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Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de

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French Governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans. (1680-1767)

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Biella

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The city of Biella, the see of the diocese of that name, is an important industrial centre (anciently called Bugelia) of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Novara.

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Biel, Gabriel

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Lengthy article on the last of the Scholastics. Biel, the first professor of theology at Tübingen, was a nominalist. He died in 1495.

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Bicknor, Alexander

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Archbishop of Dublin, date of birth unknown; d. 1349.

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Biblical Commission, The

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A committee of cardinals at Rome who, with the assistance of consultors, have to secure the observance of the prescriptions contained in the Encyclical "Providentissimus Deus" for the proper interpretation and defence of Sacred Scripture.

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Biblia Pauperum

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A collection of pictures representing scenes from Jesus' life with the corresponding prophetic types.

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Bibles, Picture

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In the Middle Ages the Church made use of pictures as a means of instruction, to supplement the knowledge acquired by reading or oral teaching.

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Bible, The

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A collection of writings recognized as inspired.

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Bible Societies

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Established for the purpose of publishing and propagating the Bible in all parts of the world.

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Bibiana, Saint

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Female Roman martyr, d. 483 at the latest. Also called Vibiana.

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Bibbiena

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Bernardo Dovizi, an Italian Cardinal and comedy-writer, known best by the name of the town Bibbiena, where he was born 4 Aug., 1470; d. at Rome, 9 Nov., 1520.

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Biard, Pierre

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Jesuit missionary, born at Grenoble, France, 1576; died at Avignon, 17 November, 1622.

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Bianchini, Giuseppe

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Italian Oratorian, Biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. (1704-1764)

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Bianchini, Francesco

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A student of the natural sciences, and historian. (1662-1729)

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Beyerlinck, Lawrence

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Belgian theologian and ecclesiastical writer. (1578-1627)

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Beverley Minster

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A collegiate church at Beverley, capital of the East Riding of Yorkshire, served by a chapter of secular canons until the Reformation.

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Beuno, Saint

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Welsh, said to have been educated at Bangor and, after ordination, to have become a missionary. Abbot of Clynnog, and uncle of St. Winifred. Died perhaps in 660.

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