8. Directs that wlieu l>isliiii)8 are excused from going to tlie wars, either l)y iiitirniity or by the kindness ofthe prince, they shall appoint lit men to lead their people.
See Mansi, Condi, vii, 1805. — Landon, Manual of Coun- cils, p. t)7(i. See Vkrnu.m, CotrNciL of.
Vernon, J. W. M., a Methodist Episcopal tninis- ter, was liorn in Indiana, Dec. 7, 1810. He was left to the care of his widowed mother at the age of si.x; em- braced religion when very young; received license to preach in 18iJl ; and was admitted to the Illinois Con- ference and appointed to Carmi Circuit. In 18otJ he was transferred to the West Wisconsin Conference, and appointed to Portage City Mission. After serving this Conference in several localities, he, in 18(51, was transfer- red back to the Illinois Conference. His last charge was Augusta Circuit, where be died, Feb. 13, 1863. Mr. Vernon was a superior preacher; manly, agreeable, dili- gent, devout. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 18()3, p. 230.
Vernon, Thomas, Rev., M.D., a Congregational minister, was born in Newport, K. I., Dec. 20, 1797. For five generations his ancestors had been represented in that city. He graduated at Brown University, with high raidi as a scholar, in the class of 181C. He com- menced and prosecuted the study of law for about one year in the city of New York, when he decided to enter the Christian ministry. He became a pupil of the cel- ebrated Dr. .lohn M. Mason, with whom he remained not far from two years, and was then ordained pastor of the Church in Kehoboth, Mass.. where he remained for about sixteen years (1819-35). Loss of voice obliged him to retire from the pulpit. He removed to Kingston. R. I., and for several years was engaged as a teacher of young men, su])pl)Mng, as he was able, the pulpit of the Congregational Church in that village. Abandoning all hope of ever being able to preach, he decided to study medicine; and, having fitted himself for his ntw pnjfession, he received the degree of M.D. from the University of Penn.sylvania in 1852, and set- tled in Perth Amboy, N. J., where he resided for si.xteen years (1852-08). After a year spent at the South for his health, he took up his residence in Providence, R. I., where he resided for the remaining five or six years of his life, rendering such service as he was able, both as minister and physician, especially to the poor with whom he was brought in contact. He died in Provi- dence, May 9, 1876. The acquirements of Dr. Vernon '•were varied and thorough, and his spirit and manners were always genial and attractive." He was a trustee of Brown University sixteen years (1844-60). See Com,. QiKir. 1877, p." 427. (.J. C. S.)
Vernuil, .Toiin, a French refugee, was born at Bor- deaux in 1583. and educated in the University of Mi>n- tauban. He Hed the country for the sake of his relig- ion; entered Magdalen College, O.xford, in 160.S; and in 1625 was incorporated master of arts, being then second keeper of the Bodleian Library, in which, Wood says, his services were valuable. He died at Oxford in Septem- ber. 1647.
Vernum, Cofxcti, nt- (Concilium Vcrnenfe}. A council was held in 754 at a place in France named in Latin Veniiini. Some doubt exist.s as to its locality. Fleury and Le Cointe say that it is Vemon-sur-Seine ; Pagi, following Mabillon, says Verneuil-sur-Oise ; Le- beuf and Bouquet maintain that it is a place called Ver, or Vein, a royal seat, situated between Paris and C'ompiegne. See Vkrnki^ii., Council of.
The council was assembled by order of king Pepin, and the bishops of all the (iallican ])rovinces attended. The object was to re-establish discipline, and they agreed to remedy at once the most grievous abuses, and to leave lesser matters till a inore favorable oppor- tunity. Twenty-live canons were published.
1. Enacts that no bishoj) shall hold more th:\n one see.
3. Gives to the bishop authority to correct both the reg- ulars and secuhirs williiu his diocese.
4. Orders that two synods he holden anunally in France.
5. Leaves to the bis-hop the reform of the religions houses in his diocese. If lie cannot efl'ect it, he is direct- ed to apply to the metropolitan, and lastly to the synod.
7. Forbids to erect baptisteries without the bishop's permission.
8. Orders priests to attend the synod of bishops, and forbids them to baptize or to celebrate the holy office without their permission.
13. Forbids itinerant bishops (who have no diocese) to perform any function.
14. Forbids all work on Sundays save such as is abso- Intely necessary (3 Council of Oianfje, can. 28).
17. Forbids to leave a bishopric vacant for more than three moiillis.
18. Forbids clerics to carry their causes before lay tribu- nals.
'24. Forbids simony.
See Mansi, Condi, vi, 1004. — Landon, Manual of Coun- cils, p. 676.
Verocchio, Antii!EA, a celebrated Italian painter, sculjitor, and goldsmith, was born at Florence in 1432. He tirst distinguished himself as a goldsmith at Flor- ence and Rome, and then devoted himself to sculpture in bronze and marble. His tirst work in marble was a monument in the Minerva at Rome to the wife of Fran- cesco Tornabuoni, which is now in the Florentine (ial- lery. His ne.xt effort was a colossal bronze figure of David, also in the Florentine Gallery. Among his oth- er works in this department was the Incrednlili/ of St. Thomas, in the Church of Or San Michele at Florence, wliich was tiiiished in 1483. A'asari tells us that he left nothing to be wished for in this work. After this Ve- rocchio began to turn his attention to painting. His work in sculpture had made him a good designer, and many pupils visited his academy, among whom were Pietro Perugino and Leonardo da Vinci. But the work of Da Vinci so far surpassed that of Verocchio that the latter relinquished painting entirely and devoted him- self to sculpture. He was engaged to cast an equestrian statue of the celebrated general Bartolomeo Colleoni for the city of Venice. He completed the model, but, in casting the statue, caught cold, and died in a few weeks (1488), before the statue was finished. The work was completed by Alessandro Leopardi in 1490. Veroc- chio's remains were taken by his disciple, Lorenzo di Credi, to Florence and deposited in the Church of St. Ambrogio. SeeSpooner, Biof/. Hist, of the Fine Arts, s. V. ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Ghterule, s. v.