Piquet (or Picquet), Claude a French monastic, was born at Dijon in the second half of the 16th century. He joined the Franciscan Order, and became the abbot of this order at Chalons-sur-Saone and at Romenay. He was also professor of philosophy. He died after 1621. He left Commentaria super evangelicam fratrum Minorum regulam ac sancti Francisci testamentum (Lyons, 1597, 8vo). It contains a life of the founder, and a catalogue of the distinguished men of his order: — Provinciae S. Bonaventurae, seu Burgundiae fratrum Minorum regularis observantiae, etc., descrimptio (Tournon, 1610 and 1612, 8vo). Claude Piquet left, among other manuscripts, a life of pope Clement IV. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 40, 298.
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