Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, 1894ff, is an encyclopedia of classical scholarship. With its supplements it comprises well over a hundred volumes.
Each article was written by a recognized specialist in the relevant field.
The index to Pauly-Wissowa is available on CD-ROM.
... Belgium, the son of a farmer. He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary[?] at Louvain, and was admitted to the religious profession on ...