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Beckedorff, George Philipp Ludolf von

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Studied theology at Jena, then medicine at Göttingen, obtained the degree of doctor in 1799.

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Beccus, John

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Patriarch of Constantinople in the second half of the thirteenth century, one of the few Greek ecclesiastics who were sincerely in favour of reunion with the Church of Rome.

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Becan, Martin

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Controversialist, born at Hilvarenbeck, Brabant, Holland, 6 January, 1563; died at Vienna, 24 January, 1624.

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Bec, Abbey of

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The Benedictine Abbey of Bec, or Le Bec, in Normandy, was founded in the earlier part of the eleventh century by Herluin, a Norman knight who about 1031 left the court of Count Gilbert of Brionne to devote himself to a life of religion.

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Bebian, Roch-Amboise-Auguste

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Sent to France, committed to the care of his godfather, the Abbé Sicard, the well-known educator of the deaf and dumb.

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Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de

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A French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, 17 October, 1731; d. at Paris, 4 April, 1790.

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Beauvais, Gilles-François-de

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Jesuit writer and preacher, born at Mans, France, 7 July, 1693; died probably at Paris about 1773.

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Beauvais

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A suffragan diocese of the archiepiscopal See of Reims.

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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant

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Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 28 May, 1818; d. there 20 February, 1893.

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Beaune, Renaud de

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A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at Tours; d. 1606 in Paris.

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Beaulieu Abbey

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A Cistercian house in Hampshire, one of the three monasteries founded by King John (c. 1204) and peopled by thirty monks from Cîteaux.

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Beaufort, Lady Margaret

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Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1441; d. 1509, daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, first Duke of Somerset.

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Beatrix

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Brief biographies of seven saints or beatae named Beatrix or Beatrice. One of them, Beatrix da Silva, has since been canonized.

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Beaton, David

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Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews, b. 1494; d. 29 May, 1546.

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Beatitudes, The Eight

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The solemn blessings which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount.

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Beatitudes, Mount of

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Name given to the place where the "Sermon on the Mount", was delivered.

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Beatification and Canonization

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According to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis.

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Beatific Vision

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The immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven.

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