Greith, Karl Johann
Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882.
Gretser, Jacob
A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at Ingolstadt in 1625.
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805.
Grey Nuns of the Cross
A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey Nuns, from the colour of the costume.
Griffin, Gerald
A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland; d. at Cork, 12 June, 1840.
Griffiths, Thomas
Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England.
Grillparzer, Franz
An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872.
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria
Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663.
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco
An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680.
Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von
German novelist of the seventeenth century.
Groote, Gerard
Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life", b. 1340 at Deventer, Gelderland; d. 20 Aug., 1384.
Gropper, John
An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia; d. at Rome, 13 March, 1559.
Grosseteste, Robert
Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages; b. about 1175; d. 9 October, 1253.
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