A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Whittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... bishop , first of Lichfield and Coventry , then of London ; and in about two years afterwards , archbishop of Canterbury , to the discomfiture of many rivals of the party opposed to him . As primate , Archbishop Abbot showed the rigid ...
... bishop , first of Lichfield and Coventry , then of London ; and in about two years afterwards , archbishop of Canterbury , to the discomfiture of many rivals of the party opposed to him . As primate , Archbishop Abbot showed the rigid ...
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... bishop of Amida , or Constance , who sold the church plate , & c . to redeem and ACCORSO or ACCURSIUS ( FRANCIS ) an send home the Persian prisoners taken in the eminent Italian lawyer , was born at Florence war between Theodosius the ...
... bishop of Amida , or Constance , who sold the church plate , & c . to redeem and ACCORSO or ACCURSIUS ( FRANCIS ) an send home the Persian prisoners taken in the eminent Italian lawyer , was born at Florence war between Theodosius the ...
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... bishop- rick of Trent , and died there . As the friend and patron of learned men his character stood high , both for ability and munificence . His own productions , written in the Latin language , were celebrated for the classical ...
... bishop- rick of Trent , and died there . As the friend and patron of learned men his character stood high , both for ability and munificence . His own productions , written in the Latin language , were celebrated for the classical ...
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... bishop of the 8th century , who compiled a curious account of Irish saints in five books : the first of which contains 345 bishops , 299 priests , and 78 deacons ; the second , entitled the Book of Homonomies , comprehends all the ...
... bishop of the 8th century , who compiled a curious account of Irish saints in five books : the first of which contains 345 bishops , 299 priests , and 78 deacons ; the second , entitled the Book of Homonomies , comprehends all the ...
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... bishop of Ratisbon ; but finding his episcopal duties inconsistent with his love of retirement and study , he resigned his bishop- ric and returned to Cologne to enjoy the leisure of monastic life . He was however drawn from his ...
... bishop of Ratisbon ; but finding his episcopal duties inconsistent with his love of retirement and study , he resigned his bishop- ric and returned to Cologne to enjoy the leisure of monastic life . He was however drawn from his ...
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