 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 618 pages
...existed, but were the offspring of ignorance, mistaking, eg a Greek word in a church inscription for the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated, and that others were of a very equivocal charac? nos qui eis exhibetur, refertur ad prototypa, quaa illse... | |
 | Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1851 - 484 pages
...that very often the old bells of churches were found to contain some interesting inscription, such as the name of the Saint to whom the church was dedicated ; and the staircases of the towers were frequently subjects of interest, for he often found that the covers... | |
 | John Anthony Sparvel-Bayly - Christian antiquities - 1889 - 250 pages
...was " payed for halowyng of the grete bell namyd Harry, vif. \\\\d." Sometimes we find a bell bearing the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated, and when in one church there were several altars dedicated in honour of different saints, each would have... | |
 | Scotland - 1895 - 452 pages
...third volume of his Caledonia* published in 1824, says, "The inscription on the church bell records the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated, and who was regarded as the tutelar saint of the parish." His name does not now occur on the bell. In order,... | |
 | Natural history - 1907 - 408 pages
...been found as a baby on the steps of St. Benet Fink's Church, in the City. The foundling was given the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated, and it was not long after the opening of the shop before Benetfinks became a household word, not only in... | |
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... the gospel to men ; and that it can be clearly proved that many saints, now so considered, never existed, but were the offspring of ignorance, mistaking, eg a Greek word in a church inscription for the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated,... 