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[German Version] (Boil, Buil; c. 1455 in Catalonia or Valencia — after 1507), a secretary and diplomat in the service of King Ferdinand of Aragon. A Benedictine in Montserrat, he was ordained priest in 1481; under the influence of St. Frances of Paula, he transferred to the Minims in 1492. Appointed by Pope Alexander VI apostolic vi…

[German Version] I. Early Church – II. Middle Ages (to 1450) – III. 1450–1600 – IV. 1600–1800 – V. 1800–1890 – VI. 1890–1945 – VII. 1945– I. Early Church Christianity spread throughout the ancient world with remarkable speed. As early as 110, the Roman legate Pliny the Younger reported the presence in Bithynia in Asia Minor of a great number of Christians “of every age and class, and of both sexes,” both “in the cities” and “throughout the rural areas.” Toward the middle of the 3rd centur…