Barsanuphius a solitary of Palestine, an Egyptian'by birth, in the reign of Justinian, about 540. According to the story related by Evagrius (Hist. Eccl. 4:33), he shut himself up in his cell in a monastery at Gaza, where he remained for more than fifty years, seeing and seen by no human being, and eating no earthly food. Eustochius, the bishop of Jerusalem, disbelieving the tale, commanded the cell to be broken open, wvhereupon tire burst out and consumed the sacrilegious disturbers of the holy man's repose. Barsanuphius was the author of Questiones et Responsiones Asceticoe Valric. and a Parcenesis ad Proprinm Discipulum, originally printed by Montfaucon, Biblioth. Coislin. p. 394; and'afterwards by Galland, Biblioth. Vet. Patr. xi; and Migne, Patrolog. 86, pars i, 887 sq.
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