Brogni, Giovanni Allarmet De, a Roman prelate, was born at Brogni, Savoy, in 1342. From the station of a swineherd in youth he rose to the dignities of bishop of Viviers and of Ostia, archbishop of Arles, bishop of Geneva, and cardinal and chancellor of the Church of Rome. He devoted himself assiduously to the work of conciliation during the great schism which so long divided that Church. As senior cardinal he presided at the Council of Constance after the deposition of pope John XXIII at the sixth session, until the election of cardinal Colonna, as pope Martin Vat the forty-first. It was during this time that the trial of John Huss took place. Brogni showed him great kindness during the trial, but, as president of the council, had to pronounce sentence of death upon him. He died at Rome, February 16, 1426. He founded the hospital of Annecy, and the college of St. Nicholas at Avignon. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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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