Abelli, Antoine a French theologian, was born in Paris in 1527. He became a Dominican, or Frere Precheur, and commendatory abbot of Notre Dame-de-Livry, in the Aunoy (a district in the ile de France). For three years he was vicar- general of his congregation, and was also preacher and confessor to the queen Catherine de Medicis. He signed the act of the University of Paris by which he took the oath of fidelity to Henry IV, April 22, 1594. According to Quetif and Richard I, he was a man of integrity and learning. He died about 1600. He wrote, La Maniere de bien Prier, avec la Vertu et Efficace de l'Oraison Prouvee par l'Example des 'Anciens, etc. (Paris, 1564, 8vo) Sermon sur les. Lamentations du Saint Prophete Hierenmie (Paris, 1582): — Lettre a la Reyne Catherine de Medicis (1564).
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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