Priest, founder of Sedgley Park School, b. 17 July, 1716; d. 28 September, 1768.

Architect, b. at Beauvais, France, in 1040; d. 1124.

The sixth son of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, after whose resignation of the government in 1627 to his son Wilhelm V, Ernst and his brother Hermann respectively founded the collateral lines of Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Rotenburg.

Some people count more than two dozen saints of this name. Article tries to distinguish four of them.

In May, 1887, the churches of Syrian Rite in Malabar were separated from those of the Latin Rite and formed into the Vicariates of Trichur and Kottayam under European prelates. In response, however, to the petitions of the Syrian Catholics desirous of obtaining bishops of their own race and rite, Leo XIII by his brief "Quae Rei Sacrae" (28 July, 1896) divided the territory anew into three vicariates: Trichur, Changanacherry, and Ernakulam.

A district of East Prussia and an exempt bishopric. St. Adalbert of Prague (d. 997) and St. Bruno of Querfurt (d. 1009) converted the early inhabitants of this region, the heathen Prussians, to Christianity and two centuries later Teutonic Knights and members of the Cistercian Order introduced civilization also into the land.

Article by William Turner recounts this scholar's life and influence, and evaluates his teachings.

Diocese established 1853.

Seventh-century Irish-born missionary bishop.

Situated in a suburb of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, belongs to the Benedictine congregation of St. Martin of Beuron, Germany, and is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury.

Antiquarian, date of birth unknown; died 1603.

Monk, Bishop of London, founded two monasteries, d. about 690. Biography.

Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid, 7 August, 1533; died in the same city, 29 November, 1594.

The name "Erastianism" is often used in a somewhat loose sense as denoting an undue subservience of the Church to the State.

Article by Joseph Sauer. An extensive overview of the life, works and impact of this scholar.

German astronomer and Assyriologist, b. at Neuenkirchen near Rhine in Westphalia, 1 Dec., 1835; d. at Exaeten, Holland, 22 Aug., 1894.

The Old Testament exhibits two periods in its idea of an epistle: first, it presents the epistle under the general concept of a book or a writing; secondly, it regards the epistle as a distinct literary form. The New Testament presents a very highly developed form of an epistle.

That branch of philosophy which is concerned with the value of human knowledge.

The feast was called among the Syrians denho (up-going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke. I, 78.

Biographical article on the fourth-century monk and bishop.

Succeeded John II (518-20) as Patriarch of Constantinople.

A translator of various Greek works in the middle of the sixth century of the Christian Era.

A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, in Asia Minor, suffragan of Anazarbus.