Alviset, Benoit a learned French Benedictine, was born at the commencement of the 17th century, at Besancon. During the wars which then desolated the Franche- Comte he returned to Italy and entered the brotherhood at Monte-Casino, under the name Virginius. He wrote a treatise upon the privileges of the monks, entitled Murenulce Sacrce Vestis Sponsce Regis AEterni Vermiculatce; Opus de Privilegiis Ordinumc Regularium (Venetiis, 1661). This work was put in the Index by the court of Rome, and reprinted at Kempten in 1673. 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