Baranovius (Baranowskin), ALBERTUS, a Polish theologian of the Roman Catholic Church, was at first bishop of Przemisl. In 1604 he was appointed to the diocese of Wladislaw, and finally was archbishop of Gnesen, where he died, in 1615. He wrote, Constitutiones Synodi Dicecsance Vladislaviensis anno 1607 Celebratoe (Cracow, 1607):— Concilium Provinciale Regni Poloniac anno 1607 Celebratum (ibid. 1611): — Synodus Diocesana - Gnesnensis- flabita 1612 (ibid. 1612). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. s. (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