Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Brochard, Bonaventuie a French traveller, lived in the former half of the 16th century. He was a friar of the convent of Bernay, in Normandy, and accompanied Greffin Arfagart of Couteilles on a tour, which he himself describes in a work entitled Hyerusalem et au Mont Sinai, the MS. of which is in the National … Continue reading “Brochard, Bonaventuie”

Brochan, Saint (Brochan, Broccan, Bracan, or Bearchan) (6th or 7th century) Bishop of Mothil, Waterford, Ireland . He is mentioned in the Irish Martyrologium of Aengus where he is described as Brocan the scribe. Modern hagiographers regard him as the secretary and possibly the nephew of Saint Patrick. Feast , 8 July . A second … Continue reading “Brochan, Saint”

Brocchi, Giuseppe Maria an Italian theologian, was born at Florence in 1687. He was prior of St. Maria-aux-Ormes, near the town of San Lorenzo, also rector of the Ecclesiastical Seminary, prothonotary apostolic, and a member of the Societa Colombaria. He died June 8, 1751. He is the author of the lives of the Florentine saints, … Continue reading “Brocchi, Giuseppe Maria”

Broccan, Saint (Brochan, Broccan, Bracan, or Bearchan) (6th or 7th century) Bishop of Mothil, Waterford, Ireland . He is mentioned in the Irish Martyrologium of Aengus where he is described as Brocan the scribe. Modern hagiographers regard him as the secretary and possibly the nephew of Saint Patrick. Feast , 8 July . A second … Continue reading “Broccan, Saint”

Brocardo, Jacopo a native of Venice, who became a Protestant in the beginning of the sixteenth century. He was of a visionary turn, and sought to show that the principal events of his time had been predicted in the Bible. He labored to effect a union of all Protestant states, at the head of which … Continue reading “Brocardo, Jacopo (2)”

Brocard (Burchard, Or Rather Burckhardt) an early German traveller, was born in Westphalia or Strasburg, in the latter half of the 13th century. He entered the Dominican order, and was sent by his superiors in 1232 into the Levant, Armenia, and Egypt, passing ten years in the monasteries of Palestine and Mt. Sinai. On his … Continue reading “Brocard (Burchard, Or Rather Burckhardt)”

Brocan, Saint SEE BRECAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Broc, Saint SEE BRIOCUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brobwn, Abraham Rezeaua Presbyterian minister, was born at Lawrenceville, N.J., September 30, 1808. He graduated from New Jersey College in 1825, and for a time studied medicine., From 1828 to 1830 he was tutor in. New Jersey College. He pursued the study of theology in Princeton Theological Seminary for two years, and also studied in … Continue reading “Brobwn, Abraham Rezeaua”

Brobst, Samuel K a Lutheran minister, was born November 16, 1822. He went to Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1837, to learn a trade, which he soon after abandoned to devote himself to study. In the fall of 1841 he attended the Allentown Academy, and taught school during the winter. Subsequently he was a student in Marshall … Continue reading “Brobst, Samuel K”