Alberti, Leandro
Historian, born at Bologna in 1479; died same place, probably in 1552.
Albertrandi, John Baptist
A Polish Jesuit, of Italian extraction, born at Warsaw, 7 December, 1731; died August, 1808.
Albertus Magnus, Saint
Called "the Universal Doctor." Dominican scientist, philosopher, theologian, instructor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Albi, Juan de
A Spanish Carthusian of the Convent Val-Christ, near Segovia, date of birth uncertain; died 27 December, 1591.
Albigenses
A neo-Manichæan sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Albrechtsberger, Johann G.
Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven. (1736-1809)
Albright Brethren, The
A body of American Christians chiefly of German descent, founded, in 1800, by the Rev. Jacob Albright, a native of Pennsylvania (1759-1808).
Alcántara, Military Order of
First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava.
Alcalá, University of
Had its inception in the thirteenth century, when Sancho IV, conceived the idea of founding a Studium Generale in Alcalá de Henares.
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