Benvenuto Giovanni Battista (called L'Ortolano), an Italian painter, was born at Ferrara about 1490, and studied a few years in his native city, after which he visited Bologna and became a pupil of Bartolomeo Bagnacavallo. One of his best pictures is the Virgin and Infant, with saints, in the Church of St. Niccolo, 1520; in St. Mariahe painted a Nativity; and in St. Lorenzo the Adoration of the Magi. He died at Ferrara in 1525. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
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