John Inett

John Inett (1647–1717) was an English cleric and church historian.
Life.
His father Richard Inett married into the Hungerford family of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. He attended Bewdley grammar school, and then aged 14 went to University College, Oxford, in 1661. He matriculated there on 17 July 1663, graduating B.A. in 1666 and M.A. in 1669. He was ordained deacon by William Nicholson, the Bishop of Gloucester on 22 September 1667, aged 20.
Inett was presented to the rectory of St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, where he made the acquaintance of Thomas Barlow, who recommended him to Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet. Newdigate had him presented by the Crown to the vicarage of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1678, and Inett acted as Newdigate's chaplain at Arbury Hall, Warwickshire.
In February 1681 (N.S.) Bishop Barlow appointed Inett precentor of Lincoln Cathedral. In 1685 he was presented by the dean and chapter to the living of Tansor in Northamptonshire.
In 1700 Inett was appointed chaplain in ordinary to William III. He was incorporated member of St John's College, Cambridge, in 1701, and took the degree of D.D. in that university, to which he sent two of his sons. In 1706 he resigned the living of Tansor in favour of his son Richard, and took instead that of Clayworth, Nottinghamshire. In 1714 he was presented by the crown to the living of St Mary's Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Inett died in 1717, and a tablet was erected by his widow to his memory in Lincoln Cathedral.
Works.
On 1 August 1680 Inett preached an assize sermon at Warwick, which was published. It took a shrewd political line.
In 1688 Inett published a short book of devotions, "Guide to the Devout Christian", to which he added a second part in 1692, "Guide to Repentance". These books were popular; in 1764 were issued the sixteenth edition of the former and the tenth edition of the latter.
Inett's major work was his book "Origines Anglicanæ", of which the first volume was published in London in 1704. His object in writing was to fill the gap between two substantial histories, Edward Stillingfleet's "Origines Britannicæ" and Gilbert Burnet's "History of the Reformation". He took advice from White Kennett, and the first volume was well received if inaccurate; when the second volume was ready he made over the copyright to the Oxford University Press, who brought it out in 1710. The two volumes covered the history of the English church from 401 to 1216. It had a vogue in its own time, and was republished, edited by John Griffiths, Oxford, 1855; but was shortly superseded by Jeremy Collier's "Ecclesiastical History".
Browne Willis used Inett's collections for his "Survey of Lincoln Cathedral".
Family.
In 1680, Inett married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Richard Harrison, chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral, at Arbury.


Johann Georg Lairitz

Johann Georg Lairitz (15 July 1647 – 4 April 1716) was a German theologian, born at Hof in Bavaria. In 1667, he entered the university at Jena; in 1677, he graduated with a M.A., and in 1673, became professor of Church and profane history at the gymnasium of Baireuth. In 1675, he became librarian and instructor of the margraves Erdmann Philipp and Georg Albrecht; in 1685, he became deacon of the court Church; in 1688, he became superintendent at Neustadt. In 1697, he accepted the call of the duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, and he then became superintendent in general, counselor of the consistory, first preacher of the Petri-Paul Church, and director of the gymnasium.
He died on 4 April 1716.
He left numerous productions, e.g. "Diss. de simplici et composito" (Jenae, 1668, 4to); "Auszug der Kirchengeschichte des Neuen Testam." (Baireuth und Niremb. 1678, 12mo); "Synopsis historiae ecclesiasticae Novi Testam." (ibid. 1678, 12mo); "Der romische Papst-Thron, d. i. gründliche und ausführliche Beschreibung des papstlichen Ehrund Macht-und Wachsthums" (ibid, 1685, 4to).


Baldwin II van Holland

Baldwin van Holland (died 30 April 1196 in Mainz) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1178 to 1196
Baldwin was the son of Dirk VI, Count of Holland and Sophia of Rheineck, and brother to counts Otto van Bentheim and Floris III, Count of Holland. Before Baldwin became bishop of Utrecht, he had been Archbishop of Bremen and chaplain of Henry the Lion. With a relative as Bishop, the count of Holland was about to expand his power in Utrecht. During his rule Baldwin was involved in struggles with Otto I, Count of Guelders over the Veluwe and Salland, and with the lords of Groningen and Coevorden. These wars resulted in numerous raids and plunders in the Oversticht, which weighed heavily on the bishopric's finances. After his death Baldwin was interred in St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht.


Haagen Ludvig Bergh

Haagen Ludvig Bergh (24 February 1809 – 12 October 1863) was a Norwegian politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1845, representing the constituency of "Hedemarkens Amt". He worked as a chaplain there, but was eventually promoted to vicar ("sogneprest"). He was later re-elected in 1848, 1851, 1854, 1857, 1859 and 1862, the last two terms for the constituency of "Smaalenenes Amt".
He was married to Anne Marie Louise Astrup (1822–1888), daughter of politician Nils Astrup. The couple had one son and one daughter.


St. Peter of Slivice

The sculpture of St. Peter of Slivice comes from the Church of St. Peter in Slivice, founded by Jan of Jenštejn, Archbishop of Prague, in 1362. It ranks among early works by the "Master of the Krumlov Madonna" and is exhibited on loan at the permanent collection of the National Gallery in Prague.
Description and context.
The sculpture dates from the period around 1395 and is 91.5 cm tall. It was carved out of golden Prague marlstone and bears traces of polychromy and gilding. The figure lacks its traditional attributes (such as keys), though the fact that it is St. Peter is shown by the typology of the face and the sculpture's original location in the Church of St. Peter. The figure is portrayed in counterpose, with a wealth of drapery that creates deep transverse hollows and vertical pleating, also obscuring the body's proportions. The naturalistic face of an old man and the details of the hands contrast with the hair and beard that are stylised in corkscrew-shaped curls. The individualisation of the face's expression follows on from tombstones by the Parler workshop, though in accordance with the trends of the International Gothic style its expression is more idealised and a sense of resignation is manifested in the posture of the figure. In terms of its type and, for example, the shape of its collar the sculpture has much in common with the figure of St. Bartholomew in the panel painting by a follower of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, the "Madonna between SS Batholomew and Margaret" (c. 1400).
The sculpture of St. Peter represented Czech Gothic art at international exhibitions in Paris and Montreal. It is a typical example of the International Gothic style that is characterised by a tension between idealism and naturalism, and in which form gradually acquires as much meaning as symbolic content. This style has its origin in the Parler workshop at St Vitus Cathedral where corresponding signs can be found in the tombstones of Bohemian kings, in busts in the cathedral's triforium and the sculpture of St. Wenceslas that was probably carved by Heinrich IV. Parler.
The most characteristic material of Prague sculpture production in the late 14th and early 15th century is marlstone, which was mined in quarries at White Mountain and in Přední Kopanina. For a short time after being quarried, marlstone retains its softness and moisture, enabling it to be worked in great detail with carving tools. On the basis of the analysis of material it is possible to determine the Prague origin of numerous sculptures exported from Bohemia to Silesia, Austria and the Rhineland. During the weak rule of Wenceslas IV, it was above all the Archbishop of Prague and leading noble families who commissioned these demanding works of art. Because of their stylised beauty, sculptures of the International Gothic style increasingly became a focus of criticism by church reformers in the period before the outbreak of the Hussite Wars and many fell victim to iconoclasm.


Annie Hawks

Annie Sherwood Hawks (May 28, 1836 - January 3, 1918) was an American poet and gospel hymnist who wrote a number of hymns with her pastor, Robert Lowry. She contributed to several popular Sunday school hymnbooks, and wrote the lyrics to a number of well-known hymns including: "I Need Thee Every Hour"; "Thine, Most Gracious Lord"; "Why Weepest Thou? Who Seekest Thou?"; "Full and Free Salvation" and "My Soul Is Anchored".
Early life and education.
Annie Sherwood was born on May 28, 1836, in Hoosick, New York. Her ancestry on her father's side was English, and on her mother's side, remotely, Holland Dutch. She was educated in the public schools and in the Troy Seminary.
She was never graduated from any school, but she always had a passion for books and read widely. By age 14, she was submitting poems to a local newspaper.
Career.
The first poem which she published appeared in a Troy, New York, newspaper. That poem at once attracted attention and was followed by others which were printed in various local papers.
She married Charles Hial Hawks in 1857 or 1859, a member of a New York banking firm, and a resident of Hoosick. In January, 1865, the Hawks removed to Brooklyn. They attended the Hanson Place Baptist Church where Lowry was pastor. Lowry, himself a hymn-writer, encouraged Hawks to compose her own hymns.
In 1868, her pastor and friend, Rev. Dr. Robert Lowry, requested her to turn her attention to hymn writing, and her first hymns were written in that year. Among others, these included, "In the Valley", "Good Night", "Why Weepest Thou?", “Who'll Be the Next to Follow Jesus,” and “In the Valley.” Lowry set all of Hawks' hymns to music. Though Hawks was chiefly known as a writer of hymns, she also wrote many poems.
"I Need Thee Every Hour".
In 1872, the hymn by which Hawks is most widely known, "I Need Thee Every Hour", was written. It is said to have been translated into more foreign languages than any other modern hymn at the time of her death. Hawks stated:— "For myself, the hymn was prophetic rather than expressive of my own experiences, for it was wafted out to the world on the wings of love and joy, instead of under the stress of personal sorrow." Lowry, who wrote the music, went on to say: "I Need Thee Every Hour" was written by Mrs. Annie S. Hawks, in 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. I believe it was the expression of her own experience. It came to me in the form of five simple stanzas, to which I added the chorus to make it more serviceable. It inspired me at its first reading. It first appeared in a small collection of original songs prepared for the National Baptist Sunday-school Association, held in Cincinnati, Ohio in November, 1872, and was sung on that occasion."
Personal life.
Hawks was the mother of three children. She identified with the Baptist denomination. After the death of her husband in 1888, she moved to Bennington, Vermont to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She died there on January 3, 1918, and is interred at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery.


