Bero Agostino a famous Italian canonist, was born at Bologna in 1474, where he also died as professor of canon law, Sept. 13, 1554. Among his pupils were the popes Pius IV and Gregory XIII. Panziroli calls him "monarcha legum," but also "vir fuit magis laboriosus quam subtilis." He wrote, Lecturce sive Commentaria in 1, 2, 3 et 5 Libr. Decretalium: -Questiones, Responlsa et Consilia. See Guido Panziroli, De Claris Legum Interpretibus 3, 49; Bumaldo, Minervalia (Bohon. 1641); Schulte, Lehrbuch des kanonischen Kirchenrechts (3d ed.), p. 111; Daller, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchenlexikon, s.v. (B. P.)
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