Bescape Carlo an Italian prelate, was a noble Milanese, born in 1550, to whom St. Charles Borromeo gave a canonry in his cathedral. In 1578 he resigned this appointment and entered among the Barnabites, of which order he became general; afterwards, in 1593, he was created bishop of Novara. He wrote many works, most of which still remain in MS.; among those published are, De Metropoli Mediolanensi (Milan, 1595, 1628 fol.): — De Vita et Rebus Gestis Caroli Borromei (Ingolstadt, 1592; Brescia, 1613; Italian translation, Bologna, 1614): — Novania, seu de Ecclesia Novanensi ( Novara, 1612 ): — Historia Ecclesice Mediolanensis (ibid. 1615).
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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