Angelis, Agostino Dí, a Roman Catholic divine of Italy, was born in 1606 at Angri, in Naples. He joined the Order of the Somaschians, and lectured on philosophy and theology at Rome. In 1667 he was made bishop of Umbriatico, and died in 1681. He wrote, Lectiones Theologicce de Deo Clare Viso, Omnia Sciente, nos Prcedestinante, ac Omnia Creante in Summam Contracte (Rome, 1664): — De Deo ut Trino et ut Incarnato (ibid. 1666): — Homologia, seu Consensus Historice Ecclesiasticce cum Sacris Canonibus, Conciiiis, etc. (ibid. eod.): — De Recto Usu Opinionis' Probabilis (ibid. eod.). See Mazzuchelli, Scrittori d'Italia; Toppi, Biblioth. Napoletana; Ughelli, Italia Sacra. (B. P.)
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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