Orlando, Bernardo a Piedmontese painter, flourished at Turin in the first part of the 17th century. At that time the rich collections of pictures and drawings in the royal galleries at the court were male subservient to the instruction of young artists, which was intrusted to a painter of the court. Orlandt was invested with this charge, and appointed painter to the duke in 1617. But we call attention to him here because he also painted some pictures for churches.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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