Darlene Zschech

Darlene Joyce Zschech (; née Steinhardt on 8 September 1965) is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.
Life and career.
Zschech starred on television at the age of 10, as part of an Australian children's show, "Happy Go Round". When she was 13, her parents divorced and the emotional stress of being on television and her parents' divorce resulted in her having bulimia for about four years.
In 1980, when Zschech was 15, her father rededicated his life to Christ and began taking her to church, where she also became a committed Christian and met her future husband, Mark Zschech. When they married, her husband suggested that they move from Brisbane to Sydney, which was confirmed at a small church they were visiting one Sunday when the guest speaker said in the middle of his sermon, "This doesn't happen to me very often, but whatever it is you two prayed last night, God says do it now." They began attending Hills Christian Life Centre, which would become Hillsong Church.
Zschech sang jingles for a number of international companies including McDonald's, KFC and Coca-Cola, until she eventually joined the staff of Hillsong Church after penning "Shout to the Lord". She released a vinyl album in 1987 called "Make the Choice" and a cassette album in 1993 called "Pearls & Gold".
Zschech and her husband have three daughters.
"Shout to the Lord" was nominated as Album of the Year for the 1997 Dove Awards and Song of the Year for the 1998 Dove Awards. In 2000, Zschech received a Dove Award nomination for Songwriter of the Year and received the International Award for influence in praise and worship.
In 2003, Zschech released her first official solo album, "Kiss of Heaven". "Change Your World" followed in 2005. She has since released two albums, in 2011, called "Simply Darlene" and "You Are Love". In addition to writing songs, she has written five books: "Worship" (1996), "Extravagant Worship" (2002), "The Kiss of Heaven" (2003), "The Great Generational Transition" (2009) and "Revealing Jesus: A 365-Day Devotional" (2013).
On 11 December 2013, Zschech announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a blog dated 30 November 2014, she wrote that she has been healed of cancer, which her doctor called miraculous.
Hillsong Church.
Zschech was the worship pastor of Hillsong Church from 1996 to 2007, during which time she served as producer, vocal producer or executive producer for more than 20 albums under the Hillsong Music label and wrote more than 80 published worship songs. Under Zschech's leadership, the album People Just Like Us (1994) was the first Christian album in Australia to be certified gold and platinum, and the album For All You've Done (2004) debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Record Industry Association album charts.
"Shout to the Lord".
Zschech composed "Shout to the Lord" in 1993 and it has become one of the most well-known modern worship songs, being sung by an estimated 25–30 million churchgoers every Sunday since the song's release. She wrote the song during a time of personal struggle. When she presented it to Hillsong's then-worship pastor, Geoff Bullock, she was so embarrassed that she requested he face away from her as she played and sang.
"Shout to the Lord" was first recorded on "People Just Like Us" and has appeared on more than 200 different albums by numerous artists in multiple languages. It is also the title track for the first live album co-produced with Integrity Music featuring Zschech as a worship leader. It was Integrity Music's first album to feature a female worship leader. The album was nominated for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 1997 Dove Awards. The song was nominated in the 1998 Dove Awards' Song of the Year category. It has been performed for the Pope at the Vatican and for the President of the United States.
Songs.
Songs written or co-written by Zschech include:
Discography.
The following is a list by year of albums or single tracks which feature Zschech as a prominent vocalist or worship leader.


Nikolaus of Banz

Nicholas of Banz known also as Nikolaus von Banz was a Roman Catholic canon, important mediator in the Dynastic struggles of thirteenth century Poland and for a time was Administrator of the diocese of Wroclaw.
Nicholas came from a patrician family and by 1305 AD was a canon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław. From 1308 to 1315 he was Archdeacon of Legnica and from 1326 to his death he was prelate at "Breslau Cross pen".
Nicholas was a skilful negotiator and acted as a mediator on several occasions:


Colin Cameron Davies

Colin Cameron Davies (10 June 1924 – 8 January 2017) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Davies was born in Las Palmas, Spain to Arthur and Ellen Mary (née Joyce) Davies, the third in the family of six children. He was ordained a priest on 13 July 1952 in the religious order of the St. Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill. He was appointed prefect of Ngong on 9 July 1964. He was appointed bishop of Ngong, Kenya, on 9 December 1976 and ordained bishop on 26 February 1977. Davies retired from the diocese on 23 November 2002. He died in Freshfield, Lancashire, England on 8 January 2017, aged 92.


Ernest Patili Assi

Ernest Patili Assi (December 1936 – 16 February 1996), was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara, Togo. Ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 1964, he was ordained bishop of the newly created diocese on 15 October 1994 but died only 18 months later.
He was born in the canton of Bohou and spoke Kabiye and French.


Moshe Leib of Sassov

Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Leib Erblich, popularly known as Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov, was one of the early Hasidic rebbes in 18th century Europe. He was the first rebbe of the town of Sasiv (), and the founder of the Sassov Hasidic dynasty.
Biography.
Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov was born c. 1745 in either Sasiv or Brody to Rabbi Yaakov and Rivkah Erblich. Although his father held the views of the "misnagdim", Moshe Leib studied under Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg, one of the great hasidic rebbes in the early years of Hasidism, who was one of the foremost students of the prominent Hasidic master, the Maggid of Mezritch. He later went on to study under the Maggid of Mezritch himself as well as Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. He was a contemporary of Hasidic rebbes Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Kozhnitzer Maggid, and the Chozeh of Lublin.
After a stint in Opatów, Rabbi Erblich moved to Sasiv where he established the hasidic court of Sassov, which attracted many followers. Among his students were Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditchov, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kosov, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa (known as the Yid HaKadosh), Rabbi Meir of Premishlan, and Rabbi Abraham David Wahrman of Buchach. He was renowned for his boundless love for all Jews. He died on January 13, 1807 in Sasiv and was succeeded as rebbe by his son, Rabbi Yekusiel Shmuel Shmelke Erblich.


Wilfrid Parker

The Rt Rev Wilfrid Parker was a Colonial Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 23 January 1883 son of the Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker and Rosamond Esther Harriett Longley. His grandfather on his father's side was Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and his grandfather on his mother's side was Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, Radley and Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1907, his first post was as an Assistant Priest at the Christ Church Mission, Poplar. From 1909 to 1913 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York. Cosmo Lang was the Archbishop, and he and Parker developed a close friendship through regular newsy letters until the 1940s when Lang died. Lang's Chaplain in 1933 noted that Parker had a 'halo' as far as Lang, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was concerned. In June, 1916, Parker had been interviewed for a commission as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. At 6 feet 7 inches, he was exceptionally tall, he could ride and speak French, and was posted to Flanders where he was immediately involved in the Battle of the Somme. He was ill with trench fever from September, was hospitalised in England and was only fit to return to his duties in France early in 1917. He was then posted to Italy where he earned the Croce di Guerra, a bravery award. A report of December, 1918, referred to 'Very exceptional gifts as an Army Chaplain - good report When peace returned he became Vicar of St George's Johannesburg. From 1923 to 1931 he was Priest in Charge of the St Cyprian's Native Mission in the same city then Archdeacon and Director of Native Missions in the Diocese of Pretoria. He became Bishop of Pretoria in 1933 holding the post until his retirement in 1950. A Sub Prelate of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, he died on 23 June 1966.


William Ayerst

William Ayerst (1830–1904) was an English clergyman and missionary. The eldest son of William Ayerst, vicar of Egerton, Kent, he studied at King's College, London from 1847–9, and graduated from the Caius College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1853, and an M.A. in 1856. After being ordained as a deacon in 1853, he was subsequently appointed to All Saints, Gordon Square (1853–5), St. Paul's, Lisson Grove (1855–7), and St Giles in the Fields (1857–9), before departing England to serve a rector of St. Paul's School, Calcutta, India. He was later senior chaplain with the Khyber field force from 1879 to 1881, for which he was honoured with the Afghan medal. After returning to England he was briefly a principal of the Jews' Episcopal Chapel, Cambridge Heath, before being appointed vicar of Hungarton in 1882. In 1884 he opened a hostel, Ayerst Hall, in Cambridge to assist poorer men with their education, and was curate of Newton, Cambridgeshire, from 1888 to 1890.


Johnson Ekwe

Johnson Ekwe is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria; he is the current Bishop of Niger West, one of nine within the Anglican Province of the Niger, itself one of fourteen provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
He was consecrated Bishop of Niger West in 2015 at All Saints Cathedral Church Onitsha.


Felix Eugenio Mkhori

Felix Eugenio Mkhori (August 24, 1931 – October 27, 2012) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, he was named a bishop in 1977. He was Bishop of Chikwawa from 1979 until 2001, when he was appointed Bishop of Lilongwe.
He retired in 2007 and died in 2012.


Francesco Gozzadini

Francesco Gozzadini (died 1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1654–1673).
Biography.
On 2 Mar 1654, Francesco Gozzadini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante.
On 22 Mar 1654, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Thomas Tomassoni, Bishop of Umbriatico, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante until his death on 16 Feb 1673.


Hatebrand

Hatebrand was a Benedictine abbot. A native of Frisia, Netherlands, he became the Abbot of , Frisia in 1183. He is famed for having revived the Benedictine order, in the area of Frisia.


Apostolic Nunciature to Romania

The Apostolic Nunciature to Romania provides for the representation of the Holy See to the Government of Romania.


Fabian Birkowski

Fabian Birkowski (1566 in Lwów – 9 December 1636 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish writer and preacher.
Fabian was educated at the Kraków Academy in 1585 where he later 1587 lectured on Latin and Greek literature and taught philosophy. In 1596 he entered the Dominican order. He became known as an excellent orator. He made several speeches at burial ceremonies of outstanding personalities like King Sigismund III Vasa, his wife Konstancja, Krzysztof Zbaraski, Piotr Skarga, Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Hetman Jan Zamoyski.
From 1611 until 1634 he served as preacher on the court of King Wladyslaw IV of Poland, and in 1622 as "Camp preacher" ("kaznodzieja obozowy") during wars with Turkey, Muscovy and Walachia.


