Bishop of Liège, born at Leyden, in Holland on 5 April, 1790; died 7 April 1852.

The Archdiocese of Bombay comprises the Island of Bombay with several outlying churches in the neighbouring Island of Salsette.

Austrian mathematician and philosopher, b. at Prague, 5 October, 1781; d. 18 December, 1848.

Historian, antiquary, and poet, born c. 1575; died c. 1633.

A theologian and physician, b. probably at Paris, date unknown; d. at Lyons c. 1584.

A tradition of the thirteenth century attributed the foundation of this university to Theodosius II (433); but this legend is now generally rejected.

Flemish Renaissance sculptor, b. at Douai, in Flanders, about 1524; d. at Florence in 1608.

The principal city in the province of the same name, Italy.

Orientalist, born near Düren in Rhenish Prusia 23 August, 1821; died at Rome in 1895.

An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum.

Includes history, geography, education, church, and government information.

Theologian and controversialist. (1733-1811)

A German novelist, son of a rich merchant, b. 9 August, 1828, at Niedergeilbach, a village of the Palatinate.

English Augustinian friar and poet, b. 1393, d. probably in 1447.

Abbot of Melrose, renowned for prophetic gifts, taught St. Cuthbert. St. Boisil died in 664.

French prelate and cardinal. (1732-1804)

Diocese created by Leo XIII, 25 August, 1893.

Diocese lies within the Dutch province of Brabant, and is suffragan to Utrecht.

French poet. (1636-1711)

An Italian poet, b. about 1434, at, or near, Scandiano (Reggio-Emilia); d. at Reggio, 20 December, 1494.

Diocese in the province of Benevento, Italy, suffragan to the Archbishopric of Benevento.

Religious dissensions at the beginning of the seventeenth century induced many to leave their native country and cross the ocean.

"Bohemian Brethren" and "Moravian Brethren" are the current popular designation of the Unitas Fratrum founded in Bohemia in 1457, renewed by Count Zinzendorf in 1722.