Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cadwallador, Venerable Roger English martyr, b. at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford, in 1568; executed at Leominster, 27 Aug., 1610. He was ordained subdeacon at Reims, 21 Sept., 1591, and deacon the following February, and in Aug., 1592, was sent to the English College at Valladolid, where he was ordained priest. Returning to England in 1594, … Continue reading “Cadwallador, Venerable Roger”

Cadwallader, David a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, May 28,1791. He was converted and joined the Methodists in 1812; began preaching in 1814; and emigrated to Delaware County, O., in 1821, where he labored as a local preacher till 1828, when he joined the Ohio Conference, and was sent as Welsh … Continue reading “Cadwallader, David”

Cadurcus, Johannes, D.C.L a French martyr, was degraded and burned at Limousin, in France, in 1533, for exhorting his countrymen upon All-hallow’s day, and afterwards confounding a friar out of the Bible. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 396. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caduindus, Saint SEE CHADOENUS Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caduceus was the rod or sceptre of Mercury, being a wand with two wings, entwined with two serpents, borne by that deity as the ensign of his quality and office, and given him by Apollo for his seven-stringed harp. Wonderful powers were assigned to this rod by the poets, such as laying men asleep and … Continue reading “Caduceus”

Caducanus a Welsh divine, was bishop of Bangor, but, leaving his bishopric, he became a Cistercian monk in Monasterio Durensi, his bishopric not being rich, and at that time very troublesome on account of the civilwars. Caducanus “was no less happy than industrious in his endeavors, writing a book of sermons, and another called Speculum … Continue reading “Caducanus”

Cadry, Jean Baptiste (better known by his anagram, Darcy), a French theologian, was born in 1680 at Trez, in Provence. He studied first under his father (who was superior of the college of Grimaldi), and afterwards at Paris (1701), where,. having entered orders, he obtained the vicarage of St. Etienne-du- Mont, and later (1716) that … Continue reading “Cadry, Jean Baptiste”

Cadrod was a reputed Welsh saint of the 6th century. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cadovius, Anton Gunther a German theologian, was born at Oldenburg, Aug. 16,1654. He studied at Leipsic, Jena, and Wittenberg, and, after a course of travels, became preacher of the’ duchess Christine Charlotte) and, in 1678, pastor at Esens, in East Frisia, where he died, April 3, 1681, leaving De Itinere Sabbati (Vitemb. 1673) : De … Continue reading “Cadovius, Anton Gunther”

Cadouin Cistercian abbey , diocese of Perigueux, France , founded 1115 , and famous for its possession of a relic said to be the Holy Shroud of Christ, brought from the East after the First Crusade. The abbey -church, erected to receive the relic, was consecrated, 1154 . The cloister is an excellent example of … Continue reading “Cadouin”