Writer and scholar, born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1853; died at Battle, Sussex, 3 May, 1908.

Jesuit, b. at Draycot, 28 Nov., 1748; d. at St. Helens, 22 Aug., 1834.

Rite regarding the blessing and laying of the Foundation Stone for the building of a church.

Catholic theologian and popular author, b. at Bühl, Baden, 3 Feb., 1808; d. at Freiberg, 16 Oct., 1883.

A liturgical vestment composed of a strip of material from two to four inches wide and about eighty inches long.

Friedrich Leopold, Count zu Stolberg. Born at Brammstedt in Holstein (then a part of Denmark), 7 November, 1750; d. at Sondermühlen near Osnabrück, 5 December, 1819.

The Stoic School was founded in 322 B.C. by Zeno of Cittium and existed until the closing of the Athenian schools (A.D. 429).

An American author, born 7 August, 1843, at Rochester, N. Y.; died 23 April, 1909, at Monterey, California.

The capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, situated on Lake Maelar at the spot where it opens into the Saltsjö.

A fixed pay, salary; retribution for work done; the income of an ecclesiastical living.

Their existence is so well established historically that, as a general thing, they are no longer disputed by unbelievers, who now seek only to explain them naturally.

Poet and pedagogue, b. at Oberplan in Bohemia, 23 October, 1805; d. at Linz, 28 October, 1868.

Born at Bruges in 1548; died at Leyden in 1620.

Archivist, born at Berwick-on-Tweed, 27 Nov., 1806; died in London, 8 Feb., 1895.

Exegete, born at Gubbio, Umbria, 1496; died at Venice, 1549.

Known as the first Englishman in India. Born about 1549 at Bulstan, Wiltshire; died in 1619 at Goa, India.

Belgian theologian, born of English parentage at Liège, 5 August, 1665; died there, 15 June, 1723.

First King of Hungary. Baptized at the age of 10 by St. Adalbert, and died in 1038.

On the deacon, and first Christian martyr. Article suitable for teenagers and adults.

Canonist, born at Orléans, 1128; died at Tournai, September, 1203.

Founder of the Order of Grandmont. Died 1124.

Illustrious writer and preacher, especially noted as a historian of medieval heresies, b. towards the end of the twelfth century; d. in 1261.

Bishop, liturgical writer, b. at Bangé (hence surnamed Blagiacus or de Balgiaco) in Anjou; d. at the abbey of Cluny, 1139 or early in 1140.