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in such proportions antl with a splendour that recalled the first abbey. During this interval the bisliops had again become favourable to the religious, but failed to restore either the property they had usurped or I lie old- time privileges. The final eatastro|)li<' oecurred on 7 May, 1802, when fire destroyed the splendid buiMings erected by Stephen Mosinger and put an end to Lang- heim. On 2:5 June, 1803, the community, at that time numbering forty-nine members, was secularized by a decree of the Prince Elector of Bavaria. The religious were dispersed to various places, and the last abbot, Candide Hemmerlein, received a pension of 8000 florins, with which he retired to the Castle of Thieb, where he died in 1814.

Tliis abbey gave to the Church in Germany many bishops, who distinguished themselves by their zeal in combating error, and in labouring for the conversion of heretics; it also sheltered many writers who were not without merit. We may here mention the monk Engelrich, who wrote the " Leben der hi. Mathilde, Abtissin von Edelstetten " ; Simon Schreiner of the seventeenth century, who composed a treatise on the " Vierzehnheiligen ", and an " Apologia contra Luther- anos". The Abbot Moritz Knauer, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer, published different works on the natural sciences, also an ascetical work entitled "Tuba Coeh" (1649-64); but the most pro- lific author was Joachim H. Jaeck, who, after his secularization, pubUshed the results of his researches on the history of Bamberg ami the surrounding coun- try. In 1210 Langheim founded the Abbey of Plass in the Diocese of Prague, Bohemia. In 1445 Abbot Frederick Hengelein built at Frankenthal, as a de- pendence of the abbey, a church in honour of the "Fourteen Holy Helpers", which soon became a cele- brated anil much frequented place of pilgrimage. The care of this church is now confided to the Franciscans.

Manrique, Annales Cisterc, 1133: Jongelinus, Notitia Abbatiarurn O. Cist., II, 86; Sartorius, Ciatercium Bia-Tertium, tit. x-xv; Dubois, Histoire de Vobbaye de Morimond (Piiris, 1852); Baier, Die Cislerziener Abtei Kloster Langheim (Wfirz- burg. 1896); WiTTMANN in Kirchenlex., s. v.; Janauschek, Originum Cisterciensium, I.

E. Obrecht.

Langhorne, Rich.uid, Vener.vble, English mar- tyr, b. about 1635; d. at Tyburn, 14 July, 1679. He was the third son of WiUiani Langhorne of the Inner Temple, by Lettice, daughter of Eustace Needham of Little Wymondley, Herts. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November, 1646, and called to the bar in 1654. He married a Protestant ladj', Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Legatt of Havering, Essex, and lived at Shire Lane, to the right of Temple Bar. His chambers were in Middle Temple Lane. He was ar- rested on 15 June, 1667, in connexion with the great fire. Arrested a second time on 7 October, 1678, and committed to Newgate without any previous exami- nation, he was kept in sohtary confinement for eight months. On 14 June, 1679, he was brought to the bar at the Old Bailey; Oates, Dugdale, Bedloe, and Prance gave evidence against him, and he was found guilty. He was offered a pardon, if he would confess his guilt and also make a disclosure of the property of the Jes- uits with which he had become acquainted in his professional capacity. This last he did— probably with the consent of his fellow-prisoner, the provincial, Fr. Whitbread — but, as he persisted in declaring his ignorance of any conspiracy, he was executed. His last words were to the hangman: " I am desirous to be with ray Jesus. I am ready and you need stay no longer for me."

Cooper in Diet. \al. Biog. (London. 1908-9), 3. v.; Gillow, Bibl Diet. Eng. Catk. (London and New York, 1885-1902), 9 V ■ Calendar State Papers Domestic we? (London. 1866), 209; ChaLloner, Missionary Priests. II. 388; Inderwick, Calendar of the Inner Temple Records (London, 1896-1901), passim.

John B. Wainewright.

Langley, Richard, layman and martyr, b. prob- ably at Grimthorpe, Yorks, England, date unknown;

d. at York, 1 Dee., 1586. From his father, Richard Langley. of Hathorpe Hall. Walton, he probably in- hcrilrd Katliorpe, but for the greater part of his life continueil to reside on his estate at Onsethorpc, in the Ivist Hiding. His mother was Joan Beaumont of Mirlicld. He married Agnes, daughter of Richard Hansby, New Malton, by whom he had one son, Chris- topher (b. 1565), and four daughters. (See "Visita- tion of Yorkshire", ed. Foster, London, 1875.) Dur- ing the troublous times of the Elizabethan period Langley gave over his energies and a very considerable part of his fortune to assisting the oppressed clergy; his house was freely offered as an asylum to priests. He even constructed a subterranean retreat, perhaps beneath the Grimthorpe dwelling, which afforded them sanctuary. This refuge was betrayed to the President of the North, and on 28 Oct., 1586, a strong band of military was despatched, several justices and ministers of the new religion joining in the quest, to make a domiciliarj' visitation of the Grimthorpe and Ousethorpe houses. Two priests were found in hiding at the former; at the latter Langley himself was seized. .\11 three were carried to York, committed to prison, and subsequently arraigned before the Presi- dent of the North, the priests because of their office and Langley for harbouring them.

During the investigation Langley was steadfast in his adherence to the Faith. He would not take the oath of the queen's ecclesiastical supremacy, nor compromise his religious heritage by seeking to ingra- tiate himself with the lord president or Privy Council. It was feared that the jury which had first been em- panelled to decide upon the case might return a ver- dict in accordance with the dictates of justice; it was therefore discharged and replaced by another of tried fidelity to tlie prosecutors. Langley was condemned to death, without any evidence being adduced to es- tablish the fact that he had knowingly sheltered semi- nary priests, and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York. His remains were refused honourable burial, despite the importunity of his friends.

Gillow, Bibl. Diet. Eng. Cath., a. v.; Morris. Troubles of our Catholic Forefathers, third series; Foley, Records of the Eng. Prov. of the Society of Jesus. W (supplemental vol., London, 1880). 316; Iltid.. HI (London, 1878), 735; Dodd, Church Historic. II, 172; Challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, I (Philadelphia, 1839), 120; Pollen, Acts of Eng. Mar.

P. J. AlAcAtTLEY.

Langres (Lingon.e), Diocese of, comprises the Department of the Haute-Mame. Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, Langres was later united to the Diocese of Dijon. The bishop bore the title of Dijon and Langres, but the union was never quite complete; there was a pro-vicar-general for the Haute-Marne and two seminaries at Langres, the petit urminaire from 1809 and the grand scminaire from 1817. The See of Langres was re-established in 1817 by Pius VII and Louis XVIII; and Mgr de la Luzerne, its pre-Revolution bishop, was to have been re-appointed; but the parliament did not ratify this agreement, and the bishops of Dijon remained administrators of the Diocese of Langres till 6 October, 1822, when the Bull " Paternoe charitatis " definitely re-established the see. The new Bishop of Langres governed 360 parishes of the old Diocese of Langres, 70 of the old Diocese of Chalons, 13 of the old Diocese of Besan^on, 13 of the old Diocese of Troyes, and 94 of the old Diocese of Toul. For the legends concerning the Apostolic origin of the See of Langres and the mission of St. Benignus see Dijon.

Mgr Duchesne considers Senator, Justus, and St. Desiderius (Didier), who was raartjTed during the invasion of the Vandals (about 407), as the first three bishops of Langres; the see, therefore, must have been founded aliout the middle of the fourth century. Among the bishops who, till 1016, resided at Dijon, and exercised till 1731 .spiritual jurisdiction over the territory of the present Diocese of Dijon we must