GIOVANNI, a learned and pious cardinal, was born in 1609, at Mondovì in Piedmont, and died at Rome in 1674. His principal work is his Rerum Liturgicarum Lib. II., Rome, 1671, which is an authority on all that pertains to the Romish service of the mass.

a fortified town and seaport of Algiers, in the province, and 85 miles N.E. of the town of Constantine, is situated on an open bay at the mouth of the Seyhouse in Lat. 36° 54' N. Long. 7° 47' E. The town is about two miles in circumference, and is surrounded by a high wall with square turrets and four gates. It has been much improved since it came into the possession of the French, by the formation of good streets and squares, and the erection of many handsome and commodious houses. It now has bazaars, markets, coffee-houses, reading-rooms, hospitals, two Roman Catholic chapels, synagogue, mosque, theatre, barracks, and several schools; and it is the seat of a tribunal of primary instance. It is the principal seat of the coral fishery, and has a considerable trade in corn, wool, hides, and wax; and manufactures of native garments, tapestry, saddles, &c. The town and harbour are defended by a citadel, Casbah, on a hill a little to the north of the town, and surrounded by thick walls, about a quarter of a mile in circuit.

Remains of the ancient Hippo-regius, celebrated as the see of St Augustine, are to be found about a mile to the south of the town, and consist principally of large cisterns, and part of the Roman walls. The population of Bona in 1850 amounted to 8134, of whom 5250 were Europeans.

Bona Dea, a Roman divinity, who is described as the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus, and so famous for her chastity that after her death she was deified. Her sacrifices were performed only by women, and in so secret a manner that it was death for any man to intrude himself into the assembly. Cicero reproaches P. Clodius with having entered this temple disguised as a singing woman, and by his presence polluted the mysteries of the Bona Dea. What kind of mysteries these were, we learn incidentally from Juvenal, Sat. vi. 313, where the abominations practised in them are very significantly pointed at.

Bona Fides, in Law. When a person performs any action which he believes at the time to be just and lawful, he is said to have acted in bona fide, "in good faith."

Bona Mobilia, movable effects or goods.

Bona Notabilia are such goods as a person dying has in another diocese than that in which lie dies, amounting to the value of five pounds at least; in which case the will of the deceased must be proved, or administration granted, in the court of the archbishop of the province, unless, by composition or custom, any dioceses are authorized to do it, when rated at a greater sum.

Bona Vacantia, goods, such as royal fish, shipwrecks, treasure-trove, waifs, and strays, in which no one can claim a property.