Catholic Encyclopedia - K
- Kögler, Ignaz:
(Called LAI in Chinese).
Along with Father
- König, Joseph:
Theologian and exegete, born at Hausen on the Aach, District of Hegau, Grand ...
- Königgrätz:
(REGINAE HRADECENSIS).
This Bohemian see owes its origin ...
- Königshofen, Jacob:
More properly JACOB TWINGER VON KÖNIGSHOFEN.
Chronicler, ...
- Kabbala:
The term is now used as a technical name for the system of esoteric
- Kadlubek, Blessed Vincent:
(KADLUBO, KADLUBKO).
Bishop of Cracow, chronicler, b. at ...
- Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of:
Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India. As regards
- Kafirs:
A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa. It was originally ...
- Kager, Johann Matthias:
German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634. He was ...
- Kaiser, Kajetan Georg von:
Chemist, born at Kelheim on the Danube (Bavaria), 5 January, 1803; died at ...
- Kaiserchronik:
(Der Keiser und der Kunige buoch.)
A German epic poem of the ...
- Kaiserwilhelmsland:
Comprises the German part of the island of New Guinea, area about 460,000 sq. ...
- Kalands Brethren:
(Kalandbrüder, Fratres Calendarii.)
The name given to ...
- Kalcker, Jan Stephanus van:
(GIOVANNI DA CALCAR and JOANNES STEPHANUS CALCARENSIS.)
...
- Kalinka, Valerian:
Polish historian, born near
- Kalispel Indians:
Popularly known under the French name of Pend d'Oreilles, "ear pendants", an ...
- Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of:
(Colocensis et Bachiensis.)
This
- Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of:
(Cameroons; Cameroon.)
Located in German West Africa, ...
- Kan-Su, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern:
Separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian ...
- Kan-Su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern:
This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and ...
- Kandy, Diocese of:
(Kandiensis.)
Formerly part of the Vicariate of Southern ...
- Kansas: PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Geography
Kansas, one of the United States of ...
- Kansas City, Diocese of:
(Kansanopolitana.)
Established 10 September, 1880, to include ...
- Kant, Philosophy of:
Kant's
- Karinthia:
(CARANTANUM; Slovene, KOROSKO; German KÄRNTEN).
A ...
- Karnkowski, Stanislaw:
(Karncovious.)
Archbishop of Gnesen and
- Kaskaskia Indians:
Formerly chief tribe of the confederacy of
- Kassai, Upper:
Erected as a simple mission in 1901, and detached, as a prefecture Apostolic, from ...
- Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed:
(Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.)
Known as the ...
- Kauffmann, Angelica:
Born at Coire, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, 30 October, 1741; died at ...
- Kaufmann, Alexander:
Poet and folklorist, born at Bonn, 14 May, 1817; died at Wertheim, 1 May, 1893. He ...
- Kaufmann, Leopold:
Chief Burgomaster of Bonn, brother of the poet and folklorist Alexander Kaufmann, ...
- Kaulen, Franz Philip:
Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 ...
- Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton:
An Austrian prince and statesman, born at
- Kavanagh, Edward:
American statesman and diplomat, born at Newcastle, Maine, 27 April, 1795; died ...
- Kavanagh, Julia:
Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles,
- Kearney, Diocese of:
(KEARNEYIENSIS).
By
- Keating, Geoffrey:
Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the
- Keewatin, Vicariate Apostolic of:
The Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin includes the northern half of the Province of ...
- Kehrein, Joseph:
Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, ...
- Keller, Jacob:
Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, ...
- Kellner, Lorenz:
Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; ...
- Kells, Book of:
An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, ...
- Kells, School of:
Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus ) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries. ...
- Kemble, Ven. John:
Martyr, b. at Rhydicar Farm, St. Weonard's, Herefordshire, 1599; d. at Widemarsh ...
- Kemp, John:
Cardinal,
- Kenia:
Coextensive with the civil province of
- Kenites:
(A.V. Kenites).
A tribe or
- Kennedy, James:
Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. Born about 1406; died 10 May, 1466. Of the ...
- Kenneth, Saint:
(Or KENNY).
Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, ...
- Kenny, Saint:
(Or KENNY).
Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, ...
- Kenosis:
A term derived from the discussion as to the real meaning of Phil. 2:6 sqq.: "Who ...
- Kenraghty:
(KIMRACHA, KINRECHTIN, or MAKENRACHTUS; in Irish MACIONNRACHTAIGH, anglicized ...
- Kenrick, Francis Patrick and Peter Richard:
Archbishops respectively of Baltimore, Maryland, and of St. Louis, Missouri. They ...
- Kent, Nun of:
Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of ...
- Kentigern, Saint:
(Or M UNGO )
Bishop, founder of the See of Glasgow, b. ...
- Kentucky:
A state situated between the parallels of latitude 36° 30 and 39°6' N., ...
- Keon, Miles Gerard:
Journalist, novelist, colonial secretary, lecturer, last descendent of the Keons, ...
- Kerkuk:
(CHERCHENSIS).
A Chaldean
- Kernan, Francis:
Lawyer, statesman; born in Steuben County, New York, 14 January, 1816; d. at ...
- Kerry and Aghadoe:
The Diocese of ...
- Kerssenbroch, Hermann von:
(KERSSENBROICK).
A teacher and historian, b. at Monchshof, ...
- Kervyn de Lettenhove, Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin, Baron:
Belgian statesman and historian, b. at Saint-Michel-lez-Bruges, 17 August, 1817; ...
- Kessels, Matthias:
Sculptor, b. at Maastricht, 1784; d. at Rome, 3 March, 1836. He was first ...
- Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von:
Bishop of Mainz, b. at Münster, in Westphalia, 25 Dec., 1811; d. at ...
- Kevin of Glendalough, Saint:
Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland, b. about 498, the date being very obscure; d. 3 ...
- Keyes, Erasmus Darwin:
Soldier, convert, b. at Brimfield, Massuchusetts, U.S.A. 29 May, 1810; d. at ...
- Keys, Power of the:
The expression "power of the keys" is derived from Christ's words to
- Kharput:
Armenian Uniat
- Kiang-nan:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
The present Vicariate comprises the two ...
- Kiang-si, Eastern:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
The mission of Eastern Kiang-si was ...
- Kiang-si, Northern:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
Father Matteo Ricci of the
- Kiang-si, Southern:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
Southern Kiang-si was separated from ...
- Kickapoo Indians:
Apparently corrupted from a longer term signifying "roamers", a tribe of ...
- Kickham, Charles Joseph:
Patriot, novelist, and poet, b. at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1828; d. at ...
- Kielce:
(Russian K IELTZY ; Latin K IELCENSIS )
Diocese in the ...
- Kieran, Saints:
There are many Irish saints of this name, but the most celebrated is
- Kildare and Leighlin:
(KILDARENSIS ET LEIGHLINENSIS)
One of the four suffragans of ...
- Kildare, School of:
Kildare (Irish: Cill-Dara ), originally known as Druim Criaidh , or the ...
- Kilian, Saint:
(Killena, Cillíne).
- Killala:
(ALLADENSIS).
Diocese. It is one of the five suffragan sees ...
- Killaloe:
(LAONIA)
A suffragan
- Kilmore:
(KILMORENSIS)
Diocese in Ireland, includes almost all Cavan ...
- Kilwardby, Robert:
Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina ; died at ...
- Kilwinning, Benedictine Abbey of:
Located in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the town of the same name, where a church was ...
- Kimberley:
(KIMBERLIENSIS)
Vicariate apostolic ; suffragan of ...
- Kimberley in Orange:
(KYMBERLEYENSIS IN ORANGIA).
The portion of South
- Kingdom of God:
(In Matthew, generally, Kingdom of
- Kingisel:
The name of two abbots who ruled Glastonbury in the seventh and eighth centuries ...
- Kings:
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ).
The "wise men ...
- Kings, Chronology of the:
First, we append a table in which the data of the
- Kings, First and Second Books of:
(Also know as the F IRST AND S ECOND B OOKS OF S AMUEL.
...
- Kings, Third and Fourth Books of:
The historical book called in the Hebrew Melakhim, i.e. Kings, is in the ...
- Kingston:
(KINGSTONIENSIS or REGIOPOLITANA)
The
- Kinloss:
(Gaelic ceann-loch , "head of the loch").
Cistercian
- Kino, Eusebius:
A famous Jesuit missionary of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. 10 ...
- Kiowa Indians:
(Pronounced Kai-o-wa , Latin spelling. Spanish form: Caygua ; Comanche form: ...
- Kirby, Blessed Luke: Blessed William Filby
Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered ...
- Kircher, Athanasius:
Celebrated for the versatility of his
- Kirkwall:
A parish, also a royal and parliamentary burgh and chief or county town of ...
- Kisfaludy: Sándor Kisfaludy
Born at Suemeg, Hungary, 27 Sept., 1772; died at ...
- Kiss:
Four times in the Epistles of
- Klaczko, Julian:
Polish author, b. at Vilna, 6 November, 1825, of
- Klee, Heinrich:
German theologian and exegete, b. at Münstermaifeld, in the Rhine ...
- Klesl, Melchior:
A cardinal ...
- Kleutgen, Josef Wilhelm Karl:
German theologian and philosopher, b. at Dortmund, Westphalia, 9 April, 1811; ...
- Klinkowström: Friedrich August von Klinkowström
Artist, author and teacher; b. at ...
- Klopp, Onno:
Historian, b. on 9 October, 1822, at Leer (East Friesland); d. at Vienna, 9 August ...
