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» Baader, Franz Xaver von - German philosopher, born at Munich, 1765; died 23 May, 1841.




» Baal, Baalim - A word which belongs to the oldest stock of the Semite vocabulary and primarily means "lord", "owner".




» Baalbek - Town in Syria; also called Heliopolis.




» Babel - The word is derived from the Babylonian bab-ilu, meaning "gate of God".




» Babenstuber, Ludwig - German philosopher and theologian; vice-chancellor of the University of Salzburg; born 1660 at Teining in Bavaria; died 5 April, 1726, at the Benedictine monastery of Ettal.




» Babinet, Jacques - French physicist. (1794-1872)




» Babylas, Saint - Bishop of Antioch, martyr in the Decian persecution, died in prison.




» Babylon (Title) - The curial title of a Latin archbishopric, also of a Chaldean patriarchate, and of a Syrian archbishopric.




» Babylonia - Includes geography, history, and biblical references.




» Baccanceld - This meeting was rather a witenagemot, or Parliament, than an ecclesiastical synod, presided over by Wihtred, King of Kent.




» Bacchylus - Bishop of Corinth.




» Bachelot, Alexis John Augustine - Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. (1796-1837)




» Bachiarius - An early fifth-century writer, known only through two treatises which warrant the conjecture that he was a monk, possibly an abbot, and a Spaniard.




» Bachmann, Paul - Catholic theological controversialist, born at Chemnitz, Saxony, about 1466.




» Backer, Augustin de - Bibliographer, born at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 July, 1809; died at Liège, 1 December, 1873.




» Backx, Peter Hubert Evermode - Ordained priest 17 March, 1832, considered the second founder of the Norbertine Abbey of Tongerloo.




» Bacon, David William - First Bishop of Portland, Maine. (1813-1874)




» Bacon, John - An English Carmelite and theologian, born towards the end of the thirteenth century.




» Bacon, Nathaniel - Better know under the assumed name of Southwell, a Jesuit priest and bibliographer, b. in the county of Norfolk, England, in 1598; d. at Rome, 2 Dec., 1676.




» Baconian System of Philosophy, The - Essay takes a look at this system and its relation to theology and the beliefs of the Catholic church.




» Badajoz - The Latin name Pax, or Civitas Pacensis, was given to this district because it was thought to be the Pax Julia or Pax Augusta of the Romans.




» Baden - The Grand Duchy of Baden is situated in the southwestern part of the German Empire.




» Badia, Tommaso - Cardinal, author, papal legate, born at Modena, 1483; died at Rome, 6 September, 1547.




» Badin, Stephen Theodore - Pioneer missionary priest of Kentucky. (1768-1853)




» Badius, Raphael - A Florentine Dominican of the seventeenth century.




» Baegert, John Jacob - Missionary and ethnographer. (1717-1777)




» Baert, François - Bollandist, born at Ypres, 25 August, 1651; died at Antwerp, 27 October, 1719.




» Baeumer, Suitbert - Historian of the Breviary and one of the most scholarly patrologists of the nineteenth century.




» Bagamoyo - Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa, separated by a pontifical Decree of 11 May, 1906, from the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Zanzibar.




» Bagdad - Founded on the Tigris by the second Abbaside Caliph Abou Giafar al Mansur (762 or 764) and named by him Medinet es-Selam, or City of Salvation.




» Bageis - A titular see of Lydia in Asia Minor.




» Baglioni, Giovanni, Cavaliere - Known as the "Deaf Man of the Barozzo", a painter of distinction, b. in Rome, 1571; d. there 1644.




» Bagnorea - A diocese situated in the district of Viterbo, Italy, and immediately subject to the Holy See.




» Bagot, Jean - Theologian, born at Rennes, in France, 9 July, 1591, died at Paris, 23 August, 1664.




» Bagshaw, Christopher - Convert, priest, prisoner for the Faith, and a prominent figure in the controversies between Catholic priests and the reign of Elizabeth.




» Bahama Islands, The - The most northerly group of the West Indies.




» Bailey, Thomas - Controversialist, died c. 1657.




