This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...may have been the nature of his claims on James I., that Charles I. did not acknowledge them. Buckingham's assassination in 1629 removed another patron; and he must have been thankful for even the Deanery of Durham. The Archbishop of Spalato, who, as we have seen held the office of Master for a time, has been the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...may have been the nature of his claims on James I., that Charles I. did not acknowledge them. Buckingham's assassination in 1629 removed another patron; and he must have been thankful for even the Deanery of Durham. The Archbishop of Spalato, who, as we have seen held the office of Master for a time, has been the subject of much notice, yet I cannot find that any very complete account of him has ever been written. Here, it will not be possible to do much more than detail his connection with the Savoy. The Hospital under the Stewarts. The Archbishop of Spalato. The Archbishop of Spalaio. Ztz 3rcf)bi0j)op of ftpalato. The Archbishop of Spalato--His coming to England--His reception--Solomon and the Queen of Sheba--The Archbishop's Sermon at Mercer's Chapel--His corpulence--Appointed to the Savoy--His resignation and departure--His tragical end--Conflicting accounts of his character--Balcanquall restored--Papists at the Savoy--Balcanquall's promotion and death. Mark Anthony De Dominis was born at Arba in Dalmatia in 1566. He was educated at Loretto by the Jesuits, and proceeded to the university of Padua, where he very soon distinguished himself, both as a student and as a lecturer. He studied mathematics and physics in particular, to such purpose that he was the first philosopher to give a satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon of the rainbow. While still a young man he was made a bishop on the recommendation of the Emperor Rodolph. His first see was Segni, but within two years he was promoted to the Archbishopric of Spalato, the capital city of his native province. It is under the name of "Spalato" that he is usually spoken of by his contemporaries, as if that was his surname. A contest between Pope Paul V. and the Venetian government as to eccl...
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