Antist, Vincent Justinian a Spanish Dominican, was born at Valencia. He was prior of his order, and died in the year 1599, leaving many works. Among them are, Notes. on the Opuscula of St. Vincent Ferrer: — A Defence of the Images of St. Catherine of Sienna, etc., in Latin: — a Life of St. Vincent Ferre', and lives of some other saints, in Spanish: — a Treatise on the Conception of the Blessed Virgin (Madrid, 1615).
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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