» Baillargeon, Charles François - A French-Canadian bishop. (1798-1870)




» Baillet, Adrien - French author. (1649-1706)




» Bailloquet, Pierre - French missionary to Canadian Indians. (1612-1692)




» Baily, Thomas - A Catholic clergyman, b. in Yorkshire, England; d. at Douai, France, 7 October, 1591.




» Bainbridge, Christopher - Archbishop of York, and Cardinal. (1464-1514)




» Baines, Peter Augustine - Titular Bishop of Siga. (1787-1843)




» Baines, Ralph - Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, England, b. at Knowsthorp, Yorks, date of birth uncertain; d. 18 November, 1559.




» Baini, Abbate Giuseppe - Composer, born in Rome, 21 October, 1775; died there 21 May, 1844.




» Baithen of Iona, Saint - Irish monk, immediate successor of St. Columba as abbot of Iona. Baithen died sometime between 598 and 600.




» Baius, Michel - Theologian and author of a system known as Baianism. (1513-1589)




» Baker, Charles - Real name David Henry Lewis. Biography of the convert to Catholicism, who was martyred in 1679.




» Baker City, Diocese of - Comprises Wasco, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Morrow, Grant, Union, Crook, Umatilla, Wallowa, Baker, Harney, and Malheur counties in the State of Oregon, U.S.A.




» Baker, David Augustine - Benedictine mystic and ascetic writer. (1575-1641)




» Baker, Francis Asbury - American priest and convert. (1820-1865)




» Bakócz, Thomas - Cardinal and statesman, b. about 1442, in the village of Erdoed, county Szatmar, Northeastern Hungary; d. 15 June, 1521.




» Balaam - The derivation of the name is uncertain. Dr. Neubauer would connect it with the god Ammo or Ammi, as though Balaam belonged to a people whose god or lord was Ammo or Ammi.




» Balanaea - A titular see of Syria.




» Balbina, Saint - There are at least two saints of this name venerated at Rome.




» Balbinus, Boleslaus - A Jesuit historian of Bohemia. (1621-1688)




» Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de - Explorer, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America. (1475-1517)




» Balbuena, Bernardo de - A Spanish poet, born in Val de Peñas, 1568; died in Porto Rico, 1627.




» Balbus, Hieronymus - Humanist, poet, diplomatist, and Bishop of Gurk in Carinthia, b. about 1450 at Venice; d. there, probably 1535.




» Baldachium of the Altar - A dome-like canopy in wood, stone, or metal, erected over the high altar of larger churches, generally supported on four columns, though sometimes suspended by chains from the roof.




» Balde, Jacob - A German poet. (1604-1668)




» Balderic - Bishop of Dol, in France, chronicler, b. about 1050; d. 7 January, 1130.




» Balderic (Baudry) - A monk of Liège, a writer and teacher of the twelfth century, b. date unknown, at Florennes in Belgium; d. about 1157.




» Baldi, Bernardino - An Italian poet and savant, b. at Urbino, 5 June, 1553; d. at the same place, 10 October, 1617.




» Baldovinetti, Alesso - A notable Florentine painter, b. in Florence, 14 October, 1427; d. there, 29 August, 1499.




» Baldred, Saint - Two saints of this name have the same feast day. One was a Celt; the other, and Englishman.




» Baldung, Hans - Known as Grien or Grun, from his fondness for brilliant green, both in his own costume and in his pictures, a vigorous and distinguished painter, engraver, and draughtsman on wood, b. at Gmund, Swabia, about 1476; d. at Strasburg, 1545.




» Baldwin - Archbishop of Trier and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, born 1285; died 1354.




» Baldwin, Francis - Jurist. (1520-1573)




» Baldwin of Canterbury - Thirty-ninth Archbishop, a native of Exeter, date of birth unknown; d. 19 Nov., 1190.




» Balearic Isles - A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation.




» Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa - Born in Dublin 9 January, 1794; died 19 May, 1861; foundress of the Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.




» Ballarat - One of the three suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne, Australia.




» Ballerini, Antonio - Jesuit theologian. (1805-1881)




» Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro - Celebrated theologians and canonists, the sons of a distinguished surgeon of Verona.




» Balme, Henry - A Franciscan theologian, born at Genera, date uncertain; d. 23 February, 1439.




» Balmes, Jaime Luciano - Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, 1848.




