Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of
Extensively used in the Jewish Ritual and were in early use in Christian churches for ablutions and to receive lamp-drippings.
Basle-Lugano
Composed of the two Dioceses of Basle and Lugano which are united only by having a bishop in common.
Bassett, Joshua
Convert and controversialist, Master of Sidney Sussex College, born about 1641, at Lynn Regis, where his father was a merchant; died in London, in 1720.
Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric
A French economist, b. at Mugron, a small city in the Department of Landes, 29 June, 1801; d. at Rome, 24 December, 1850.
Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné
A French theologian, b. at Rouen, 29 November, 1741; d. at Saint-Laurent, 26 September, 1825.
Basutoland
A mountainous district of South Africa, bounded on the north and west by the Orange River Colony, on the easy by Natal, and on the south by Cape Colony.
Bath Abbey
The first religious house in Bath was a monastery of nuns founded by King Osric, A.D. 676.
Bathe, William
Irishman, Jesuit, wrote educational books on music and language. He died in 1614.
Bathilde, Saint
A runaway slave who became the wife of King Clovis II. Upon widowhood, she founded monasteries and proved herself a capable regent. She died in 680.
Battaglini, Marco
A historian of the councils, b. at Rimini, Italy, 25 March, 1645; d. at Cesena, 19 September, 1717.
Batteux, Charles
Abbé and writer on philosophy and aesthetics, b. near Vouziers, France, 6 May, 1713; d. at Paris, 14 July, 1780.
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