sides the two principal works mentioned, two other pub- lications are ascribed to him, viz. Verborum Latinorum cum Gracis A nglicisrpie conjunctorvvi locupletissimi Com- mentarii (1583), and De Kcclesia ah aniichiisto per ejus excvlium liberunda (Lond. 158'.)); the latter was dedi- cated to queen Elizabeth, and translated into German. See Bayle, J list. Diet, s. v.; Haag, La France Protes- tante, s. v.; Niceron, Meinoires, vol. xxxvi; Hoefer, Nouv, Biog. Generale, xxxvi, 546, 547.
Moreri, Louis, a French ecclesiastic noted for his literary labors, was born at Bargemont, in Provence, in 1643. He first studied the classics in the Jesuitical col- lege at Aix, and finally theology at Lyons, and was there ordained for the jjriesthood. When only eighteen years of age he made himself noted as the author of an allegor- ical composition, and later by a collection of his poems. He applied himself diligently to the study of the Italian and Spanish languages, and translated Rodriguez's book on Christian Perfection, which he published under the title Pratique de la perfection Chretienne et rtligieuse, traduite de VEspagnol (Lyons, 1677, 3 vok. 8vo). Mo- reri preached for five years at Lyons with great success, and while there formed his plan for his Historical Dic- tionai'y. He so applied himself to this stupendous work, of which the first edition appeared at Lyons in 1674, that his health was impaired and his strength exhaust- ed. In 1680 appeared the first volume of the second edition. He died in the same year, July 10, But though Moreri had lived only so few years, he had yet accomplished the work of a common lifetime, and se- cured a name among posterity for centuries. His Ilis- forical Dictionary contains whatever is curious and noteworthy in sacred and profane historj' ; hence evcrj-- body was amazed to see so prodigious a work from so young a man. He was at once, after the publication of the book in 1674, surrounded by the learned of his coun- try, taken from his charge, and made welcome into the family of the bishop of Apt, in Provence, whom he at- tended the year following to Paris ; he was there soon introduced to the prelates, who held their assembly in St. Germain en Laye, and the learned men in the me- tropolis. His friends also recommended him to M. de Pompone, secretary of state, who invited him to his house in 1678; and he might have expected great ad- vantages from the patronage of that minister had not his intense application cut short his life. Indeed, he may be said to have sacrificed both his fortune and his life for the public when he undertook so laborious a work. Besides the writings above alluded to, he put the Lives of the Saints into more elegant French, and added methodical tables for the use of preach- ers, with chronological tables; and in 1671 he pub- lished at Lyons the following book. Relations nourelles du Levant, ou traiies de la religion, du gouvernment, et des coutumes des Perses, des A rminiens, et des Gaiires, composes par le P. G, D, C. C, (that is, P. Gabriel du Chi- non, capuchin), et donnes au public par le sieur L. M. J', D. E. T. (that is, Louis Moreri, pretre, Docteur en Tlie- ologie). The Historical Dictionary has passed through many editions, and has from one vol, fol. been extended constantly until in its 19th edition (Paris, 1750) it made 10 vols, fol. Both the well-informed Bayle and the scholarly Du Pin have enlarged and enriched tlie work as its editors. See Gen, liiog. Diet. &,v,; Niceroi:, J/f- moires, s. v.; Hoefer, Nouv, Biog, Generale, s,\,\ Peri- caud, Moreri a Lyon (Lyons, 1837, 8vo). (J. H. W.)
Mores, Edwaup Rowe, an English Roman Cath- olic noted for his antiquarian labors, was born of Prot- estant parents Jan. 13, 1730, at Tunstall, in Kent,
! where his father was rector for nearly thirty years. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's school and at Queen's College, Oxford. Even while yet a student at the university he was noted for his attainments, and as- sisted in anti(iuarian labors. Being intended for orders by his father, be took the degrees of B,A, May 12, 1750,
I aiid M.A, Jan. 15, 1753, before which time he had formed
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considerable collections relative to the antiquities, etc., of Oxford, and particularly to those of his own college, whose archives he arranged, and made large extracts from, with a view to its histon,'. He also gathered some collections for a history of Godstow Nunnerj- and of Ifflev church. His MSS. relative to his own college, with his collections about All Souls' College, are still un- published, but are treasured in the Bodleian Librarj'. In 1752 he printed in half a 4to sheet some corrections made by Junius in his own copy of his edition of Cmd- mofi's Saxon Paraphrase of Genesis, and other parts of the Old Testament (Amstelod. lG5o), and then went to the Continent, where he seems to have fallen in with Roman Catholics, and to have secretly joined their com- munion. He is even reported to have taken orders, but there is no clear record of this. He was favored by the Sorbonne with the degree of D.D., indicating that he must have made strong friends among the French Romanists. On his return to England he entered into deacon's orders in the Establishment, but never held any preferments, as he was universally disliked for his peculiar religious opinions. Thus he avowed a prefer- ence for the Latin language in religious worship, and composed a creed in it, with a kind of mass, of which he printed a few copies in his own house, under the dis- guised title of Ordinale Quotidianum (1685), Ordo Tri- gintalis (1685). That Mores, however, had forsaken his Roman (jatholic notions, at least in part, in later life, is apparent from his conduct in the case of his daughter, who, while under the tuition of French Romanists, was surrounded by influences of such a character as might secure her conversion. He no sooner gained knowledge of it than he had her removed, besides severely remon- strating against the breach of good faith of the friends he had trusted. He died in 1778, leaving many works and collections of great value to the antiquarian. A curious work which he left in MS. in Latin, entitled De uElfrico A rchiepiscopo Dorovernensi Commentarius A uc- tore Edwardo Rowe Mores, A ..1/., Soc. A ntiq. Lond. Soc, seems to have been intended for publication. It con- tains ten chapters; and the first seven relate to arch- bishop ^Ifric; cap. 8 is entitled " De ^Ifrico Bata;" cap. 9, " De ^Ifrico Abbate Meildunensi ; " cap. 10, " De aliis ^Ifricis." An appendix is subjoined, containing transcripts of Saxon charters and extracts from historians concerning archbishop ^Elfric. It is now preserved in the Lambeth Librarj-. .See Gen. Blog. Diet. s. v. ; and the Memoirs prefixed to his history of Tunstall. (J. H. W.)