Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Acrabbim This ascent is by some late writers identified with the pass of Sufah, leading from the desert et-Tih to the Negeb, or South” of Judah; and to this view Tristram lends his adhesion (Bible Places, p. 9). But in this they are actuated by a desire to locate Kadesh-barnea (q.v.) at Ain-Gadis, instead of … Continue reading “Acrabbim”

Acrabbattine ( sc. ), the name of two regions in Palestine. 1. A district or toparchy of Judea, extending between Shechem (Nablous) and Jericho eastward, being about 12 miles long (see Reland, Paloest. p. 192). It is mentioned by Josephus (War, 2, 12, 4; 20, 4, 22, 2; 3, 3, 4, 5), and doubtless took … Continue reading “Acrabbattine”

Acrabattene ak-ra-ba-tene. See AKRABATTINE (in the Apocrypha). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Acrabatene Acrabatene, a district in that portion of Judea which lies towards the south end of the Dead Sea, occupied by the Edomites during the Captivity, and afterwards known as Idumaea. It is mentioned in 1Ma 5:3; Joseph. Antiq. xii. 8, 1. It is assumed to have taken its name from the Maaleh Akrabbim, or … Continue reading “Acrabatene”

Acra (), a Greek word, signifying a summit or citadel, in which sense its Hebraized form Chakra () also occurs in the Syriac and Chaldaic (Buxtorf, Lex. Talm. col. 818). Hence the name of Acra was acquired by the eminence north of the temple at Jerusalem, on which a citadel was built by Antiochus Epiphanes, … Continue reading “Acra”

Acqui, Jacopo D a Dominican monk of Piedmont, lived in the first half of the 14th century. He wrote in Latin a Chronicle, unpublished, from the creation of the world to the time of pope Boniface VIII. Manuscript copies are in the libraries of Milan and Turin. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Acqui, Jacopo D”

Acqui A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy, which contains ninety-three towns in the Province of Alexandria, twenty-three in the Province of Genoa, and one in the Province of Cuneo. The first indubitable Bishop of Acqui is Ditarius. A tablet found in 1753 in the church of St. Peter, informs us that Ditarius, the bishop, died … Continue reading “Acqui”

Acquaviva, Rudolph, Blessed Missionary Born on 2 October 1550 in Atri, Italy; martyred on 25 July 1583 in Cuncolim, India. A nephew of Claudius Acquaviva. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1568, and arrived at Goa, India in 1578. He spent three years at the court of the Great Mogul. While preparing the site … Continue reading “Acquaviva, Rudolph, Blessed”

Acquaviva, Claudius Fifth General of the Society of Jesus, born October, 1543; died 31 January, 1615. He was the son of Prince Giovanni Antonio Acquaviva, Duke of Atri, in the Abruzzi, and, at twenty-five, when high in favor at the papal court, renounced his brilliant worldly prospects, and entered the Society. After being Provincial both … Continue reading “Acquaviva, Claudius”

Acquaviva Name of several Italian cardinals. FRANCESCO, b. 1665 at Naples, of the family of the Dukes of Atri. He filled various offices under Innocent XI, Alexander VIII, Innocent XII, and Clement XI. The latter created him Cardinal, and Bishop of Sabina. He died in 1723, and was buried at Rome in the Church of … Continue reading “Acquaviva”