Biography emphasizing his religious compositions.

A distinguished German antiquary, born at Donaueschingen, 10 April, 1770; died 15 March, 1855.

Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, b. at Lask, 1456; d. at Gnesen, 19 May, 1531.

A noted Greek scholar, born about 1445; died at Rome in 1535.

Greek scholar from Constantinople; born 1434; died at Messina in 1501.

Scholar and philosopher, born at Coblenz, 16 March, 1805; died at Munich, 9 May, 1861.

He took the habit of St. Benedict in the Abbey of St. Faro at Meaux, and made his religious profession on 21 Nov., 1703.

Baron, French military surgeon, b. at Baudéan, Hautes-Pyrénées, July, 1766; d. at Lyons, 25 July, 1842.

The seat of a titular archbishopric of Thessaly.

Diocese in the province of Capmobasso, Southern Italy.

Formerly a titular archiepiscopal see in pro-consular Africa.

A titular see of Isauria, afterwards of Lycaonia.

Born at Valladolid, 11 November, 1554; died there, 16 February 1624. Having entered the Society of Jesus, he studied under the celebrated Suarez, and professed philosophy at Salamanca.

The regular designation in the third century for Christians who relapsed into heathenism, especially for those who during the persecutions displayed weakness in the face of torture, and denied the Faith by sacrificing to the heathen gods or by any other acts.

French poet and critic, b. at Montbrison in 1812; d. at Lyons in 1883.

French geologist, b. at Bourges, 30 Dec., 1839; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1908.

This singular race is divided into three different groups: mountain, forest, and fisher Lapps.

Mathematician and astronomer. (1749-1827)

Separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam by a decree of 4 May, 1899.

A titular see, of Asia Minor, metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana, said to have been originally called Diospolis and Rhoas; Antiochus II colonized it between 261 and 246 B.C., and gave it the name of his wife, Laodice.

An Italian archeologist, b. at Mont Olmo, near Macerata, in 1732; d. at Florence in 1810.

In Italian or modern architecture, a small structure on the top of a dome, for the purpose of admitting light, for promoting ventilation, and for ornament.

Carthusian monk and ascetical writer, b. at Landsberg in Bavaria 1489, d. at Cologne, 11 Aug., 1539.