Catholic Encyclopedia - M
- Mâcon, Ancient Diocese of:
(MATISCONENSIS)
Located in Burgundy. The city of ...
- Ménard, Léon:
Writer, b. at Tarrascon, 12 Sept., 1706; d. in Paris, 1 Oct., 1767. When he had ...
- Ménard, Nicolas-Hugues:
Of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. in Paris, 1585; d. 21 Jan., 1644. His father ...
- Ménard, René:
Missionary, b. at Paris, 1604, d. about 10 August, 1661, in what is now ...
- Méndez and Gualaquiza:
Vicariate Apostolic established by Leo XIII on 3 February, 1893, in the ...
- Mérida:
(EMERITENSIS IN INDIIS)
A suffragan see of Santiago of
- Mérode, Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de:
A Belgian
- Mège, Antoine-Joseph:
A Maurist Benedictine, born in 1625 at
- Möhler, Johann Adam:
Theologian, b. at Igersheim (Würtemberg), 6 April, 1796; d. at Munich, 12 ...
- Mühlbacher, Engelbert:
An historian, born at Gresten, Austria, 4 Oct., 1843; died at Vienna, 17 July, ...
- Müller, Adam Heinrich:
Publicist and political economist , convert, b. at Berlin, 30 June, 1779; d. at ...
- Müller, Johann:
Physiologist and comparative anatomist, b. at Coblenz, 14 July, 1801; d. at ...
- Müller, Johann:
(Regiomontanus).
German astronomer, b. in or near ...
- Müller, Karl:
Professor at Düsseldorf, b. at Darmstadt, 29 Oct., 1818; d. at Neuenahr, 15 ...
- Münch-Bellinghausen, Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von:
(Pseudonym: FRIEDRICH HALM)
An Austrian dramatist, born at ...
- Münster:
D IOCESE OF M ÜNSTER (M ONASTERIENSIS ).
Diocese in ...
- Münster, University of:
The town of
- Müntz, Eugène:
French savant and historian; b. at Soulz-sous--Forêts, near Mülhausen, ...
- Maassen, Friedrich Bernard Christian:
Professor of law, born 24 September, 1823, at Wismar (Mecklenburg); died 9 April, ...
- Mabillon, Jean:
Benedictine monk ...
- Mabinogion:
A collection of medieval Welsh tales in prose. The word is a derivation of the ...
- Macao:
(MACAOENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of Goa, founded 23 ...
- Macarius:
The name of two celebrated contemporary Nitrian monks of the fourth century: ...
- Macarius Magnes:
A Christian
- Macarius of Antioch:
A Patriarch, deposed in 681. Macarius's dignity seems to have been a purely ...
- Macarius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Maccabee, Judas:
Third son of the
- Maccabees, The:
(Greek Hoi Makkabaioi ; Latin Machabei ; most probably from Aramaic ...
- Maccabees, The Books of:
The title of four books, of which the first and second only are regarded by the ...
- MacCaghwell, Hugh:
(Cavellus).
- MacCarthy, Bartholomew:
Irish scholar and chronologist, b. at Conna, Ballynoe, Co. Cork, 12 Dec., 1843; ...
- MacCarthy, Denis Florence:
Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in Lower O'Connell Street, ...
- MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite:
Called the
- MacCuilenan, Cormac:
(836-908).
An Irish
- MacDonald, John:
Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, philanthropist, colonizer, soldier, born in ...
- MacDonell, Alexander:
First Bishop ...
- Mace:
(1) A short, richly ornamented staff, often made of silver, the upper part ...
- Macedo, Francisco:
Known as a S. Augustino, O.F.M., theologian, born at Coimbra, Portugal, 1596; he ...
- Macedonians:
(Macedonians)
A heretical sect which flourished in the ...
- Macerata and Tolentino:
Located in the Marches, Central Italy. Macerata is a
- MacFarland, Francis Patrick:
Third Bishop ...
- MacGeoghegan, James:
Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, 1763. He came of a ...
- Machabees, The:
(Greek Hoi Makkabaioi ; Latin Machabei ; most probably from Aramaic ...
- Machabees, The Books of:
The title of four books, of which the first and second only are regarded by the ...
- Machabeus, Judas:
Third son of the
- MacHale, John:
Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo,
- Machiavelli:
Historian and statesman, b. at Florence, 3 May, 1469; d. there, 22 June, 1527. ...
- Machpelah:
The burial-place in the vicinity of ancient
- Machutus, Saint:
(Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in
- Mackenzie:
This vicariate which was detached from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Vicariate in 1901 ...
- Maclovius, Saint:
(Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in
- MacMahon, Heber:
( Also EMER or EVER).
Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and ...
- MacMahon, Marie-Edmé-Patrice-Maurice de:
Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France, President of the French Republic; born at ...
- MacNeven, William James:
Distinguished Irish-American physician and medical educator, b. at ...
- Macri:
(or MACRAS?)
A titular see in Mauretania Sitifiensis. This ...
- Macrina the Elder, Saint:
Our knowledge ...
- Macrina the Younger, Saint:
Born about 330; died 379. She was the eldest child of Basil and Elder Emmelia, the ...
- Mactaris:
A titular see of the Byzantine Empire. This town is not spoken of by any ...
- Madagascar:
On the second day of March, 1500, a fleet of thirteen ships, commanded by Pedro ...
- Madaurus:
A titular see of Numidia. It was an old Numidian town which, having once ...
- Maderna, Carlo:
(1556-1629) known principally by his
- Maderno, Stefano:
(1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding ...
- Madianites:
(In Authorized Version M IDIANITES ).
An Arabian tribe ...
- Madras:
(MADRASPATAM; MADRASPATANA)
Archdiocese in India. Its area ...
- Madrid-Alcalá:
(M ATRITENSIS -A LACHENSIS, or C OMPLUTENSUS : Complutum being the name ...
- Madruzzi, Christopher:
Born of a noble
- Madura Mission:
As shown in the "Atlas Geographicus S.J.", the ancient Jesuit missions in
- Maedoc, Saint:
(MOEDHOG, MOGUE, ÆDDAN FOEDDOG, AIDUS, HUGH)
First
- Maelruan, Saint:
(Maolruain, Melruan, Molruan). Founder and first
- Maelrubha, Saint:
(MA-RUI, MOLROY, ERREW, SUMMARYRUFF, also SAGART-RUADH)
An
- Maerlant, Jacob van:
The greatest Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291. Of ...
- Maestro di Camera del Papa:
In former times there were four so-called palace prelates ( prelati
- Maffei, Bernardino:
Poet, orator, and antiquarian, b. at Bergamo, 27 Jan., 1514; d. at Rome, 1 Aug., ...
- Maffei, Francesco:
Italian painter, b. at Vicenza ; d. at Padua, 1660. His influence upon the art of ...
- Maffei, Marchese Francesco Scipione:
Italian littérateur and archaeologist, b. at Verona, 1 June, 1675; d. ...
- Maffei, Raffaelo:
Humanist, historian and theologian, b. 17 February, 1451; d. 25 January, 1522. He ...
- Magaud, Antoine-Dominique:
French painter, b. at
- Magdala:
( Hebrew Migdal = tower, fortress; Aramaic
- Magdalens:
The members of certain religious communities of penitent women who desired to ...
- Magdeburg:
Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop. 241,000; ...
- Mageddo: Chanaanite city, called in Hebrew, Megiddo ; in Septuagint, Mageddó(n) ...
- Magellan, Ferdinand:
(Portuguese Fernão Magalhaes ).
The first ...
- Magi:
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ).
The "wise men ...
- Magin Catalá:
Born at Montblanch, Catalonia, Spain, 29 or 30 January, 1761; died at Santa ...
- Maginn, Edward:
Coadjutor
- Magisterium and Tradition:
The word tradition (Greek paradosis ) in the ecclesiastical sense, which is ...
- Magistris, Simone de:
Born in 1728; died 6 October, 1802; a
- Magliabechi, Antonio:
Italian scholar and librarian, b. 20 Oct., 1633, at
- Magna Carta:
The charter of liberties granted by King
- Magnesia:
A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus,
- Magnien, Alphonse:
An educator of the clergy, born at Bleymard, in the
- Magnificat:
The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the
- Magnus, Olaus:
Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, 1490; d. at Rome, 1 ...
- Magnus, Saint:
(MAGNOALDUS, MAGINALDUS, popularly known as ST. MANG)
An
- Magnus, Valerianus:
(M AGNI )
Born at Milan, 1586, presumably of the noble ...
- Magrath, John Macrory:
Born in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth century; date and place of death ...
- Magydus:
A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perga. It was a small town with ...
- Mahony, Ven. Charles:
Irish Franciscan
- Mai, Angelo:
Roman cardinal ...
- Maignan, Emmanuel:
French physicist and theologian ; b. at Toulouse, 17 July, 1601; d. at ...
- Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de:
Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac on the Isère; ...
- Maillard, Antoine-Simon:
Missionary b. in
- Maillard, Oliver:
Celebrated preacher, b. at Juignac, (?), Brittany, about 1430; d. at Toulouse, 22 ...
- Maimbourg, Louis:
French church historian, b. at Nancy, 10 January, 1610; d. at Paris, 13 August, ...
- Maimonides, Teaching of Moses:
Moses ben ...
- Maina Indians:
(Also M AYNA )
A group of tribes constituting a distinct ...
- Maine:
Maine is ...
- Maine de Biran, François-Pierre-Gonthier:
A philosopher ; born at Grateloup near Bergerac, Dordogne, France, 29 ...
- Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de:
Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April 1719. She was the ...
- Mainz:
German town and bishopric in
- Maipure Indians:
(Maypure)
A former important group of tribes on the Upper ...
- Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de:
Founder of Montreal, b. in Champagne, France, early in the seventeenth century; ...
- Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de:
French philosophical writer, b. at Chambéry, in Savoy, in 1753, when
- Maistre, Xavier de:
French romance writer, younger brother of Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre , b. at ...
- Maitland:
(MAITLANDENSIS)
Located in New South Wales. Maitland, the ...
- Majano, Benedetto da:
A well-known Florentine sculptor and architect of the Renaissance, b. at ...
- Majella, St. Gerard:
Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, 1726; died 16 October, ...
- Majorca and Iviza:
(MAJORICENSIS ET IBUSENSIS)
A suffragan of Valencia, with the ...
- Majordomo:
(Latin, Major domus ; Italian, Maggiordomo ).
The
- Majority:
( Latin majoritas )
Majority, the state of a
- Majunke, Paul:
Catholic journalist, born at Gross-Schmograu in Silesia, 14 July, 1842; died at ...
- Malabar:
In its narrower application
- Malabar Rites:
A conventional term for certain customs or practices of the natives of South ...
- Malacca:
(Malacensis)
The
- Malachias:
( Hebrew Mál'akhî ), one of the twelve
- Malachy, Saint:
St. Malachy, whose
- Malaga:
Diocese of
- Malagrida, Gabriel:
A Jesuit missionary to Brazil, b. 18 September or 6 December, 1689, at ...
- Malatesta, House of:
The name of an Italian
- Malchus:
(Málchos).
Greek
- Maldonado, Juan:
(MALDONATUS)
A theologian and exegete, b. in 1533 at Casas ...
- Malebranche, Nicolas:
A philosopher and theologian,
- Malediction (in Scripture):
Four principal words are rendered maledictio in the Vulgate, "curse" in Douay ...
- Malherbe, François:
French poet, b. at Caen, Normandy, in 1555; d. at Paris, 16 October, 1628. He was ...
- Maliseet Indians:
Also MALECITE, MALESCHITE and AMALECITE, the last being the official Canadian ...
- Mallard, Ernest-François:
A French mineralogist, b. 4 February, 1833, at Châteauneuf-sur-Cher; d. 6 ...
- Mallinckrodt, Herman von:
German parliamentarian; born 5 Feb., 1821, at Minden,
- Mallinckrodt, Pauline:
A sister of the
- Malling Abbey:
An abbey of ...
- Mallory, Stephen Russell:
An American statesman; born in the Island of Trinidad, W. I., 1813; died at ...
- Mallus:
A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus. According to legend,
- Malmesbury:
A small decayed market town in Wiltshire, England, ninety-five miles west of ...
- Malmesbury, The Monk of:
Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian
- Malo, Saint:
(Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in
- Malone, William:
Jesuit missioner and writer; born according to the best authorities, in 1585; died ...
- Malory, Sir Thomas:
Of Malory no single biographical statement is beyond conjecture save that he was a ...
- Malpighi, Marcello:
Founder of comparative physiology, b. at Crevalcore, 10 March, 1628; d. at Rome, ...
