Alarcon, Bartolome, De Los Rios, a Spanish hermit of the Order of St. Augustine. In 1622 he went to Brussels; in 1635 he was definitor of the province of Cologne, etc., and died at Madrid in 1652. Among his works are, Phoenix Thenensis e Cineribus Redivivus (Antw. 1637, 8vo): — Christus Dominius in Cathedra Crucis Docens et Patiens (Brussels, 1645, 4to): — Vitta Coccinea, or Commentary on the Gospels of the Passion and Resusrrection (Antw. 1646): — Hierarchia Mariana (ibid. 1641, fol.): — De Excellentia et Virtutibus B. M. V. (1647, fol.).
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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