Bernini, Domenico Son of the famous artist Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, lived in the early part of the eighteenth century. He became a prelate and canon of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. He devoted himself to the study of ecclesiastical history and wrote an extensive history of the heresies, “Istoria, di tutte l’heresie”, 4 vols. fol. … Continue reading “Bernini, Domenico”
Bernieres-Louvigny Jean De
Bernieres-Louvigny Jean De a French theologian, was born in 1602 at Caen. Guided in his spiritual life by P. John Chrysostom, a monk of the third order of St. Francis, it was by his advice that Bernieres built at Caen a house called the Hermitage, in the exterior court of the Convent of the Ursulines, … Continue reading “Bernieres-Louvigny Jean De”
Bernier Etienne Alexandre
Bernier, Etienne-Alexandre French Bishop, b. at Daon (Mayenne), 31 October, 1762; d. at Paris, 1 October, 1806. He was a first professor of theology in the higher seminary and in the University of Angers, then pastor of St. Laud’s parish, in that city. During the Revolution he refused to take the Civil Oath, and succeeded … Continue reading “Bernier Etienne Alexandre”
BERNICE, OR BERENICE
BERNICE, OR BERENICE Eldest daughter of king Herod Agrippa I, and sister to the younger Agrippa, Mal 25:13,23 ; 26:30. She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis; and after his death, in order to avoid the merited suspicion of incest with her brother Agrippa, she became the wife of Polemon, king … Continue reading “BERNICE, OR BERENICE”
Bernice (Or Berenice) Saint
Bernice (Or Berenice) Saint is supposed by many to be the same with ST. VERONICA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bernice
Bernice ( in Acts, also in Josephus; Berenice= , see Sturz, Dial. Maced. p. 31; the form Beronice is also found, comp. Eustath. ad ]1. 10, 192; Valckenaer, ad Herod. p. 477; Niebuhr, Kl. Schr. 1, 237), the name of several Egyptian princesses (see Smith’s Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v. Berenice), and also of several … Continue reading “Bernice”
Berni, Francesco
Berni, Francesco An Italian comic poet, b. at Lamporecchio (Florence) 1497 or 1498; d. at Florence, 26 May, 1535. The son of noble but impoverished parents, he spent his early years in the Tuscan capital fighting want. At twenty better luck awaited him in Rome, where Cardinal Bibbiena, his relative the Cardinal’s nephew, Angelo Dovizi, … Continue reading “Berni, Francesco”
Bernhold Johann Balthasar
Bernhold Johann Balthasar a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born May 3, 1687, at BurgSalach, in Franconia. He studied at Altdorf, Jena, and Wittenberg. In 1709, on presenting a dissertation, De Obligatione Suppliciorum Propositiones Morales, he received the degree of doctor of philosophy. In 1714 he was appointed deacon at Pfedelbach, and rapidly advanced as … Continue reading “Bernhold Johann Balthasar”
Bernhardi Johann Heinrich
Bernhardi Johann Heinrich a German Protestant theologian, was born in 1685, at Wolfhagen, in Hesse, and died Feb. 21, 1729. His principal works are, Disputatione de Usu et Utilitate Philosophice et Historice in Jurisprudentia (Hanover, 1719): De Getuina ac Solida Doctoris Theologici Sapientia (Duisburg, 1725) De Rationabilitate- Mysterii Salutis (Hanover, 1726). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Bernhardi Johann Heinrich”
Bernhard Balzano
Bernhard Balzano (1781-1848) Catholic mathematician . Priest. Proved the binomial theorem and made valuable contributions to the theory of functions and the theory of differentiations. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary