Filippi, Sebastiano (called Bastianino), an eminent Italian painter, was born at Ferrara in 1532, and was instructed by his father, Camillo. When eighteen years of age he went to Rome and entered the school of Buonarotti. His great work in the Cathedral of Ferrara, representing the Last Judgment, established his fame. Among his best works are the Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in the church dedicated to that saint; and the Adoration of the Magi, in Santa Maria de Servi. He painted also the Virgin and Infant; St. John, and the Dead Christ supported by Angels. Filippi died in 1602. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, 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