John Conington

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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]

an English theologian of the 14th century, early took the Franciscan habit, and: became general of the order. He defended the papacy against William of Occam. He died at Cambridge in 1330, leaving Sermones Solemnes in Quadagesimam Gregorii: De Magistro Sententiarum: De Christo Domino, etc. See Hoefer. Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

Classical scholar and professor of Latin at Oxford, born at Boston, translator of the "Æneid" of Virgil, "Odes, Satires, and Epistles" of Horace, and 12 books of the "Iliad" into verse, as well as of other classics; his greatest work is his edition of "Virgil" (1823-1869).

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