Fructuosus ST., archbishop of Braga, sprung from the blood royal of the Goths, devoted his property chiefly to the founding of monasteries. He was abbot of his own monastery of Complutum; was ordained bishop of Dama, and in 656 archbishop of Braga. He died A.D. 665. He is commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church on the 16th of April. He wrote a Rule for his monks at Complutum, and a Supplement. They are published in Holstenius, Cod. Regul. part 2, page 133 (Paris, 1663); also with his Epistolae, in Migne, Patrol. Lat. 87:1087 sq.; coinp. Mabillon, Ord. St. Benedict, 1:437. — Clarke, Succ. Sac. Lit. 2:408.
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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