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Belgium Belgium- Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country. Belasyse, John Belasyse, John- Born about 1614; died 1689, a loyal Catholic English nobleman, second son of Thomas first Lord Fauconberg. His mother was Barbara, daughter of Sir Henry Cholmondel… Beja Beja- Diocese in Portugal, suffragan of Evora. Beirut Beirut- In Phoenicia, a titular Latin see, and the residential see of several prelates of Oriental rites. Behaim, Martin Behaim, Martin- A German cartographer and navigator. (1459-1507) Behaim, Albert von Behaim, Albert von- Known also as Albertus Bohemus. Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir- Knight; b. 1509; d. 1583. Bedingfeld, Frances Bedingfeld, Frances- Superioress of the English Institute of Mary. (1616-1704) Bedford, Henry Bedford, Henry- Writer and educator. (1816-1903) Bedford, Gunning S. Bedford, Gunning S.- Medical writer and teacher. (1806-1870) Bede Bede- The old English word bede (Anglo-Saxon bed) means a prayer, though the derivative form, gebed, was more common in this sense in Anglo-Saxon literature. Bebian, Roch-Amboise-Auguste Bebian, Roch-Amboise-Auguste- Sent to France, committed to the care of his godfather, the Abbé Sicard, the well-known educator of the deaf and dumb. Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de- A French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, 17 October, 1731; d. at Paris, 4 April, 1790. Beauvais Beauvais- A suffragan diocese of the archiepiscopal See of Reims. Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant- Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 28 May, 1818; d. there 20 February, 1893. Beaune, Renaud de Beaune, Renaud de- A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at Tours; d. 1606 in Paris. Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu Abbey- A Cistercian house in Hampshire, one of the three monasteries founded by King John (c. 1204) and peopled by thirty monks from Cîteaux. Beaufort, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Margaret- Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1441; d. 1509, daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, first Duke of Somerset. Beaton, James Beaton, James- Archbishop of Glasgow. (1517-1603) Beaton, James Beaton, James- Scottish Archbishop. (1473-1539) Bazin, John Stephen Bazin, John Stephen- Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis). (1796-1848) Baysio, Guido de Baysio, Guido de- An Italian canonist, b. about the middle of the thirteenth century of a noble Ghibelline family; d. at Avignon, 10 August, 1313. Bayonne Bayonne- Diocese comprising the Department of Basses-Pyrenees. Bayley, James Roosevelt Bayley, James Roosevelt- First Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland. (1814-1877) Bayeux Bayeux- Coextensive with the Department of Calvados, is suffragan to the Archbishopric of Rouen. Bayeu y Subias, Francisco Bayeu y Subias, Francisco- Born at Saragossa, 9 March, 1734; died Madrid, 4 August, 1795, a distinguished religious and historical painter. Bayer, Adèle Bayer, Adèle- Eldest daughter of Andrew Parmentier, b. in Belgium, 4 July, 1814, and d. in Brooklyn, New York, 22 January, 1892. Bavaria, The Kingdom of Bavaria, The Kingdom of- Named after the German tribe called Boiarii. Bautista, Fray Juan Bautista, Fray Juan- Franciscan, who taught theology and metaphysics at the convent of St. Francis of Mexico. Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie- Philosopher and theologian. (1796-1867)