Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Agoult, Charles Consstance Csar Joseph Mat A French prelate, born at Grenoble, 1747; died at Paris, 1824. He studied at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, at Paris, and became Bishop of Pamiers, in 1787. During the French Revolution he emigrated, but returned to France in 1501, after having surrendered his bishopric. He wrote: Projet d’une … Continue reading “Agoult, Charles Consstance César Joseph Mat”

Agotkon in North American mythology, was a name by which the Iroquois called the inhabitants of the lower heaven, i.e. spirits of the second order, which name also fortune- tellers and sorcerers received, who were said to associate with these spirits. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agostino, Paolo an eminent Italian musician, was born at Valerano in 1593. He was the scholar of Bernardo Nanini, and the successor of Soriano in the pontifical chapel. His death occurred in 1629. Antonio Liberati considered him as one of the most scientific and ingenious composers of his time; and adds that when he was … Continue reading “Agostino, Paolo”

Agostino Novello, Blessed (Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village of Sicily, from which he derived his surname. As that village belonged to the Archdiocese of Palermo, he is sometimes called Panormitano, the Breviary says of him quem Thermenses at Panormitani civem suum esse dicunt. On … Continue reading “Agostino Novello, Blessed”

Agostino Ciasca Augustinian cardinal , born in 1835 in Polignano a Mare, Italy ; died in 1902 in Rome, Italy . He was entrusted by Pope Leo XIII with several missions and took part in the Vatican Council as a theologian and interpreter for the Oriental bishops . As Oriental scholar he held important positions. … Continue reading “Agostino Ciasca”

Agostini, Paolo Born at Vallerano in 1593; died 1629, famous composer and pupil of the celebrated Nanini, whose son-in-law he became. Taking for models his predecessors of the Venetian and Roman school, he studied in a particular manner the art of composing for a number of simultaneous choirs, and so gained the highest esteem of … Continue reading “Agostini, Paolo”

Agoreus in Greek mythology, was an appellation given to those deities who had statues in the public markets or flora. Thus Mercury Agoraeus was to be found at Athens, Sicyon, Thebes, Sparta, etc.; and thus Minerva Agoraea was in extraordinary veneration among the Lacedemonians. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agora, Agoraeus SEE MARKET. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agop, John an Armenian priest, lived at Rome in the latter half of the 17th century. – He wrote an Arinenian Grammar (Rome, 1674) :’-a Latin Grammar (ibid. 1675), in Armenian:-and an Italian translation of the correspondence of Constantine the Great and of pope Sylvester with Tiridates, king of Armenia (Venice, 1683). See Hoefer, Nouv. … Continue reading “Agop, John”

Agonyclites (Gr.ai, , , and ), a fanatical sect which arose in’ the beginning of the 8th century. Their peculiar tenet was that people ought not to pray kneeling, but standing or dancing. They were not numerous, and were condemned by a council held at Jerusalem in 726. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Agonyclites”