Carpano, Pietro Vicente an Italian scholar and sacred orator, a native of Milan, lived in the early half of the 17th century. He was secular priest and director of the seminary of Brescia, where he taught eloquence. He wrote, De Ratione Scribendi hEpistolas Scholce Priores (Brescia, 1613): — Christus Nascens, Christus Circuncisus, Poemata (Genoa, 1625): — Della Forma chedeve Tenersi nelle Crie (without date or place of publication): —Elogia Sacra : — Lacrymae de Christi Domini Cruciatibus et nece, Poema: —many Latin letters in the Epistolae Sanazarii, Sacci et Farnesii (Milan, 1621). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé. s.v.
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