» Balsam - Balsam is an oily, resinous, and odorous substance, which flows spontaneously or by incision from certain plants, and which the Church mixes with olive oil for use as chrism.




» Balsamon, Theodore - A canonist of the Greek Church, born in the second half of the twelfth century at Constantinople; died there, after 1195.




» Baltasar - The Greek and Latin name for Belshazzar, which is the Hebrew equivalent for Bel­sarra­usur, i.e., "May Bel protect the king".




» Baltimore, Archdiocese of - History includes colonial and American periods.




» Baltimore, Plenary Councils of - Provides details of three councils held in 1852, 1866, and 1884.




» Baltimore, Provincial Councils of - These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States, inasmuch as the earlier ones legislated for practically the whole territory of the Republic, and furnished moreover a norm for all the later provincial councils of the country.




» Baltus, Jean François - Theologian, born at Metz, 8 June, 1667; died at Reims, 9 March, 1743.




» Balue, Jean - A French cardinal, b. probably c. 1421, in Poitou; d. 5 October, 1491, at Ripatransone.




» Baluze, Etienne - French scholar and historian. (1630-1718)




» Bamberg - Includes history and statistics for the Archdiocese of Bamberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria.




» Banaias - The name of several men mentioned in the Bible.




» Bancel, Louis - Born at Valence, 1628; died at Avignon, 1685.




» Bandello, Matteo - Writer, born at Castelnuovo di Scrivia in Piedmont, Italy, in 1480; died Bishop of Agen, France, in 1565.




» Banduri, Anselmo - Archaeologist and numismatologist. (1671-1743)




» Bañez, Domingo - Detailed article on the Spanish Dominican theologian.




» Bangor - Diocese; anciently known as Bangor Vawr, situated in Carnarvonshire on the Menai Straits.




» Bangor Abbey - The name of two famous monastic establishments in Ireland and England.




» Bangor, Antiphonary of - The codex, found by Muratori in the Ambrosian Library at Milan.




» Banim, John and Michael - Brothers and writers from Kilkenny, Ireland.




» Banjaluka - The Diocese of Banjaluka in Western Bosnia.




» Bankruptcy, Civil Aspect of - Earlier English terms, bankruptship, bankrupture.




» Bankruptcy, Moral Aspect of - Bankruptcy must be considered not only from the legal but also from the moral point of view; for sound morality prescribes that debts must be paid.




» Banns of Marriage - In general the ecclesiastical announcement of the names of persons contemplating marriage.




» Bapst, John - Jesuit missionary and educator. (1815-1887)




» Baptism - One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the "first sacrament", the "door of the sacraments", and the "door of the Church".




» Baptismal Font - A basin or vase, serving as a receptacle for baptismal water in which the candidate for baptism is immersed, or over which he is washed, in the ceremony of Christian initiation.




» Baptismal Vows - The name popularly given to the renunciations required of an adult candidate for baptism just before the sacrament is conferred.




» Baptista Mantuanus, Blessed - Carmelite, Renaissance poet, d. 1516.




» Baptista Varani, Blessed - Poor Clare and ascetical writer. She died in 1527.




» Baptistery - The separate building in which the Sacrament of Baptism was once solemnly administered, or that portion of the church-edifice later set apart for the same purpose.




» Baptistines - I. Hermits of St. John the Baptist. II. Missionaries of St. John the Baptist. III. Sisterhood of St. John the Baptist.




» Baptists - A Protestant denomination which exists chiefly in English speaking countries and owes its name to its characteristic doctrine and practice regarding baptism.




» Bar Hebræus - A Jacobite Syrian bishop, philosopher, poet, grammarian, physician, Biblical commentator, historian, and theologian. (1226-1286)




» Barac - The deliverer of the Israelites from the power of the Chanaanites under the judgeship of Debbora.




» Baradæus, Jacob - A Syrian Monophysite bishop, born in Tella, towards the end of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth century, died in 578.




» Baraga, Frederic - First Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, U.S.A. (1797-1868)




» Barat, Nicolas - A French Orientalist, born at Bourges during the first quarter of the seventeenth century; died in 1706 at Paris.




» Barba, Alvaro Alonzo - A secular priest and writer.




» Barbalissos - A titular see of Mesopotamia.




» Barbara, Saint - Legendary virgin and martyr, first mentioned in the early seventh century. Alleged to have died in the third or fourth century, but date is uncertain and place of martyrdom varies.




» Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco - Italian Cardinal, nephew of Blessed Gregorio Barbarigo (1625-97), born in 1658 at Venice; died in 1730.




» Barbastro - Suffragan diocese of the Spanish province of Huesca.




» Barbelin, Felix-Joseph - Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", b. at Luneville, Province of Alsace, France, 30 May, 1808; d. in Philadelphia, 8 June, 1869.




» Barber Family, The - Daniel Barber, soldier of the Revolution, Episcopalian minister and convert. (1756-1834) Virgil Horace Barber, son of Daniel. (1782-1847)




» Barbieri, Giovanni - A famous painter of religious subjects. (1591-1666)




» Barbosa, Agostino - A noted canonist, b. at Guimaraens, Portugal, in 1589; consecrated in Rome, 22 March, 1649, Bishop of Ugento in Otranto, Italy, died seven months later.




» Barbosa-Machado, Ignacio - A Portuguese historian, born at Lisbon in 1686; died in 1734.




» Barbour, John - Scottish ecclesiastic and author of "The Bruce", a historical poem in the early Scottish or Northern English dialect, b. about 1320; d. 1395.




» Barbus, Paulus - Italian philosopher and theologian, died at Cremona, 4 August, 1494.




» Barca - A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa.




» Barcelona - One of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Tarragona.




» Barcelona, University of - An outgrowth of the ecclesiastical schools founded in the eleventh century.




» Barcena, Alonzo de - A Jesuit, native of Bacza in Andalusia, Spain. (1528-1598)




» Barclay, John - Author of the political novel "Argenis" and other Latin works in prose and verse. (1582-1621)




» Barclay, William - Scottish jurist, b. 1546; d. at Angers, France, 3 July, 1608.




» Barco Centenera, Martin del - A secular priest, in 1572 accompanied as chaplain, the expedition of Juan Ortiz de Zárate to the Rio de La Plata.




» Barcos, Martin de - French theologian of the Jansenist School. (1600-1678)




» Bard, Henry - An English soldier and diplomat, b. 1604; d. 1660.




» Bardesanes and Bardesanites - Syrian Gnostic or, more correctly, a Syrian poet, astrologist, and philosopher, d. 222, at Edessa.




» Bari - An archdiocese situated in the province of the same name, in Apulia, Southern Italy.




» Barjesus - False prophet mentioned in the New Testament.




» Bar-Kepha, Moses - Jacobite bishop and writer. (813-903)




» Barlaam and Josaphat - Main characters of a seventh-century Christian legend. Barlaam, a hermit, converted the prince Josaphat to Christianity, despite the efforts of Josaphat's father Abenner to prevent such a thing. Although Barlaam and Josaphat are included in the Roman Martyrology and in the Greek calendar, the story is actually a Christianized version of a legend about Buddha.




» Barletta, Gabriel - Sometimes called Barlete, De Barolo, or Barolus.




» Barlings, Abbey of - Founded in 1154 in honour of Our Lady by Ralph de Haye who had given some lands to the Abbot of Newhouse.




» Barlow, William Rudesind - Third son of Sir Alexander Barlow of Barlow Hall, date of birth uncertain; d. at Douai, 19 Sept., 1656.




» Barnabas of Terni - Friar Minor and missionary, d. 1474 or 1477.




» Barnabas, Saint - Originally Joseph, styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them.




» Barnabas, The Epistle of - Contains no clue to its author nor to those for whom it was intended.




» Barnabites - The popular name of a religious order which is canonically known by the title, given to it by Pope Paul III in 1535, of Regular Clerics of St. Paul.




» Baroccio, Federigo - Italian painter and engraver. (1528-1612)




» Barocco Style - A debased application to architecture of Renaissance features.




» Baron, Bonaventura - Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher, and writer of Latin prose and verse. (1610-1696)




» Baron, Vincent - Dominican theologian and preacher. (1604-1674)




» Baronius, Venerable Cesare - Cardinal and ecclesiastical historian. (1538-1607)




» Barquisimeto - Diocese in Venezuela, South America.




