Cardi, Lodovico (or LUIGI, called Civoli or Cigoli), an eminent Florentine painter and architect, was born at the castle of Cigoli, in Tuscany, in 1559, and educated under Allori, and afterwards under Santo di 'Titi. He studied carefully the works of M. Angelo, 'Pontormo, and A. del Sarto. After making the tour of Lombardy he returned to Florence, and was received 'into the academy his picture of reception was Cain Slaying Abel. The duke sent him to Rome, where he was employed to paint for the Vatican Peter Healing the Lame Man at the Gate of the Temple. The other principal works of this artist are, St. Jerome, in San Giovanni de Fiorentini, at Rome; The Stoning of Stephen, in the convent of Monte Domini, at Florence. .In the Florentine gallery is a fine picture of Mary Magdlene; also his celebrated Ecce lomo. He died at Rome in 1613. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s, v.; 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