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AEthelburg
Æthelburg (b. c.605) was the Christian daughter of Æthelbert of Kent. Her marriage to the Northumbrian king Edwin (625) brought about his baptism and the initial conversion of his kingdom by Bishop Paulinus, who had accompanied her north. Edwin's defeat and death in 633 forced queen... Read more |
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John Fletcher Hurst
John Fletcher Hurst 1834-1903, American Methodist bishop and educator, b. Maryland. He was president of Drew Theological Seminary from 1873 until 1880, when he was elected bishop. Bishop Hurst was founder and chancellor (1891-1902) of American Univ., Washington, D.C., although the university did... Read more |
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John Peale Bishop
Bishop, John Peale (1892–1944), West Virginia‐born author, lived on Cape Cod, whose poems are collected in Green Fruit (1917); The Undertaker's Garland (1922), written with Edmund Wilson; Now with His Love (1933); and Minute Particulars (1936). Many Thousands Gone (1931) is a book of... Read more |
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Ithamar
Ithamar (d. 655/64). Bishop of Rochester. Ithamar was a Kentishman and the first native bishop of the English church from c.644. Nothing else is known of him. It is remarkable that for 47 years after the coming of Augustine every bishop in England had been either Italian or Irish. His name may... Read more |
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Saint Finn Barr
Finn Barr, St (d. c.623). Bishop of Cork. After a reported pilgrimage to Rome, Finn Barr lived as a hermit by Lake Gougane Barra. Attracting numerous followers, he established the monastery of Etargabail, renowned for its school and centre of his cult. More famous was his foundation around which... Read more |
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George Leonard Carey
George Leonard Carey 1935-, archbishop of Canterbury (1991-2002). From a working-class background, he graduated from the London School of Divinity in 1962 and was ordained the same year. Carey was appointed bishop of Bath and Wells in 1987 and was enthroned as the 103d archbishop of Canterbury in... Read more |
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John Earle
John Earle , 1601?-1665, English clergyman and author. The Microcosmographie (1628), a collection of witty characterizations, is his most famous work. In 1663 he became bishop of Salisbury.... Read more |
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Isabel Bishop
Isabel Bishop 1902-88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive nude studies, such as Nude—1934, demonstrate her understanding of delicate effects of light and shade.... Read more |
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William Thomas Manning
William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the... Read more |
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