William Ducat

The Ven. William Methven Gordon Ducat (17 March 1847 – 17 March 1922) was the Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1903 until his death.
Ducat was born in Edinburgh and educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1873.
Ducat began his ordained ministry as a curate of All Souls, Langham Place after which he was the chaplain of Cuddesdon College. He was the rector of Lamplugh from 1877 to 1880 when he became the principal of Leeds Clergy School. He returned to Cuddesdon in 1883 where he remained until 1894 when he became the vicar of St Giles's Reading, a position he held until 1911.


Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon

Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon O.F.M. Cap. (born December 3, 1943) is a Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Schmitz Simon was ordained to the priesthood on September 3, 1970 for the Capuchin order. On June 22, 1984, he was made auxiliary bishop of "Elepla" and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua and was ordained bishop on September 17, 1984. On July 28, 1994, he was appointed bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields. On 30 November 2017, the Apostolic Vicariate was promoted as diocese, and he was appointed as first diocesan bishop. He formally retired in 12 November 2020, and Francisco José Tigerino Dávila was appointed as his successor.
On 9 January 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as apostolic administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna, as former bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor died. He stayed in this post until the appointment of Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega as new bishop.
On January 2, 1990, Bishop Schmitz was injured in an attack in Nicaragua by armed men identified as "contra" fighters that led to the deaths of two Roman Catholic nuns.


Seraphim of Antioch

Seraphim was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1813–1823).


George Mervyn Lawson

 The Venerable Fr George Merwyn Lawson (1865–1945) served as archdeacon of Kuruman, 1913–1941, in the Anglican Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman, and as Director of Missions for Griqualand West from 1903 until his death.
Ministry.
Initially on the staff of St Cyprian's Church in Kimberley, Lawson was in charge of the four ‘location’ missions in that town, based at St Matthew's, Kimberley, around the turn of the twentieth century. At this time he commenced “outlying work” in the rural hinterland, leaving a description of Mass in a “rough hut of sticks”, the altar “a packing case with my portable altar on the top – yet all was reverent as in a cathedral” – “it reminded me of Bethlehem.”
His most distant mission work in 1905 was at Khosis north of Postmasburg. In 1916 Bishop Wilfrid Gore Browne described how Lawson traveled “1040 miles every two months, on horse-back, staying at farms on the way.”
During World War I Lawson served as Chaplain first to the Kalahari Horse in the German South West Africa Campaign and later volunteered for work in Europe.
Art Collector.
Upon his death Lawson left a collection of 247 original drawings and engravings by French, Dutch, Flemish, English and Italian masters. It includes works by Stefano della Bella, Sebastion Bourdon, Jacques Callot, Simone Cantarini, Annibale Carracci, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Guercino and many others. These Lawson bequeathed to the Kimberley Public Library for the people of Kimberley. In 1991 the collection was transferred to the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley where it is known as the Lawson Collection. The collection was restored and conservation mounted by the gallery.
Plant collector.
Lawson was interested in succulent plants and was encouraged by Archdeacon Frederick A. Rogers to collect specimens. Lawson prepared herbarium specimens and presented plants for identification to Maria Wilman, who was then director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley. Wilman passed some of Lawson's specimens on to the Bolus Herbarium in Cape Town. The species "Ruschia lawsonii" (Perdevygie) was named after him by Louisa Bolus.
Reinterment.
Archdeacon Lawson's remains were reinterred in the Garden of Remembrance at St Cyprian's Cathedral in Kimberley.


Abul Fateh

Abul Fateh (16 May 1924 – 4 December 2010) was a Bangladeshi diplomat, statesman and Sufi who was one of the founding fathers of South Asian diplomacy after the Second World War, having been the founder and inaugural Director of Pakistan's Foreign Service Academy and subsequently becoming Bangladesh's first Foreign Secretary when it gained its independence in 1971. He was Bangladesh's senior-most diplomat both during the 'Liberation War' period of its Mujibnagar administration as well as in peacetime.
A former Carnegie Fellow in International Peace and Rockefeller Foundation Scholar and Research Fellow, he has been described as "soft-spoken and scholarly" and "a lesson for all diplomats".
Exceptionally for a Bengali-born diplomat, he rose to the most senior ranks of public service in Pakistan. Then at the time Bangladesh began seeking independence, he spectacularly defected and changed sides to support the fledgling country of Bangladesh – a major propaganda coup and morale boost for the cause of Bangladeshi liberation given his stature in Pakistan's hierarchy. Fateh was automatically the highest-ranked and most senior foreign service officer in the new country. His story was later documented in a "National Geographic" documentary, "Running for Freedom".
Following his death he was described by a former colleague and successor Foreign Secretary as "a great and brave freedom fighter" who was at the same time "remarkably reticent about his contributions", a "soft-spoken and scholarly diplomat" whose service to the Bangladeshi independence cause at a critical period was "invaluable" and "a lesson for all diplomats. His outstanding professional skill and deep sense of patriotism should be a shining example". The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dipu Moni talked about his "contribution to self-right movements of people, country's independence struggle and managing assistance to war-ravaged country after independence." She also cited his "outstanding career", stating that he would be "always remembered for his contribution to the country's liberation" war.
Although rarely in the public eye, Fateh was a distinguished figure in the history of post-Second World War, post-colonial diplomacy, a public servant who was a leading light behind the scenes within the Developing World and Non Aligned Conference, including the Commonwealth, with a significant tour of duty in Washington D.C. at the height of the Cold War. In the West too Fateh came to be held in the highest regard, a rare joint U.S./U.K. intelligence assessment remarking in 1977 that he was: "very able, highly intelligent, moderate, easy to deal with, and well informed".
At the launch of his university's South Asia Centre in 2015, the President and Director of the London School of Economics Professor Craig Calhoun included Fateh in a list of a dozen public figures of the 20th century who he felt represented "the greatest fruits" of the "close mutual relations between South Asia and the LSE".
Biography.
Early life and education.
Fateh was born in Kishoreganj on 16 May 1924 in a landowning family, to Abdul Gafur and his second wife Zohra Khatun. Fateh was a middle child, in a large family of a dozen children who survived to adulthood, while two other siblings died young. His father Abdul Gafur had attended Presidency College, Calcutta, and was one of the first Muslim "daroga" (sheriffs) in the British Raj. Fateh's mother Zohra was the daughter of a local nobleman. Fateh passed his matriculation exams from "Ramkrishna" High English School in Kishorganj in 1941. After passing his Intermediate exams from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh in 1943, he undertook higher studies in English Literature at Dhaka University (BA Honours in 1946 and MA in 1947) where he also excelled in sport, for a time captaining the cricket team and becoming the table tennis champion.
Pakistani diplomat.
While teaching English Literature at Brindaban College in Sylhet, he took the first Foreign Service exams of Pakistan (1948), before teaching English Literature for a few months at Michael Madhusudhan Datta College in Jessore. He joined the first batch of Pakistan Foreign Service trainees in 1949, moving to Karachi. Soon after he left for training in London, which included taking a special course at the London School of Economics, before he moved in 1950 to Paris to complete his training. Returning briefly to Karachi, he was sent back (1951) to Paris as Third Secretary in the Pakistan Embassy.
A further posting as Third Secretary followed in Calcutta (1953–1956). During this time he married, at Rangpur on 5 January 1956, Mahfuza Banu of Dhubri, Assam daughter of Shahabuddin Ahmed, a respected lawyer and Mashudaa Banu a well known social campaigner. Then promoted to Second Secretary, he served in the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1956 to 1960, during which time he and his wife had their two sons, one of whom, Aladin, is a strategy consultant, academic, artist and Editor Emeritus of the Bangladeshi news organisation Bdnews24.
Fateh was a Director attached to the Foreign Ministry in Karachi from 1960 to 1963, during which time he was founding Director of Pakistan's Foreign Service Academy in Lahore and also went for a year and a half (1962–1963) to Geneva as a Fellow of the Graduate Institute of International Studies ("Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales") under a Carnegie fellowship.
Further foreign postings followed. He was First Secretary (and latterly acting chief of mission) in Prague from 1965 to 1966, Counsellor in New Delhi from 1966 to 1967, and Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta from 1968 to 1970. He received his first posting as ambassador, at the Pakistan Embassy in Baghdad, in 1970.
Bangladeshi independence.
After the Pakistani military crackdown in March 1971, Fateh received a request from a former university dormitory mate, Syed Nazrul Islam, now Acting President in the Bangladesh government-in-exile, to join the liberation struggle.
At about the same time, in July 1971, Fateh received a summons from the Pakistan Foreign Ministry to attend a conference in Tehran of regional Pakistani ambassadors. He chose to take his official car ostensibly to drive to Tehran but, as he and his driver approached the Iran–Iraq border, he feigned chest pains and ordered the driver to return him home, where he arrived that evening. Saying that he would take a plane the next day, he dismissed the driver. That night, he fled with his wife and sons across the border into Kuwait, where they were assisted by officials attached to the local Indian Embassy to take a plane to London.
The announcement of Fateh's defection to the Bangladesh cause marked the first time a full ambassador had joined the fledgling Bangladesh diplomatic service. The news was received with fury by the military regime in Islamabad, duped by what was later described as a "cool and calculated James Bond-type adventure" and a calculated plunge into danger. It was a dramatic defection which created sensation in diplomatic circles and greatly boosted the morale of those engaged in the war of liberation. The Yahya Khan military regime in Pakistan was furious and requested the British Government to extradite Fateh from London, but the requests were rebuffed by the British Government. These events were chronicled in a 2003 National Geographic Channel television documentary, "Running for Freedom."
The Mujibnagar government made him ambassador-at-large, followed in August 1971 by the concurrent position of Advisor to the Acting President, a position he was to resign in January 1972 after the return to Bangladesh of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He had a key role managing relations with the United States and India whilst heading the nascent country's diplomatic service. As the senior-most diplomat of the Bangladesh movement in the United Nations delegation under Justice Abu Sayed Choudhury which was in New York in September 1971 to lobby for the Bangladesh cause at the General Assembly, he played a vital role in the delegation's lobbying efforts. He was also in communication with other governments, such as the Nixon administration in the United States and also with Senators, Congressmen, and high officials in the US Administration, World Bank, and IMF; he had the advantage as well of being familiar with decision-makers and the decision-making process having served as a diplomat in Washington 20 years earlier. Former colleague Syed Muazzem Ali described him as a "soft-spoken and scholarly diplomat" who was exceptional in articulating the cause and whose contributions were invaluable. He was one of the first high officials to reach Dhaka after its liberation, and was quartered with other senior officials in Bangabhaban until January 1972. He was also the highest Bangladeshi official in Dhaka until the acting president and cabinet arrived after independence; on his arrival in Dhaka he was driven under escort from the airport, becoming the first civilian official to lay a wreath at the ruins of the Shaheed Minar, an act planned to mark the first presence of the government in Dhaka. Already the effective head of the incipient foreign service, he became Foreign Secretary at the end of 1971, playing a key role in formulating Bangladesh's foreign policy.
Bangladeshi ambassador.
He then took up the position of Bangladesh's first Ambassador in Paris (1972–1976). The early part of this posting involved extensive travel in Africa to persuade African governments to recognise the independence of Bangladesh. In 1973 he represented Bangladesh at a Commonwealth conference for Youth Ministers in Lusaka. In 1975 he went to Morocco and, at a time of a shortage in supply of phosphates, managed to secure a substantial phosphate shipment for Bangladesh.
In mid-1975 he was selected to be High Commissioner in the UK, which post he took up in early 1976. His two years in London (1976–1977) saw him Chairing the Commonwealth Conference on Human Ecology and Development and the Bangladesh government approved his recommendation that dual citizenship be permitted. Many people from Bangladesh were settled in the UK, whose remittances into Bangladesh were an important source of foreign exchange. He pointed out that to oblige them to forgo Bangladesh citizenship if they took up the benefits of British nationality was not conducive to the continued maintenance of their ties to the mother country.
His last post was as ambassador in Algiers (1977–1982). He represented the Bangladesh government at conferences on Namibia in Algiers of the United Nations (1980) and the Non Aligned Conference (1981). He retired from that post in 1982.
Fateh became a casualty of Bangladesh's complex and shifting political landscape towards the end of his career. As he was closely identified with Bangladesh's initial, Liberation War era administration Fateh was not favoured by the military-backed regimes which followed it. Contemporary historians have characterised his Ambassadorial assignment to Algeria as a premature transfer and a virtual exile in a diplomatic post which was a relative back-water. One commentator voicing the widely held belief that Fateh was "a victim of conspiracy hatched against him by anti-liberation forces.
Retirement.
Retiring in 1982, he lived with his wife Mahfuza Fateh in Dhaka for ten years before they settled in London to be near their sons.
Death and honours at funeral.
Fateh died in London of natural causes at 0745 on 4 December 2010.
A Sufi, he once cited a few of the axioms according to which he led his life: "Do not speak anything that you do not yourself know to be true." "Speak in the spirit of offering, without the need to draw attention to yourself." "You should stand up when it matters."
Fateh was buried with Bangladesh State Honours at Hendon Cemetery, London on 7 December 2010
The Bangladesh Government was represented by His Excellency the Bangladesh High Commissioner Professor Mohammad Sayeedur Rahman Khan Khan who delivered a homily which spoke of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's devastation at the news of Ambassador Fateh's death, conveyed the condolences of Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and spoke of the highest standard of public service that Mr. Fateh's conduct and career represented. In consideration of the esteem of the Bangladesh government and its people for Ambassador Fateh, the High Commissioner had personally brought the flag of Bangladesh to be draped over the coffin so that Mr. Fateh could briefly lie in state before his interring. Justice of the Supreme Court the Right Honorable Syed Refaat Ahmed also spoke at the event about Fateh's humility and self-effacement in all contexts, against the backdrop of an enormous contribution to the public and civic life of the country. A few days later at the Qul Khwani and non-denominational Sufi service on 11 December 2010, Murad Qureshi, Member of the London Assembly at London's City Hall, spoke, reminding those gathered that Fateh father chose to stand and be counted during the 1971 war in quite fraught circumstances. The Sufi Order established by Inayat Khan, whose son Vilayat Inayat Khan was a friend of Abul, arranged a non-denominational Sufi Service. Pir Vilayat Khan's son Pir Zia Khan sent a personal message, which also stated: "Abul Fateh Sahib has lived a life of honour and service and is a mystic in spirit"
All media in Bangladesh carried extensive notices about the death of the country's most distinguished diplomat.


