Campeggio, Tommaso, an Italian prelate, was born in 1500. He was nephew of cardinal Lorenzo, and accompanied that prelate on many of his missions. He succeeded him in the episcopal see of Feltre, and was sent by Paul III as nuncio to the colloquy of Worms (1540). He was one of the three bishops present at the opening of the Council of Trent in 1545, and there assisted at the sessions held under the pontificate of Paul III. He died at Rome, Jan. 11, 1564. He wrote various treatises on ecclesiastical discipline, among which we notice, De Auctoritate Sanctorum Concilioruin, dedicated to pope Pius IV (Venice, 1561): — also various works on ecclesiastical duties. (ibid. 1550- 55). 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