Archinto, Filippo an Italian prelate, was born July 3, 1500. He was a member of the College of Judges at Milan. As councillor of the emperor Charles V, he participated in important negotiations. Milan often sent him as delegate to the emperor. He attained successively to higher positions, as that of governor of Rome, vice-chamberlain apostolic, and vicar of the pope, an honor accorded only to cardinals. He was also bishop of San Sepolcro and Salluzzo, and finally archbishop of Milan. Paul IV sent him to Venice as legate a latere. He died June 21, 1558. He wrote, among other works, Oratio de Nova Christiani Orbis Pace Habita (Rome, 1544):-De Fide et Sacramentis Libri II (Rome, 1545). These writings remain in MS., and are preserved in the family archives. 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