Cortesi (or Cortezi), Paolo an Italian theologian, was born at San Geminiano, Tuscany, in 1465. He entered orders, and applied himself to the study of Latin literature. He was apostolic secretary under Alexander VI and Pius III, prothonotary, and finally bishop of Urbino. He died in 1510, leaving, De Hominibus Doctis Dialogus (published by Alexander Politi, more than two centuries after the death of Cortesi; Florence, 1734): — In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum P. Lombardi Commentarii (Rome, 1503; Paris, 1513; Basle, 1540): — De Cardinalitu (1510). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. 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