- Knabl, Joseph:
A master of religious plastic art, b. at Fliess, Tyrol, in 1819; d. at Munich in ...
- Kneeling:
To genuflect [ Latin genu flectere , geniculare (post-classic), to bend the ...
- Kneipp, Sebastian:
Bavarian priest ...
- Knight, Venerable William:
Put to death for the
- Knighthood:
Chivalry ...
- Knighton, Henry:
(CNITTHON)
A fourteenth-century chronicler. Nothing is known ...
- Knights of Christ, Order of the:
A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the
- Knights of Columbus:
A fraternal and beneficent
- Knights of Malta:
(Also known as K NIGHTS OF M ALTA ).
...
- Knights of the Cross:
(Ordo Militaris Crucigerorum cum Rubea Stella.)
A religious ...
- Knights Templars, The:
The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military orders, and are ...
- Knoblecher, Ignatius:
Catholic missionary in Central Africa, born 6 July, 1819, at St. Cantian in Lower ...
- Knoll, Albert (Joseph):
Dogmatic theologian of the Order of Friars
- Knowledge:
I. Essentials of Knowledge
II. Kinds of
- Knowledge of Jesus Christ:
" Knowledge of ...
- Knownothingism:
This was a name applied to a movement in American politics which attracted a large ...
- Knox, John:
Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; ...
- Kober, Franz Quirin von:
German canonist and pedagogist, b. of simple countryfolk on 6 March, 1821, at ...
- Koberger, Anthony:
(KOBURGER, COBERGER).
German printer, publisher, and ...
- Kobler, Andreas:
An historian, b. at Muhldorf in Bavaria, 22 June, 1816; d. at Klagenfurt, 15 ...
- Kochanowski, Jan:
Born at Sycyna, 1530, died at Lublin, 22 August, 1584. He was inscribed in 1544 ...
- Kochowski, Vespasian:
Born at
- Kohlmann, Anthony:
Educator and missionary, b. 13 July, 1771, at Kaiserberg, Alsace; d. at Rome, 11 ...
- Koller, Marian Wolfgang:
Scientist and educator, b. at Feistritz in Carniola, Austria, 31 October, 1792; d. ...
- Konarski, Stanislaus:
Born in 1700; died in 1773. This great reformer of Polish
- Konings, Anthony:
Born at Helmond,
- Konrad ("der Pfaffe"):
Surnamed DER PFAFFE ("The Priest").
A German epic poet of the ...
- Konrad of Lichtenau:
A medieval German chronicler, d. at Ursperg, in the year 1240. He descended from ...
- Konrad of Megenberg:
(KUNRAT).
Scholar and writer, b. probably at Mainberg, near ...
- Konrad of Würzburg:
A Middle High German poet, b. about 1230; d. at Basle, 1287. He was the most ...
- Konsag, Ferdinand:
A German missionary of the eighteenth century, b. 2 December, 1703, at Warasdin, ...
- Koran, The:
The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz:
Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 ...
- Kostka, Saint Stanislas:
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at
- Kottayam, Vicariate Apostolic of:
Located on the
- Kozmian, Stanislaus and John:
Two brothers who took part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and subsequently ...
- Krämer, John:
(Also called INSTITOR, the Latin
- Krafft, Adam:
Sculptor, b. about 1440 at
- Krain:
(Or CARNIOLA; Slov. KRANJSKO)
A duchy and crownland in the ...
- Krasicki, Ignatius:
Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after ...
- Krasinski, Sigismund:
Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., ...
- Kraus, Franz Xaver:
An ecclesiastical and art historian, b. at Trier, 18 September, 1840; d. at ...
- Kreil, Karl:
Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. ...
- Kreiten, William:
Literary critic and poet, b. 21 June, 1847, at Gangelt near Aschen; d. 6 June, ...
- Kremsmünster:
A Benedictine
- Kromer, Martin:
A distinguished Polish
- Krzycki, Andrew:
Date of birth uncertain; d. in 1535. — A typical humanistic poet, a most ...
- Kuhn, Johannes von:
Theologian, b. at Waeschenbeuren in Wuertemberg, 19 Feb., 1806; d. at ...
- Kulturkampf:
The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self-government of ...
- Kumbakonam:
(KUMBAKONENSIS).
Kumbakonam, signifying in English the "Jug's ...
- Kuncevyc, Saint Josaphat:
Martyr, born in the little town of Volodymyr in
- Kutenai Indians:
An important tribe of south-eastern
- Kwang-si:
(Prefecture Apostolic)
The mission of
- Kwang-tung:
(Prefecture Apostolic)
This prefecture comprises the whole ...
- Kwango:
(Prefecture Apostolic)
- Kwei-chou:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
The mission of
- Kyrie Eleison:
Kyrie Eleison ...
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