Chapelle (De Jumilhac) Pierre Benoit a French theologian and Benedictine of St. Maur, was born at Saint-Jean- Ligoure. After having been visitor of the province of Bretagne in 1651, of Toulouse in 1654, and assistant of the general of his order in 1657, and also superior of several monasteries, he retired to the abbey of St. Germain-des-Pres, where he ended his days, March 22, 1682. He left La Science et la Pratique du Plain Chant (Paris, 1677). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, 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