Gaetanus. See Cajetan.
GafTarel, Jacques, a French mj'stic, was born at JIannes, in Provence, in IGOl, and studied at Valence. He showed special ajititude for Oriental and cabalistic studies, and was made librarian at Paris to cardinal Richelieu. In lG2o he published Abdita divinm Ca- bals Mysteria (4to) ; a!! J got into trouble by Curiosi- tcz inouycz sur la sculpture talismtiidque dts Persons (Paris, i629-30, also 1G;J1, 1G37, and in Latin, Cur.'osi- tates Inauditm [Hamburg, 170G, 8vo]), which was con- demned l)y the Sorbonne. In 1G32 he went to Kome, and Ijecanie intimate with Leo Allatius. He travelled in Italy, Greece, and Asia ; and on his return to Paris received several valuable Church preferments. He devoted himself to reclaiming Protestants, but was himself charged with preaching against purgatory. Eaj'le hints tiiat he did lliis by order, in order to se- duce Protestants. He died in 1681. Among his writ- ings, other than those mentioned, are Dies Domini, sire define mundi, etc. (Paris, 1G29, 12mo) : — Index Codicmn cabidisticontm quibus iisus est Joannes Mirandidanus (Paris, 1C51) : — llistoire iiniverseUe dii monde soufer- rain (IGGG, fol.). — ^Bayle, Dictionary, s. v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Ginerale, xix. ilG.
Gage, Thomas, an English divine, noted especial- ly for his conversion from Ilonian Catholicism, was born in Haling, in Surrey, about 1597. He entered into the Dominican order in Spain, after whicli he was sent as a missionary to the Philippine Islands ; but instead of going tliitlior, he went to Mexico, and then to Guate- mala, where lie spent ten years in missionary labors among tlie Indians. He returned to England in 1G37, after an absence of twenty-four j'ears, during which lie liad forgotten his native language. On examining into his domestic aftairs, he ound himself unnoticed in bis fathTr's will, forgotten by some of his relations, and with difficult}' acknowledged bj' others. While abroad he had imbibed doubts of Romanism, and now he resolved to t:die another journey to Itah', to "try what l)etter satisfaction he could lind fur his conscience at Kome in that religion." At Loretto his conversion from Popery was comideted by his observation of the false miracles attributed to the picture of the Virgin there, and on his return home he preached a recanta- tion sermon at St. Paul's, by order of the bishop of London. He continued aliove a year in London, l)ut soon received from tlie iiarliamentary Jiarty the living of Deal, in Kent. His accounts of the West Indies and Spanish America gave rise to the expedition of admiral Penn against Jamaica in 1G55. Page accom- panied the fleet, and died of dysentery at Jamaica (l(irj5). He published his Recantation Sermon (1G42) ; a jiiece entitled A Duel foil rjlit bcticecn a Jesuit and a Dominican (4to); and Purvey of (he ]Vest Indies '(16-iS, and again in 1G55, fol.). This- "work was greatly ad- mired, and was soon translated into most European languages. See Hook, Jiccks. Bior/r. v, 243 ; Echard,
Script. Ord. Pradicatorwn, vol. ii ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog, Generale, xix, 151.
Gage, "William, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Salem, Jlass., Nov. IG, 1797. He graduated at Am- herst College in 1828, then entered Andover Tlieolog- ical Seminary, where he graduated in 1831. He was licensed to preach the same year, and was settled in 1832 pastor over the churches of Concord and Pisgah, Ohio, where he remained until his death. He early espoused the anti-slavery views for which the pi'esbv- tery of Cliillicothe has been so long distinguished. Upon one occasion his iiouse was pelted with eggs and stones, and he himself was threatened with tar and feathers if he would not desist from preaching and praying on the subject. He kept on in his course, however. He died July 9. 18G3. — \\ilson, Presbyterian Almanac, vi, 150.
Gageliii, Francois Isidore, a French missionary and martyr, was born at Mont-Pereux (Doubs). May 5, 1799, and educated at Besan(;on, and at the seminary of Foreign Jlissions at Paris. Having been appointed subdeacon, he embarked at Bordeaux in Dec. 1820, for Cochin China, and in 1822 was consecrated priest by bi^lio]! Labartba. The Christian religion had been tolerated in Cochin Cliinn since April 22, 1774, liut the example of Tonqnin, wiiere it was strictly prohibited, was not without influence. In 1820 5Iihn-Mehn as- cended the thione, and soon gave evidences of his dis- like towards tlic new religion, yet did not begin perse- cuting the. Christians until 182G. At that time the bonzes and mandarins addressed a petition to the em- peror, ; sking for the expulsion of tiie missionaries. The Jesuits, becoming alarmed, fled ; but Gagelin, less fortunate than his colleagues, was arrested and lirought back to Hue-Fo. He was, however, permitted to con- tinue his missionary efforts, and in 1828 was allowed to settle in the province of Dong Nai ; but a strife be- tween the dift'erent sects led to a general edict against the Christians, Jan. G, 1833. Gagelin was again taken to Hue, and hung, Oct. 11, 1833. — Francois Percnnes, Vie de Vabbe Gagelin (Besnneon, 18SG, 12mo); Hoefer, Kouv. Biog. Ginerale, xix, 154 sq. (J. N. P.)
Gagnier, Jean, a French divine and Orientalist, was born in Paris aliout 1C70. He was bred a Ilomaii Catholic, entered into hoi}' orders, and became a canon in the alibey of St. Genevieve, but became a Protestant and settled in England. He was patronized by arch- bishop Sharp and other eminent persons, and received the degree of iM.A. at Cambridge and Oxford. He obtained the Arabic professorship at Oxford in 1715, and died in 1740. He published an edition of Ben Gorion's "History of the Jews," in Hebrew, with a Latin translation and notes (Oxf. 1706, 4to): — Vindlcia: Kirchcriaim (Oxf. 1718, fol.) : — Llglise Eomaine con- Vdincue d'idolatrie (La Have, 170C, 8vo) : — Vie de Ma- homet, iraduite et compilie de r Alcoran (Amst. 1732, 2 vols.). — Hoefer, Xouv. Biogr. Genir. xix, 16G.