Barsaiti, Marco an eminent Italian painter, was a descendant of a Greek family of Friuli. He painted a picture of Christ Praying in the Garden, in the Church of St. Giobbe, in 1510, which was highly extolled by Ridolfi. There are a number of his works in the churches of Friuli, and one (The Vocation of St. Peter) in the Church of the Certosa, which Lanzi says is one of the most beautiful pictures of the age.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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