Arnoul (Arnulph, or Earnulphe), of Rochester (hence called Rofensis), who died March 15, 1124, was at first a monk at Beauvais, afterwards prior of Canterbury, then abbot of Petersburg, and in 1114 or 1115 bishop of Rochester. He wrote Textus Roffensis, a history of his bishopric (in Warthon, A glia Sacra, i, 329-334, and, ed. Hearnius, Oxon. 1720): — Epist. ad Walchelinum. etc. (D'Achery, Spicil. iii, 464- 471): — Responsibnes ad Lamberti Quaestiones, etc. (ibid. iii, 471-474). The De Opere sex Dierum and De septem Verbis Domini belong to Arnold of Bonneval (q.v.). See Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchen Lex. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. . (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