Antœci, or Ante Cians

pl. [From Gr. anti, and oikeo, to dwell.) ( Geog.) Those inhabitants of the earth who live under the same meridian, but on different sides of the equator, and at equal distances from it. Antoine', in Arkansas, a twp. of Clarke co.; Antoine', (St.,) in Lower Canada, a village of Vercheres co., about 35 m. from Montreal. Antoine de la Baie, (St.) See LA BAIE DE FEBORE. Antoinette. See MARIE ANTOINETTE. Antommar'chi, FRANCESCo, a distinguished French anatomist, B. in Corsica; was physician to Napoleon I. at St. Helena. D. at St. Antonio, Cuba, 1844. Antonel'li, GIACOMO, CARDINAL, prime-minister of Pope Pius IX., в. 2d April, 1806. His father was a woodcutter near Terracina, in Italy. Educated at the Semina rio Romano, A. was, in 1841, appointed under-secretary to the Minister of the Interior, and in 1845, Grand Treasurer to the Apostolic Chamber, and Minister of Finance. He, as a politician of liberal views, at this time enjoyed the favor of the pope. In 1847 he received a cardinal's hat. As Minister of Finance, A. was a member of the Council established by the pope, and also president of the council extraordinary, instituted by the government to inquire into the reforms thought nece ary. Taking alarm, however, at the progre of revolutionary principles, which he considered was to a great degree owing to his hitherto liberal policy, A. resigned office, and was succeeded by Mamiani and Ro i. When Pius IX. fled to Gaëta, he made A. his chief secretary, and the head of a special commi ion to reform the administration of the States of the Church. The Pope, on his return to Rome in 1850, appointed A. Minister of Foreign Affairs, and head of the government, which authority he held for years. Bland and suave in manner, yet inscrutable in his designs, A. was thought by many to be more liberal in his political views than either the pontiff or his own colleagues; while, by others, he has been charged with having precipitated the fall of the Papal Temporal Power by his persistent reactionary policy, and his opposition to reform. D. at Rome, Nov. 6th, 1876. Antonello, or ANTONIO DA MESSINA, the first Italian who painted in oil, which art he learned of John Van Eyck, in Flanders. In Italy, he imparted the secret to Bellini and Dominico. The latter communicated it to Andrea del Castagno, who, from the desire of gain, basely a a inated him. Thus, by these incidents, oil-painting soon spread over Italy. Antonio flourished about 1450. B. at Me ina, about 1413; D. at Venice, 1493. Anto'nia, the name of some eminent Roman ladies, the most remarkable of whom was the wife of Drusus, the son of Livia, and brother of Tiberius. She became mother of three children, Germanic us, Caligula's father; Claudius the emperor, and the debauched Livia. Lived A. D. 38. Anto'nin, St., a town of France, dep. of Tarn-et-Garonne, at the confluence of the Aveyron and the Bonnette, 22 m. E.N.E. of Montauban. Manf . Serges and paper. Pop . 5,152. Ant on in us, the philosopher. See MARCUS AURELIUS. Anto'ninus Pius, TITUS AURELIUS FULVIUS, a Roman emperor, B. at Lanuvium, A. D. 86. Born of a wealthy family, he succe ively attained the dignities of quæstor, prætor, and consul; became pro-consul of Asia, and, returning to Rome, obtained the favor of the emperor Adrian, who, in 138, adopted him as his succe or. He succeeded to the throne the same year. His reign was peaceful and prosperous, but without historical events of importance. Temperate and simple in his private life, ever ready to a ist the nece itous, and an admirer of virtue and wisdom, he was truly the father of his people. He often repeated those beautiful words of Scipio: "1 had rather preserve the life of a citizen than destroy a you sand enemies." His wise frugality enabled him to diminish the taxes. The persecutions of the Christians he speedily abolished. The senate gave him the surname Pius , because, in gratitude to the memory of Adrian, his second father, he had built a temple in honor of him. A. has been called, from his amiable character and wise rule, the second Numa. Both his wife Faustina, and his daughter, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, were notorious for their depravity of life. He died A. D. 161, 74 years old, having reigned 23 years. The whole kingdom lamented him, and the following emperors a umed his name as an honor.