Aberdeen, The University of
Founder William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1483 to 1514.
Abgar, The Legend of
Concerns a correspondence that took place between God and the local potentate at Edessa.
Abomination of Desolation, The
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
Abra de Raconis, Charles Francois d'
French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family; died 1646.
Abraham (in Liturgy)
Of all the names used, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham.
Abraham a Sancta Clara
A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion. (1644-1709)
Abraham Ecchelensis
A learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his surname), a village on Mount Lebanon, in 1600; died 1664 in Rome.
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