- Malta:
The group of Maltese islands, including
- Malta, Knights of:
(Also known as K NIGHTS OF M ALTA ).
...
- Maltret, Claude:
(Or M ALTRAIT )
French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. ...
- Malvenda, Thomas:
An exegete and historical critic, b. at Jativa, Valencia, 1566; d. 7 May, ...
- Malvern:
Located in Worcestershire, England, a district covered by a lofty range between ...
- Mamachi, Thomas Maria:
Dominican theologian and historian, born at
- Mame, Alfred-Henri-Amand:
Printer and publisher, b. at Tours, 17 Aug., 1811; d. at Tours, 12 April, 1893. ...
- Mameluco:
(From the Arabic, memluk , "slave", the household cavalry of the former sultans ...
- Mamertine Prison:
The so-called "Mamertine Prison ", beneath the church of S. Giuseppe dei ...
- Mamertus, Claudianus:
(The name Ecdicius is unauthorized).
A Gallo-Roman ...
- Mamertus, Saint:
Bishop of Vienne, date of birth unknown; died shortly after 475. Concerning the ...
- Mammon:
Mamona ; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual evidence and seems ...
- Man:
(Anglo-Saxon
- Manahem:
(From a Hebrew meaning "the consoler"; Septuagint, Manaem ; Aquila, Manaen ...
- Manahen, Saint:
( Manaen )
A member of the Church of
- Manasses:
The name of seven persons of the
- Mance, Jeanne:
Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the first women settlers ...
- Manchester:
(MANCHESTERIENSIS)
A suffragan of the
- Manchuria:
A north-eastern division of the Chinese Empire and the cradle of the present ...
- Mandan Indians:
A formerly important, but now reduced, tribe occupying jointly with the Hidatsa ...
- Mandeville, Jean de:
(MAUNDEVILLE, MONTEVILLA)
The author of a book of travels ...
- Manfredonia:
(SIPONTINA)
The city of
- Mangalore:
(M ANGALORENSIS )
Diocese on the west coast of India, ...
- Mangan, James Clarence:
Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, 1849. He was the son of ...
- Manharter:
A politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first half of the ...
- Manichæism:
- Manifestation of Conscience:
(RATIO CONSCIENTIÆ)
A practice in many religious ...
- Manila:
(DE MANILA)
This
- Manila Observatory:
Founded by Father Frederic Faura, S.J., in 1865; constituted officially The ...
- Maniple: Form, Material, and Use
The
- Manitoba:
One of the smallest, but economically and historically one of the most important, ...
- Mann, Theodore Augustine:
English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, 22 June, 1735; d. at
- Manna:
(Greek man,
- Manning, Henry Edward:
Cardinal Priest ...
- Mannyng, Robert:
Poet. He came from Bourne in Lincolnshire, England. From his own account he ...
- Mansard, François:
(Also spelled Mansart ).
French architect, born in Paris, ...
- Mansard, Jules:
French architect, grand-nephew of François, was originally Jules ...
- Mansi, Gian Domenico:
Italian prelate ...
- Mantegna, Andrea:
Italian painter ; born according to some authorities, at Vicenza, according to ...
- Mantelletta:
An outer vestment reaching to the knees, open in front, with slits instead of ...
- Mantua:
Diocese of
- Mantuanus, Baptista:
(Or SPAGNOLI). Carmelite and Renaissance poet, born at Mantua, 17 April, 1447, ...
- Manu, The Laws of:
"The Laws of Manu" is the English designation commonly applied to the "Manava ...
- Manuel Chysoloras:
First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at
- Manuscripts:
Every book written by hand on flexible material and intended to be placed in a ...
- Manuscripts of the Bible:
Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the original text or of ...
- Manuscripts, Illuminated: I. ORIGIN
A large number of
- Manuterge:
The name given to the towel used by the
- Manutius, Aldus:
(Aldo Manuzio).
Scholar and printer; born in 1450, at ...
- Manzoni, Alessandro:
Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 May, 1873. He was the ...
- Map, Walter:
(Sometimes wrongly written M APS )
Archdeacon of Oxford, b. ...
- Maphrian:
The Syriac word mafriano signifies one who fructifies, a consecrator. It is ...
- Maréchal, Ambrose:
The third
- Maran, Prudentius:
A learned Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. 14 October, 1683, at ...
- Marash:
An Armenian
- Maratta, Carlo:
An Italian painter, b. at Camerino, in the Rome, 15 December, 1713. From very ...
- Marbodius:
Bishop of Rennes, ecclesiastical writer and hymnologist, b. about 1035 at ...
- Marca, Pierre de:
French bishop ...
- Marcellian and Mark, Saints:
Martyred at
- Marcellina, Saint:
The only sister of
- Marcellinus Comes:
Latin chronicler of the sixth century. He was an Illyrian by birth, but spent his ...
- Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M.:
(In the world PITRO RANISE)
Modern Franciscan author, born ...
- Marcellinus, Flavius:
Date of birth unknown; died 12 September, 413. He was a high official ( tribunus ...
- Marcellinus, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; elected 30 June, 296; died 304. According to the "Liber ...
- Marcello, Benedetto:
Born in
- Marcellus I, Saint, Pope:
His date of birth unknown; elected pope in May or June, 308; died in 309. For ...
- Marcellus II, Pope:
(MARCELLO CERVINI DEGLI SPANNOCHI)
Born 6 May, 1501, at
- Marcellus of Ancyra:
One of the
- March, Auzias:
A Catalan poet, b. perhaps in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, at
- Marchand, Jean Baptiste:
Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician
- Marchant, Peter:
A theologian, b. at Couvin, a village in the principality of Liège, in ...
- Marchesi, Pompeo:
A Lombard sculptor of the neoclassic school, born at Saltrio, near Milan, 7 ...
- Marchi, Giuseppe:
An archeologist, born at Tolmezzo near Udine, 22 Feb., 1795; died at Rome, 10 ...
- Marcian:
(M ARCIANUS, Markiânos )
Roman Emperor at ...
- Marciane:
A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra. It figures in the "Notitiae ...
- Marcianopolis:
A titular see in Lower Maesia, on the
- Marcionites:
Heretical sect founded in A.D. 144 at
- Marco Polo:
Traveller; born at
- Marcopois:
A titular see of
- Marcosians:
A sect of Valentinian Gnostics, founded by
- Marcoux, Joseph:
A missionary among the Iroquois, b. in Canada, 16 March, 1791; d. there 29 May, ...
