Ayala, Martin Perez De a Spanish prelate, was born at Hieste, in the diocese of Carthagena, in 1504. He studied at Alcala, and entered the military order of St. Jago of the Sword at Salamanca. He accompanied Francis de Mendoza, bishop of Jaen, to Rome, and after his death went to Germany to combat the errors of the Protestants. Charles V sent him to the Council of Trent, and in 1548 nominated him to the bishopric of Guadix, in Granada; thence he was translated to the see of Segovia, and on his return from Trent he was, in 1564, made archbishop of Valentia, which Church he governed till his death, Aug. 5, 1566. His principal work is De Divinis, Apostolicis atque Ecclesiasticis Traditionibus deque Auctoritate ac Viearum SS. Assertiones (Cologne and Paris, 1549; Venice, 1551; Paris, 1562).
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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