Melissus of Samos
A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at Samos about 470 B C.
Melito, Saint
Bishop of Sardis, ecclesiastical writer, latter half of the second century.
Melk, Abbey and Congregation of
Situated on an isolated rock commanding the Danube, Melk has been a noted place since the days of the Romans.
Mellifont Abbey
Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland.
Mellitus, Saint
Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 624. Abbot sent to Canterbury by St. Gregory the Great, and the recipient of a letter from Gregory regarding pagan temples, idols, and festivals.
Melozzo da ForlÃ
An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at ForlÃ, 1438; d. there 1494.
Melrose Abbey
Located in Roxburghshire, founded in 1136 by King David I, was the earliest Cistercian monastery established in Scotland.
Melrose, Chronicle of
It opens with the year 735, ends abruptly in 1270, and is founded solely upon the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix, in the British Museum, the only ancient copy preserved.
Melzi, Francesco
Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, and Vasari tells that he was a Milanese nobleman, and that he possessed the principal part of the anatom…
Membre, Zenobius
Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the Franciscan province of St. Antony.
Men of Understanding
Name assumed by a heretical sect which in 1410-11 was cited before the Inquisition at Brussels.
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