Fatou, Nicholas a French mystic writer, born at Arras in 1644, died at St. Omer in 1694, took the vows of the Dominican order in the convent at Arras, and subsequently entered that at St. Omer. We have from him: 1. Le Paradis terrestre du Saint Rosaire de l'auguste Vierge, mere de Dieu, etc., in 4 vols., of which only one vol. appeared (St. Omer et Lille, 1692, 12mo): -2. A treatise on the famous miracle of the holy candle, entitled Discours sur les Prodiges du Saint Cierge, etc., of which the first edition, quite rare, St. Omer, 1693; the second and third, Arras, 1696, sm. 8vo, and 1744, 12mo. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen.
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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