Fornari, Niccolo an Italian prelate, was born at Rome, January 23, 1788. He studied with ardor, was received into orders, and devoted himself to instruction in theology. Pope Gregory XVI made him nuncio to Brussels. He was afterwards appointed a chief commissioner of the congregation of studies. Fornari was made cardinal in petto, December 21, 1846, and proclaimed as such September 30, 1850. He was for some time papal nuncio at Paris, where he died, June 15, 1856. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More