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fore the full assembly of the French clergy: "As to the abominations which have been held to be the result of her principles, there was never any question of the horror she testified for them." It is remark- able, too, that her disciples at the Court of Louis XIV were always persons of great piety and of exemplary life.

On the other hand, Madame Guj'on's warmest par- tisans after her death were to be found among the Protestants. It was a Dutch Protestant, the pastor Poiret, who began the publication of her works; a Vaudois pietist pastor, Duthoit-Mambrini, continued it. Her "Life" was translated into English and Ger- man, and her ideas, long since forgotten in France, have for generations been in favour in Germany, Switzerland, England, and among Methodists in America.

(Eiirres completes de Madame Guy&n (Paris, 1790), this work was really published at Lausanne; Cooper, Poems translated from French of Madame de la Matte Guyon (Newport. 1801); Fknelon, (Euvres (Versailles, 1.S20), IV, iv; Idem. Correspond dance (Paris, 182S), VII-XI; Bossuet, (Euvres (Paris, 1SS5); Phelippeaux, Relation de rorigine, du progres, et de la condam- nation du Quiitisme (s. 1.. 1732); Ironson. Correspondance (Paris. 1904), III; Vie de Madame Guyon, written by herself (Cologne, 1720); Ger. tr., Frankfort, 1727; tr. Brooke, Lon- don, 180(5; Upham, Life and religious opinions and experience of Madame de la Mottc-Guyon (New York, 1848); Guillon, His- ioire generate de VEfjli&e pendant le XVIJIe siicle (Besan^on, 1823); GuERRiER, Madame Guyon, sa vie, sa doctrine, et son influence (Orleans, 18SI); Crousle. Fcnelon et Madame Guyon (Paris, 1895); Masson, Fenelon et Madame Guyon (Paris, 1907); Delacroix. Etudes d'histoire et de psychologic du mysticisme (Paris, 1908).

Antoine Degert.

Guzman, Fernando Perez de, Senor de Batres, Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458). He belonged to a family distinguished both for its patrician stand- ing and its literary connexions, for his uncle was Lopez de Ayala, Grand Chancellor of Castile, historian and poet, ami his nephew was the Marquis of Santil- lana, one of the most important authors of the time of Juan II. Part of his verse, such as the " Proverbios " and the "Diversas virtuiles", is purely moral and didactic. The more important part is represented by the panegyrical " Loores de los claros varones de Espana", which in 409 octaves gives a rather full account of the leading figures in Spanish history from Roman times down to that of Benedict XIII. The most notalile of his prose historical compositions is the "Generaciones 6 Semblanzas", a collection of biog- rapliies which constitutes the third part of a large compilation, "La mar de historias". The first two parts of tliis work, suggested doubtless by the" Mare historicum" (or Mare historiarum) of Johannes de Columna, are devoted to a perfunctory and uninterest- ing account of the reigns of the sovereigns of pre- Arabic times. Tlie tliird part, the "Generaciones", contains thirty-six portraits of contemporary person-

ages, especially of members of the courts of Enrique III and Juan II, and furnishes one of the best ex- amples of character painting in Spanish literature. No detail, even the most trivial physical trait, escapes the observation of Perez de Guzman. On grounds still regarded as uncertain there has been attributed to him the " Cronica de Juan II ". His prose works may be found in the " Biblioteca de autores espafioles", LXVIII; a separate edition of the "Generaciones" appeared at Madrid in 1775. His verse is given in the " Cancionero de Baena ", and in the " Cancionero general".

IlENNERT. Some Unpublished Poems of Femdn Perez de Guzman (Baltimore, 1897). J. L). M. FoRD.

Gyor (Germ. Raab), Diocese of (Jaurinensis), a Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gran. After the county of Vas and parts of the county of Veszprem had been taken in 1777 to form the Diocese of Szombathely, the Diocese of Gyor assumed its pres- ent proportions; it comprises the Counties of Moson and Sopron, the greater portion of the County of Gyor, and a part of the County of Komarom. There are two cathedral chapters, the chapter of Gyor with 14 canon- icates, and that of Sopron with 5; there are also 8 titular abbacies, 6 provostships, and 4 titular provost- ships. The diocese is divided into 7 archdeaconries and 22 vice-archdeaconries, and contains 239 parishes. The clergy number 379, of W'hom 315 are engaged in p;irish work; 52 patrons exercise the right of presenta- tion to 224 benefices. The diocese has two seminaries attended (1908) by 102 students, and 48 monasteries with (i30 religious. The total population is 563,093, the (!'atliolics numbering 451,150. The diocese was founded liy King St. Stephen, the date being, as be- lieved, 1001. Modestus (1019-37) is said to have been the first bishop. Arduin or Hartvik (1097-1103) wrote the life of St. Stephen. Thomas Bakocz of Erdod, later primate of Hungary and cardinal, occu- pied the See of Gyor from 1489 to 1494. Georg Dras- kovich (d. 1587), together with the chapter, fled before the Turks, who seized part of the diocese but held it only for a short time. After the reconquest of Gyor Martinus Pethe (1598-1605), who restored the cath- edral, was appointed bishop. In 1608 Demetrius Nilpnigyi (1607-19) acquired the reliquary, which up to that time had been preserved at Grosswardein, containing the skull of King St. Ladislaus. Georg Draskovich (1635-50) was one of the most zealous champions of the Counter-Reformation. Among the more recent bishops of Gyor Johann Simor (1857-67), later Archbishop of Gran, was the most illustrious. The present bishop is Count Nikolaus Sz(?ch<5nyi.

KXrolyi. Speculum ecclesice Jaurinensis (1797); Prat, Spe- cimen HicrarchiiB Hungnricw{1776-79): Das katholische Ungam (Budapest, 1902); Die Komitate und Stadte Ungarns: Komital Gyor (Budapest, 1908); the last two works are in Hungarian.

A. AldXsy.