Felix Odei Annancy

Felix Odei Annancy is an Anglican bishop in Ghana: he is the current Bishop of Koforidua.
Annancy was ordained in 1988, before becoming , He served in Akosombo, Akuse, Nsawam and Kibi. He was Dean of Anglican Diocese of Koforidua before his consecration as bishop in 2017.


Giacomo Ciera

Giacomo Ciera was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiron (1406–?).
Biography.
On 1 Mar 1406, Giacomo Ciera was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VII as Bishop of Chiron. It is uncertain how long he served. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Correr, Bishop of Modon (1407).


Howard Leighton-Floyd


Ptolemy (son of Abubus)

Ptolemy was the son of Abubus. He was appointed governor of the Jericho region of Israel by the Seleucid king Antiochus VII Sidetes (reigned 138 to 129 BC) in the late second century BCE and married a daughter of Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BC), military commander of the Maccabees and founder of Israel's Hasmonean dynasty. According to 1 Maccabees 16:11-24, Ptolemy held a banquet for his father-in-law Simon and two of Simon's sons during which he had them all killed. He then attempted to have Simon's third son, John Hyrcanus, killed also, but failed.
Ptolemy is accused in Dante's Inferno with the sin of treachery. His memory is perpetuated in Dante's Inferno as 'Ptolemaea', a place in hell designated for traitors against guests in their home.


Baptist Mudartha

Baptist Mudartha (born 9 Sep 1911 in Mangalore – 30 May 2007) was an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad. He became ordained in 1942. He was appointed bishop in 1963. He died on 30 May 2007, at the age of 95.


Elliot Williams (bishop)

Sebenzile Elliot Williams is a South African Anglican bishop: since 2010 he has been the inaugural Bishop of Mbhashe.


Jamshid Bahman Jamshidian

Jamshid Bahman Jamshidian, also known as Arbab Jamshidi (born in 1851 in Yazd - died January 16, 1933 in Tehran), was a prominent Zoroastrian figure in Iran who introduced the idea of modern banking in Iran as well as being the first representative of the Zoroastrian community in the Iranian Parliament.
Life.
At the age of 11, due to his intelligence and exceptionally sharp memory, he was sent to Borujerd along with one of his father's friends, to work in the local trade center owned by Arbab Rostam Mehr. He stayed there until the age of 20. By that time, the young Jamshid had opened his own small trade centers in Borujerd and Bandar Abbas and he was focusing on the clothing business. He expanded his operations to the north and specifically towards the capital, Tehran. One of his early intentions, deeply rooted in the care that he had for his society and his fellow Zoroastrians, was to employ as many bright young Zoroastrians as possible in his business, to reduce the centuries-old dependency of their society on traditional farming.
Arbab Jamshid encouraged and facilitated Zoroastrian migration to the capital of Tehran. At the height of his operation, he had 150 Zoroastrian employees in his Tehran financial firm. Zoroastrian neighborhoods were formed in the area surrounding the residence of Jamshid. The nucleus of this community was formed by his employees and their families, joined later by other Zoroastrians.
By the age of 35, Arbab Jamshid had several trade chambers in the central market known as the Grand Bazaar of Tehran. This was a place where, normally non-Moslems had difficult times establishing businesses due to heightened level of prejudice. It was deeply rooted in centuries of discrimination and unjust behavior. Jamshid managed to build respect by establishing relationships with the key political figures of his time. These included two kings of Iran, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar and Mohammed Ali Shah Qajar, and other political figures such as the first Iranian Prime Minister Mirza Nasrullah Khan. These relationships were built upon mutual respect and often accompanied by generous gifts.
While keeping these powerful relationships, he also helped the poor. Iranians from any religious belief and/or background would be welcomed on a weekly basis to his house or business centers. Often 400 to 500 of the poor attended his weekly lunch. Arbab Jamshid was known as the Hatim al-Tai of Iran.


David Albin Zywiec Sidor

David Albin Zywiec Sidor, OFM Cap (July 15, 1947 – January 5, 2020) was an American-Nicaraguan Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, Zywiec Sidor was ordained to the priesthood, for the Capuchin order, on June 1, 1974. On June 24, 2002, he was named titular bishop of "Giri Marcelli" and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and was ordained bishop on September 13, 2002. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna, Nicaraqua, from 2017 until his death in 2020.
On 5 January 2020, Zywiec died at the Military Hospital of Nicaragua, where he was treated for a brain tumor.


James Caldwell (Latter Day Saints)


Gamelin (bishop)

Gamelin (died 1271) was a 13th-century Bishop of St Andrews. He had previously been the chancellor to King Alexander III of Scotland, as well as Papal chaplain. He was postulated to the see in Lent, 1255, and confirmed by Pope Alexander IV on 1 July 1255, who also agreed to overlook his apparent "defect of birth". Gamelin was a Comyn supporter, and was banished from the kingdom sometime in 1256, a year after the Comyns' rival Alan Durward had seized power. After the Durwards were overthrown, he was able to return, and was certainly back in Scotland by 1270. He died the following year at "Inchmurdauch" ("Innse Muiredaich").


Melito of Sardis

Melito of Sardis ( "Melítōn Sárdeōn"; died c. 180) was the bishop of Sardis near Smyrna in western Anatolia, and a great authority in early Christianity. Melito held a foremost place in terms of bishops in Asia due to his personal influence and his literary works, most of which have been lost. What has been recovered, however, has provided a great insight into Christianity during the second century. Jerome, speaking of the Old Testament canon established by Melito, quotes Tertullian to the effect that he was esteemed as a prophet by many of the faithful. This work by Tertullian has been lost but Jerome quotes pieces regarding Melito for the high regard in which he was held at that time. Melito is remembered for his work on developing the first Old Testament Canon. Though it cannot be determined what date he was elevated to an episcopacy, it is probable that he was bishop during the arising controversy at Laodicea in regard to the observance of Easter, which resulted in him writing his most famous work, an Apology for Christianity to Marcus Aurelius. Little is known of his life outside what works are quoted or read by Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and Eusebius. A letter of Polycrates of Ephesus to Pope Victor about 194 (Eusebius, Church History V.24) states that "Melito the eunuch [this is interpreted "the virgin" by Rufinus in his translation of Eusebius], whose whole walk was in the Holy Spirit", was buried at Sardis. His feast day is celebrated on April 1.
Melito's Jewish and Hellenistic background.
Polycrates of Ephesus, a notable bishop of the time, was a contemporary of Melito, and in one of the letters preserved by Eusebius, Polycrates describes Melito as having fully lived in the Spirit. Jewish by birth, Melito lived in an atmosphere where the type of Christianity practiced was largely oriented toward the Jewish form of the Christian faith. Though Melito's extant writings never quote directly from the New Testament corpus, it is thought that his orientation represents the Johannine tradition, and that his theological understanding of Christ often mirrored that of John. However, like most of his contemporaries, Melito was fully immersed in Greek culture. This Johannine tradition led Melito to consider the Gospel of John as the chronological timeline of Jesus's life and death. This in turn led to Melito's standpoint on the proper date of Easter discussed in Peri Pascha which he held as the 14th of Nisan. He is often described, based on a passage in Eusebius, as a Quartodecimanist.
Formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, Sardis underwent a process of Hellenization due to the influence of Alexander the Great, thus making Sardis a thoroughly Greek city long before Melito was born. Trained in the art of rhetorical argumentation, Melito is believed to have been greatly influenced by two Stoic philosophers in particular, namely, Cleanthes and Poseidonius. Also proficient in the allegorical interpretation of Homer due to being schooled by sophists, it is highly likely that his background in Stoicism fed into how he wrote and how he interpreted past events and figures of religious significance such as Moses and the Exodus. Both his Jewish background and background in Stoicism led to his beliefs that the Christian Passover, celebrated during Easter, should be celebrated at the same time as the Jewish Passover. His belief in the Old Covenant being fulfilled in Jesus Christ also led to his opinion of the date of Easter.
"Peri Pascha".
Written during the second century AD, and only coming to light within the modern world due to the efforts of Campbell Bonner in 1940, some have argued that "Peri Pascha" ("On the Passover") is not a homily, but is based on a haggadah, which is a retelling of the works of God at Passover. The Quartodeciman celebration mainly being a commemoration of Christ's passion and death, Melito stood by the belief that Christ died on the evening of the 14th, when the Passover meal was being prepared. F. L. Cross states that Melito's treatise on Pascha is “the most important addition to Patristic literature in the present century”. Aside from the liturgical function of the "Peri Pascha", this early Christian document has traditionally been perceived as a somewhat reliable indicator concerning how early Christians felt toward Judaism in general. The "Peri Pascha" provides an accurate description of Christian feelings towards Jews at the time and their opinion of Judaism. The text is not an all-out attack on the Jewish people; however, the Jewish people are explicitly blamed for killing Christ. Melito does not blame Pontius Pilate for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. However, the goal was not to incite anti-Semitic thoughts in Christians but to bring light to what truly happened during the Passion of Jesus Christ. Another consideration to take note of is that perhaps Melito was in a competition with the local Jewish community for pagan converts. Wanting to differentiate the Christian community from the Jewish one since the two were very similar, it was more a matter of strengthening the Christian sense of distinctiveness than an all out attack on the local Jews of Sardis. Thus, Melito is widely remembered for his supersessionism. This view basically assumes that the Old Covenant is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. This view of supersessionism also assumes that the Jewish people fail to fulfill the Old Covenant due to their lack of belief in Jesus Christ.
Issues raised by the Quartodeciman controversy.
Attracting the attention of persons such as Epiphanius, Chrysostom, and Pseudo-Hippolytus, Quartodeciman practices have encouraged many to deeply ponder questions pertaining to the duration of the period of fasting, and when it should end within the celebration of any Christian Passover. Another question which bothered many individuals was whether everyone ought to uniformly observe Easter on the same day. Melito thought that the Christian Passover should be on the 14th of Nisan, but the Council of Nicaea determined that Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead should always be celebrated on a Sunday. Uniformity in church practice was thus the primary drive behind this initiative. Known for following a Johannine chronology, and for believing in a paschal lamb typology, Quartodeciman thought is constituted as such. One of the issues raised is that Quartodeciman thought is the idea that Christian Passover would be celebrated at the same time as Jewish Passover. Ultimately the Council of Nicea decided otherwise and agreed that it would always be on a Sunday.
Apology to Marcus Aurelius.
During the controversy in Laodicea over the observance of Easter, Melito presented an Apology for Christianity to Marcus Aurelius, according to Eusebius, in his Chronicon, during the years 169–170 AD. A Syriac translation of this apology was rediscovered and placed in a British museum where it was translated into English by Cureton. In this apology, Melito describes Christianity as a philosophy that had originated among the barbarians, but had attained to a flourishing status under the Roman Empire. Melito asks the emperor to rethink the accusations against the Christians and to renounce the edict against them. Melito argues that Christianity had in no way weakened the empire which continued to grow despite the presence of Christianity. Complaining about how the godly are being persecuted and harassed by new decrees, Christians are openly robbed and plundered by those who are taking advantage of the said ordinances. The suffering of Christians at the time in regard to these decrees was mostly of property and taxations while not as much physical suffering. Certainly Christians were persecuted physically as well but in terms of the decrees they were openly robbed and considered to be incestuous and take part in ritualistic acts such as eating children. Melito aimed to dispel the suffering of the Christian people and to change the Greek opinion of them. Demonstrating how Christian thought first flourished among the Gentiles, and how it has benefited the empire, Melito tried to convince the emperor to rethink his current policies since Christianity only brought greatness and success to Rome. Reminding the emperor of the virtuous conduct of Hadrian, Melito called for an end to all violence toward the growing Christian communities within the empire.
Melito's high Christology.
Emphasizing, like John, the unity of Christ and the Father, Melito declared that Christ is at once God and a perfect man. Having two essences while being one and the same, his godhead was demonstrated by way of all of the signs and miracles he performed after being baptized. Successfully managing to hide his divinity from the world before that central event occurred with John the Baptist, Jesus felt the pangs of hunger just like everyone else. Writing against Marcion, Melito focused on Christ's divinity and humanity in order to counter the claim that Jesus was simply and uniquely divine; having no material counterpart. Melito does not anthropomorphize the divine nature of Christ and keeps the attributes of the divine nature and the human nature wholly separate. While he describes the attributes of each nature separately, he also speaks of the two natures of Christ combined. The form of speech used is that of two natures in one Christ. According to Melito, Jesus Christ was both entirely human and entirely divine.
Old Testament canon.
Melito gave the first Christian list of the canon in the Old Testament. In his canon he excludes the book of Esther and the Apocrypha. Around 170 after traveling to Palestine, and probably visiting the library at Caesarea Maritima, Melito compiled the earliest known Christian canon of the Old Testament, a term he coined. A passage cited by Eusebius contains Melito's famous canon of the Old Testament. Melito presented elaborate parallels between the Old Testament or Old Covenant, which he likened to the form or mold, and the New Testament or New Covenant, which he likened to the truth that broke the mold, in a series of Eklogai, six books of extracts from the Law and the Prophets presaging Christ and the Christian faith. His opinion of the Old Covenant was that it was fulfilled by Christians, whereas the Jewish people failed to fulfill it. The New Covenant is the truth found through Jesus Christ.
Death and legacy.
In regard to the death of Melito, there is not much information preserved or recorded. Polycrates of Ephesus, in a letter addressed to Pope Victor (AD. 196) preserved in Eusebius’ history, says, “What shall I say of Melito, whose actions' were all guided by the operations of the Holy Spirit? Who was interred at Sardis, where he waits the resurrection and the judgement?". From this it may be deduced that he had died some time previous to the date of this letter at Sardis, which is the place of his interment.
 Melito's reputation as a writer remained strong into the Middle Ages: numerous works were pseudepigraphically ascribed to him. Melito was especially skilled in the literature of the Old Testament, and was one of the most prolific authors of his time. Eusebius furnished a list of Melito's works. While many of these works are lost, the testimony of the fathers remains to inform us how highly they were viewed. Eusebius presents some fragments of Melito's works and some others are found in the works of different writers. Fragments' of his works found preserved in a Syriac translation are now stored in the library of the British Museum. Cureton has translated some and others have been published in Kitto's Journal of Sacred Literature, vol 15. Due to Melito's reputation, many works are falsely attributed to him due to the lack of recorded literature surrounding him. Melito was a Chiliast, and believed in a Millennial reign of Christ on Earth, and followed Irenaeus in his views. Jerome (Comm. on Ezek. 36 ) and Gennadius (De Dogm. Eccl., Ch. 52) both affirm that he was a decided millennarian and as such believed that Christ would reign for 1000 years before the coming of the final judgement.


Angelo Caloia

Angelo Caloia (born 2 May 1939) is an Italian economist and banker, who was the President of the Vatican Bank for 20 years until September 2009.
He was sentenced on Thursday, January 21, to eight years in prison for embezzling money following a real estate transaction.


Sao Joao Festival in Goa

Sao Joao or São João is a Catholic festival celebrated in Goa in an unusual manner, with people leaping into, and swimming in, wells, streams and ponds as a form of tribute to St. John the Baptist. It occurs on June 24 every year.
Background.
The feast of São João is a celebration of the birthday of St. John the Baptist. St. John was the son of St. Elizabeth, a relative of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This feast is celebrated on 24 June. The significance of this date is that it falls three months after the feast of the Annunciation (25 March). At the Annunciation, the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would bear a son (Jesus), and that Elizabeth was already six months pregnant with a son (). Mary visited Elizabeth, and when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby St. John 'leapt' in her womb (). The Annunciation itself occurs nine months before Christmas, the feast of Jesus' birth.
When John grew up, he is described as living in the wilderness, wearing clothes of camel's hair, eating locusts and wild honey. John foretold the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. When Jesus was thirty years old, he was baptised by St. John in the river Jordan.
The Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the oldest festivals of the Christian church, and there is record that it was already a big feast in the year 506 AD.
The feast of Sao Joao in Goa coincides with the time of the year when the monsoon usually has commenced, there are fresh greenery and flowers in the surroundings, and wells and other water bodies are full. Consequently, the celebration of the birth of St. John in Goa apparently evolved to incorporate elements of celebration of the rainy season. Jumping in wells and ponds is symbolic of the baby leaping in the womb, and of the baptism in the river Jordan. Wearing "kopels" made of flowers, and other adornments and vestments made from plants is probably also a nod to the fact that St. John wore natural coverings instead of clothing made of fabric.
Form of celebration.
While the feast of Sao Joao is celebrated across the Catholic world on the same day, Goa is the only place in the world where it is marked by leaping into wells. On this day, groups of people go around singing traditional songs accompanied with instruments like ghumot, mhadalem and kansallem.
"Tourists think it is only about jumping into wells. But the prayers we say before that are for a good monsoon," Cecil Pinto, described as the local authority on the feast of São João, has been quoted saying. The festival has been described as being "quite popular among tourists from both India and abroad".
Chari writes that while the Sao Joao celebrations are "centuries old", a more recent tradition is followed in the village of Siolim, in Bardez taluka, featuring colourful floats on boats. These festivities date back 175 years, when San Joao revellers from Chapora and Zhor villages of Anjuna, Badem in Assagao and Siolim would come in boats to the chapel of San Joao in Pereira Vaddo, Siolim, every year, to pay homage to the saint.
In the village of Saligao, also in the Bardez taluka, the event is celebrated as the "Vangodd de Saligao", a village festival of music, dance and with the villagers often cooking enough food to feed all the visitors free of cost.
Sao Joao is also a celebration of thanksgiving for newly-weds, and for families with babies born during the preceding year.


Oscar Lukefahr

Father Oscar Lukefahr, C.M. (July 20, 1939 – August 10, 2015) was an American Catholic priest, theologian, writer, and Christian apologist. He is best known as the author of many introductory books and tracts on the subject of Catholicism, operating the Catholic Home Study Service from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. This service distributes free Catholic literature to thousands of RCIA students each year.
Lukefar is the nephew of Father Oscar Huber who administered last rites to President John F. Kennedy and consoled First Lady Jackie Kennedy after the president's assaination in 1963. Lukefar followed his uncle's footsteps in becoming a Vincentian and a devout supporter of the Knights of Columbus.
List of books by Oscar Lukefahr.
His publisher is currently Liguori Publications.


Rudolph Hittmair

Rudolph Hittmair (born 1859 in Mattighofen) was an Austrian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz. He was ordained in 1888. He was appointed bishop in 1909. He died in 1915.


Samuel Kelechi Eze

Samuel Kelechi Eze is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the Bishop of Ukwa, one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
Eze was consecrated Bishop of Ukwa on 25 July 2004 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Abuja.


Roggero Musmeci Ferrari Bravo

Roggero Musmeci Ferrari Bravo (2 March 1868 – 6 May 1937), known under the pen name ignis, was an Italian poet and playwright. He is best known for his play "Rumon: Sacrae Romae Origines", first performed in 1923.
Early life.
Roggero Musmeci Ferrari Bravo was born in Palermo on Sicily on 2 March 1868. His father died when he was young, after which his mother moved with him to Rome. He gained a medical degree in surgery and a second degree in jurisprudence. He soon chose to not pursue a career related to his degrees, but to devote his time to becoming a writer.
Literary career.
His literary output can be understood in the context of the anti-clerical tendencies during the Risorgimento and the fall of the Papal States. During this period, a part of the Italian intelligentsia entertained the idea of returning to paganism as a viable way forward. Musmeci adopted the pen name "ignis", which is Latin for "fire", because he regarded himself as a creative spark that would help to revive the Roman "mores" and religion. He spelled the name with a lower case I to signify that he only was one of many such sparks. He participated in the intellectual milieu of the "Caffé d'Aragno", which included people such as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Ardengo Soffici. Musmeci's poetry collection "Carme a Roma", published in 1914, contains the theme of a Roman pagan renaissance as well as hostility toward the Catholic Church. Also in 1914, his play "Quando le colonne rovinano" premiered in Rome and Trieste.
His most significant work is "Rumon: Sacrae Romae Origines", a tragic play in five acts. It tells the mythological story of the founding of Rome, from the origin of Romulus and Remus, to Romulus' ascencion to the heavens. On 21 April 1914, Musmeci recited the play in his home to a small audience of invited bohemians and literary critics. It received positive newspaper reviews and there were discussions about staging the play outdoors on the Palatine Hill, but Italy's entry in World War I ended those plans. When the National Fascist Party came to power, Musmeci saw a new opportunity to get "Rumon" produced, thanks to the influence his friends Soffici and Giacomo Boni had on Benito Mussolini. After some compromises, the third act of "Rumon" was performed on the Palatine Hill on 6 May 1923, starring prominent actors of the day. The reception was positive and several critics compared the performance to a rite. The play was published in print in 1929, the same year as Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty, which ended the hopes of those who like Musmeci had wished to see a pagan re-emergence under fascism.
Later life.
Musmeci left the literary scene and became increasingly embittered with fascism. He devoted his time to study sculpture and divine proportions. In 1931 he published the book "Appunti su la scoperta della "divina proporzione"", which summarises his studies of Pythagorean numerology. He died in poverty in 1937.


Joseph Savelberg

Peter Joseph Savelberg (10 February 1827, Heerlen – 11 February 1907, Heerlen) was a Roman-Catholic priest and founder (missionary).
Biography.
Peter Savelberg attended school in Heerlen and after that at Rolduc (1843 to 1845). Leaving his brother Balthasar Savelberg, who was in charge of a glassmaking shop in Brussels, he returned to Heerlen because he could not adjust. Between 1846 and 1849 he attended Rolduc yet again, and after 1849 he gave seminars in Roermond. In 1852, Savelberg was made priest, his first task was as a teacher at the Bischoppelijk College in Roermond (1853–1856).
In 1856 he became rector of the Franciscans of Heythuysen, for whom he worked at the girl pension Nonnenwerth close to Bonn. In 1863 the bishop called him back and made him chaplain in Schaesberg and in 1865 of the Saint Pancras parish in Heerlen.


David Asseo

Chief Rabbi David Asseo (1914 – July 14, 2002) was the Hakham Bashi (or Chief Rabbi) of the Republic of Turkey from 1960 until his death in 2002.
Chief Rabbi David Asseo was the second longest serving of the chief rabbis in Europe (after Moses Rosen of Romania). In his career, he spent 40 years as chief rabbi and spiritual leader of Turkey. His deputy of seven years, Ishak Haleva, became the new Hakham Bashi after his death in 2002.
He was laid to rest at the Ulus Sephardi Jewish Cemetery in Istanbul.


Dunstan Ainani

Dunstan Ainani was an Anglican bishop in Malawi.
Ainani studied for the priesthood at St Andrew's College, Malawi. He was ordained in 1967 and served in the Diocese of Malawi. He was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Malawi in 1979;and Bishop of Southern Malawi in 1981.


Maitatsine

Mohammed Marwa (died 1980), best known by his nickname Maitatsine, was a controversial preacher in Nigeria. "Maitatsine" is a Hausa word meaning "the one who damns" and refers to his curse-laden public speeches against the Nigerian state. His militant followers are known as the Yan Tatsine.
Background.
He was originally from Marwa in northern Cameroon. After his education, he moved to Kano, Nigeria in about 1945, where he became known for his controversial preachings on the Qur'an. Maitatsine spoke against the use of radios, watches, bicycles, cars and the possession of more money than necessary.
The British colonial authorities sent him into exile, but he returned to Kano shortly after independence. By 1972, he had a notable and increasingly militant following known as "Yan Tatsine". In 1975, he was again arrested by Nigerian police for slander and public abuse of political authorities But in that period he began to receive acceptance from religious authorities, especially after making hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. As his following increased in the 1970s, so did the number of confrontations between his adherents and the police. His preaching attracted largely a following of youths, unemployed migrants, and those who felt that mainstream Muslim teachers were not doing enough for their communities. By December 1980, continued Yan Tatsine attacks on other religious figures and police forced the Nigerian army to become involved. Subsequent armed clashes led to the deaths of around 5,000 people, including Maitatsine himself. Maitatsine died shortly after sustaining injuries in the clashes either from his wounds or from a heart attack.
According to a 2010 article published by the Sunday Trust magazine, the Nigerian military cremated Maitatsine's remains, which now rest in a bottle kept at a police laboratory in Kano.
Legacy.
Despite Mohammed Marwa's death, Yan Tatsine riots continued into the early 1980s. In October 1982 riots erupted in Bulumkuttu, near Maidaguri, and in Kaduna, to where many Yan Tatsine adherents had moved after 1980. Over 3,000 people died. Some survivors of these altercations moved to Yola, and in early 1984 more violent uprisings occurred in that city. In this round of rioting, Musa Makaniki, a close disciple of Maitatsine, emerged as a leader and Marwa's successor. Ultimately, more than 1,000 people died in Yola and roughly half of the city's 60,000 inhabitants were left homeless. Makaniki fled to his hometown of Gombe, where more Yan Tatsine riots occurred in April 1985. After the deaths of several hundred people Makaniki retreated to Cameroon, where he remained until 2004 when he was arrested in Nigeria.
Some analysts view the terrorist group Boko Haram as an extension of the Maitatsine riots.


Osanna of Mantua

Osanna of Mantua (also Hosanna) (17 January 1449 – 18 June 1505) was an Italian Dominican tertiary who gained notice as a stigmatic and mystic.
Life.
Osanna was the daughter of the nobles Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary, and of Agnese Gonzaga. She was reported to have had a vision of angels at age six. Feeling called to consecrated life, she rejected a marriage arranged by her father. Unable to explain her attraction to religious life to her father, in 1463, at the age of 14, she secretly received the religious habit of the Third Order of St. Dominic. She had been drawn to this Order from her admiration of two members of the Order, Catherine of Siena, and her contemporary, Friar Girolamo Savonarola, who both represented to her lives of strict self-denial.
Returning home, Osanna explained that she had made a religious vow and had to wear it until she had fulfilled her promise., which is an ancient custom. She waited 37 years to complete her vows so she could care for her brothers and sisters after the death of her parents.
A legend states that Osanna, like Catherine of Siena, miraculously learned to read and write. One day she saw a piece of paper with two words and said, "Those words are 'Jesus' and 'Mary.'" Allegedly, from that time on, anything relating to the spiritual was within her grasp.
When Osanna was thirty years old, she received the stigmata on her head, her side and her feet. She also had a vision in which her heart was transformed and divided into four parts. For the rest of her life, she actively experienced the Passion of Jesus, but especially intensely on Wednesdays and Fridays. Osanna confided these things in her biographer and "spiritual son," the Olivetan monk, Dom Jerome of Mount Olivet, as well as the fact that for years, she subsisted on practically no food at all.
Osanna was a mystic who would fall into ecstasies whenever she spoke of God, and a visionary who saw images of Christ bearing his cross. She bore stigmata along with red marks, but there was no bleeding. She helped the poor and sick and served as spiritual director for many, spending much of her family's considerable fortune to help the unfortunate. She spoke out against decadence, and criticized the aristocracy for a lack of morality. She was a friend of another member of her Order, Columba of Rieti, and is recorded to have sought counsel from another, the Stephana de Quinzanis.
These phenomena brought Ossana to the attention of Mantua's ruling family. Most notably, she was sought by Francesco II Gonzaga and his wife, Isabella d'Este, as both a spiritual guide and a counselor on matters of state. She frequently foretold correctly events which later came to pass, and gained the reputation of a seer. When she died in Mantua on 18 June 1505, all the members of the nobility and clergy attended her funeral, as her body was taken in procession to the Church of St. Dominic, where it was enshrined. Later her remains were transferred to the Cathedral of St. Peter, where they are still venerated.
Relationship with Girolamo de Monte Oliveto.
Her confidant, Dom Jerome (), wrote a "vita" (biography) of her life in 1507, very shortly after her death. Although Jerome noted that Osanna was not quick to discuss her spiritual experiences, in the last years of her life she adopted Jerome as a "spiritual son," "conceived in the Blood of Christ."
Jerome's account is especially unique due to his intimate relationship with his subject. The biography takes the form of a detailed report of his conversations with Osanna. Jerome appended to his account Latin translations of twenty-four letters from Osanna, accompanied by documents certifying their authenticity.
According to Father Benedict Ashley, these letters express an "intense and constant physical and inner suffering" made bearable only by "sublime experiences of union with God which [Osanna] cannot describe except in broken and inadequate language." A special source of misery for Osanna was the degradation of the Church under the abusive pontificate of Alexander VI.
Veneration.
In a response to a request by the Marchesa Isabella d'Este while on a visit to Rome, through a papal brief of 8 January 1515 Leo X authorised the celebration of her feast day in the City of Mantua. Her local "cultus" was confirmed by Pope Innocent XII with a Papal bull of 24 November 1694, and extended to the whole of the Dominican Order two months later.
Works.
The content of the literary corpus of the Blessed Osanna ranges from mystical reflection to considerations on contemporary social and political questions. Her works consist of:


Life of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary

The longer version of the Life of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary () is one of the three hagiographies of Saint Stephen, who was crowned the first King of Hungary in 1000 or 1001. It was written between 1077 and 1083, before King Stephen I's canonization.
King Saint Stephen.
Stephen was born in the late 960s or in the 970s. He was the only son of Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, and his wife, Sarolt. His original (pagan) name was Vajk, but he was still a child when he was baptized.
He was canonized in Székesfehérvár on 20 August 1083.
Manuscripts and editions.
Four manuscripts preserved the text. However, the text of the legend is unfinished because its four original copies break off at the same point. The same manuscripts also contain the shorter version of King Saint Stephen's "Life".
Sources.
The legend explicitly refers to King Stephen's laws in the ninth chapter, proving that its author knew the king's decrees. In chapter 15, the author of the legend also mentioned and quoted the "Admonitions" that he attributed to the saintly king. The writer also knew the "Lives of the Holy Hermits Zoerard the Confessor and Benedict the Martyr" which was written around 1064 by Maurus, Bishop of Pécs.
Text.
The legend was written before King Saint Stephen's canonization.


Anne Bourdon

Anne Bourdon (August 29, 1644 – November 4, 1711) was a nun in New France. She was the first Canadian-born superior of the Ursuline order in New France. She was also known as Mère de Sainte-Agnès.
The daughter of Jean Bourdon, attorney general for the colony, and Jacqueline Potel, she was born in Quebec City. All of her three sisters joined religious orders. She became a novice in the order of the Ursulines of Quebec at the age of 14, and took her vows two years later, taking the name of Anne de Sainte-Agnès. She learned the languages of the native peoples from Marie of the Incarnation. She served as depositary, secretary of the chapter, assistant superior and mistress of novices. When the archives of the community were destroyed by fire in 1686, she reconstructed the archives from memory. In June 1700, she was elected superior for the congregation.
She died at Quebec City at the age of 67 of pleurisy.


Luci Shaw

Luci Shaw (born December 29, 1928) is a Christian writer of poetry and essays.
Background.
Shaw was born on December 29, 1928 in England. Her parents were medical missionaries, and she lived in [[Canada] and [[Australia]] before moving to the United States to attend [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College, Illinois]]. Shaw graduated from Wheaton in 1953 with high honors.
Shaw became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1995.
Shaw is now Writer in Residence at [[Regent College]], Vancouver. She lectures on art and spirituality, the Christian imagination, poetry-writing, and journaling as an aid to artistic and spiritual growth.
She has published ten volumes of poetry (several still in print) and numerous [[non-fiction]] books, and has edited and collaborated on multiple other works, including several with [[Madeleine L'Engle]]. Her poems are widely [[Anthology|anthologized]]. Shaw usually works in [[free verse]], and typically her poems are quite short, less than a page. Nevertheless, in tone and content, she affiliates most readily with the [[Transcendentalism|transcendental]] poets, often finding in natural details and themes the [[American poetry#Postcolonial poetry|touch of the eternal or other-worldly]].
She is a charter member of the Chrysostom Society, an organization of published writers which "serves the Christian community by promoting the development of quality literature."
Shaw married Harold Shaw and had five children: Robin, Marian, John, Jeffrey, and Kristin. Shaw and her husband started a publishing house, Harold Shaw Publishers, in the basement of their home in 1972. After Harold died from [[lung cancer]] in 1986, Shaw became president of Harold Shaw Publishers. Stephen Board became owner of Harold Shaw Publishers in 1990 and sold it to [[Random House]]'s [[WaterBrook Press]] in 2000.
Shaw married John Hoyte in 1991. They are members of St. Paul's [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] in [[Bellingham, Washington]] where they currently live.
Use in music.
A number of Shaw's works have been set to music, by a variety of composers:
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James Kim Ji-seok

James Kim Ji-seok (김지석, born July 27, 1940) is bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju.
Biography.
James Kim Ji-seok was ordained a priest on June 29, 1968.
On November 19, 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of Wonju. He was consecrated bishop on January 14, 1991 by Daniel Tji Hak Soun. Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, and the Apostolic Nuncio to South Korea, Archbishop Ivan Dias. On March 12, 1993 he succeeded Daniel Tji Hak Soun.


Joseph Mabula

Joseph Mabula was the inaugural Anglican Bishop of Central Zambia.
Mubula trained for the Priesthood at St John's Seminary, Lusaka and was ordained in 1967. After service as a priest in Northern Zambia he was appointed its first bishop in 1971.


Simeon Borokini

Simeon Borokini is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria.
Borokini was born in Iju, Akure North on 15 July 1956. He was educated at Lisabi Grammar School and Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He has served at All Saints Ogbonkowo, St. Mark, Ore and St. Stephen's Cathedral, Oke-Aluko. In 1989, he was made a Canon and the following year became a senior leccturer at the Archbishop Vining College of Theology in Akure, serving for 15 years.
In 2005 he became Archdeacon of Odigbo. He was Provost of St. David's Cathedral Ijomu from 2008 until his election as Bishop of Akure in 2013, succeeding Michael O. Ipinmoye.
His son Simeon Toluwani Borokini is Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Akure South Constituency 1.