» Barradas, Sebastião - A Portuguese exegete and preacher, born at Lisbon in 1543; died at Coimbra in 1615.




» Barral, Louis-Mathias, Count de - Archbishop of Tours, France, born 26 April, 1746, at Grenoble; died 7 June, 1816, at Paris.




» Barrande, Joachim - French palæontologist. (1799-1883)




» Barrasa, Jacinto - Born at Lima, Peru, early in the seventeenth century; died there, 22 Nov., 1704.




» Barre, Antoine-Lefebvre, Sieur de la - Tenth French Governor-General of Canada, b. at Paris in 1622; d. in 1690.




» Barreira, Balthasar - A Portuguese Jesuit missionary, born at Lisbon, 1531; died 1612.




» Barrientos, Lopez de - Spanish Dominican bishop, patriot, and diplomat. (1382-1469)




» Barron, Edward - Irish missionary. (1801-1854)




» Barros, João de - Historian, b. in Portugal, 1496; d. 20 October, 1570.




» Barrow, John - Priest, descended from a family of stanch Catholic yeomen. (1735-1811)




» Barrow, William, Venerable - An English Jesuit martyr, born in Lancashire, in 1609, died 30 June, 1679.




» Barruel, Augustin - Controversialist and publicist, born at Villeneuve de Berg (Ardeche); 2 October, 1741; died at Paris, 5 October, 1820.




» Barry, John - U.S. Navy Captain. (1745-1803)




» Barry, John - Second Bishop of Savannah. (1799-1859)




» Barry, Patrick - Horticulturist. (1816-1890)




» Barry, Paul de - A member of the Society of Jesus, born at Leucate in 1587; died at Avignon, 28 July, 1661.




» Barthel, Johann Caspar - A German canonist. (1697-1771)




» Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques - French numismatologist and writer, b. at Cassis (Provence), 1716; d. in Paris, 1795.




» Bartholi, Francesco della Rossa - Friar Minor and chronicler, died c. 1372.




» Bartholomaeus Anglicus - Thirteenth-century Franciscan encyclopedist.




» Bartholomew - Also called Bartholomaeus Parvus (the Little), born at Bologna, year not known; died 15 August, 1333.




» Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable - Born at Verdela, near Lisbon, May, 1514; died at Viana, 16 July, 1590.




» Bartholomew of Braganca - Born about 1200; died 1 July, 1271.




» Bartholomew of Brescia - Italian canonist, b. probably in the second half of the twelfth century at Brescia; d. 1258.




» Bartholomew of Edessa - Syrian apologist and polemical writer.




» Bartholomew of Lucca - Historian, b. about 1227 at Lucca; d. about 1327.




» Bartholomew of Pisa - Friar Minor and chronicler.




» Bartholomew of San Concordio - Canonist, and man of letters, b. at San Concordia, near Pisa about 1260; d. at Pisa, 11 June, 1347.




» Bartholomew, Saint - Mentioned in the lists of apostles in the Synoptic Gospels and in Acts, thought to be identical with Nathaniel (mentioned only in the Gospel of John).




» Bartholomites - The name given to Armenian monks who sought refuge in Italy after the invasion of their country by the Sultan of Egypt in 1296.




» Bartoli, Daniello - Historian and littérateur, born at Ferrara, 12 February, 1608; died in Rome, 12 January, 1685.




» Bartolocci, Giulio - A Cistercian monk and learned Hebrew scholar, b. at Celleno in the old kingdom of Naples, 1 April, 1613; d. at Rome, 19 October, 1687.




» Bartolommeo, Fra - Italian Dominican painter (1475-1517)




» Bartolozzi, Francesco - An engraver, etcher, and painter, b. at Florence, 1727; d. at Lisbon, 1815.




» Barton, Elizabeth - Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of Kent".




» Baruch - The disciple of Jeremiah, and the traditional author of the deuto-canonical book, which bears his name.




» Barzynski, Vincent - Polish-American priest (1838-1899)




» Basil, Liturgy of Saint - Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed to the great St. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia from 370 to 379.




» Basil of Amasea - Bishop and Martyr.




» Basil of Seleucia - Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, date of birth uncertain; d., probably, between 458 and 460.




