Abrizeykan in Persian mythology, is a festival of the Chaldaeans, Armenians, and Persians. It is the anniversary of a treaty of peace between Manutsheher and Afrasiab. An arrow sent by the archer Aresh, under divine guidances defined the limits of each kingdom. The river Oxus or Amu, near which it fell, became the dividing line. … Continue reading “Abrizeykan”
Abrincalae
Abrincalae (Abrincalae) Former diocese , Manche, France , founded, c.500, added to Coutances, 1802 . It was an important city of the Gallo-Roman period. The Council of Avranches, 1172 , imposed penance on Henry II of England for the murder of Thomas Becket, forbade the conferring of benefices on children, and recommended observance of the … Continue reading “Abrincalae”
Abriani, Paolo
Abriani, Paolo a priest of the Carmelite Order, was a native of Vincenza, Italy. He was a professor at Genoa, Verona, Padua, and Vincenza. In 1654 he was obliged to quit the religious habit, and died at Venice in 1699, in his ninety-second year. He published academical discourses, entitled Funghi, because they grew he said, … Continue reading “Abriani, Paolo”
Abretia
Abretia in Greek mythology, was a nymph after whom the province of Abrettene, in Mysia, was named, From this province, Jupiter, who was worshipped there, received the name Abrettenus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abresch, Peter
Abresch, Peter who died as professor of theology at Groningen in the year 1812, is the author of Specimen Philologicum in Obadice ver. 1-8 (Ultrajecti, 1757), and Paraphrasis et Annotationes in Epistolam ad. Hebrceos (Leyden, 1786-87). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 227, 267. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abres
Abres bishop of Seleucia and patriarch, was ordained. at Antiochn. He was a pupil of Mares, and succeeded him. Bar-Hebraeus relates that he was a descendant of Joseph the carpenter, the father of James and Joses. According to Amru, Abres was ordained at Jerusalem by St. Simeon, the successor of St. James the Great. Fuente: … Continue reading “Abres”
Abrenunciation
Abrenunciation SEE BAPTISM Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abren, Sebastian
Abren, Sebastian a Jesuit, was born at Alemtejo, Portugal, in 1573, and entered the Jesuit College at Evora in 1610. In 1633 he took the degree of doctor of theology. The date of his death is not recorded. His works are, Parocho Perfecto, vida do P. Jodo Cardim (Evora, 1651): Theology (in MS., 7 vols.). … Continue reading “Abren, Sebastian”
Abren, Peter
Abren, Peter was a Spanish monk of the Strict Observance of St. Francis, in the province of Andalusia, who flourished about 1620. Among other works, he published an Explication of the Sayings of the Blessed Virgin, etc., and Explications of the Magnificat and Benedicite. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abrech
Abrech (Heb. abrek’, , Sept. , Vulg. Venuflecterent), a word that occurs only in the original of Gen 41:43, where it is used in proclaiming the authority of Joseph. Something similar happened in the case of Mordecai, but then several words were employed (Est 6:11). If the word be Hebrew, it is probably an imperative … Continue reading “Abrech”