Agelnothus (Ethelnothus, Egelnotus, or Agilnoth), surnamed " the Good," was archbishop of Canterbury in 1020. According to some, he was a Benedictine of the Abbey of Glastonbury, and dean of that cathedral. He went to Rome in 1022 to' receive the pall from the pope, and upon his return is said to have brought from Pavia an arm of St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo, for which he paid one hundred "talents of silver. This he presented to Leofric, earl of Coventry, together with a work which he composed on the subject. He died Oct. 29, 1038. He left a volume of Letters, and a work In Praise of the Blessed Virgin, addressed to Fulbertus, bishop of Chartres. See Godwin De Pressum. An Comment.; Pitseus, De Illust. Angl. Script.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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