19. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Chanuneus ka-nune-us (, Chanounaos; the King James Version Channuneus): A Levite in the list of 1 Esdras 8:48, probably corresponding to Merari in Ezr 8:19. Fuente: … Continue reading “Chanuneus”

Chanukah was a Jewish festival of dedication or purification, which lasted eight days, during which everybody burned lights, each day one more than the preceding, and’ said prayers, but did no work as long as these lights burned. It was believed to have been instituted by Judas Maccabseus in memory of the repossession of the … Continue reading “Chanukah”

Chanuca SEE DEDICATION (FEAST OF). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

chantry (French: chanter, to sing) Originally the endowment of one or more priests to say or sing Mass for the soul of a person specified by the endower. In most cases the incumbent was charged with othet duties such as that of attending choir, of acting as chaplain to a gaol or hospital, or notably … Continue reading “Chantry”

Chantrey, Sir Francis an eminent English sculptor, was born in 1782, at Norton, in Derbyshire. He received some instruction from John Raphael Smith, and in 1802 he advertised in the Sheffield papers to take crayon portraits. Shortly. afterwards he visited Edinburgh and Dublin, and then London. In 1817 he was elected an associate of the … Continue reading “Chantrey, Sir Francis”

Chantelou, Claude Patristic scholar, born in 1617, at Vion, in the present Diocese of Le Mans, France; died 28 November, 1664, at the Monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. Having spent some time in the Order of Fontevrault, he left it to become a Benedictine in the Congregation of Saint-Maur, in which he made his profession, … Continue reading “Chantelou, Claude”

Chantelou (Lat. Cantalupus), Claude a French Benedictine, was born at Vion, in Anjou, in 1617. He entered as a novice at Fontevrault, but in 1640 took the vows at St. Louis of Toulouse, a monastery of the congregation of St. Maur. He went later to St. Germaindes-Pres, and was commissioned with revising some editions of … Continue reading “Chantelou (Lat. Cantalupus), Claude”

Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation Convent Moulins, 13 December, 1641. Her father was president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and leader of the royalist party during the League that brought about the triumph of the cause of Henry IV. In 1592 she married Baron … Continue reading “Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de”