NOV 
fuffragan of Milan. It oe befides the cathedral, 
17 parifh churches, and 18 convents, ‘This town was taken 
in ou 4 the French ; 8 miles ‘N. E. = Vercelli 
» Novarre, in Ancien Geary, a town 
of ‘Net in Gallia Tranfpadana, ards the north. 
Tacitus ranks it among the municipal pal oF oo Tranf- 
and fome have given it to the Infubria 
ARINi, Lewis, in Biography, a eet Italian 
Theatin monk, who flouri rifhea in the 17th centirv, was a 
and learne 
ee. - tee ired sé, He was 
of works, of which a long liit is given in the 40 
of eter Niceron’s Memoires. ‘The principal thefe aor: 
; “ Comment. oftol.?? 
fol.; ** Electra Sacra, in quibys qua ex 
a etl et wags fonte, a ex ae sing Sek 
Perfarum, Grecorum, Romanorum, aliarw 
ritibus, quedam divine Scripturs iss noviter pecieane et 
illuftrantur,” in 3 vols. folio. Mor = 
NOVA SCOT TA, j in Geography. See Nova Scotts. 
NOVATIANS, Novatiani, in Bel efaftical Hi ithe 
fe&t of ancient heretics, that arofe towards the clofe of the 
a century, fo a fro m Novata us, an African ‘ihops ; 
rom Novatianus, ome. 
" 7 They were called ae Cathari, from xadop@-, pure, q: d. 
urita 
Nowai n firft feparated from the communion of pope 
Cor as on pretence of his being too eafy in admitting 
to repentance thofe who had fallen off in times of perfe- 
cution. 
Novatus coming to Rome, joined himfelf to the seca 
of Novatian ; ; and both maintained, that th oth 
grounding their o 
poffible for thofe once enlightened, d 
heavenly gift, if they fall away, to ie themfelves by re- 
pentance. 
Not that they denied but a perfon fallen into any fin, 
how grievous foever, might obtain pardon by repentance ; 
for they themfelves recommend repentance in the ftrongeft 
terms: but their doctrine was, that the church had it not in 
. power to receive finners into its communion; as having 
way of remitting fins but by baptifm ; which, once re- 
coed could not be repeated. 
In procefs of time the Novatians foftened and moderated 
the rigour of their mafter’s dodtrine, and only refufed ab- 
ae to very great finn 
he two ae rs were roferibed, and declared heretics, 
not os excluding penitente from communion, but for deny- 
ing that the church had a power not remitting fi 
NOVATION, Innovation, in the Civil Law; denotes 
a change or alteration . an sbliaion whereby it becomes 
extinguifhed or annihila 
Thus, when an suaeaon is difcharged without receiving 
any money, aha a mple promife is accepted ia its ftead, this 
occafions an 
ere are a notations ; ; the one voluntary, the other 
nesefary and conftrained. 
NOV 
Novation, Necefiarys is that made in confequence of a 
fentence or sag uftice. 
OVATIO Volunin is made t 
; by changing the nature of the 
elegation, as when the debtor makes 
over a debt to the creditor for his fatisfaction. 
In all thefe cafes there is a will to innovate. cord- 
ney rey fays, ‘ Voluntate, non lege, coctan 
AVOL, in Geography, a town of Samogitia ; 40 
mies 8. : Rofgenne. 
NO 
CONGUE, a mountain of Thibet. N. lat. 30° 
U 
54!. E. loop “re 
NOUDJER, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 
Ellore ; 20 miles W. of Ellore. 
O , Franets DE LA, in Biography, furnamed Bras- 
de-Fer, an. eminent warrior and ftatefman, was ae: 
ite ate and party, of ne he acces 4 | asa ae 
In 1567 he reduced Orleans, commanded the rear 
whic 
he fa upplied its place with one eel ; with this 
he was fon able to manage his bridle, ane hence he ene 
his fu as in the Low Countries in 157%, 
faepced | Vicon aad returning after the mene: of 
St. Bartholemew, he was appointed by the king to the come 
mand of the troops fent againft Rochelle. «On this occa- 
fion,” fays his biographer, “his attachment to his party, en- 
orced by the juft refentment he might feel for the late exe- 
— maffacre, overcame his fenfe of fidelity to his fove- 
and he carried i =a ae for its defence the forces 
daioned for its reduétio much doubt whether this 
can be admitted as a juftitcation of his conduct as a foldier 
_ man of honour. tis however more to his credit, that 
which ought to be devoted to the public fe He hs 
the author of ‘ Difcours Politiques et Militaires,” compofed 
in prifon, and priated in 1587. His fon was a writer anda 
brave foldier. He died in 1618, leaving behind him fome 
aang poems, which were afterwards printed at Geneva. 
oreri 
Novus STANISLAUs-Louls DE LAy count de Vair, yer 
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