- Marcus:
The name of three leading Gnostics.
I. The founder of the ...
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:
Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died 17 March, 180. ...
- Marcus Diadochus:
( Markos ho diadochos )
An obscure writer of the fourth ...
- Marcus Eremita:
( Markos ho eremites , or monachos , or asketes ).
A ...
- Marcus, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death ...
- Mardin:
A residential Armenian archbishopric, a Chaldean bishopric, and a residential ...
- Marenco: (1) Carlo
Italian dramatist, born at Cassolo (or Cassolnuovo) in
- Marenzio, Luca:
Musical composer, born in 1550 at Coccaglia, near
- Margaret Clitherow, Saint:
Martyr, called the "Pearl of York", born about 1556; died 25 March 1586. She was a ...
- Margaret Colona, Blessed:
Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 September, 1284. Her ...
- Margaret Haughery:
Margaret Haughery, "the mother of the orphans ", as she was familiarly styled, b. ...
- Margaret Mary, Saint:
Religious of the Visitation Order.
- Margaret of Cortona, Saint:
A penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born at Laviano in
- Margaret of Hungary, Blessed:
Daughter of King Bela I of
- Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed:
Duchess d'Alencon, religious of the order of Poor Clares, born in 1463 at the ...
- Margaret of Savoy, Blessed:
Marchioness of Montferrat, born at Pignerol in 1382; died at Alba, 23 November, ...
- Margaret of Scotland, Saint:
Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward "Outremere", or "the ...
- Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament:
Carmelite nun, b. in Paris, 6 March, 1590; d. there 24 May, 1660. She was the ...
- Margaret Pole, Blessed:
Countess of Salisbury,
- Margaret, Saint:
Virgin and
- Margaritae:
(DECRETI DECRETORUM DECRETALIUM).
The canonists of the ...
- Margil, Antonio:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He ...
- Margotti, Giacomo:
A Catholic ...
- Maria de Agreda:
(Or, according to her conventual title, Maria of Jesus)
A
- Maria Theresa:
Queen of
- Maria-Laach:
(Abbatia Beatæ Marle Virginis ad lacum, or Beatæ Marle lacensis) ...
- Mariales, Kantes:
A Dominican, born about 1580; died at
- Marian Priests:
This term is applied to those English priests who being ordained in or before ...
- Mariana:
Archdiocese of
- Mariana Islands:
The Marianas Archipelago (also called the Ladrone Islands) is a chain of fifteen ...
- Mariana, Juan:
Author and Jesuit, b. at Talavern, Toledo, Spain, probably in April, 1536; d. ...
- Mariannhill, Congregation of the Missionaries of:
Mariannhill is located in Natal, near Pinetown, 15 miles from Durban, and 56 from ...
- Marianus of Florence:
A Friar
- Marianus Scotus:
There were two Irish scholars of this name who attained distinction in the ...
- Marie Antoinette:
Queen of France. Born at Vienna, 2 November, 1755; executed ...
- Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed:
Born at Cagliari, Sardinia, 14 November, 1812; died at Naples, 31 January, 1836. ...
- Marie de France:
A French poetess of the twelfth century. She has this trait in common with the ...
- Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed:
Known also as Madame Acarie, foundress of the French Carmel, born in Paris, 1 ...
- Marie de l'Incarnation, Venerable:
(In the world, MARIE GUYARD).
First
- Marienberg:
A Benedictine
- Marignolli, Giovanni de':
Born at
- Marina:
(DE MARINIS)
The name of an ancient and noble
- Marina, Saint:
Virgin and
- Marini, Luigi Gaetano:
A natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archeologist, born at Sant' Orcangelo ...
- Marinus I, Pope:
(882-884)
There is
- Marinus II, Pope:
Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a
- Mariotte, Edme:
French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684. His ...
- Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints:
All martyred at
- Marisco, Adam de:
(or ADAM MARSH)
A Franciscan who probably came from the ...
- Mariscotti, Saint Hyacintha:
A religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi; born ...
- Marius Aventicus, Saint:
(Or AVENTICENSIS)
Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and ...
- Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus:
Roman historian, lived c. 165-230. No connected account of his
- Marius Mercator:
Ecclesiastical writer, born probably in Northern
- Mark and Marcellian, Saints:
Martyred at
- Mark of Lisbon:
(Properly MARCOS DA SILVA).
Friar minor, historian, and
- Mark, Gospel of:
The subject
- Mark, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death ...
- Mark, Saint:
(Greek Markos , Latin
- Maroni, Paul:
Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695. He entered the Austrian province of the Jesuits on ...
- Maronia:
A titular see in the province of Rhodopis, suffragan of Trajanopolis. The town ...
- Maronites:
This article
- Marquesas Islands:
(INSULARUM MARCHESI)
Located in Polynesia, includes all the ...
- Marquette (Michigan):
(SAULT STE. MARIE and MARQUETTE, MARIANOPOLITANA ET MARQUETTENSIS)
- Marquette League:
A society ...
- Marquette University:
Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an outgrowth of Marquette ...
- Marquette, Jacques:
Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the
- Marriage Banns:
(Latin bannum , pl. bann-a,-i from an Old English verb, bannan , to ...
- Marriage, Civil:
"Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from ...
- Marriage, History of:
The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, contract, formality, or
- Marriage, Mixed:
(Latin Matrimonia mixta ).
Technically, mixed marriages ...
- Marriage, Moral and Canonical Aspect of:
Marriage is that individual union through which
- Marriage, Mystical:
In the Old and the New Testament , the love of
- Marriage, Putative:
Putative (Latin, putativus supposed) signifies that which is commonly thought, ...
- Marriage, Ritual of:
The form for ...
- Marriage, Sacrament of: That Christian ...
- Marriage, Validation of:
Validation of marriage may be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its ...
- Marryat, Florence:
Novelist and actress, b. 9 July, 1838, at Brighton, England ; d. 27 October 1899, ...
- Marseilles:
Diocese of
- Marshall Islands:
(Vicariate Apostolic.)
These islands, a German possession ...
- Marshall, Thomas William:
Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., 1877. He was son ...
- Marsi:
(MARSORUM.)
Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central ...
- Marsico Nuovo and Potenza:
(MARSICENSIS ET POTENTINA)
Suffragan
- Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando, Count de:
Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at
- Marsilius of Padua:
Physician and theologian, b. at
- Martène, Edmond:
An historian and liturgist, born 22 December, 1654, at Saint-Jean-de-Losne near ...
- Martín, Enrico:
Date and place of birth unknown; d. in
- Martel, Charles:
Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural ...
- Martha, Maris, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints:
All martyred at
- Martha, Saint:
Mentioned only in Luke ...
- Martial, Saint:
Bishop of
- Martiall, John:
(Or MARSHALL)
Born in Worcestershire 1534, died at Lille, 3 ...
- Martianay, Jean:
Born 30 Dec., 1647, at Saint-Sever-Cap,
- Martianus Capella:
Roman writer of
- Martigny, Joseph-Alexander:
Canon of ...
- Martin:
Benedictine Abbot ...
- Martin I, Pope Saint:
Martyr, born at
- Martin II, Pope:
Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a
- Martin IV, Pope:
(Simon de Brie).
Born at the castle of Montpensier in the old ...
- Martin of Braga:
(Bracara; or, of Dumio).
Bishop and ecclesiastical writer; ...
- Martin of Leon, Saint:
A priest and ...
- Martin of Tours, Saint:
Bishop; born at Sabaria (today
- Martin of Troppau:
A chronicler, date of birth unknown; died 1278. His
- Martin of Valencia, O.F.M.:
(Juan Martin de ...
- Martin V, Pope:
(Oddone Colonna)
Born at Genazzano in the Campagna di Roma, ...
- Martin y Garcia, Luis:
Twenty-fourth General of the
- Martin, Felix:
Antiquary, historiographer, architect, educationist, b. 4 October, 1804, at Auray, ...
- Martin, Gregory:
Translator of the
- Martin, Konrad:
Bishop of
- Martin, Paulin:
French Biblical scholar, born at Lacam, Lot, 20 July 1840; died at ...
- Martina, Saint:
Roman virgin, martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in ...
- Martini, Antonio:
Archbishop of Florence, Biblical scholar; b. at Prato in Tuscany, 20 April, ...
- Martini, Martino:
(Chinese name Wei ).
Distinguished Austrian Jesuit ...
- Martini, Simone:
(Also known as SIMONE DI MARTINO, and as SIMONE MEMMI).
...
- Martinian and Processus, Saints:
The dates of these martyrs are unknown. The "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" (ed. ...
- Martinique:
(SANCTI PETRI ET ARCIS GALLICAÆ)
Diocese ;
- Martinov, John:
Born 7 October, 1821; died 26 April, 1894. Having passed through his university ...
- Martinsberg:
(Or P ANNONHALMA )
An important Benedictine
- Martinuzzi, George:
Monk, bishop, cardinal, b. at Kamicac, Dalmatia, 1482; d. 16 December, 1551. His ...
- Martyr:
The Greek word martus signifies a
- Martyr d'Anghiera, Peter:
Historian of
- Martyrology:
By
- Martyropolis:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Martyrs in China:
The first
- Martyrs, Acts of the:
In a strict sense the
- Martyrs, Japanese:
There is not in the whole history of the Church a single people who can offer ...
- Martyrs, The Ten Thousand:
On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman ...
- Maruthas, Saint:
Bishop of Tagrit or Maypherkat in Mesopotamia, friend of
- Mary Anne de Paredes, Blessed:
Born at Quito, Ecuador, 31 Oct. 1618; died at Quito, 26 May, 1645. On both sides ...
- Mary de Cervellione:
(or DE CERVELLO)
Popularly styled "de Socos" (of Help). ...
- Mary de Sales Chappuis, Venerable:
(MARIE-THÉRÈSE CHAPPUIS)
Belonging to the Order ...
- Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint:
Of the Third Order of St. Francis , b. at Naples, 25 March, 1715; d. there, 6 ...
- Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint:
Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607. Of outward events there ...
- Mary Magdalen, Saint:
Mary Magdalen was so ...
- Mary of Cleophas:
This title occurs only in John, xix, 25. A comparison of the lists of those who ...
- Mary of Egypt, Saint:
Born probably about 344; died about 421. At the early age of twelve
- Mary of Romans 16:6:
Unknown outside of this single verse ( omans 16:6 ). She had "laboured much among" ...
- Mary Queen of Scots:
Mary Stuart, born at ...
- Mary Tudor:
Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, ...
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, The: The Blessed Virgin Mary ...
- Mary, Children of:
The Sodality ...
- Mary, Devotion to the Heart of:
As in the article on Devotion to the Sacred Heart of
- Mary, Devotion to the Virgin: Down to the Council of Nicaea
Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ...
- Mary, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century. ...
- Mary, Little Brothers of:
Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is ...
- Mary, Missionaries of the Company of:
The Company of Mary ...
- Mary, Mother of John Mark:
Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed
- Mary, Name of:
(In Scripture ...
- Mary, Name of:
The Blessed Virgin
- Mary, Society of (Marist Fathers):
(Initials S.M.)
A religious order of priests, so called on ...
- Mary, Society of, of Paris:
This society ...
- Mary, Tomb of the Blessed Virgin:
The
- Maryland:
One of the thirteen English colonies which after the Revolution of 1776 became the ...
- Masaccio:
(T OMMASO ).
Italian painter, born about 1402, at San ...
- Mascoutens Indians:
A Wisconsin ...
- Masolino da Panicale:
Son of Cristoforo Fini; b. in the suburb of Panicale di Valdese, near Florence, ...
- Mason, Richard Angelus a S. Francisco:
English — or Irish — Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. ...
- Masonry:
The subject is treated under the following heads:
I. Name and ...
- Maspha:
Name of several places in the Bible . ...
- Massé, Enemond:
One of the first Jesuits sent to New
- Mass, Chapter and Conventual:
As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly ...
- Mass, Liturgy of the: A. Name and Definition
The
- Mass, Music of the:
Under this heading
- Mass, Nuptial:
"Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It ...
- Mass, Parochial:
The parish is ...
- Mass, Sacrifice of the:
The word Mass ( missa ) ...
- Massa Candida:
Under the date 24 August, the "Martyrologium Romanum" records this commemoration: ...
- Massa Carrara:
DIOCESE OF MASSA CARRARA (MASSENSIS).
Diocese in Central
- Massa Marittima:
(MASSANA)
Massa Marittima, in the Province of Grosseto, in ...
- Massachusetts:
One of the thirteen original United States of
- Massacre, Saint Bartholomew's Day:
This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in
- Massaia, Guglielmo:
A Cardinal, born 9 June, 1809, at Piova in Piedmont,
- Masses, Bequests for:
"The efficacy of prayers for the ...
- Masses, Bequests for (Canada):
The law ...
- Masses, Bequests for (England):
Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for ...
- Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States):
Prior to the ...
- Massillon, Jean-Baptiste:
A celebrated French preacher and
- Massorah:
The textual tradition of Hebrew Bible, an official registration of its words, ...
- Massoulié, Antoine:
Theologian, born at Toulouse, 28 Oct., 1632; died at Rome, 23 Jan., 1706. At an ...
- Massuet, René:
Benedictine patrologist, of the Congregation of St. Maur; born 13 August, 1666, at ...
- Massys, Quentin:
(MESSYS, METZYS)
A painter, born at Louvain in 1466; died ...
- Master of Arts:
An academic degree higher than that of Bachelor. The conferring of the degree of ...
- Master of Liesborn, The:
A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar-piece of note in the ...
- Master of the Sacred Palace:
This office (which has always been entrusted to a
- Mastrius, Bartholomew:
Franciscan, philosopher and theologian, born near Forli, at Meldola, Italy, in ...
- Mataco Indians:
(Or Mataguayo).
A group of wide tribes of very low culture, ...
- Mater:
A titular bishopric in the province of Byzantium, mentioned as a free city by ...
- Materialism:
As the word itself signifies,
- Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the:
Second Sunday ...
- Mathathias:
The name of ten persons of the Bible ...
- Mathew, Theobald:
Apostle of ...
- Mathieu, François-Désiré:
Bishop and cardinal, born 27 May, 1839; died 26 October, 1908. Born of humble
- Mathusala:
One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in
- Matilda of Canossa:
Countess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, ...
- Matilda, Saint:
Queen of Germany, wife of King Henry I (The Fowler), b. at the Villa of Engern in ...
- Matilda, Saint:
(MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA).
Benedictine; born in 1240 or ...
- Matins: I. NAME
The word "Matins" ( Latin Matutinum or Matutinae ), comes ...
- Matricula:
A term having several meanings in the field of
- Matteo da Siena:
(Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo).
Painter, born at Borgo San ...
- Matteo di Termini:
(Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, ...
- Matteo of Aquasparta:
A celebrated Italian Franciscan, born at Aquasparta in the
- Matter:
(Greek hyle ; Latin materia ; French matière ; German materie ...
- Matteucci, Carlo:
Physicist, born at Forli, in the Romagna, 21 June, 1811; died at Ardenza, near ...
- Matthew of Bassi:
Founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars
- Matthew of Cracow:
Renowned scholar and preacher of the fourteenth century, b. at
- Matthew, Gospel of Saint: I. CANONICITY
The earliest
- Matthew, Saint:
Apostle and evangelist.
The name
- Matthew, Sir Tobie:
English priest, born at Salisbury, 3 October, 1577, died at Ghent, 13 October, ...
- Matthias Corvinus:
King of Hungary, son of Janos Hunyady and
- Matthias of Neuburg:
Also NEUENBURG (NEOBURGENSIS).
Chronicler, born towards the ...
- Matthias, Saint:
Apostle.
The Greek Matthias (or, in some manuscripts, ...
- Maundy Thursday:
The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of ...
- Maunoury, Auguste-François:
Hellenist and exegete, b. at Champsecret, Orne, France, 30 Oct., 1811; d. at ...
- Maurice:
(Matricius, Maurikios ). Roman Emperor, born in 539; died in November, 602. ...
- Maurice, Saint:
Leader (
- Maurists, The:
A congregation of Benedictine monks in France, whose history extends from 1618 ...
- Maurus Magnentius Rabanus, Blessed:
( Also Hrabanus, Reabanus).
Abbot of Fulda,
- Maurus, Saint:
Deacon, son of Equitius, a nobleman of Rome, but claimed also by Fondi, ...
- Maurus, Sylvester:
Writer on
- Maury, Jean-Siffrein:
Cardinal and statesman, born at Valréas, near Avignon, 26 June, 1746; ...
- Maxentius, Joannes:
Joannes Maxentius, leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at ...
- Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius:
Roman Emperor 306-12, son of the Emperor Maximinianus Herculius and son-in-law ...
- Maxfield, Venerable Thomas:
( Vere Macclesfield)
English
- Maximianopolis:
A titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis. Its ancient ...
- Maximianus:
(MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS, surnamed HERCULIUS.)
...
- Maximilian:
The name of several martyrs.
(1)
- Maximilian I:
Duke of Bavaria, 1598-1622, Elector of Bavaria and
- Maximinus Thrax:
Roman Emperor 235-8, son of a Goth and an Alanic mother. When the Emperor
- Maximinus, Caius Valerius Daja:
Under his uncle
- Maximinus, Saint:
Bishop of Trier, b. at Silly near Poitiers, d. there, 29 May, 352 or 12 Sept., ...
- Maximopolis:
A titular see of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. The true name of the city is ...
- Maximus of Constantinople, Saint:
Known as the Theologian and as Maximus
- Maximus of Turin, Saint:
Bishop and theological writer, b. probably in Rhaetia, about 380; d. shortly ...
- Maxwell, William:
Fifth Earl of Nithsdale (Lord Nithsdale signed as Nithsdaill) and fourteenth
- Maxwell, Winifred:
Countess of Nithsdale, d. at Rome, May, 1749. She was the daughter of William, ...
- Maya Indians:
The most important of the cultured native peoples of North America, both in the ...
- Mayer, Christian:
Moravian astronomer, born at Mederizenhi in Moravia, 20 Aug., 1719, died at ...
- Mayhew, Edward:
Born in 1569; died 14 September, 1625. He belonged to the old English
- Mayne, Blessed Cuthbert:
Martyr, b. at Yorkston, near Barnstaple, Devonshire ( baptized 20 March, 1543-4); ...
- Maynooth College:
The National
- Mayo Indians:
An important tribe occupying some fifteen towns on Mayo and Fuerte rivers, ...
- Mayo, School of:
(Irish Magh Eo , which means, according to Colgan, the Plain of the Oaks, and, ...
