Bible Encyclopedias
Byzance, Louis de

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a native of Constantinople, originally a Jew named Raphael Levi, embraced Christianity, and became a priest of the Oratory. He settled in Paris, and became famous for his interest in Oriental manuscripts of the New Test. He was also an able mathematician. He died in 1722, after twenty years insanity.