Adami da Bolsena, Andrea An Italian musician b. at Bolsena, 1663; d. in Rome, 1742. Through the influence of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni he was appointed master of the papal choir. He left a history of this institution, with portraits and memoirs of the singers, under the title of “Osservazioni per ben regolare il coro dei … Continue reading “Adami da Bolsena, Andrea”
Adami, Annibale
Adami, Annibale an Italian Jesuit, was born at Fermo in 1626. He became a Jesuit in 1641, and was professor of belles-lettres at Rome, where he died, in 1706, leaving, besides many other works, Senismnarii Romani Pallas Putpurata site S. R. E. Cardinales qui e Seminario Romano Prodiere (Rome, 1659, fol.) :-Episcopus: Opus. Tripartitum Ethitco-politico-sacrunm, … Continue reading “Adami, Annibale”
Adami, Andrea
Adami, Andrea an Italian musician, director of the Pontifical Chapel at the commencement of the 18th century. He published a volume of musical biographies entitled Osservazioni per ben Regolare il Caso dei Cantori della Cappella Pontificia tanto nelle Funzioni Ordinarie che Straordinarie (1771). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Adami, Andrea”
Adami, Adam
Adami, Adam a Benedictine friar, was born about 1590. He was bishop of Hieropolis and suffragan of Hildesheim. He was appointed to represent the prelates of the dukedom of Wirtemberg in the Assembly at Westphalia. He died about 1670. Adami wrote, Acana Pacis Westphalicce (Frankf. 1698; Leips. 1737, by Mayern, who was accused of being … Continue reading “Adami, Adam”
Adami
Adami (Heb. Adami’, , reddish; Sept. , Vulg. Adami), a city near the border of Naphtali, mentioned between Zaanaim and Nekeb (Jos 19:33). The best interpreters (e.g. Rosenmller, Keil, in loc.) join this with the following name, Nekeb (, i. q. in the hollow; so the Vulg. quae est Neceb, but the Sept. distinguishes them, … Continue reading “Adami”
Adamastus
Adamastus in Greek mythology, was (1) a surname of Mars as well as of Hercules. (2.) The father of Achemenides. – Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adamas
Adamas SEE OPHITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adamantus
Adamantus SEE ADANTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adamantius (1).
Adamantius (1). Adamantius (1). [See Origen.] Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature
Adamantea
Adamantea (also Amalthea, Alga, and Adrastea), in Greek mythology, was the nurse of Jupiter. She hid the young god in a cradle among the thick leaves of a tree from the search of Saturn, who would have destroyed him. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature