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was consecrated at Edinburgli as Bisliop of Limyra and Coa<ljiitor of the Eastern District. A subsequent visit to Paris, where he was mucli esteemed, resulted in the aciiuisition of what remained of the library of the Scotch College, and in the promise of an annual grant to Scotland from the Society for the Propaga- tion of the Faith. In 1S52 Bishop (iillis succeeded Bishop Carruthers as Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District. During his twelve years' tenure of this office he (lid much for the advancement of Catholicism, founding many new missions, introducing several reli- gious orders (including Jesuits, Oblates of Mary, and Sisters of Mercy) into his district, and receiving into the Church many converts, among them Viscount and Viscountess Feilding, afterwards Earl and Countess of Denbigh. In 1857 he preached in Orleans cathedral an eloquent panegyric, in French, of Joan of .Vrc (pul> lisheil in London in the same year), receiving in return from the Mayor of < )rlL>ans the heart of King Henry II of Englanil, who had died at Chinon, on the Loire, in USD. Bishop ( iillis was buried in St. Margaret's con- vent, his own foinidation, on 26 February, 1SG4. The nuns of St. Margaret's are in possession of his library. Gordon. Calh. Church in Scotland (Glasgow, 1869), 480-491; Bellesheim, Hist, of Cath. Church of Scotland, tr. (Edinburgh, 1S90), IV, 282, 286-291; The Times, obituary notice (26 Febru- ary, 1864); Hist, of St. Margaret's Convent (1886).

D. O. Hunter-Blair.

Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield, musician; b. at Ballygar, Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec, 1829; d. at St. Louis, 24 Sept., 1892 ; a kinsman of Daniel O'Connell. In 1848 he arrived at Boston, Mass., becoming leader successively of the Suffolk, Boston Brigade, and Salem bands. In 185S he founded "Gilmore's Band", in later years famous as the leading military and con- cert-band of America. When war was declared, Mr. Gilmore and band enlisted with the 24th Mass. Volun- teers, accompanying General Burnside to South Carolina. After the temporary discharge of bands from the field. Governor Andrews placed their reor- ganization in Mr. Gilmore's hands, and General Banks created him bandmaster general. For patriotic and musical services at the inauguration of Governor Hahn of Louisiana, one hundred prominent represent- atives of the army, navy, and New Orleans civic gov- ernment, tendered Mr. Gilmore a complimentary banquet at the historic old St. Charles Hotel, presents ing him with an inscribed silver goblet containing five hundred gold pieces, and a letter from Governor Hahn to President Lincoln, introducing "P. S. Gilmore" as "a musician of the highest abilities and a true gentle- man, who had rentlereil important aid to the nation's cause by his faithful and patriotic services".

In celebration of the establishment of national peace, Mr. Gilmore organized and conducted two of the most gigantic popular festivals known in musical history — the National and International Peace Jubi- lees, held at Boston in 1869 and '72, in which thirty thousand singers, two thousand instrumentalists, the most famous composers, vocal and instrumental art- ists of the day, and the best military bands of Europe participated. Coliseums were erected for the occa- sions, holding respectively sixty thousand and one hundred and twenty thousand persons. In recogni- tion of these achievements, Mr. Gilmore w-as pre- sented by the citizens of Boston with gold medals and the sum of fifty thousand dollars. In 187.3 he went to New York, as bandmaster of the 22nd Regiment. In 1878, during a concert-tour of the principal cities of Europe, he received a medal from the French govern- ment. In 1892, "Gilmore's Band", numbering one hundred men, were celebrating by a great national festival-tour the four-hundredth anniversary of America's discovery by Columbus, when Ids death occurred suddenly, consoled by the last Sacraments of the Church. Both civic and military honours were paid him in death, and memorial services were held over VI.— 36

the entire country. Fourteen years after his death, on 15 May, 1906, under the auspices of an illustrious committee and directorship, a great Gilmore Memorial Concert, was given in Madison Square Garden (origi- nally Gilmore's Garden), and an audience of ten thou- sand honoured his memory. P. S. Gilmore won his title of " Father of Military Bands", by his elevation of the brass band to a digrnfied musical status. He was the first to mellow the brasses by the introduction of reeds, to claim a place for the band on the con- cert-platform, and to pop\ilarizc classical music by adapting orchestral arrangements for rced-band inter- pretation. From the quick-st('i)s, marches, and dances characterizing band-music at its start, his unique per- sonal effort attained in the single programme of his representative last concert, to the great works of the tone-masters. Bach, Schumann, Handel, Rubenstein, Wagner, and Liszt. He was at once a popular enter- tainer and an educator of the people. Many songs (words and music), marches, etc. were composed by Mr. Ciilmore, who also wrote "The History of the Bos- ton Peace Jubilee". Mary G. Carter.

Gilmour, Richard. See Cleveland, Diocese of.

Gil of Santarem, Blessed, a Portuguese Domini- can; b. at Vaozela, diocese of Viseu, about 1185; d. at Santarem, 14 May, 1265. His father, Rodrigo Pelayo Vallailaris, was governor of Coimbra and councillor of Sancho I. It was the wish of his parents that Gil should enter the ecclesiastical state, and the king was very lavish in bestowing ecclesiastical benefices upon him. When he was still a boy, he already held pre- bends at Braga, Coimbra, Idanha, and Santarem. Ciil, however, had no desire to be an ecclesiastic ; his ambi- tion was to become a famous physician. After devot- ing some time to the study of philosophy and medicine at Coimbra, he set out for Paris, with the intention of perfecting himself in the science of medicine and ob- taining the doctor's degree. If we may give credence to his unknown contemporaneous biographer, he was accosted on his journey by a courteous stranger who promised to teach him the art of magic at Toledo. As payment, so the legend runs, the stranger required that Gil should make over his soul to the devil and sign the compact with his blood. Gil obeyed and, after devoting himself seven years to the study of magic under the direction of Satan, went to Paris, easily obtained the degree of doctor of medicine, and performed many wonderful cures. One night while he was locked up in his library a gigantic knight, armed head to foot, appeared to him and, with his sword drawn, demanded that Gil should change his wicked life. The same spectre appeared a second time, and threatened to kill Gil if he would not reform. Gil now repented of his evil ways, burnt his books of magic and returned to Portugal, where he took the habit of St. Dominic in the newly-erected monastery at Palencia, about 1221. Shortly after, his superiors sent him to the Dominican house at Scallabis, the present San- tarem. Here he led a life of prayer and penance, and for seven years his mind was tormented by the thought of the compact which was still in the hands of Satan. Finally, his biographer narrates, the devil was compelled to surrender the compact and place it be- fore the altar of the Blessed Virgin. Gil returned to Paris to study theology and on his return to Portugal became famous for his piety and learning. He was twice elected provincial of his order in Spain. Bene- dict XIV ratified his cult on 9 March, 1748.

Acta S.S., May, III; Touron, Histoire des hommes illuslres de I'orilre de St Dominique (Paris, 1743), 76-94; Quetif-Echard, Scriplores Ord. Praid. (Paris, 1719). I, 241-4; Guerin, Vies des Saints (Paris, 1860), V, .'532-7; Rechac, Ss. Fr'eres Precheurs (Paris, 1647), 215-63; Barbosa, BiUiotheca Lusitana (Lisbon, 1747), II, 378-80. MiCHAEL Ott.

Gindarus, a titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patri- archate of .^ntioch. Pliny (Hist, nat., V, 81) locates it in Cyrrhestica, as does Strabo (XVI, 2, 8), who says it