ALB 



A1.BERTINI, Francis a CJubila"., refigned a rich 

 abbfv in order to become a jcf.-.it. He died in 1619. 

 In hU " Syfttm cf Thco'.orr\-," two vols. Jol. ho :iUcir.pts 

 to reconcile divini'.y with philofophy ; and in 11 lri:.tife " Dc 

 Angdo Cuiti.df ," he er.deuvou! - to prove, ttial brutes }.ave 

 th. ir jjiiardi.in anj'e'.s. B.og. l>ift. 



Al-BKRTINUS, Ml'ssath-'s. an hiiloimn and poet 

 of Italy, was born at fadua, and fioiirillicd in the ninth 

 century. He wrot-- concerrir.g the reign of the emperor 

 r-Ic;iry VII., 12 bopits on tl.e aflaiis of Italy after litsiry 

 VII., and a third pait of the hiftory of Li-wis of Bavaria ; 

 and he has been elleemcd a judicious, faithful, and f«r the 

 tunc in whith he lived, an ekgant hillorir.n. tie aifo wrote 

 a tragedy on the tyranny of Aecioliri, which, with other 

 poetical produdions, gained hi:n diftinguilhcd honours in the 

 Univerlily of Fadiia. Pctrarcii mentioi'S hi:u with rcfpcft, 

 35 a dihgent and accurate inquirer into fa£ts. He died in 

 829. Vr.fTius. Gen. Bijg. 



ALBERTIST.S, a fcft of Scholaftics, wcrt thus dcuo- 

 minattd from their leader Albertus Magnus. 



ALBERTO, B.\xf)s dv, in Grography, a (hoal of rocks 

 before the city of St. Salvador, in the bay of All Saints, on 

 the coail of Brafil. On one of them is a ftrong fort which 

 coir.niaiids the road, and between them and the city is a very 

 good liarboi'.r, where (hips may ride with fafety. 



ALBERTON, or Port Albert, a fea-port town of 

 Africa, in the kingdom of Barca, on the conliucs of Tripoli, 

 5c Ica'^es from Alexandria. 



AliBERTUS, ill Commerce, a gold coin, worth about 

 14 French livres, which was llruck during the reign of Al- 

 bertus, Archduke of Aullria. 



ALBESIA, in jintiquity, a kind of (hield ufed by the 

 ancienr Albenfe?, a nation of the Marli. 



ALBESTROFF, in Geography, a town cf Franc, in 

 the department of the Mcurte, thre'e leagues north-iiorth-eaft 

 of Dcute. 



ALBETROSS/>o;n/, a rocky prominence on the coaft of 

 New Holland. S. lat. 38" 4'. W. long. 184° 42'. 



ALBI, a town of Italy, in the province of Abru'zzo 

 Ultra. See A lis a Fucenfs. 



AtBi is alfo a town of Savoy in the Genevois, nine miles 

 north-north-eaft of Aix. 



Albi, or Alby, ^lll'iga or Civilas Alh'ienfum, a city of 

 France, in the department of the Tarn, and fituate on the 

 river Tam, was, before the revolution, the capital of a 

 fmall coujitry called the y//i^/ffOM, in Upper Languedoc. 

 It has been the rcfidence of a royal tribunal, and fince l6"7 

 the fee of an archbilliop. Its cathedral is dedicated to St. 

 Cecilia, and has one of the finell choirs in the kingdom. 

 The archbilhop was metropolitan of five bifhops, and they 

 reckon 30 cardinals, who had been bidiops of this fee. The 

 diocef* contained about 327 parifhes, and produced about 

 Oi,ooo livres. It Hands upon an eminence, and the number 

 of inhabitants has been eftimated at 1 0,000. In the cathedral 

 was a saluable fdver Ihrine, of the Molaic kind, and of ex- 

 r'lilitc workmanihip, which contained the reliques of St. 

 Clair, faid to have been the firll bifhop of this city. There 

 is a pleafant walk, called La Lice, a little above the city ; 

 and the archiepilcopal palace is vcr)' magnificent, and tlie 

 {mail town of Chateauvieux fen'es as a fuburb. The river 

 wafhes the walls of the city, and ferves both for an ornament 

 I'd a defence. It is 35 miles north-eall of Touloufe, and 

 ajo miles fo-.ith of P.iris. The territory of the Albigeois, 

 w about to leagues long and feven wide, is well peopled, 

 and produces abiind:;nce of grapes, corn, wood, faffron, 

 aid fheep. It has alfo coal-mines. The trade of this 

 dlftrift ccn£il5 of dried prur.es, grapes, wine, and a coarfc 



ALB 



kii.d of tluih. K. lat. 43" 55' 44". L. long. 1" S 45' , 

 See AlbicE-Wsis. 



