Blemmida, Nicephorus
A learned monk and writer of the Green Church, b. about 1198, at Constantinople; d. 1272.
Blessed, The
Beatification is a permission for public worship restricted to certain places and to certain acts.
Blessing, Apostolic
The popes very often delegated to others the power to give this blessing in answer to petitions from princes, at the close of missions, and on such occasions.
Blomevenna, Peter
Carthusian, b. at Leyden, in Holland in 1466; d. 30 September, 1536.
Blood Indians
A group of North American aborigines forming part of the Blackfeet Tribe, which, with the Apapahoes and Cheyennes, constitute the Western division of the Algonquin family.
Blosius, François-Louis
A Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer, born at Donstienne, near Liège, Flanders, 1506; died at Liessies, 1566.
Blyssen, Heinrich
Principal work, "De uno geminoque sacrae eucharistiae synaxeos salubriter percipiendae ritu ac usu" was published (Ingolstadt, 1585) when he was provincial of Austria.
Blyth, Francis
English Carmelite, reviser of the Douay Bible, born c. 1705; d. in London, 11 December 1772.
Bobadilla, Nicolaus
The last survivor of the seven first companions of Ignatius of Loyola. (1511-1590)
Boccaccino
Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1460, and d. probably in 1525 rather than in 1518, the date usually given.
Bocking, Edward
English Benedictine, b. of East Anglian parentage, end of fifteenth century; d. 20 April, 1534.
Bodin, Jean
Article by Georges Goyau. Notes the philosopher's relation to the political and religious order of his time.
Boece, Hector
Chronicler and one of the founders of the University of Aberdeen, b. at Dundee c. 1465; d. 1536.
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