Ailbe, Saint (died c.541) Bishop of Emly, Ireland . According to legend, he was, in his infancy, nursed by wolves. He is believed to have been a disciple of Saint Patrick. Feast , 12 September . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ailbe, Saint Bishop of Emly in Munster (Ireland); d. about 527, or 541. It is … Continue reading “Ailbe, Saint”
Ail, Ajal, Ajalah
Ail, Ajal, Ajalah SEE DEER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Ail
Ail al (Anglo-Saxon: eglan, to pain): As a verb translation, is to trouble, afflict (obsolete); intrans, to feel pain, trouble, uneasiness, etc.; it represents Hebrew mah lekha what to thee (Gen 21:17, What aileth thee, Hagar?; Jdg 18:23; 1Sa 11:5; 2Sa 14:5; 2Ki 6:28; Isa 22:1); in Psa 114:5, it is figuratively or poetically applied … Continue reading “Ail”
Aikin, Samuel Clark, D.D.
Aikin, Samuel Clark, D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born in Windham, Vt., Sept. 21, 1790. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1814, and afterwards entered the Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1817. He was ordained and settled over the First Church, Utica, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1818, where he stood as a strong, … Continue reading “Aikin, Samuel Clark, D.D.”
Aikin, John C. L.
Aikin, John C. L. a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Alabama in 1820. He professed religion in his sixteenth year, and in 1847 was received into the Alabama Conference. In 1849 he was transferred to the Arkansas Conference. Failing health in 1859 compelled him to take a supernumerary relation, which … Continue reading “Aikin, John C. L.”
Aikhe
Aikhe an Etruscan male divinity, who is represented on an Etruscan mirror accompanying the deities Euturpa, Altria, and Thalna. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Aikenhead, Mary
Aikenhead, Mary Foundress of Irish Sisters of Charity, born Cork , Ireland , 1787 ; died Dublin , Ireland , 1858 . She embraced Catholicism in 1802 and became active in charitable work. When she wished to enter the religious life Archbishop Murray of Dublin desired her to found a congregation of the Sisters of … Continue reading “Aikenhead, Mary”
Aikenhead, John
Aikenhead, John an English Wesleyan minister was born at Arbroath, Scotland, in 1768. His parents were members of the Church of Scotland. and trained their boy in the right way, so that he soon found peace in believing. In 1796 he devoted himself to the ministry, and was appointed to the Boston Circuit. In 1832 … Continue reading “Aikenhead, John”
Aiken, Solomon
Aiken, Solomon a Congregational minister, was a native of Hardwick, Mass. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1784; was ordained pastor of the Church in Dracut, Mass., June 4, 1788, from which he was dismissed June 4, 1814. After this he removed to the State of New York. He died about 1832. As a political … Continue reading “Aiken, Solomon”
Aiken, Silas, D.D.
Aiken, Silas, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Bedford, N. H., May 14, 1799. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1825 with the highest honors; was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Amherst,, N. H., March 4, 1829; was installed in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1837; and became pastor of the Church … Continue reading “Aiken, Silas, D.D.”