Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Campan, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette (Née Genest; known as Madam Campan). A French educator, born 6 November, 1752, at Paris; died in 1822, at Mantes. She was carefully educated under the direction of her father, a head-clerk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in whose house she met such distinguished men of letters as Duclos, Marmontel, and Thomas. … Continue reading “Campan, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette”

Campagnola, Giulio a Paduan painter and engraver, lived about 1500. Among the plates by him is especially mentioned the picture of John the Baptist Holding Cup. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Campagnola, Domenico Painter of the Venetian school, b. at Padua in 1482; date of death unascertained. This excellent artist was one of the cleverest pupils of the School of Titian, and was so proficient that he is said to have aroused the jealousy of his master. He was also an expert engraver, and is known … Continue reading “Campagnola, Domenico”

Campagna, Girolamo Born in Verona, 1552; died about 1623 or 1625. He was an able, but not strikingly individual sculptor of Northern Italy. He studied under Jacopo Sansovino and Danese Cattaneo, and completed many of the latter’s works. To him we owe the figure of Doge Leonardo Loredano on the tomb which Cattaneo made at … Continue reading “Campagna, Girolamo”

Campaga (Campacus, Gambocus, Or Campobus) was a kind of ornamental shoe worn by emperors and kings. At a later period it was worn by the higher ecclesiastics at Rome, and by others elsewhere, but in disregard of the special privileges claimed in regard to it by Roman authorities. See Gregory Magnus, Epis. lib. vii, ep. … Continue reading “Campaga (Campacus, Gambocus, Or Campobus)”

Campa#241;a, Pedro Flemish painter, known in France as Pierre de Champagne, and in Brussels as Pieter de Kempeneer (his actual name), or, as translated in Flemish, Van de Velde, b. at Brussels in 1503; d. there in 1580, after spending the greater part of his life in Spain. He is said to have been a … Continue reading “Campa#241;a, Pedro”

Camp, Samuel a Congregational minister, graduated at Yale College in 1764; was ordained pastor of the Church in Ridgebury, Conn., in 1770; and died in 1813. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 664. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Camp, Riverius, D.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Florida, was rector for many years of Trinity Church, in Brooklyn, Conn., until 1872, when he became rector of Christ Church, Monticello, Fla. In the following year he returned to his former rectorship in Conn., and in 1874 to his former Church in Monticello. … Continue reading “Camp, Riverius, D.D.”

Camp, Phineas a Presbyterian minister, was born at Durham, N.Y., Feb. 18,1788. He graduated at Union College in 1811, and spent over two years in Princeton Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the North River Presbytery in 1817, and spent a year as missionary in Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania. His first charge was … Continue reading “Camp, Phineas”

Camp-Meeting a name given to a certain class of religious meetings held in the open air. The first camp-meeting in the United States was held in 1799, on the banks of Red River, in Kentucky. Two brothers by the name of M’Gee, one a Presbyterian and one a Methodist, being on a religious tour from;Tennessee, … Continue reading “Camp-Meeting”