Albi, \n Ecchfiajl'ical ITijlory. Sec //'7';/c liRETHRf.N-. 



AI>BIA^^J, in Geography, a town on the Ivory euaft 

 of Africa, fix milts tall ol Iinni. 



ALBIAKIA Cupc, lies on the north-wefl point of tlus 

 ifiiiiid of Cyprub, near the caJIern extremity of the Mediter- 

 ranean. N. lat. 35" 20'. E. long. 32" 18'. 



ALBIAS, a fmall tov.'n of France, in the diftricl of 

 Qutrcy, divided into two ])aits by the river Avcyron. 



ALBICILI^A, in Oniilhology, a fpeeies of Falco, ia 

 the Linnaean iyllem, the arjui.'ti ullieU'lu of Briffon, the py. 

 garg.is, albicilla hirundinaria of Bellon, Gefiier and Ray, 

 l\\t grand pygarguf or great erne oi Buffon, hritun Jaklcr adler 

 of Frifcli, iL-llte-tailcd eagle of Willughhy, and cinereous 

 eagle of Pennant and Latham. Its fpccific charatlers are, 

 " that its cere and feet arc yellow, the tail-feathers white, 

 and the intermediate ones black at their vertex." It is of 

 the fize of a peacock, being two feet nine inches long ; its 

 head and neck are of a pale aili colour ; the iris and bill pale 

 yellow, and the bill elongated at its bafe ; the front betweea 

 the eyes and the noftrils naked, witli imall fcattered brillle^ 

 and of a coirulean hue. The body and wings are cinereous, 

 intermixed v>'ith dun ; the tail white ; the legs wooUy below 

 the knees, and of a bright yellow ; the claws black. It 

 inhabits Europe, particularly Scotland, and the adjacent 

 idands, and preys upon large (jili. Arirtotle (Hill. Aniir,. 

 lib. ix. c. 32. torn. i. P.Q37.) gives this fpeeies the epithet 

 ol Hiunularia, denoting that it preys upon fawn, that is, 

 young Hags, deer and roe-bucks ; and he reprefents it as 

 haunting the plains, gruves, and towns, and alio reforting 

 to the mountains and forelis. 



Albicii.ua, in Coiiehology, is a fpeeies of the Nf.rita, 

 with a ftriated {hell, fubdentated lips, the interior tuber- 

 culated. It is found at the Cape of Good Hope and in the 

 Indian fea. 



ALBICUS, in Biography, an archbilhop of Prague, was 

 railed to that dignity by Sigilmund, king of Bohemia, and 

 diiUnguilhed by the liberahty of his icntiments. His cha» 

 ratter h.-is been reproached by the papills on account of the 

 indulgence which he exereifed towards John Huls and the 

 other difciples of Wickliff. He compofed three medical 

 treatifes, vi-z. " Praxis Medendi," Regimen Sanitatls," and 

 " RegimiCn Peftilcntia: ;" printed at Leipfic, in 1484, 8vo., 

 long after his death. 



ALBIGAUNUM, or ylliium Ingaunum, m Anncnt 

 Geogriiphx- See Albencua. 



ALBiGENSES, in Ecclejlajlkal H\Jlory, a fed or party 

 of refoi-mers, who appeared about Toidoufe and the Albi- 

 geois, in Languedoc, in the 12th century ; and who derived 

 their name, not from Albi's being the place of their birth, 

 or rclidence, or the feat of their principal alfembly ; but from 

 their having been condemned in a council held in that town, 

 in the year 1 176. Their origin may be traced to the Pac- 

 LiciANS, who, with a view of propagating their opinions, 

 or of efcaping opprciTion and perfeeution, retired from 

 Bulgaria and Thrace, and formed fettleiaents in other coun- 

 tries. Their firll mig-ation was into Italy, whence, in proc-efs 

 of time, they fent colonies into almoil all the other parts of 

 Europe, and gradii.diy formed a conaderable number of 

 religions alTemblies of perfons who adhered to their feci:, 

 who were feverely perlecmed by the Roman pontilTs. Alxiut 

 the middle of the tith century many of the Paulieians 

 fettled in Lornbardy, Infubria, and principally at Milan ; 

 and from hence they migrafd to Frauce, G:rmany, and 

 other countries, wiiere by their piety and zeal they cap- 

 tiv^tcd tae adrairaii^jn arni eileem of the multitude. In Italy 



tiicy 



