Mingarelli, Fernando an eminent Italian theologian, was born at Bologna in 1724. He flourished as professor of theology at the University of Malta for several years. Impaired health finally obliged his return to France. He died at Faenza December 21, 1777. He was a member of the Academy of the Arcadians. Mingarelli wrote several works; the most important are, Vetera monumenta ad classem Ravennatem nuper eruta (Faenza, 1756, 4to; notes of Mauro Fattorini and of Bianchi): — Veterunm testimonia de Didynmo Alexandrino ceco, ex quibus tres libri de trinitate nuper detecti eidem asseruntur (Rome, 1764, 4to).
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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