Aiglier (Or Aygler), Bernard, a French prelate, was born at Lyons, in the 13th century. At first a simple monk, he became sacristan of the abbey of Savigny, and Innocent IV made him one of his chaplains and abbot of Lerins. Charles of Anjou took him with him when he went to take possession of the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. Upon this occasion Urban IV made him abbot of Monte-Cassino and cardinal, and also sent him as his legate into France against the Albigenses. He was also sent to Constantinople to conclude an alliance against the Saracens. He assembled a general synod at St. Germains, and died April 5, 1282, leaving, among other works, De Collationibus:-De Beneficiis et Offciis:-In Regulam St. Benedicti :-Speculum Monachorum. See Colonia, Hist. Lit. de Lyon, ii, 327; Chron. Cassin Chrono. SS. Lirinens.
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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