Verbryck, Samuel, one of the progressive clergy- men of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America, who established its independence of the Church in Holland, studied under dominies Leydt, Goetschius, and Vander- linde. He was licensed bj' the CcEtiis, or American Classis, in 1749, and was settled at Tappan and New Hempstead (now Clarkstown), N. Y., from 1750 to 1784. He was an ardent friend of ministerial education in this country. His eflforts to get a charter from the governor of New .Jersey in 1761 for an academj'so offended many of his people that they refused to pay his salary. The Conferentie party presented him to the Classis of Am- sterdam for ecclesiastical censure, complaining that if he procured the charter for an academy, it would only multiply just such ministers as himself. But he out- lived all this, and saw the full fruit of his labors and those of his noble coadjutors in the establishment of Queen's College in 1770, of which he was one of the tirst trustees appointed by the charter itself. Such names
and services deserve remembrance. Mr. Verbrj-ck was a godly minister, and of good repute among all but his adversaries in these ecclesiastical and educational con- flicts. He died in 1784. See Corwin, J/aftM«/ of the Ref. Church, s. v. (W. J. R. T.)
Vercellesi, SiciiAsriANO, an Italian painter who lived about the mitldle of the 17th century, was born at Reggio. He was a disciple of Lionello .S|)ada, and exe- cuted some works for the churches of his native city, but was mostly employed by private individuals. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine A rts, s. v.
Vercelli, Council of (^Concilium Vercellense). Vercelli is a city of Italy, in Piedmont, province of Novara. An ecclesiastical council was held here in September. 1050, by pope Leo IX. Bishops attended from various nations. Berenger was cited to appear, but refused to attend. His errors were condemned, and the book of John Scotus upon the eucharist was burned. See Lanfranc, De Corp. Dom. lib. 4; Mansi, Concil. ix, 1056. — Landon, Manual of Councils, p. 675.
Vercellone, Caiilo, a Roman Catholic divine of Italy, was born Jan. 14, 1814, at Sordevolo, in Pietlmont. In 1S29 he joined the Barnabites at Turin, studied phi- losophy there, and afterwards theology at Rome. He was appointed presitlent of the College of the Barnabites, and died Jan. 19, 1869. He is well known for his crit- ical labors on the Vulgate, and published, Varim Lec- tiones Vulgutce Latince Editionis Bibliorum (Rome, 18(50- 64, 2 vols.) : — Dissertazioni A ccademiche di Vario A rgo- mento (ibid. 1864), with the following contents :
i. Di uu Biblico Codice Pnlimpseste della Biblioteca Valicana proveuiente dal Monasteiio di Bobbio, p. 1.
ii. Framenti dell' Antica Italia scoperti iu uu Codice Vaticauo, p. 17.
iii. Dei Conettori Biblici della Bibliot. Vat. p. 35.
iv. Studii fatti in Roma e Mezzi Usati per Correggere la Bibbia Volgata [con Dociiuienti], p. iiT.
v. Salle edizioni della Bibbia fatte iu Italia nel Secolo XV, p. 97. >
vi. Dell' Antichissimo Codice Vatic, della Bibbia Greca (con un Appendice dal cav. G. B. de' Rossi ed una Tavola Litograf.), p. 115.
vii. Avvertenze Critiche sulla Versioue Greca dell' An- tico Testain. fatta da Aquila, p. 143.
viii. La Tradizione e la Bibbia, p. 179.
ix. De Hebraica Voce " Alinah" ap. Isa. vii, 14, p. 208.
s. Delia Coltura Filosotica degli .■^ntichi Ebrei, p. 219.
xi. Snlle Moderue lustituzioni Filosotiehe, p. 235.
xii. Dotlriiie Filosotiehe di Sanl' Agostiiio i)er un Riscon- Iro alia Ideologia delle Scunle Moderne, p. 2.59.
xiii. SuUo Studio della Lingua Pimico-fenicia, p. 305.
xiv. Sulla Iscrizione Fenicia Scoperta a Marsiglia uell' Anno 1845, p. 321.
XV. Di Bubaste a Proposito di un Epigrafe Ostieuse, p. 339.
xvi. Gli Ultimi Quattro Anni della Vita del Card. Gerdil, p. 305.
xvii. Di Alcuui Scritti Biblici del L. M. Ungarelli Barna- bita, p. 3S.5.
xviii. Appendice : (1.) Prrefatio ad Biblia Graeca, ed. Rom. anno 18.57, p. 407. (2.) Praefatio ad Nov. Testaui. Grajce, ed. Rom. anno 1S59, p. 427. (3. ) Prsefatio ad Bi- blia Viilgata, ed. Rom. anno 1861, p. 431. (4.) Prsefalio ad Nov. Testam. Vnlg. ed. Rom. anno 1861, p. 437-440 :—
La Storia dell' Adultera nel Vangelo di S. Giovanni, Dissertazione Critica (ibid. [8Q7):—Ulteriori Studii sul N. T. Greco delV Antichissimo Cod. Vat. (ibid. 1866). (B. P.)
Verdour is an old English word signifying hang- ings for a room or bed, on which are represented- trees, flowers, and grasses ; also an altar-hanging, powdered with green leaves and flowers.
Verdun, Council OF (Con«7<V)« Virdunense). Ver- dun is a town of France, twenty-eight miles north of Bar-le-Duc, on the Meuse, at the head of navigation. An ecclesiastical council was held there in November, 947, by seven bishops, who conlirmed Artaldus in the possession of the see of Rhcims, wjiich Hugo disputed with him. See Mansi, Concil. ix, 622.— Landon, Manual of Councils, p. 675.
Verena, a virgin who is said to have accompanied the Thebaic legion of Mauritius, in the 3d century, from
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Upp.T Egypt to the West, either as the kinswoman of Mauritius or as the bride of Victor, wlio was one of the .suKliers. She tarried at jMilan in tlie house of a cer- tain Muximus, and there learned the fate of the legion, but, nevertheless, followed it to Helvetia. She settled in the vicinity of Solothurn, obtaining a livelihood by liersonal labor, and aiding, not without the performing of many wonders, in tlie work of converting the Ale- manni. Her zeal in this latter work led to her impris- omnent by a Koman prictor; but her coiithiement was cheered by a visit from the sainted Mauritius, and the pr;vtor himself was soon compelled to seek relief from a severe illness at her hands. After liberation she re- moved to the jinietion of the Aar and the Rhine, and l)v her miraculous power expelled every snake from an islanil which these reptiles had overrun. She died at Zurzach, near C'ostnitz, where her remains yet repose. The legend is wholly dependent on tlic thoroughly mythical tradition of Mauritius and the Thebaic legion (q. v.). See Rettberg, Kirchengesch. Deutschlands, i, 108 sq. ; also Marlyrol. Notkeri in Q,a.msm%, Lecf. Antiq.W, 3, p. 170, and the Bolland. A eta SS. i, in each case un- der Sept. 1. — Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s. v.