Castellammare di Stabia (CASTRI MARIS, STABLE; DIOCESE OF CASTELLAMMARE: STABIENSIS). The seat of the diocese is an industrial city, situated on the Bay of Naples, on a slope of Monte Gauro, and famous for its health-giving mineral springs. It is also a naval station. The city was built near the ruins of the ancient Stabiae, … Continue reading “Castellammare di Stabia”
Castell, Edmund
Castell, Edmund a learned English divine, was born at Hatley, Cambridgeshire, 1606, and was educated at Immanuel and St. John’s colleges, Cambridge. While at the University he compiled his Lexicon Heptaglotton, Dictionary of Seven Languages (Lond. 1669, 12 vols. fol.), after seventeen years’ labor on it. The publication cost him 12,000, and ruined him. He … Continue reading “Castell, Edmund”
Castelfranco, Orazio da
Castelfranco, Orazio da an excellent Italian fresco painter, flourished in the time of Titian, but very little is known of him. In the church of the Dominicans, at Campo d’Istria, is a large picture, executed in the glowing style of Titian, signed Horatio: Per. P. A.D. MDLXVIII, attributed to him. He was living in 1600. … Continue reading “Castelfranco, Orazio da”
Castelaw, William (2), A.M
Castelaw, William (2), A.M a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at the Glasgow University in 1632; was admitted to the living at Stewarton in 1635; not conforming to episcopacy, was confined to his parish in 1662; was excused by the privy council in 1672, and died before March 1, 1699. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae 2, … Continue reading “Castelaw, William (2), A.M”
Castelaw, William (1)
Castelaw, William (1) a Scotch clergyman, studied at the University of Glasgow, and was appointed to the living at Stewarton in 1618. Between 1625 and 1630 there was a great religious awakening in the parish, known then as the Stewart on sickness. He died in July, 1642. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2, 188. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Castelaw, William (1)”
Castelaw (or Castellaw), Thomas, A.M
Castelaw (or Castellaw), Thomas, A.M a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at the Edinburgh University in 1663; was sent to preach in the presbytery of Dunfermline in 1691; was a member of the General Assembly in 1692; and died after Dec. 1, 1703. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1, 763. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Castelaw (or Castellaw), Thomas, A.M”
Castel Gandolfo
Castel Gandolfo A papal palace built by Urban VIII in the 17th century , the former summer residence of the popes, situated in the town of the same name, 14 miles southeast of Rome. By the Law of Guarantees it has (prior to the ratification of the Lateran Treaty, 7 June 1929 ), together with … Continue reading “Castel Gandolfo”
Caste
Caste SEE INDIAN CASTE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Castberg, Peter Atke
Castberg, Peter Atke founder of the institution for deaf mutes at Copenhagen, was born in Norway in 1780. After having passed through his medical studies at Copenhagen, he traveled through Germany, France, and Italy to study methods of instruction for the deaf and dumb. On his return in 1805 he became professor, and in 1807 … Continue reading “Castberg, Peter Atke”
Castaway
Castaway This word has disappeared from the Revised Version (1Co 9:27), and its place has been taken by rejected (). The word is the negation of acceptable, accepted after trial, and means unacceptable, rejected after trial, as in the Septuagint Isa 1:22 there is found your silver is rejected ( ). St. Paul, however, somewhat … Continue reading “Castaway”