- Mayor, John:
(MAJOR, MAIR; also called JOANNES MAJORIS and HADDINGTONUS SCOTUS)
- Mayoruna Indians:
A noted and savage tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, ranging the forests between ...
- Mayotte, Nossi-Bé, and Comoro:
PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF MAYOTTE, NOSSI-BE, AND COMORO (MAYOTTÆ, ...
- Mayr, Beda:
A Bavarian Benedictine philosopher, apologist, and poet, b. 15 January, 1742 at ...
- Mayron, Francis:
(DE MAYRONIS)
Born about 1280, probably at Mayronnes, ...
- Mazarin, Jules:
Born either at
- Mazatec Indians:
An important Mexican tribe of Zapotecan linguistic stock, occupying the mountain ...
- Mazenod, Charles Joseph Eugene de:
Bishop of Marseilles, and founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of
- Mazzara del Vallo:
DIOCESE OF MAZZARA DEL VALLO (MAZARIENSIS).
The city is ...
- Mazzella, Camillo:
Theologian and cardinal, born at Vitulano, 10 Feb., 1833; d. at Rome, 26 March, ...
- Mazzolini, Lodovico:
(Also known as MAZZOLINI DA FERRARA, LODOVICO FERRARESA, and IL FERRARESE) ...
- Mazzolini, Sylvester:
(M OZOLINI, also P RIERIAS )
Theologian, b. at Priero, ...
- Mazzuchelli, Pietro Francesco:
(Also known as IL MORAZZONE, MARAZZONE, and MORANZONE).
...
- Mbaya Indians:
(Guaycurü)
A predatory tribe formerly ranging on both ...
- McCabe, Edward:
Cardinal, born in Dublin, 1816; died at Kingstown, 11 February, 1885; he was the ...
- McCarthy, Justin:
Irish politician, journalist, novelist, and historian, b. at Cork, 22 Nov., 1830; ...
- McCloskey, William George:
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, b. at Brooklyn, N.Y., 10 Nov., 1823; d. 17 ...
- McGee, Thomas D'Arcy:
An editor, politician, and poet, born at Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland, 13 April, ...
- McLoughlin, John:
Physician and pioneer, born in the
- McMahon, Martin Thomas:
Soldier, jurist; born at Laprairie, Canada, 21 March, 1838; died in New York, 21 ...
- McMaster, James Alphonsus:
An editor, convert, born at Duanesburg, New York, U. S. A., 1 April, 1820; died ...
- McQuaid, Bernard John:
The first
- McSherry, James Jr.:
Jurist, son of the author
- McSherry, James Sr.:
Author; born at LibertyTown, Frederick County, Maryland, 29 July, 1819; died at ...
- McSherry, Richard:
Physician; born at Martinsburg,
- Meagher, Thomas Francis:
Soldier, politician, b. at Waterford, Ireland, 3 August, 1823; accidentally ...
- Meath:
(MIDENSIS).
Diocese in Ireland, suffragan of Armagh. In ...
- Meaux:
(Melsa).
A Cistercian
- Meaux, Diocese of:
(MELDENSIS.)
- Mecca:
Mecca, the capital of
- Mechanism:
There is no constant meaning in the history of
- Mechitar:
(MECHITHAR, MEKHITAR, MCHITAR or MOCHTOR, a word which means "Comforter") ...
- Mechitarists:
Armenian Benedictines, founded by
- Mechlin:
( Latin MECHLINIA; French MALINES; MECHLINIENSIS).
- Mechtel, Johann:
Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near
- Mechtild of Magdeburg:
A celebrated medieval mystic, b. of a noble
- Mechtilde, Saint:
(MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA).
Benedictine; born in 1240 or ...
- Mecklenburg:
A division of the German Empire, consists of the two Grand Duchies of ...
- Medaille, Jean Paul:
Jesuit missionary; b. at Carcassonne, the capital of the Department of Aude, ...
- Medal of Saint Benedict:
A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in
- Medal, Miraculous:
The devotion commonly known as that of the
- Medals, Devotional:
A medal may be defined to be a piece of metal, usually in the
- Medardus, Saint:
Bishop of Noyon, b. at Salency (Oise) about 456; d. in his episcopal city 8 June, ...
- Medea:
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Heraclea. This name and the modern name ...
- Medellín:
(MEDELLENSIS).
Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia,
- Media and Medes:
( Medía, Mêdoi ).
An ancient country of
- Mediator (Christ as Mediator):
The subject
- Medices, Hieronymus:
(DE MEDICIS)
Illustrious as a scholastic of acumen and ...
- Medici, Catherine de':
Born 13 April, 1519; died 5 January, 1589. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de' ...
- Medici, House of:
A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as ...
- Medici, Maria de':
Queen of
- Medicine and Canon Law:
In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, whether secular or ...
- Medicine, History of:
The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of ...
- Medina, Bartholomew:
Dominican theologian, b. at Medina, 1527; d. at Salamanca, 1581. With Dominico ...
- Medina, Juan de:
Theologian ; born 1490; died 1547; he occupied the first rank among the ...
- Medina, Miguel de:
Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, May, 1578. He entered ...
- Medrano, Francisco:
A Spanish lyric poet, b. in Seville, not to be confounded with Sebastian ...
- Medulic, Andras:
A Croatian painter and engraver, called by Italian authors Medola, Medula, ...
- Meehan, Charles Patrick:
Irish historical writer and translator, b. in Dublin, 12 July, 1812; d. there 14 ...
- Megara:
A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. The city, which was built on an ...
- Megarians:
The Megarian School is one of the imperfectly Socratic Schools, so called because ...
- Mehrerau:
Formerly a Benedictine, now a Cistercian
- Meignan, Guillaume-René:
Cardinal
- Meilleur, Jean-Baptiste:
French Canadian physician and educator, b. at St. Laurent, P.Q., 9 May, 1796; d. 7 ...
- Meinwerk, Blessed:
Tenth Bishop ...
- Meissen:
A former see of north-east Germany. The present city of Meissen, situated in the ...
- Meissonier, Ernest:
French painter, b. at Lyons 21 February, 1815; d. at Paris, 31 January, 1891. If ...
- Meléndez Valdés, Juan:
Spanish poet and politician, b. at Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) 11 March, 1754; d. ...
- Melancthon, Philipp:
Collaborator and friend of Luther, born at Bretten (in Unterpfalz, now
- Melania (the Younger), Saint:
Born at Rome, about 383; died in Jerusalem, 31 December, 439. She was a member of ...
