CYCLOPEDIA of BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL and ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE D - Dyzemas by James Strong & John Mcclintock
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THE AGES DIGITAL LIBRARY REFERENCE CYCLOPEDIA of BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL and ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE D - Dyzemas by James Strong & John McClintock To the Students of the Words, Works and Ways of God: Welcome to the AGES Digital Library. We trust your experience with this and other volumes in the Library fulfills our motto and vision which is our commitment to you: MAKING THE WORDS OF THE WISE AVAILABLE TO ALL — INEXPENSIVELY. AGES Software Rio, WI USA Version 1.0 © 2000 2 D Dabaiba an idol of the inhabitants of Panama. This goddess was of mortal extraction, aid, having led a virtuous life on earth, was deified after death, and called by those idolaters the mother of God. They sacrificed slaves to her, and worshipped her by fasting three or four days together, and by acts of devotion, such as sighs, groans, and ecstasies. Dabbasheth Tristram (Bible Places, page 252) thinks this is "the modern Duweibeh," "between Joknean (Keimfln) and the sea, along the south boundary of Carmel," thus making the line of Zebulun include the crest of Carmel, and doubtless referring to Khurbet ed-Duweibeh, which the Ordnance Map lays down at one and one half miles north-west from Tell-Keimln, and which the Memoirs (1:311) describe as "heaps of stones, well cut and of good size, apparently Byzantine work;" but Trelawney Saunders (Map of the Old Test.) adopts the suggestion of Jebata, as in volume 2, page 638, described in the Memoirs (1:274) as "a small mud hamlet in the plain, said only to contain eighty souls." Dabbs, Richard a Baptist minister, was born in Charlotte County, Virginia. He was pastor first at Ash Camp, afterwards in Petersburg; in 1820, in Lynchburg; subsequently, in Nashville, Tennessee. He died May 21, 1825. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 306. (J.C.S.) Daberath The Memoirs (1:363) accompanying the Ordnance Map of Western Palestine contain the following additional notice of this place: "Deburieh — a small village built of stone, with inhabited caves; contains about two hundred Moslems, and is surrounded by gardens of figs and olives. It is situated on the slope of the hill. Water is obtained from cisterns in the village." "It has several Protestant families, the fruits of the English Church mission" (Tristram, Bible Places, page 235). 3 Daberna (Taberna, or Ferna), Giuseppe a Sicilian theologian, was born at Camerata in 1599. He was a Capuchin friar, and died in 1677, leaving, Dissertazione della Scienza per Bene Finire (Messina, 1652): — Harmonia della Biblia (ibid. 1656): — Ceremonie per Celebrare la Messa (Palermo, 1669): — Il Vocabulario Toscano: — also some religious works in Italian. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Dabheog of Lough Derg, an Irish or Welsh saint, commemorated January 1. Dabillon, Andre a French theologian, and for a time a Jesuit, became grand-vicar of Caumartin, bishop of Amiens, then rector of Magne, Saintonge, and died there about 1664, leaving, La Divinite Defendue: — Le Concile de la Grace, etc. A collection of his works was printed at Paris,:1645. They were attributed to Barcos, nephew of John Duvergier of Hauranne, abbot of St. Cyran, in the Histoire Ecclesiastique of Dupin. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Dabis (or Debis), a Japanese deity, of which a large image of brass stood in the road from Osaka to Sorungo, which was consulted every year by a spotless virgin. Dabius (David, otherwise called Dobi, Biteus, or Mobiou), an Irish priest and saint, preached with great success in his own country and in Alba, and was patron saint of Domnach Cluana, now Donachcloney, in the county of Down, and of Kippen, in Scotland, where a famous church was dedicated under his patronage, by the name of Movean. We still have Kippendavie besides Dunblane. To him, probably, more than to St. David or Dewi of Wales, are the Celtic dedications to St. David to be assigned. He is commemorated July 22. 4 Dablon, Claude a French Jesuit missionary in Canada, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin, was born in 1618. He began a mission at Onondaga in 1655, and in 1668 established another at Sault Ste. Marie and one among the Foxes. In 1670 he became superior of the Canada missions. He died in Quebec, September 20, 1697. He wrote the Relation de la Nouvelle France, 1671-79 (printed partly at the time and partly later; reprinted, N.Y. 1810). Dabney, John B., LL.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, began his ministry in 1862 by officiating in Campbell County, Virginia, serving in Moore Parish, where subsequently he became rector, and remained in that position until his death, April 23, 1868. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1869, page 109. Daboi is one of the snakes of Africa worshipped by the Widahs; it is attended by maidens as its priestesses, who, with the snake, receive great respect. Dabonna is often given in the lists of nephews and nieces of St. Patrick, but much doubt rests on all his kindred. SEE DURERCA. Dabrecog (or Da-Breccoc), of Tuam-dreman, is an Irish saint, commemorated on May 9; probably the same given by some on this day as Dubricin or Dabricin. Dabud SEE DAVID, 1. Dace, John an English Wesleyan missionary, was born at Wednesbury in 1754. He was converted young; in 1806 offered himself as a missionary to the West Indies; and died at St. Bartholomew, September 3, 1821. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1822. 5 Dachiarog "the saint of Airigul," is cited as a prophet. He may have been the Ulster saint Ciaroc, Ciarog, or Mochuaroc, who, with n reccan, was one of "the two heroes of purity who love Christ faithfully." Dachonna is a very common name in the list of saints, either as Conna and Connan, or with the prefixes of veneration Da or Do and Mo. It was the baptismal name of St. Machar (q.v.). The most famous saint of this name is commemorated May 15. He was bishop of Connor, and of the race of Eoghan, son of Niall. "St. Dachonna the pious, bishop of Condere," died in 726. Dachsel, Georg Christoph a German Hebraist and theologian, a native of Alt-Leisnig, pursuted his studies at Leipsic, took his degrees, and became minister at Lechnitz in 1712, and at Geringswalde in 1729, where his death occurred in 1742. He wrote, De Uncionae Elisaei (Leipsic, 1708): — Biblia Hebranica Accentuata (ibid. 1729). See Hoefer, Nouvt. Biog. Generale, s.v. Dacianus (1) a persecuting officer in Spain, in 303 or 304, under Diocletian and Maximian. He was rioted for his severity in carrying out their orders, especially against bishops, presbyters, and all ordained ministers. (2) One of the forty-nine martyrs of Carthage in 304, in the persecution by Diocletian under the proconsul Anulinus. (3) Metropolitan of Byzacene, in Africa, in the 6th century. A rescript was addressed to him by Justinian I in 541. Dacius, Saint bishop of Milan, was called to that see in 527. He exhorted the inhabitants of that city to defend themselves against the Goths, and on its capture took refuge at Corinth. He afterwards went to Constantinople, where the emperor, Justinian, who had published a constitution prejudicial to the clergy, wished him to sign it, but the prelate stoutly refused. He died February 552. A MS. history, found in the library of Milan, is falsely 6 attributed to Dacius. St. Dacius is commemorated January 14. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Dacrianus is the name of a supposed Benedictine abbot. He is the reputed author of Speculum Monachorum and Spiritualis Vita Documenta, ascribed to the 8th century. The name was probably feigned by Ludovicus Blosius, an abbot of the 16th century. Dact li Idaei in Greek mythology, were daemons, to whom was accredited, in Asia Minor, especially near the Trojan mountain Ida, the first discovery of metallurgy, and who received divine worship. Their origin and real signification were not known even in the most flourishing period of Grecian and Roman art. It is only surmised that they received their name from their dexterity of finger (da>ktulov), and from the mountain Ida. Their number is variously reckoned at from ten to one hundred. Dactyliomancy (Gr. daktu>liov, a ring, and mantei>a, divination), a species of augury practiced among the ancient Greeks and Romans, performed by suspending a ring from a fine thread over a round table, on the edge of which were marked the letters of the alphabet. When the vibration of the ring had ceased, the letters over which the ring happened to hang, when joined together, gave the answer to the inquirer. SEE DIVINATION. Dacunus is the name of a saint who was one of the anchorites said to have come with St. Petrock to Bodmin, one of the most sacred sites in Cornwall, in the 6th century.. Dadas with Quintilian, was a disciple of Maximus the. reader, at Dorostolus of Macedonia. They were martyred under Maximian, and are commemorated April 28. 7 Daddi, Bernardo an Italian painter, was born at Arezzo, and flourished in the middle of the 14th century. He studied under Spinello Aretino, and was elected a member of the company of painters at Florence in 1355. He was celebrated in his day, and some of his works are still preserved in the churches of that city. He died there in 1381. Daddi, Cosimo an Italian painter, was born at Florence, where he flourished from about 1600 to 1630. He has several pictures in the monastery of San Lino, in that city, representing scenes from the Lif of the Virgin. In the church of San Michaele there is still an altar-piece representing the patron saint of that church defeating the apostate angels.