Bible Encyclopedias

Bonaparte
Name of a celebrated family of Italian origin settled in Corsica; the principal members of it were: orn at Ajaccio, 1744; died at Montpellier, 1785;

Cambridge University
17 colleges: Peterhouse, founded 1257; Clare College, 1326; Pembroke, 1347; Gonville and Caius, 1348; Trinity Hall, 1350; Corpus Christi, 1352; King's,

Cavour, Count Camillo Benso de
One of the greatest of modern statesmen, born the younger son of a Piedmontese family at Turin; entered the army, but was precluded from a military career

Charles Albert
King of Sardinia, succeeded Charles Felix in 1831; conceived a design to emancipate and unite Italy; in the pursuit of this object he declared war against

Ferdinand II. (2)
King of the Two Sicilies, grandson of the preceding and son of Francis I.; after the death of his first wife, a daughter of Victor Emmanuel I., he married

Gama, Vasco Da
A famous Portuguese navigator, the discoverer of the route to India round the Cape of Good Hope, born at Sines, in Portugal, of good family; he seems

Garibaldi
Italian patriot, began life as a sailor, associated himself enthusiastically with Mazzini for the liberation of his country, but being convicted of conspiracy

Gell, Sir William
Archæologist, born at Hopton, Derbyshire; after graduating at Cambridge was elected to a Fellowship at Emmanuel College; his passion for classical

Humbert I.
king of italy, son of victor emmanuel, whom he succeeded in 1878; took while crown prince an active part in the movement for italian unity, and distinguished himself by his bravery; b . 1844.

Italy
The central one of three peninsulas stretching into the Mediterranean Sea, in the S. of Europe, has the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas respectively on

James, Henry
an american theological writer, a disciple of swedenborg, and an exponent of his system (1811-1882).

New Jerusalem Church
a church consisting of the disciples of emanuel swedenborg, formed into a separate organisation for worship about 1788. see swedenborgianism .

Pius
Pius, the name of nine Popes, of which only six call for particular mention: Pius II., Pope from 1458 to 1464, was of the family of the Piccolomini,

Savoy, House of
An ancient royal house of Europe (represented now by the king of Italy), whose territorial possessions were constituted a county of the empire in the

Swedenborgians
the members of the "new jerusalem church," founded on the teaching of emmanuel swedenborg (q. v .) on a belief in direct communion with the world of spirits, and in god as properly incarnate in the divine humanity of christ.

Whichcote, Benjamin
cambridge platonist, born in shropshire; was a fellow and tutor of emmanuel college; was distinguished for his personal influence over his pupils, many of them eminent men; he gave a philosophical turn to their theological opinions (1609-1683).