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that they possessed some books of Dositheus and told some tales about him as being still alive in this world, and he further accuses Dositheus of having mutilated the Scriptures. It is not certain, however, whether Origen did not confound Dositheus the Pseudo-Mes- sias with an Encratite sectary who lived somewhat later. This is suggested especially by a passage in Origen 's "De Principiis", IV, vii, where he ascribes to Dositheus the Samaritan and others some ab- surdly strict observance of the Sab- bath. This is also, probably, the reason why Dositheus is placed l)y Hegesippus after Simon Magus in- stead of before. In Talmudic liter- ature (Pirke d. R. Eliezer, xxxviii, and Tanhuma Vayyasheb, ii) there occurs a Samaritan of the Syro- Macedonian period named 'Snon, and it has been plausibly argued that the patristic references which connect Dositheus with the Saddu- cees arise from a confusion of Dosi theus the Samaritan Pseudo-Messias with this early Jewish heretic. If this be true, there would have been three persons of this name, one at the time of Alexander the Great, another at the time of Christ, and a third, a generation later. But the mention of a fourth at the time of Salmanasar (about 700 B. c.) makes one cautious of Talmudic information. It is certain, however, that a Jewish sect, mentioned by several Arabic and other histor- ians under the name of Dusitamya or Dostan, con- tinued to exist till the tenth century, and that they were considered similar to the Kutim, or Samar- itans. But they seem never to have possessed any importance in the Christian world, in which from the earliest times there e isted but a vague reminiscence of their name, though they continue to be mentioned in descriptions and lists of heresies, such as the "H£ereses"of Epiphnnius ami similar collections

Giov. By himself. Uffizi Gallery, Floren

years in Canada (1721-2:i) he was appointed su- perior of the Seminary of Lisieux in France, and helped to jjreserve that institution from Jansenism. ^\"hile acting in Rome as procurator-general for the Oriental Missions of the Congregation of thelloly Ghost, he was made vicar Apostolic of a portion of India and consecrated titular Bishop of Samos by Benedict XIII (1725). He remained in Rome until appointed coadjutor to Bishop Mornay of Quebec (1729). Bishop Dosquet had to solve many difficulties that had arisen towards the close of the life of Bishop St- Vallier. He legislated wisely in be- half of the religious communities of women and was zealous for the suppression of the liquor traffic. In 1733, after Bishop Mornay's res- ignation, he succeeded to the See of Quebec, where he promoted edu- cation, primary and classical. A patron and benefactor of the Con- gregation of the Holy Ghost, he con- fided almost exclusively to its mis- sionaries Acadia, the islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and probably Lab- rador. He rewarded that congre- gation by generous endowments, in- cluding "Sarcelle, a property near Paris, which until the Revolution yielded an annual revenue of 3000 livres. In 1735 ill health forced him to Icme Quebec, but his resignation was accepted only in 1739. Thenceforth he resided chiefly in Rome, at- tending to the interests of his former diocese, espe- cially after the English conquest.

TI;tu. Les Heques de Quebec (Quebec, 18S9); Gosseun, Le derge canadien et la declaration de 173J (Ottawa, 1901).

Lionel Lindsay.

Dossel, Altar. See Altar (in Liturgy), sub-title Altar-curtain.

Dossi, Giovanni, actually named

!^ (UOVANNI DI NiCOLO Dl LuTERO, but

also calleil Dosso Dossr, an Italian

Virgin Enthroned with Saints Museum, Ferrara Giovanni Dossi

Keacss. Doxithee el les Dositheens in hevue des Eludes Juives (Paris 1901), 27-42; Buckler. Les Dnsuh^/tM dans le Midrash, ibid. (1901), 220-31 and (1902). 60-71; Hiljenfeld, Kelzer- geschichte des Urchrislenlhums (Leipzig, 1884). 155-161.

J. P. Arendzen.

Dosquet, Pierre-Herman, fourth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Liege, Flanders, 1691; d. at Paris, 1777. He studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, and entered that congregation. After two

painter, b. about 1479; d. at Ferrara in 1542. Dossi belonged to the School of Ferrara and was a pupil of Lorenzo Costa in Mantua. He is believed to have derived his name from the village of Dosso, in which it has been stated he was born. In conjunction with his brother Battista (14S0-154S) Dossi visited Rome and Venice and passed eleven years in these places studying especially the works of Giorgione and Titian, but forming his own style, which was distinguished by