Mura, Saint
Irishman, appointed Abbot of Fahan by St. Columba. Patron saint of the O'Neills. Died in about 645.
Muratori, Luigi Antonio
Librarian in Modena, one of the greatest scholars of his time, b. 21 Oct., 1672; d. 23 Jan., 1750.
Muratorian Canon
Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first editor, L. A. Muratori (in the "Antiquitates italicae", III, Milan, 1740, 851 sq.), the oldest known…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
Spanish painter, d. 1682. Artist's biography with bibliography.
Murner, Thomas
German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, 24 Dec., 1475; d. there, 1537.
Murray, Daniel
An Archbishop of Dublin, b. 1768, at Sheepwalk, near Arklow, Ireland; d. at Dublin.
Murray, Patrick
Theologian, b. Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, 18 November, 1811; d. 15 Nov., 1882, in Maynooth College.
Museums, Christian
Though applicable to collections composed of Christian objects representative of all epochs, this term is usually reserved to those museums which abound chiefly in Christian object…
Music, Ecclesiastical
By this term is meant the music which, by order or with the approbation of ecclesiastical authority, is employed in connexion with Divine service to promote the glorification of Go…
Musuros, Markos
A learned Greek humanist, born 1470 at Retimo, Crete; died 1517 at Rome.
Mutis, José Celestino
Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz, Spain, 6 April, 1732; d. at Bogotá, Colombia, 2 Sept., 1808.
Muzzarelli, Alfonso
A learned Italian Jesuit, b. 22 August, 1749, at Ferrara; d. 25 May, 1813, at Paris.
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