is first mentioned in 960, when he succeeded Anst e in that office. He was reputed to be a learned and very liberal man for the times. He granted a charter of freedom to the inhabitants of Maurville formerly serfs of the abbey, and divided the land among them, retaining only for the abbey the right of levying certain taxes. He died about 977. John wrote a Life of St. Glodosinde (Mabillon, Acta Sanctoe, vol. 2, col. 1087) and the Life of St. John de Vendi re, abbot of Gorze (Bollandii, vol. 3, Feb.). See Gallia Christ. vol. 13, col. 900; Hist. Litt. de la France, 7, 421; Hoefer, Nouveau Biog. G n rale, 26, 530. (J.N.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