Benefiali Marco a Roman painter, was born in 1684. He received the honor of knighthood from the pope, and died in 1764. In the Academy of St. Luke is a fine picture of Christ at the Well of Samaria; in the Church of Stigmata, The Flagellation; in the Palazza Spada there is a saloon painted entirely by this artist, which is thought one of the finest works of his time.
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