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BONFRERE

Volume 5 · 40 words · 1860 Edition

Janss,** in Latin *Bonferius*, a learned Jesuit, born at Dinand-sur-Meuse in 1573. He wrote a commentary on the Pentateuch, and notes on the Onomasticon, or description of the places and towns mentioned in Scripture. He died at Tournay in 1643.