Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adeliah the name which the followers of Ali (q.v.) among the Mohammedans take to themselves. The word denotes, in Arabic, the Sect of the Just, but the other Mohammedans call them Shiiah. SEE SHIITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adelherius (Or Athelerius) SEE ADALARIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adelhelmus (Or Adelinus) was the successor of Hidelbrand in the bishopric of Seez, in Normand,. which he governed till about 910. He wrote an Account of the Life and Miracles of St. Opportuna, Virgin and Abbess, which is given entire by Mabillon, corrected by a MS. in the Church of St. Opportuna, Paris; and in … Continue reading “Adelhelmus (Or Adelinus)”

Adelham, John Placid (Or ADLAND). A Protestant minister, born in Wiltshire, who became a Catholic and joined the Benedictines. He was professed at St. Edward’s Monastery, Paris, 1652. He was Prior of St. Lawrence’s Monastery, at Dieulward from 1659 to 1661, and was then sent to England and stationed at Somerset House from 1661 to … Continue reading “Adelham, John Placid”

Adelgreif, Johann Albert a German. seer, was born near Elbing.. He was the son of a Protestant minister, and well versed in the ancient languages. He claimed that seven angels had charged him with the work of banishing evil from the earth and of beating the sovereigns with rods of iron. He was arrested at … Continue reading “Adelgreif, Johann Albert”

Adelbold (Aldeboldus, Or Adelboron) a German prelate, was born of a noble family in the bishopric of Liege. He was. educated there and at Rheims, and became a councillor of emperor Henry II, and commander of the army. Unsuccessful in these positions, he assumed the monastic habit in the Monastery of Lobes. In 1008 he … Continue reading “Adelbold (Aldeboldus, Or Adelboron)”

Adelbert [Aldebert or Adalbert] a priest and irregular bishop of the eighth century, who obtained great celebrity from his piety and zeal, and from his strifes in ecclesiastical matters with Boniface, the (so-called) apostle of Germany. Our knowledge of him is derived mostly from the account of his adversary, Boniface, who paints him in dark … Continue reading “Adelbert [Aldebert or Adalbert]”

Adelbert SEE ADALBERT. Adelbert, a Roman Catholic divine, was a monk and professor of divinity of St. Vincent’s at Metz, and died in 964. He wrote a Chronicle containing a list of the bishops of Metz up to his time. Trithemius declares he had seen it, but no copy is known to exist now. The … Continue reading “Adelbert”

Adelard of Bath A twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher, b. about 1100. Adelard was probably an Englishman by birth; he seems to have studied at Tours and Laon and probably taught at Laon and at Paris. He was one of the first medieval scholars to seek knowledge by travelling in Greece and Asia Minor. It was these … Continue reading “Adelard of Bath”

Adelard (Or Athelard) an English Benedictine monk who flourished about A.D. 1150, resided at Bath and became a member of the celebrated monastery of that city. He travelled into Egypt and Arabia; and translated Euclid’s Elements out of Arabic into Latin before any Greek copies were discovered; also wrote several mathematical and medical treatises, which … Continue reading “Adelard (Or Athelard)”