Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sovana and Pitigliano DIOCESE OF SOVANA AND PITIGLIANO (SUANENSIS ET PITILIANENSIS). The two towns, Sovana and Pitigliano, are situated in the Province of Grosseto, Central Italy. Sovana was an ancient Etruscan city, and preserved a certain importance till the end of the thirteenth century, having been from the days of Charlemagne the capital of the … Continue reading “Sovana and Pitigliano”

Southworth, Tertius Dunning a Congregational minister, was born at Rome, N.Y., July 25, 1801. He entered Hanover College and pursued his studies, only taking a partial course. He received the degree of A.M. from that institution in 1831. He spent one year in Auburn Theological Seminary, and graduated at Andover Seminary in 1829. He commenced … Continue reading “Southworth, Tertius Dunning”

Southworth, Saint John English martyr, b. in Lancashire, 1592, martyred at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654. A member of a junior branch of the Southworths of Samlesbury Hall, Blackburn, he was ordained priest at the English College, Douai, and was sent on the mission, 13 October, 1619. He was arrested and condemned to death in Lancashire … Continue reading “Southworth, Saint John”

Southworth, Alanson a Congregational minister, was born at Winthrop, Me., Aug. 16, 1826. He studied law at Lowell, Mass., was converted in 1853, and entered Bangor Theological Seminary, graduating in 1858. He labored at Otisfield for a year, and was ordained at South Paris, Me., in 1859, where his ministry of nearly six years was … Continue reading “Southworth, Alanson”

Southwest lit., “Libyan,” denotes “the S.W. wind,” Act 27:12, “(looking) northeast (and southeast),” RV, lit., “(looking down) the southwest wind (and down the northwest wind);” to look down a wind was to look in the direction in which it blows. A S.W. wind blows towards the N.E.; the aspect of the haven answers to this. … Continue reading “Southwest”

Southwell, Venerable Robert Poet, Jesuit, martyr; born at Horsham St. Faith’s, Norfolk, England, in 1561; hanged at Tyburn, 21 February, 1595. His grandfather, Sir Richard Southwell, had been a wealthy man and a prominent courtier in the reign of Henry VIII. It was Richard Southwell who in 1547 had brought the poet Henry Howard, Earl … Continue reading “Southwell, Venerable Robert”

Southwell, Robert an English Jesuit, was born at Horsham, St. Faith’s, Norfolk, in 1560. He was educated at Douai, and became a Jesuit at Rome in October, 1578. In 1585 he was appointed praefect of the English college there, and the next year was sent as a missionary to England. He resided principally with Anne, … Continue reading “Southwell, Robert”

Southwell, Nathaniel SEE SOTWELL, NATHANIEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Southwark, England, archdiocese of Comprises the London Boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. Saint Augustine of Canterbury landed on the coast of Kent in 597 , and there Christianity was first preached in the Saxon language by him. Founded as the diocese of Southwark on 29 September … Continue reading “Southwark, England, archdiocese of”

Southwark DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK (SOUTHWARCENSIS) Suffragan of Westminster, England, comprises the south-eastern counties of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex south of the Thames, including the southern half of the administrative County of London. Southwark, the principal borough in South London, is the episcopal city. This diocese was founded on the restoration of the hierarchy in England … Continue reading “Southwark”