Du Bec, Philippe a French prelate, was born in 1524. He was appointed bishop of Vannes in 1559, and six years later passed to the diocese of Nantes. He was one of those prelates who held the place of ecclesiastical peers at the coronation of Henry IV in 1589. The same year he was called to the archbishopric of Rheims, and in the year following he received the title of commander of the order of the Holy Ghost. But the bulls were not forwarded before the end of three years, on account of the differences of Henry IV with the court of Rome. Du Bee died in 1605. He left a collection of Sermons, and a French translation of the Treatise of the Widows of St. Ambrose (Paris, 1590). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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