No'gah (Heb. id. FI53, a flash, as often ; Sept. Nnyf, NayfS', V. r. Nayai), the fourth named of the children born to David in Jerusalem by other wives than Bath- sheba (1 Chron. iii, 7; xiv, 6). B.C. cir. 1040. He is not mentioned in 2 Sam. v. See David.
Nogara, Council of {Concilium NogaroUense'), was held in that French city of Lower Armagnac in 1315, by William de Flavacour, archbishop of Auch ; six bish- ops and the deputies of others absent ; five articles were published, of which the third forbids refusing the sacra- ment of penance to persons condemned to death who desire it. See Labbe, Concil. x, 1620.
Nogaret, Guillaujie de, a French statesman, is noted in ecclesiastical history for his connection as leader with the coup-d'etat for the dethronement of pope Boniface VIII. Nogaret was born about 1260. He became chancellor of France under Philip tlie Fair, and died in 1313. The surprise and imprisonment of the pope was brought about Sept. 7, 1303, in the city of Anagni. Very recently Messieurs Boutaric and Natalis de Wailly — two devoted historical students — have tried, though in vain, to extenuate Nogaret's act of violence to Boniface by pointing out that Philip's victory over the papacy was the resultant rather of the death of Boniface and the pacific intentions of his suc- cessor in the papacy, Benedict XI, than the daring coup- de-main of Nogaret. See the article Boniface VIH; and compare Revue des deux Mondes, March 15, 1872.
JN'ogari, Paris, a Roman painter, was born in 1512. He imitated the style of Kaffaellino da Keggio, and painted a number of frescoes in the Vatican Gallery during the pontificate of Gregory XIII. He also exe- cuted several oil-paintings. Among his principal works is a picture ol' CliriM hearing his Cross, in the church Delia Madonna de' Monti ; the Deposition from the Cross, in the Trinitii de' Monti; and the Circumcision, in S. Spirito in Sassia. He died at Pome in 1577. See Spooner, Hiog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, p. 619.
Nogarole, Isotta, a lady of Verona, of a family celebrated for the wisdom, piety, and beauty of its women, was born in 1428. She was a great philosopher and divine, mistress of several languages, and of an
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eloquence surpassing all the orators of Ital.v. She made a most eloquent speech at the Council of Mantua, convened by pope Pius II, that all Cliristian princes might enter into a league against the Turks. She wrote elaborate epistles not only to him, but to his j predecessor, Nicholas V, and a Dialogue, in which she disputed which was most guilty, Adam or Eve. This work was pubUshed after her death, under the title of Dialoffus quo utrum Adam vel Eva maf/is iKCcaverit, giMstio satis nota, seel non adeo expUcata continetur (V^enice, 1503, 4to). Some of her works coming to the sight of cardinal Bessarion, that illustrious patron of literature was so taken with her genius that he made a journey from Rome to Verona purely to pay her a visit. She died in 1446. See Mattei, Verona Illust. ; Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura Italiana, vol. vi, pt. ii, p. 185 ; Ginguene, Hist. Utter, de Vltalie, iii, 447, 556. — Hoefer, Nuuv. Biofj. Gmerale, xxxviii, 199. (J. N. P.)
No'hah (Heb. Nochah', nni3, rest; Sept. l^iiija), the fourth in order of birth of the sons of Benjamin, and liead of a famil.y in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chron. viii, 2). B.C. cir. 1850. He is probably the same with Becheu (Gen. xlvi, 21) or Iii (1 Chron. vii, 12). See Jacob.
ITohatnians is the name of an ancient Moham- medan sect, followers of Ibruhim al-Xoham, who, hav- ing read books of philosophj', set up a new sect; and imagining that he could not sufficiently remove God from being the author of evil without divesting him of his power, he taught that no power ought to be ascribed to God in respect to evil actions ; but this he affirmed contrary to the opinions of his followers, who allowed that God coidd do evil, but did not, because of its turpi- tude. Noham and his followers were among those who denied tlie miraculous character of the Koran with re- spect to style or composition, excepting only the pro- phetical parts ; asserting that had God left the Arabians to their natural abilities they could have composed something not only equal, but superior to the Koran in eloquence, method, and purity of language. See Broughton, Hist, of Reliyions, s. v.
Noir, John le. See Lenoir.
Noirlieu, Louis-Francois Martin dk, a French ecclesiastical writer, was born at Sainte-Menehould (Marne), June 5, 1792. After having studied the hu- manities in the Lyceum of Kheims, he went to Paris in 1810, and the following year was nominated professor in the Seminary of Sainte- Nicolas -du-Chardonnet, Avhere he taught rhetoric. In 1815 he went to Eome; there received the priesthood in INIarch, 1816, and fol- lowed with success, during four years, a course of the- ology in tlie University of Sapience. On his return to France he became almoner of the Polytechnic School, and exercised these duties until 1820. At this period Charles X made him under-tutor to his grandson, the duke of Bordeaux. The revolution of 1830 surprised him in Germany, where he was travelling for his health. Obliged soon after to seek a milder climate, he returned to Rome, where during two years he consecrated his leisure to the study of the Hebrew language and the Holy Scriptures. Returning to France in 1833, he lived there in seclusion, and preached at some stations in different parishes of Paris. In 1840 j\L Affre, arch- bishop of Paris, appointed him curate of Saint-Jacques- du-Haut-Pas ; and at the close of 1848 M. Sibour gave him the benefice of Saint-Louis-d'Antin, ^vhich he held until his death in 1868. We have of the works of M. de Noirlieu, La Bible de VEnfance, ou hisfoire ahregee de VAncien et du Nouveau Testament (Paris, 1836, 18mo, and several other editions) : — Histoire abregee de la re- Ufjion Chretienne, depuis V Ascension de Jesus -Christ jusqu'au dix - neuvihne Steele (ibid. 1837, 18mo) : — Souvenirs de Tusculum, ou entretiens philosophiques pr'es de la mnison de campagne de Ciceron (ibid. 1838, 12mo) : — Le Consolateur d's aJjHges et des malades (ibid. 1836, 12mo) : — Motifs de la conversion d^un Protestant (1837,