A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... ( Lewis ) , a French prelate , was Lorn in 1608. He obtained the bishopric of Rhodes in 1664 , but resigned it three years « ferwards , and le : ired to St. Lazare , where hedied in 1691. He wrote Medulla Theo- logica , 2 vols . 12mo ...
... ( Lewis ) , a French prelate , was Lorn in 1608. He obtained the bishopric of Rhodes in 1664 , but resigned it three years « ferwards , and le : ired to St. Lazare , where hedied in 1691. He wrote Medulla Theo- logica , 2 vols . 12mo ...
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... ( Lewis ) , a Roman cardinal , was born in 1390. In 1422 , being archbishop of Arles , he was sent legate to Sienna by pope Martin V. to procure the removal of the council of Pavia to that city ; and the same pontiff made him cardinal ...
... ( Lewis ) , a Roman cardinal , was born in 1390. In 1422 , being archbishop of Arles , he was sent legate to Sienna by pope Martin V. to procure the removal of the council of Pavia to that city ; and the same pontiff made him cardinal ...
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... Lewis Carrachi , and died at Rome in 1645 . There is in the church of St. Peter of the Vatican a fine bas - relief by him , represent- ing St. Leo appearing before Attila ; and at Bologna , a group of the beheading of St. Paul ...
... Lewis Carrachi , and died at Rome in 1645 . There is in the church of St. Peter of the Vatican a fine bas - relief by him , represent- ing St. Leo appearing before Attila ; and at Bologna , a group of the beheading of St. Paul ...
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... Lewis XII . made him prime - minister , and he soon acquired great popularity , by taking off the taxes which had usually been levied on the people at the accession of every new monarch . The king , by his advice , undertook the ...
... Lewis XII . made him prime - minister , and he soon acquired great popularity , by taking off the taxes which had usually been levied on the people at the accession of every new monarch . The king , by his advice , undertook the ...
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... ( Lewis de St. ) , doctor of the Sor- bonne , and rector of the university of Paris He went to Rome as the advocate for the jansenists . He was expelled the Sorbonne for not signing the condemnation of Ar- nauld . He died in 1687. - Dupin ...
... ( Lewis de St. ) , doctor of the Sor- bonne , and rector of the university of Paris He went to Rome as the advocate for the jansenists . He was expelled the Sorbonne for not signing the condemnation of Ar- nauld . He died in 1687. - Dupin ...
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