Bragança-Miranda, Diocese of
Situated in the northeastern part of the Kingdom of Portugal, in the civil province of Tras-os-Montes.
Brahminism
Religion and social system which grew out of the polytheistic nature-worship of the ancient Aryan conquerors of northern India.
Braille, Louis
French educator and inventorof the system of writing in raised or relief points for the blind. (1809-1852)
Bralion, Nicolas de
French Oratorian and ecclesiastical writer, born at Chars-en-Vexin, France, c. 1600; died at Paris, 11 May 1672.
Bramante, Donato
Italian architect and painter, b. about 1444 at Monte Asdrualdo; d. in Rome, 11 March, 1514.
Brancaccio
An ancient and illustrious Neapolitan family, from which the "Brancas" of France were descended.
Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo
Cardinal, Minor conventual, and theologian. (1612-1693)
Brandenburg
Formerly an electoral principality, and a diocese in the heart of the present Kingdom of Prussia.
Brantôme, Seigneur de Bourdeille, Pierre de
French writer of memoirs, b. in 1539, or a little later; d. 15 July, 1614.
Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne, Abbé
Born at Bourbourg, France, 1814; died at Nice in January, 1874.
Brassicanus, Johann Alexander
German humanist, born probably at Cannstatt, 1500; died at Vienna, 25 November, 1539.
Brassicanus, Johann Ludwig
Younger brother of Johann Alexander, went to Vienna with his brother in 1524 and likewise won distinction both as a philologist and jurist.
Braulio, Saint
Bishop of Saragossa, hagiographer, friend of St. Isidore of Seville. St. Braulio died in about 651.
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