» Basil, Rule of Saint - St. Basil drew up his Rule for the members of the monastery he founded about 356 on the banks of the Iris in Cappadocia.




» Basil the Great, Saint - Biographical article on the Bishop of Caesarea, who is one of the Cappadocian Fathers, Doctor of the Church, and brother of St. Gregory of Nyssa.




» Basilians - Priests of the Community of St. Basil.




» Basilica - The term can indicate either the architectural style of a church, or its canonical status.




» Basilides - The earliest of the Alexandrian Gnostics, a native of Alexandria and flourished under the Emperors Adrian and Antoninus Pius, about 120-140.




» Basilides - Martyrs bearing this name are mentioned in the old martyrologies on three different days, namely, on 10, 12, and 28 June.




» Basilinopolis - A titular see of Asia Minor.




» Basilissa - Several saints of this name appear in martyrologies. Next to nothing is known about any of them except place of martyrdom, and sometimes the names of their spouses or companions in martyrdom.




» Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of - Extensively used in the Jewish Ritual and were in early use in Christian churches for ablutions and to receive lamp-drippings.




» Basle, Council of - Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449.




» Basle-Lugano - Composed of the two Dioceses of Basle and Lugano which are united only by having a bishop in common.




» Bas-relief - A sculpture executed upon and attached to a flat surface.




» Bassein - The birthplace of St. Gonsalo Garcia, the only Indian saint, who was a companion of St. Philip de las Casas, the first native of America to be canonized.




» Bassett, Joshua - Convert and controversialist, Master of Sidney Sussex College, born about 1641, at Lynn Regis, where his father was a merchant; died in London, in 1720.




» Bassi, Matthew of - Founder of the Capuchins. (1495-1552)




» Bassianus - Bishop of Ephesus (444-448).




» Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric - A French economist, b. at Mugron, a small city in the Department of Landes, 29 June, 1801; d. at Rome, 24 December, 1850.




» Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné - A French theologian, b. at Rouen, 29 November, 1741; d. at Saint-Laurent, 26 September, 1825.




» Basutoland - A mountainous district of South Africa, bounded on the north and west by the Orange River Colony, on the easy by Natal, and on the south by Cape Colony.




» Batavia - Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia.




» Bath Abbey - The first religious house in Bath was a monastery of nuns founded by King Osric, A.D. 676.




» Bath and Wells - Ancient diocese coextensive with the county of Somerset, England.




» Bathe, William - Irishman, Jesuit, wrote educational books on music and language. He died in 1614.




» Bathilde, Saint - A runaway slave who became the wife of King Clovis II. Upon widowhood, she founded monasteries and proved herself a capable regent. She died in 680.




» Bathurst - Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney.




» Battaglini, Marco - A historian of the councils, b. at Rimini, Italy, 25 March, 1645; d. at Cesena, 19 September, 1717.




» Batteux, Charles - Abbé and writer on philosophy and aesthetics, b. near Vouziers, France, 6 May, 1713; d. at Paris, 14 July, 1780.




» Battista, Giovanni Giuda Giona - Original name, Jehuda Jona Ben-Isaac.




» Battle Abbey - Founded by William the Conqueror on the site of the Battle of Senlae or Hastings (1066).




» Bauberger, Wilhelm - German physician, novelist, and poet, b. at Thannhausen in Swabian Bavaria, 3 March, 1809; d. at the same place, 8 February, 1883.




» Baudeau, Nicolas - Regular Canon and economist, b. at Amboise, France, 25 April, 1730; d. in 1792.




» Baudouin, Michel - Italian missionary born 1692. Entered the Society of Jesus in France at the age of twenty-one, arrived in Louisiana in 1728.




» Baumgartner, Alexander - Swiss poet and writer. (1841-1910)




» Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob - A Swiss statesman, b. 18 October, 1797, at Altstätten, Switzerland; d. 12 July, 1869, at St. Gallen.




» Baunard, Louis - Educator, b. at Bellgarde (Loiret), France, in 1828.




» Bauny, Etienne - Theologian, b. in 1564 at Mouzon, Ardennes, France; d. 3 December, 1649, at Saint Pol de Léon.




» Bausset, Louis-François de - A French cardinal, writers, and statesman. (1748-1824)




» Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie - Philosopher and theologian. (1796-1867)