Barbelin, Felix-Joseph
Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", b. at Luneville, Province of Alsace, France, 30 May, 1808; d. in Philadelphia, 8 June, 1869.
Barber Family, The
Daniel Barber, soldier of the Revolution, Episcopalian minister and convert. (1756-1834) Virgil Horace Barber, son of Daniel. (1782-1847)
Barbosa-Machado, Ignacio
A Portuguese historian, born at Lisbon in 1686; died in 1734.
Barbosa, Agostino
A noted canonist, b. at Guimaraens, Portugal, in 1589; consecrated in Rome, 22 March, 1649, Bishop of Ugento in Otranto, Italy, died seven months later.
Barbour, John
Scottish ecclesiastic and author of "The Bruce", a historical poem in the early Scottish or Northern English dialect, b. about 1320; d. 1395.
Barcelona, University of
An outgrowth of the ecclesiastical schools founded in the eleventh century.
Barclay, John
Author of the political novel "Argenis" and other Latin works in prose and verse. (1582-1621)
Barco Centenera, Martin del
A secular priest, in 1572 accompanied as chaplain, the expedition of Juan Ortiz de Zárate to the Rio de La Plata.
Bardesanes and Bardesanites
Syrian Gnostic or, more correctly, a Syrian poet, astrologist, and philosopher, d. 222, at Edessa.
Barlaam and Josaphat
Main characters of a seventh-century Christian legend. Barlaam, a hermit, converted the prince Josaphat to Christianity, despite the efforts of Josaphat's father Abenner to prevent…
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