Biblia

Cellularii

Cellularii is a name sometimes given to monks, from their living in cells. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cellulanus

Cellulanus is a term supposed to be equivalent to cellita. It means a monk sharing the same cell with another. Sidonius Apollinaris (9, Epist. 3, ad Faust.) uses it for the Lerinensian monks. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cellot, Louis

Cellot, Louis a French theologian and historian, of the Jesuit order, was born at Paris in 1588. He was successively rector of the colleges of Rouen and of La Fleche, afterwards provincial. The society charged him with the defense of the privileges of the regulars against the rights of the pastors. He died in Paris. … Continue reading “Cellot, Louis”

Cellor

Cellor (1) the same with CELER; (2) said to have been fifth bishop of Toul; (3) bishop, who signs first at the Council of Valencia, A.D. 524; (4) bishop of Valencia, at the Council of Toledo, A.D. 589. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cellites

Cellites Congregation under patronage of Saint Alexius of Edessa, founded by Tobias at Mechlin, Brabant, in the 15th century , to nurse the sick and bury the dead during the Black Death. They became an order under the Rule of Saint Augustine in 1469 . The mother-house is Aix-la-Chapelle . They have 18 houses in … Continue reading “Cellites”

Cellitae

Cellitae were a class of monks midway between hermits and cenobites. Strictly speaking, they were the anchorites, so called because they withdrew or retired from the ecoenobia, wherein the monks dwelt together, to small cells in the immediate vicinity. On festivals the cellitae repaired to the church of the monastery, and thus, being still semi-attached … Continue reading “Cellitae”

Cellini, Benvenuto

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Goldsmith and worker in bronze, born Florence; died there. He worked exclusively as a goldsmith, the leading one of his day, until he visited the court of Francis I, in 1537 , when he began casting bronze statues. His masterpiece is the colossal “Perseus” of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, executed … Continue reading “Cellini, Benvenuto”

Cellier, Elizabeth

Cellier, Elizabeth A noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended “Meal-Tub Plot” of 1680. Nothing seems known of her life till her marriage with Peter Cellier, a Frenchman, and her conversion from Anglicanism. In 1678 the prisons were filled with Catholics in consequence of the national alarm caused by the fabricated plots … Continue reading “Cellier, Elizabeth”