Ciantes, Ignacio (or Ambrogio), an Italian prelate and theologian of the Dominican order, was born at Rome in 1594. After having taught theology in the convent of Minerva, he became provincial of Naples, then general commissary of Calabria and Sicily. Everywhere he reformed abuses, and quickened the taste for letters and sciences. He served as bishop of the two dioceses of Bisaccia and San Angelo, Lombardy, with great zeal, but in 1661 resigned, in order to retire to the convent of Minerva. He died at Rome, December 24, 1667. Besides several discourses, he left Constitutiones et Decreta, etc. (Rome, 1652): — Ceremoniale Ordinis Praedicatorum (Naples, 1654): — Raccolta de Miracoli dell' Imagine di San Domenico di Soriano (Milan, 1640; Rome, 1642; Naples, 1656). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, 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