Sigillo, Robert De, an English prelate, was preferred to the see of London by the empress Maud in 1141. When the Londoners revolted to king Stephen, the bishop was required to take the oath of allegiance to that revolution, which he refused. Pope Eugenius wrote to king Stephen and his queen, asking that. Sigilio be excused from taking the oath. He died in 1151. See Collier, Eccles. Hist. ii, 245.
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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