Calloway, David an English Methodist preacher, was born at Selsea, Sussex, March 10, 1824. He was a scholar in the Bible Christian Sunday-school; was converted at eighteen; became a Sunday-school teacher’ and local preacher; and in 1845 entered the ministry, and labored for three years in the Isle of Wight. In 1849 he was appointed … Continue reading “Calloway, David”
Callot, Jacques
Callot, Jacques A French etcher, engraver, and painter, b. at Nancy, France, 1592; d. in the same city, 28 March, 1635. His father was Jean Callot, a noble, the herald-at-arms for Lorraine, who desired that his son should become a soldier or a priest. But the boy’s inclinations for art were so intense, and he … Continue reading “Callot, Jacques”
Callon, Jacques
Callon, Jacques a French theologian, was born at Rheims in 1626, where he afterwards took charge of the seminary. He died June 2, 1714, leaving many unpublished works. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, S. V. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Callo, Saint
Callo, Saint Confessor , Apostle of Switzerland, born Ireland , c.550; died Arbon, Switzerland, 627 . He was a monk, one of the 12 disciples who followed Saint Columbanus to Luxeuil, and later to Bregenz, where he led a hermit ‘s life, near the river Steinach. He declined the abbacy of Luxeuil and the episcopacy … Continue reading “Callo, Saint”
Callières, Louis-Hector de
Callires, Louis-Hector de Thirteenth Governor of New France; born at Cherbourg, France, 1646; died 26 May, 1705. He was the son of Jacques de Callières and Madeleine Potier de Courey. He ranked as captain in the regiment of Navarre. He came to Canada in 1684, and was appointed Governor of Montreal at the demand of … Continue reading “Callières, Louis-Hector de”
Callistus, pope
Callistus, pope Callistus (1) (i. q. formosissimus; later spelt Calistus, but Calixtus first in 11th cent., Bunsen’s Hippolytus, i. 131, note), the successor of pope Zephyrinus in a.d. 218, said to have been a Roman, and the son of Domitius. Nothing was known of Callistus, except that the Martyrologium Romanum contained a tradition of his … Continue reading “Callistus, pope”
Callistus III, Pope
Callistus III, Pope Also spelled Calixtus III. Reigned from 8 April 1455 to 6 August 1458 . Born on 31 December 1378 at Xtiva, Valencia , Spain as Alphonso de Borgia; died on 6 August 1458 at Rome , Italy . He was Bishop of Valencia, then cardinal . As pope he organized Christian Europe … Continue reading “Callistus III, Pope”
Callistus II, Pope
Callistus II, Pope Also written Calixtus II. Son of Count William of Burgundy. Reigned from 1119 to 1124 . Born in Quingey, France as Gumo; died Rome, Italy . He was a Benedictine , Archbishop of Vienne, and cardinal . As pope he disciplined the French clergy , decreed against investiture , simony, and concubinage … Continue reading “Callistus II, Pope”
Callistus I, Saint, Pope
Callistus I, Saint, Pope Reigned 218 to 223. Martyr ; Roman of the “gens Domitia”; died in Rome, Italy. He was an archdeacon . As pope he regulated the marriage laws and granted communion to the adulterous after due penance had been undergone. Feast , Roman Calendar, 14 October . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Callistus I, Pope
Callistus I, Pope (Written by most Latins, Augustine, Optatus, etc. CALLIXTUS or CALIXTUS). Martyr, died c. 223. His contemporary, Julius Africanus, gives the date of his accession as the first (or second?) year of Elagabalus, i.e., 218 or 219. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue agree in giving him five years of episcopate. His Acts are … Continue reading “Callistus I, Pope”