Faber, Matthias a Jesuit, was born February 24, 1587, at Altomunster, in Bavaria. In 1607 he entered the German College at Rome, received holy orders there, and returned to Germany in 1611. In 1637 he went to Vienna and joined the Jesuits, and died at Tyrnau, in Hungary, in 1653. He is the author of a homiletical work entitled, Concionum Opus Tripartitum, which has often been published (latest ed. Ratisbon, 1879). Besides he wrote, Rerum Naturce Descriptio (Dillingen, 1607). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-
Lexikon, s.v.; Literarischer Handweiser fur das Katholische Deutschland, 1880, No. 266. (B.P.)
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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