An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at Forlí, 1438; d. there 1494.

A titular see, suffragan of Naxos in the Cyclades.

Located in Uruguay.

Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 624. Abbot sent to Canterbury by St. Gregory the Great, and the recipient of a letter from Gregory regarding pagan temples, idols, and festivals.

Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland.

Situated in Brittany, Diocese of Nantes, in the vicinity of Chateaubriand, was founded about the year 1134.

Situated on an isolated rock commanding the Danube, Melk has been a noted place since the days of the Romans.

Bishop of Sardis, ecclesiastical writer, latter half of the second century.

The residence of an Armenian Catholic see, also a titulary archbishopric.

A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at Samos about 470 B C.

Italian theologian, b. at Rome, 12 Jan., 1800; d. in London, June 1883.

Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, 4 March, 1740, d. 20 Dec., 1815.

Diocese in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy.

Bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt, gave his name to a schism of short duration.

Lengthy article on the career of the gentle bishop who longed for unity in the Church.

Spanish poet and politician, b. at Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) 11 March, 1754; d. in exile at Montpelier, France, 24 May, 1817.

The people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who remained faithful to the Council of Chalcedon (451) when the greater part turned Monophysite.

A branch of the Monarchians, founded by Theodotus the banker.

King of Salem (Gen. xiv, 18-20).

Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 6 Jan., 1813, at Münster, Westphalia; d. 14 December, 1895, at Rome.

Located in the state of Victoria, Southeastern Australia.

Granddaughter of St. Melania the Elder, and a friend of St. Jerome.

Extensive article, informative. Thorough examination of his humanism and his contributions to western educational theory and practice.