Short biographical article on the Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).

Situated on the torrent Qina, on the east of the Plain of Esdraelon opposite Jezrahel, commanded the central of the three passes that join the plain with the seaboard.

Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop. 241,000; it is noted for its industries, particularly the production of sugar, its trade, and its commerce. From 968 until 1552 it was the seat of an archbishopric.

The members of certain religious communities of penitent women who desired to reform their lives.

It is perhaps the Migdal-El mentioned in the Old Testament (Jos., xix, 38) belonging to the tribe of Nephtali.

French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899.

Humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522).

Italian littérateur and archaeologist, b. at Verona, 1 June, 1675; d. there, 11 Feb., 1755.

Italian painter. (d. 1660)

Poet, orator, antiquarian (1514-1549).

The maestro di camera is the real chief chamberlain. His authority extends over all matters concerning the daily personal service of His Holiness.

Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291.

Abbot and martyr, died in 722.

Founder and first abbot of Tallacht, d. around 791. Co-author with St. Aengus of the Rule of the Célidhé Dé.

First bishop of Ferns, d. 626.

The Madura mission owes its origin to Robert de Nobili, who commenced at Madura, in 1606, that peculiar method of propagating the faith which has made his name famous.

Born of a noble family of Trent, 5 July, 1512; died at Tivoli, Italy, 5 July, 1578.

Province and town in Spain.

Archdiocese in India.

An Arabian tribe introduced into history in the texts of Gen., xxv, 1-4 and I Chron., i, 32.

A sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary. (1576-1636)

Known principally by his extension of St. Peter's, at the command of the pope, from the form of a Greek to that of a Latin cross. (1556-1629)

Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, d. 1865.