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 ANGELN Water Courses," the "Right of Property in Tide Waters," the "Law of Private Corpora- tions," the "Limitation of Actions," the "Lia- bilities and Rights of Common Carriers," and the " Law of Fire and Life Insurance." At the time of his death he was employed in preparing a treatise on the "Law of Highways," which was completed by Thomas Durfee. Lord Brougham esteemed his work on the "Limi- tation of Actions " very highly. ANGELN, or Anglen (Lat. Anglla Minor ; Dan. Angel), a district about 300 sq. m. in extent, in Schleswig, bordering on the Baltic and the bay of Flensburg. It is the only territory on the continent which has preserved the name of the tribe of Angles. The present inhabitants are distinguished for bodily strength, industry, and morality. ANGELO, Michel. See BUONARROTI. ANGELUS DOMINI, a short form of prayer which Catholics are accustomed to recite in honor of the incarnation, at sunrise, noon, and sunset, at the ringing of a bell, called the An- gelus bell. This custom originated with the ringing of the bells on the eve of festivals. Pope John XXII. (1327) ordered that at the ringing of the bells on these occasions all the faithful should recite three Ave Marias. The council of Lavaur (1368) ordered that the bell should be rung also at sunrise. The Angelus at noon is attributed by some to Pope Calixtus III. (1456), and by others to King Louis XI. (1472). Mabillon thinks that the Angelus as now prac- tised is of French origin, and became general at the beginning of the 16th century. ANGELIS SILKSHS, whose real name was JOHANN SCHEFFLEB, a German philosophical poet, born at Breslau, in Silesia, in 1624, died there, July 9, 1677. After receiving a medical degree, he travelled through Holland, became court physician to the emperor Fer- dinand III., embraced in 1653 the Roman Catholic faith, afterward became a priest and councillor to the bishop of Breslau, and finally retired to a cloister. He is the author of a sys- tem kindred to that of the mystic pantheists Tauler and Bohme, of whose writings he had been a student. His peculiar faith is mainly expressed in poems, of which he published col- lections, with the titles of " The Cherub's Guide Book," "Spiritual Pastorals," "The Troubled Psyche," and "The String of Pearls." AX.KUM I V
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river of northern Sweden, rises in the lake of Kult, on the Norwegian frontier, and, after flowing S. E. through the provinces of Wester- botten and Westernorrland for 240 m., falls into the gulf of Bothnia, 12 m. N. of Herno- sand. It is navigable to Solleftea, about 60 m. It passes through many lakes, contains nu- merous islands, and is noted for its fine scenery, j AX.KIMIl Mil], a town of Prussia, in the Pots- ! dam district of the province of Brandenburg, j on Lake Munde and about 40 m. by railway N. E. of Berlin ; pop. in 1871, 6,412. It trades in wool, tobacco, and yarn, and there are fish- ANGILBERT eries, breweries, and manufactories of hosiery and cloth. ANGERS (anc. Juliomagus, in the territory of the Andecavi or Andegavi), an old city of France, capital of the department of Maine-et- Loire, situated on the Mayenne, 4 m. from its junction with the Loire, 161 m. S. W. of Paris, on the line of the Tours and Nantes railway ; pop. in 1866, 54,791. It has a college and sem- inary, a government sail-cloth manufactory, and various manufactories of linen, woollen, cotton, and silk stuffs; also tanneries and sugar and wax refineries; and contains the mother house of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. In the vicinity are extensive slate quarries. Its chief curiosities are the ruins of a castle of the old dukes of Anjou, a ca- thedral containing the monument of Marga- ret of Anjou, remains of a Roman aqueduct, and a museum with 600 pictures. It has a li- brary, a botanical garden, and a school of arts and trades. The university, founded in 1246, and once among the most famous schools of learning in Europe, and the royal academy of belles-lettres, established by Louis XIV. in 1685, were destroyed during the revolution. In 1585 the castle was surprised by the Hugue- nots, and in 1793 the city was besieged by the Vendeans, when the inhabitants endured great sufferings. Lord Chatham and the duke of Wellington studied here at a military school. David the sculptor was born here. ANGHIEKA, Pietro Mai-tire d' (called in English PETER MARTYR), an Italian historian and geog- rapher, born at Arona on Lago Maggiore in 1455, died in the city of Granada in 1626. He was of noble extraction, and at the age of 22 went to finish his education at Rome. In 1488 he accompanied the Spanish ambassa- dor to Spain, where he served in two cam- paigns against the Moors, and then entered the church, and opened a school for the young no- bility. In 1501 he visited the sultan of Egypt on a mission from King Ferdinand, and took occasion to explore the pyramids and some of the most striking remains of antiquity. The king obtained for him the title of apostolic prothonotary, and in 1505 made him prior of the church of Granada. Charles V. afterward presented him with a rich abbey. The histor- ical works of Peter Martyr are among the best sources of information respecting the important age in which he lived. His literary remains comprise his Opus Epistolarum, a collection of letters in 38 books, in which almost every event of public importance from 1488 to 1525 is re- corded ; a history of the new world entitled De Rebus Oceanici et Orbe Novo, written from original documents furnished by Columbus, and from statements made to the council of the Indies, of which he was a member ; an account of newly discovered islands and their inhabi- tants ; and a report of his visit to Egypt, under the title of De Legatione Babylonica. ANGILBERT, Saint, minister of Charlemagne, and the most distinguished poet of his age, born