Bible Encyclopedias

Adalbe`ron
the archbishop of rheims, chancellor of lothaire and louis v.; consecrated hugh capet; d . 998.

Affre
archbishop of paris, suffered death on the barricades, as, with a green bough in his hand, he bore a message of peace to the insurgents (1793-1848).

Aidan, St.
the archbishop of lindisfarne, founder of the monastery, and the apostle of northumbria, sent thither from iona on the invitation of king oswald in 635.

Aimé, St.
archbishop of sens, in france; d . 690; festival, 13th sept.

Aix
a town, the ancient capital of provence, 20 m. n. of marseilles, the seat of an archbishop and a university; founded by the romans 123 b.c.; near it marius defeated the teutons.

Albert
Archbishop of Mainz, a dignity granted him by Pope Leo X. at the ransom of £15,000, which he was unable to pay, and which, as the Pope needed

Albor`noz
a spanish statesman, archbishop of toledo, a bold defender of the faith against the moor and a plain-spoken man in the interest of christianity (1310-1367).

Alford, Henry
vicar of wymeswold and afterwards dean of canterbury; his works and writings were numerous, and included poems and hymns. his great work, however, was an edition of the greek new testament, with notes, various readings, and comments (1810-1871).

Al`dred
bishop of worcester in the reign of edward the confessor, made a pilgrimage to jerusalem, became archbishop of york, and crowned the last of the saxon and the first of the norman kings of england; d . 1063.

Anschar
frenchman born, the first to preach christianity to the pagans of scandinavia, was by appointment of the pope the first archbishop of hamburg (801-864).

Anselm, St.
Archbishop of Canterbury, a native of Aosta, in Piedmont, monk and abbot; visited England frequently, gained the favour of King Rufus, who appointed

Arundel, Thomas
successively bishop of ely, lord chancellor, archbishop of york, and archbishop of canterbury; a persecutor of the wickliffites, but a munificent benefactor of the church (1353-1414).

Ar`ches, Court of
an ecclesiastical court of appeal connected with the archbishopric of canterbury, the judge of which is called the dean.

Augustin
or he apostle of england, sent thither with a few monks by pope gregory in 596 to convert the country to christianity; began his labours in kent; founded the see, or rather archbishopric, of canterbury; d . 605.

Axel
archbishop of lund; born in zealand; a danish patriot with norse blood; subdued tribes of wends, and compelled them to adopt christianity.

Baldwin
archbishop of canterbury; crowned richard coeur de lion; accompanied him on the crusade; died at acre in 1191.

Bancroft, Richard
archbishop of canterbury, a zealous churchman and an enemy of the puritans; represented the church at the hampton court conference, and was chief overseer of the authorised version of the bible (1554-1610).

Barham, Richard Harris
his literary name thomas ingoldsby, born at canterbury, minor canon of st. paul's; friend of sidney smith; author of "ingoldsby legends," published originally as a series of papers in bentley's miscellany (1788-1879).

Barton, Elizabeth
"the Maid of Kent," a poor country servant-girl, born in Kent, subject from nervous debility to trances, in which she gave utterances ascribed by Archbishop