Moeller
HENRY, ecclesiastic; born in Cincinnati, O., in 1849; graduated from St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, in 1869; became student in Rome, attaining degree of D. D. in 1876. Was then attached to St. Patrick's, Bellefontaine, for a year, and was for two years professor at Mount St. Mary's. Appointed chancellor of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, continuing continuing till 1900, becoming coadjutor-archbishop, with title see of Areopolis, in 1903. Became archbishop of Cincinnati in 1904, receiving pallium MOEN MOHAMMEDANISM in 1905. During period up to 1920 has ians of the Caaba. Left an orphan in ingreatly developed diocese. MOEN (muh'en), a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, at the S. E. end of Zealand. It is 20 miles in length. Pop. about 2,300.
MERIS (mē'ris) LAKE, the ancient Greek name of a sheet of water in Egypt, now in the province of Fayum, about 50 miles S. W. of Cairo; extreme length from N. E. to S. W., 35 miles.
MOERO (mwā'rō), or MERU (mā'rō) LAKE, a body of water lying S. W. of Tanganyika in Belgian Kongo. Discovered by Livingstone in 1868. Rhodesia was founded on its eastern shore in 1892.
MESIA (mē'shiä), an ancient Roman province, divided by the river Cibrus (Zibritza) into two parts, the E. corresponding to the present Bulgaria, and the W. (Mœsia Superior) to Servia. Its original inhabitants were mostly of Thracian race. From the 5th to the 7th century western Mesia was colonized by the Slav races which still occupy it, and eastern Mesia by the and eastern Mœsia by the Bulgarians.
MOGADOR (mog-a-dōr'), or SUEIRA (swā'rä), a seaport in the French zone of Morocco. It is the best built town in the empire, having been laid out in 1760 by a French engineer. The exports include almonds, olive oil, wool, goat-skins, hair. The manufactures are brass trays, daggers, furniture of arar wood, woolen cloth, etc. Pop. about 20,000.
MOHÁCS (mō'häch), a town and important river-port of Hungary, province of Baranya, on the Danube river. On Aug. 29, 1526, the Turks, under Solyman the Magnificent, completely defeated the Hungarians, who lost 22,000 men. Pop. about 18,000.