Maria Theresia Bonzel

Maria Theresia Bonzel (17 September 1830 – 6 February 1905), born Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel, was a Roman Catholic German nun and was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration. By the time of her death, the order had sisters all over the world, and had established schools, hospitals, and orphanages.
Bonzel was beatified in 2013 by Cardinal Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Francis.
Biography.
Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel was born on 17 September 1830, the elder of two daughters of Friedrich Edmund and Angela Maria Liese Bonzel. She was familiarly called "Aline". Her mother sent her to study at the Ursulines in Cologne and it was there that her vocation matured. Her parents were opposed to her desire to enter religious life but she nonetheless entered the Third Order of Saint Francis in 1850. Alongside eight other women she joined and took the name of "Maria Theresia".
In 1859, Maria and two other women founded a monastic community to care for orphans and neglected children. Their work expanded to include the welfare of the poor and health care. On 20 July 1863 the Bishop of Paderborn granted formal approval to the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration . During the war years of 1870-71, eight hundred wounded soldiers were cared for by the Sisters from Olpe. During the Kulturkampf, an anticlerical reaction against the growing strength of the Catholic Church, the Sisters were forbidden to receive new candidates. Bonzel decided to begin a new foundation in North America.
The first missionaries arrived in Lafayette, Indiana, in December 1875 and began their work of caring for the sick. The congregation grew and the Sisters were able to open many new hospitals and schools. Bonzel made three separate voyages across the ocean to visit her Sisters in the United States. By 1882 legal restrictions in Germany had eased, and new members were again admitted.
Bonzel died on February 6, 1905 at Olpe. The order at the time of her death had 73 branches in Germany and 49 in North America.
Beatification.
The cause of beatification commenced under Pope John XXIII on 18 September 1961 which bestowed on her the title of Servant of God. The Positio – which documented her life of heroic virtue – was submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints which led to Pope Benedict XVI's declaration of Bonzel to be Venerable on 27 March 2010.
An investigation into a presumed miracle took place in 2001 and Pope Francis approved the miracle on 27 March 2013. Cardinal Angelo Amato – on behalf of Pope Francis – presided over the beatification on 10 November 2013.
The miracle involved the cure of a 4-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


Ignatius Arnoz

Ignatius Arnoz,M.H.M. (1 April 1885 - 26 February 1950) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ignatius Arnoz was born in Bodenbach, Bohemia, ordained a priest on 25 July 1910 from the religious order of the Mill Hill Missionaries. In 1931 was appointed Senior of the then Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bulawayo, rose to Prefect and Vicar Apostolic as the mission was elevated. He was ordained bishop in 1937.


Rosa Giacinta Badalla

Rosa Giacinta Badalla (ca. 1660 – ca. 1710) was an Italian composer from the Milan area and Benedictine nun. The first record of her is in the lists of the monastery of Saint Radegonda in Milan from 1678. Claudia Sessa, Claudia Rusca, and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani were also active at Milanese convents during the same period.
She had only one printed collection, "Motetti a voce sola" (1684, Venice), a book of solo motets. Kendrick identifies it as "remarkable among Milanese solo motet books…for its patent vocal viruosity, motivic originality and self-assured compositional technique".
There are also two surviving secular cantatas, "Vuò cercando" (ca. 1680) and "O fronde care" (ca 1695), to which Badalla also wrote the text.


Rodrigo de Beniambras

Rodrigo de Beniambras or Rodrigo di Beniambras (died 1535) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santorini (1527–1535).
Biography.
On 11 Mar 1527, Rodrigo de Beniambras was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Santorini.
He served as Bishop of Santorini until his death in 1535.


Matthieu Brouard

Matthieu Brouard was a French theologian, mathematician, philosopher and historian, who was born in Saint-Denis near Paris in 1520, and died in Geneva on July 15, 1576. He is also known as Matthieu Brouart or Béroalde and (in Latin) as Mattheus Beroaldus. He taught Greek to the young Thomas Bodley and was the father of François Béroalde de Verville.


Molopi Diseko

Molopi Diseko is a South African Anglican bishop:he has been the Bishop of Matlosane since 2007.
Diseko was educated at the Lelapa La Jesu Seminary in Lesotho, the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield and the University of the North West, Potchefstroom.
He was ordained deacon in 1990 and to the Priesthood the following year. In 2004, as parish priest of the Church of the Resurrection, Ikageng, he became the first Dean of the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Resurrection. On 1 May 2007 he was consecrated as the second Bishop of the Diocese of Matlosane


Christian Esezi Ide

Christian Esezi Ide is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria.
Ide is the current Bishop of Warri. Ide was born on 21 September 21, 1959 in Benin City and educated at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was ordained in July 1997. He has served at Igbudu, Emevorand and Abuja.
He was elected Bishop of Warri during the Episcopal Synod on 28 June 2006, at All Saints Church, Wuse, Abuja.


Pseudo-Tertullian

Pseudo-Tertullian is the scholarly name for the unknown author of "Adversus Omnes Haereses", an appendix to the work "De praescriptionem haereticorum" of Tertullian. It lists 32 heresies, and there is consensus that this work is not by Tertullian himself.
A traditional theory is that the work is a Latin translation of a Greek original, a lost work "Syntagma" written by Hippolytus, c. 220. Recent scholarship, agreeing with a theory of Richard Adelbert Lipsius, suggests that this work "Syntagma" was the common source for Philastrius and the "Panarion" of Epiphanius, also.
The name "Pseudo-Tertullian" is also applied to the author of a poem written against Marcion. The "Catholic Encyclopedia" describes it as "doggerel hexameters", and mentions two theories: that the poem was written by Commodian; and that "Adversus Omnes Haereses" was written by Victorinus of Pettau.


Jerome Feudjio

Jerome Feudjio (born September 30, 1955) is a Cameroonian priest of the Catholic Church who serves as bishop for the Diocese of Saint Thomas.
Biography.
On September 29, 1990, Feudjio was ordained to the priesthood.
Pope Francis appointed Feudjio bishop for the Diocese of Saint Thomas on March 2, 2021. On April 17, 2021, Feudjio was consecrated as a bishop.


Maximos Sedfaoui

Maximos Sedfaoui (17 August 1863 – 27 February 1925) was the locum tenens and Apostolic Administrator (مدبّر رسولي) of the Coptic Catholic Church after the resignation of Patriarch Kyrillos Makarios in 1908. The Patriarch's exclusion and eventual travel to Beirut, Lebanon and the appointment of Sedfawi was greeted by a long series of opposition and demands for the reinstatement of Patriarch Makarios, but to no avail.
Maximos Swedfawi was born in Akhmim, Egypt as Youssef Sedfawi. He studied at the Oriental College and later on received his doctorate in Theology in 1889. He was ordained as a Coptic Catholic priest in Beirut on 29 June 1889 and returned to Egypt. Also known as Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui (sometimes Sedfawi), he was appointed Coptic Catholic Bishop of Hermopolis (Minia) from 1896. He was also appointed as Apostolic Administrator, a post he carried simultaneously from 1908 onwards until his death in 1925. He was succeeded by locum tenens Markos Khouzam starting 1927 until the latter's election as Patriarch in 1947.


Guglielmo Bruno

Guglielmo Bruno (died 1531) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Andros (1492–1531).
Biography.
On 26 Aug 1492, Guglielmo Bruno was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Andros. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1531.


Ismail Gangji

Pir Wazir Ismail Gangji / Varas Ismail Gangji (1788-1883) was an Ismaili Pir, religious leader, Ismaili missionary and social worker from Junagadh, who is also noted for beautiful explanations of some often recited Ginans of Ismaili faith.
His father Gangji, was a Hindu, who had become follower of Ismaili faith during his lifetime and worked as an employee of "jamdarkhana" department of Junagadh State, where later Ismail Gangji was also employed. Once the wife of the Nawab lost her precious necklace, Ismail Gangji found it and returned to the Nawab. Due to his honesty, he was promoted to a very elevated post in Revenue department and afterwards, he became the head of the departments of the Treasury and Mint in 1821. The Nawab also gave him a piece of land in appreciation of his 50 years services in 1869. He was granted a land in the village of Anandpur, where he built quarters for the destitute.
He was an enlightened soul and Hasan Ali Shah, the Aga Khan I had bestowed upon him title of Wazir of Kathiawar elevating him from his post of Varas at a community meeting. Later, Varas Ismail Gangji was declared Pir after his death by the Aga Ali Shah, when he visited his grave at Junagadh in 1883. During his lifetime, he tried his best to improve the worst conditions of the Ismailis and worked hard to impart knowledge of Ismaili faith, especially in the Khoja community and served as a missionary converting thousands to his faith. Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, the Aga Khan III is also reported to have said that, "Ismail Gangji converted sixty thousand believers, and taken ten thousand with him." He was known as the "Lion of Kathiawar" in Ismaili community of Gujarat.
Among his notable disciples and converts were Mukhi Virji Kamadia, who shared a close relationship with Wazir Ismail Gangji. Mukhji Virji's son Jamal Meghji was a brilliant orator who became a missionary, and Wazir Ismail Gangji was so impressed with his oratory that he had blessed Jamal Meghji that "Your status will be very high". Jamal Meghji's son Ashad Ali Haji (1885-1958), is also counted among one of Ismaili heroes.
Ismail died in 1883 after a brief illness and was survived by his sons Kassim and Itmadi Ibrahim both of whom served Junagadh State and were appointed to the post which became vacant upon death of Wazir Ismail Gangji and also served spreading Ismaili faith in Gujarat.


Zekarias Yohannes

Zekarias Yohannes (13 May 1925 – 1 December 2016) was an Eritrean Catholic bishop. He was born in Adigenú. He was ordained as a priest of Asmara on 2 June 1949, and was appointed both Auxiliary Bishop of Asmara and Titular Bishop of Barca on 29 January 1981. He was appointed Bishop of Asmara on 17 July 1984, a position he held until his retirement on 25 June 2001. Through much of his career he would have been considered an Ethiopian clergyman.


Leif Ottersen

Leif Petter Ottersen (5 December 1928 – 28 October 2017) was a Norwegian priest.
He was hired as a curate in Vestre Aker in 1972, and from 1977 he was a vicar as well as dean of the deanery of the same name. From 1988 to 1996 he was the dean of the Diocese of Oslo, which encompasses Asker, Bærum and the country's capital, Oslo.


Asle Enger

Asle Enger (15 August 1906 – 27 January 2000) was a Norwegian priest. He was born in Ådal. Enger volunteered as priest for Norwegian military officers in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1946. In 1950 he published the book "Med feltprestens øyne".