Galignani
JOHN ANTHONY (gälē-nyä'-nē), an English journalist; born in London, England, 1, Oct. 13, 1796; was latter taken by by his father to Paris in the part of 1798. He succeeded his father in publishing the weekly paper "Galignani's Messenger," which had become popular among the English residents of Paris. He remained a subject of Great Britain during his life, and was very liberal to the charitable institutions of that country. He died in Paris, Dec. 31, 1873. His brother, WILLIAM, born in London, March 10, 1798, was associated with him in the management of the "Messenger," and in the building of a hospital in Neuilly for indigent English people. In his will he provided money and land for the erection in Neuilly of the Galignani Brothers' Retreat for 100 printers, booksellers, etc., or their families. He died aris, Dec. 12, 1882. in Paris,
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Galilaea
At the birth of Christ this was the northmost of the three divisions of Palestine west of the Jordan. Its inhabitants were a mixed race of Jews, Syrians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and others, and were therefore despised by the Jews of Judaea. Galinthias or Galanthis. Daughter of Proetus of Thebes , and a friend of Alcmena . When Alcmena was on the point of giving birth to Hercules , and the Moerae and Ilithyiae, at the request of Hera ( Juno ), were endeavoring to delay the birth, Galinthias suddenly rushed in with the false report that Alcmena had given birth to a son. The hostile goddesses were so surprised at this information that they dropped their arms. Thus the charm was broken, and Alcmena was enabled to give birth to Hercules. The deluded goddesses avenged the deception practiced upon them by metamorphosing Galinthias into a weasel. Hecate, however, took pity upon her, and made her her attendant, and Hercules afterwards erected a sanctuary to her. 2026 Editor's Note: This entry describes the ancient administrative division of Galilaea during the Roman period. The modern region of Galilee is located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon, consisting of the Upper Galilee and the Lower Galilee. The historical Galilaea and contemporary Galilee overlap geographically but represent different temporal and political contexts. (Ed: BR 2026-06-03)
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Galilee
the northernmost division of Palestine. It lay on the east shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, or Sea of Galilee. It joined Samaria on the south. It now belongs to Turkey. The Sea of Galilee is about thirteen miles long and something less than seven miles in breadth. It is really a widening of the River Jordan on its way to the Dead Sea . Its surface is higher than that of the Dead Sea, but is still 680 feet below that of the Mediterranean. Its waters are wholesome and abound in fish. Its shores were thickly peopled in the time of Christ. Nine cities and towns, now in ruins, stood on its coast. Numerous large villages dotted the neighboring plains. "Like Jerusalem, the Sea of Gennesaret is enshrined in the heart from childhood. The home of Christ--'His own city'--Capernaum, lay on its shores; many of His miracles were performed around and upon it; He taught the multitudes that followed Him on the heights over it, along its pebbly beach, and from a boat on its surface; most of the apostles were fishermen, who here gained their daily bread; and one of Christ's last earthly interviews with them, after the crucifixion, was on that occasion when, driven probably by necessity, they had temporarily resumed their old occupation, and had toiled a long night without success." See Palestine ; Jordan ; Dead Sea
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Galilee (Roman province compre- W)
a Roman province, compre- W. hending all the N. of Palestine of the Jordan. As the term Asia began with a small patch of territory in Asia Minor, but gradually had its meaning extook in all the Asiatic contended till it tinent, so the word Galilee was first ap- Naphplied to a fragment of the tribe of (Joshua tali, constituting its N. portion : 7; II Kings xv: 29). It was mostly xx inhabited by Gentiles (Isaiah ix: 1; I Testa- Maccab. v: 20-23). In the New more exment times the word had the learn from tended meaning, and we there were an Upper and Josephus that Lower Galilee. In architecture, a porch chapel at the entrance of a church. or In the galilee were formerly deposited corpses previous to interment, and reformed. The ligious processions were the expression in name is derived from the Bible, "Galilee of the Gentiles."
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Galilee (SEA OF called also in the New)
SEA OF, called also in the New Testament LAKE OF GENNESARET old and SEA OF TIBERIAS, and in the Testament SEA OF CHINNERETH or CIN- NEROTH, a large lake in the N. half of Palestine. Lying 626 feet below sea-level, it is 13 miles long by 6 broad, and 680 of a feet deep. It occupies the bottom great basin, and is undoubtedly of volcanic origin. Its shores on the E. and N. sides are bare and rocky; on the W. sloping gradually, and luxuriantly covered with vegetation. The surrounding scenery is hardly beautiful, but its associations are the most sacred in the world.
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Galilee (SEA OF quired by Austria)
SEA OF quired by Austria. Galicia was one of the Cis-Leithan provinces of the Austrian empire, and was represented in the Reichsrath by 63 deputies, while the affairs peculiar to itself were deliberated and determined on by its own Landtag or Diet. Polish is the language of official intercourse and of higher educational institutions. Galicia suffered severely in the World War, and was successively invaded by Russian and Austrian armies. It was awarded to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles. The capital is Lemberg. Pop. about 8,500,000. See POLAND.
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Galion
a city of Ohio in Crawford co. It is on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis and the Erie railroads. Its manufacturing industries are of great importance. They include railroad shops, carriage factories, wagon works, lumber mills, manufactures of automobile gears, pipes, etc. The city has a public library. Pop. (1910) 0) 7,214; (1920) 7,374.
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Gall (Morbid excrescence on the leaf)
a morbid excrescence on the leaf or leaf-bud of any plant, arising probably from the puncture of a cynips. These small hymenopterous insects deposit their eggs on the leaves, eaves, of various plants, plants, each species being limited to a single plant, or even a single part of one; thus there is a Cynips ficus caricæ on the common fig, a C. fagi on the beech, and a C. quercus foli on the leaves of the common oak. The so-called aves apples are not fruits but morbid excrescences produced by C. terminalis, called because it deposits its eggs at the extremity of the shoots of the tree. The galls of commerce are produced by the puncture by C. gallæ tinctoria of the leaf-bud of Quercus infectoria, or more rarely of some other species of oak. In the hole made by the insect, an egg is deposited, in due time to be developed into a larva, which eats its way out when it comes to the perfect state. One variety is white or yellow, another green, gray, or black. The best galls come from Smyrna and Aleppo. With the salts of iron they should yield a fine black color, and therefore are used in the manufacture of ink.
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