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David of Augsburg(DAVIDE DI AUGUSTA)Vol. IV, p. 736 DAVIDE di AUGUSTA. - Franciscan, mystical writer and German preacher, b. at Augusta (Augsburg, Bavaria) c. 1200, d. there on 15 or 19 Nov. 1272. Little is…
David of Dinant (Dinant)(DAVID DI DINANT (DINAN))Vol. IV, p. 734 DAVID di DINANT (DINAN). – Medieval philosopher about whose life and activity we have scant information. Born at Dinant in the province of Liège, or, according…
David the Armenian(DAVIDE ARMENO)Vol. IV, p. 735 DAVIDE ARMENO. – Christian Neoplatonic philosopher, born in Armenia (province of Hark), unknown, or almost unknown, in the West until the beginning of the…
David, ArmandVol. IV, p. 734 DAVID, ARMAND. - Missionary and naturalist, b. at Espellette (Basses-Pyrénées) on 7 Sept. 1826, d. at Paris on 10 Nov. 1900. Having become a missionary of St…
David, Clément-JosephVol. IV, p. 734 DAVID, CLÉMENT-JOSEPH. — Syrian Archbishop of Damascus. Born in 1829 in Amadia (‘Irāq) to the Zebungi family, he pursued his studies in Mossul and at the…
David, GérardVol. IV, p. 735 DAVID, GÉRARD. - Painter, born at Oudewater near Gonda (southern Holland) between 1450 and 1460, died at Bruges on 13 Aug. 1523. He is the principal…
David, Jacques-LouisVol. IV, p. 735 DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS. – Painter, born in Paris on 30 August 1748, died in Brussels on 29 December 1825. He is the foremost painter of the Neoclassical period…
David, Saint(DAVID, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 734 DAVID, saint. — Bishop of Menevia (Mynyw in Wales) in the 6th century. In a 10th-century manuscript of the Annales Cambriae, he is said to have died in 601.…
Davila, Enrico CaterinoVol. IV, p. 736 DAVILA, ENRICO CATERINO. — Born at Piove di Sacco (Padova) on 30 October 1576, in 1583 he was in France as a page to Queen Caterina; at the age of eighteen he…
Davino, Saint(DAVINO, SANTO)Vol. IV, p. 736 DAVINO, saint. — Born in Greater Armenia around the year 1000; died in 1050. While still young, he chose the life of solitude. He visited the Holy Land, whence…
Davy, Humphrey(DAVY, HUMPHBY)Vol. IV, p. 739 DAVY, HUMPHBY. — Born at Penzance, in Cornwall, on 17 December 1778; died at Geneva on 29 May 1829. Of modest family, he was first an apprentice in a pharmacy…
Day of Atonement(ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO DELL')Vol. V, p. 378 ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO dell'. — A solemn day of penance in the religion of Israel, called hippâr. There is a divergence of opinion concerning the meaning of the…
