Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Camus, Bonaventura a theologian of Lorraine, lived near the middle of the 17th century. He was superior of the Franciscans at Toul, and wrote, Euchamistice Sacramentutus Explicutum (Toul, 1656). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camus a French singer and composer of the court of Louis XV, was born in 1731 and died in 1777. He executed several sacred musical pieces, especially one entitled Qui Confidunt in Domino. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camulus in Italian mythology, was, according to various inscriptions, a god of war of the ancient Sabines, or a surname of Mars. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camulachus SEE CAEMLACH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camps, Peter, D.D. a Roman Catholic priest, a native of San Martin de Mercadal, Minorca, followed his flock to St. Augustine, Fla. The parish church was in the hands of the Protestants, the Franciscan chapel a barrack, and the other two chapels in ruins. Camps accordingly said mass in the house of Carrera, near the … Continue reading “Camps, Peter, D.D.”

Campo Santo de’ Tedeschi (Holy Field of the Germans) A cemetery, church, and hospice for Germans on the south side of St. Peter’s, Rome, which covers part of the ancient Circus Vaticanus, where great numbers of Christians suffered death by the order of Nero. After the Emperor Constantine built his great basilica over the graves … Continue reading “Campo Santo de’ Tedeschi”

Campo, Liberale Da an Italian painter of the Venetian school, flourished in the latter part of the 14th century. In the cathedral at Venice is a picture by him representing The Nativity, dated 1418. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Campo, Cihristoval a Spanish martyr, was a citizen of Zamora, and was condemned as a heretic because he would not adhere to the doctrines of the Church of Rome. He was burned in 1560. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 456. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camplana, Pietro an Italian engraver, was born at Soria in 1727, and studied under Rocco Pozzi. The following are his principal plates: St. Francis of Paolo; St. Peter Delivered from Prison. He died in 1765. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Campitre (Also Campates And Campenses) is the name of a small congregation of Donatists at Rome, mentioned by Jerome and others, and called also Montenses (q.v.) and Rupitani. Optatus says that their first bishop was Victor of Numidia, and that no church in Rome was open to him. He therefore surrounded a cave outside the … Continue reading “Campitre (Also Campates And Campenses)”