Barberini (Not Barberino), Antonio (surnamed II Vecchio), an Italian prelate and theologian, brother of Urban VIII, was born at Florence in 1569. In 1585 he joined the Capuchins; in 1624 was appointed cardinal bishop at Sinigaglia and librarian of the Vatican at Rome. He died Sept. 11, 1646. He is the author of, Constitutiones Synodales et Decretapro Diocesi Senogallensi (Rome, 1627): — Tractatus de Antiquo Modo Eligendi in Relligione Capuccino'um (ibid. 1640): — Ordinatiqnes pro Bono Regimine Religionis Capuccinorum (ibid. eod.). See Bernardus' a Bononih, Bibl. Capuccinorum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., 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