- Melbourne:
Archdiocese of
- Melchers, Paul:
Cardinal,
- Melchisedech:
[Gr. Melchisedek , from the Hebrew meaning "King of righteousness (Gesenius)] ...
- Melchisedechians:
A branch of the Monarchians, founded by Theodotus the banker. (See MONARCHIANS.) ...
- Melchites:
(Melkites).
ORIGIN AND NAME
- Meletius of Antioch:
Bishop, b. in Melitene, Lesser
- Meletius of Lycopolis:
Meletius,
- Melfi and Rapolla:
DIOCESE OF MELFI AND RAPOLLA (MELPHIENSIS ET RAPOLLENSIS)
- Meli, Giovanni:
Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, 4 March, 1740, d. 20 Dec., 1815. He was the son of ...
- Melia, Pius:
Italian theologian, b. at Rome, 12 Jan., 1800; d. in London, June 1883. He entered ...
- Melissus of Samos:
A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at
- Melitene:
The residence of an Armenian
- Melito, Saint:
Bishop of Sardis, prominent ecclesiastical writer in the latter half of the ...
- Melk, Abbey and Congregation of:
(MOLCK, MELLICUM).
Situated on an isolated rock commanding ...
- Melkites:
(Melkites).
ORIGIN AND NAME
- Melleray:
(MELLEARIUM)
Melleray, situated in Brittany ...
- Mellifont Abbey:
Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth,
- Mellitus, Saint:
Bishop of London and third
- Melo:
Located in Uruguay. It was decided in 1897 to erect two sees suffragan to ...
- Melos:
A titular see, suffragan of Naxos in the Cyclades. The name seems to have been ...
- Melozzo da Forlí:
An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at Forlì, 1438; d. there ...
- Melrose Abbey:
The Abbey of ...
- Melrose, Chronicle of:
(CHRONICA DE MAILROS)
It opens with the year 735, ends ...
- Melzi, Francesco:
Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a mysterious personage. He was a ...
- Memberton:
Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the
- Membre, Zenobius:
Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the ...
- Memling, Hans:
Flemish painter, b. about 1430-35; d. at
- Memorial Brasses:
Just when memorial ...
- Memory:
(Latin memoria )
- Memphis:
Ancient capital of
- Men of Understanding:
(HOMINES INTELLIGENTIAE).
Name assumed by a heretical sect ...
- Menéndez y Pelayo, Marcelino:
Poet, historian and literary critic, b. at Santander, Spain, in 1856; d. at
- Mena, Juan de:
Spanish poet, born 1411 at
- Menaion:
( menaîon from mén, "month")
The
- Menas, Saint:
Martyr under Diocletian, about 295. According to the Greek
- Mencius:
(Latinized form ...
- Mendíburu, Manuel de:
Born at Lima, 29 October, 1805; died 21 January, 1885. He was educated in the ...
- Mendaña de Neyra, Alvaro de:
A Spanish navigator and explorer, born in Saragossa, 1541; died in Santa Cruz, ...
- Mende:
(MIMATENSIS)
This
- Mendel, Mendelism:
Gregor Johann Mendel (the first name was taken on entrance to his order), b. 22 ...
- Mendes de Silva, João:
Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482, began his ...
- Mendicant Friars:
Mendicant Friars are members of those religious orders which, originally, by ...
- Mendieta, Jerónimo:
A Spanish missionary; born at Vitoria, Spain, 1525; died in the City of Mexico, ...
- Mendoza, Diego Hurtade de:
A Spanish diplomat and writer, and one of the greatest figures in the history of ...
- Mendoza, Francisco Sarmiento de:
A Spanish canonist and
- Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de:
Cardinal and
- Meneses, Osorio Francisco:
Spanish painter, b. at Seville, 1630; d. probably in the same place, 1705. It is ...
- Menestrier, Claude-François:
Antiquarian, b. at Lyons, 9 March, 1631; d. at Paris, 21 Jan., 1705. He ...
- Menevia:
(MENEVENSIS)
- Mengarini, Gregario:
Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of their language, b. in ...
- Mengs, Anthon Rafael:
A Bohemian painter, usually regarded as belonging to the Italian or Spanish ...
- Mennas:
Patriarch of
- Mennonites:
A Protestant denomination of
- Menochio, Giovanni Stefano:
Jesuit biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, 4 Feb., 1655. He entered ...
- Menologium:
Although the word
- Menominee Indians:
A considerable tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock, formerly ranging over ...
- Mensa, Mensal Revenue:
( Latin, Mensa, table).
The Latin word mensa has for its ...
- Mensing, John:
(MENSINGK)
A theologian and celebrated opponent of ...
- Mental Reservation:
The name applied to a doctrine which has grown out of the common
- Mentelin, Johannes:
(MENTEL)
Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German ...
- Menzini, Benedetto:
Priest and poet, b. at Florence, 1646; d. at Rome, 7 Sept., 1704. His
- Mercadé, Eustache:
French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century. The dates of his birth and death ...
- Mercedarians:
(Order of Our Lady of Mercy).
A congregation of men founded ...
- Mercier, Louis-Honoré:
A French Canadian statesman, b. 15 October, 1840, at Ibervile, Quebec, of a
- Mercuriali, Geronimo:
Better known by his Latin name Mercurialis; famous philologist and physician, b. ...
- Mercy, Brothers of Our Lady of:
Founded at
- Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of:
Mercy as it is here contemplated is said to be a
- Mercy, Sisters of:
A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, by Catherine
- Mercy, Sisters of, of St. Borromeo:
Originally a pious association of ladies formed in 1626 for the care of the sick ...
- Meredith, Edward:
English
- Merici, Saint Angela:
Foundress of the Ursulines, born 21 March, 1474, at Desenzano, a small town on ...
- Merit:
By merit ( ...
- Mermillod, Gaspard:
Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, born at Carouge, Switzerland, 22 September, ...
- Merneptah I:
(1234?-1214 B.C.), the fourth king of the nineteenth Egyptian dynasty and the ...
- Mersenne, Marin:
French theologian, philosopher, and mathematician; b. 8 September, 1588, near ...
- Mesa:
(Greek Mosá ; Moabite Stone, ms‘ ; Hebrew, mys‘ , ...
- Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia:
Created by Gregory XVI on 17 Dec., 1832. Mgr. Trioche,
- Mesrob:
(Also called MASHTOTS)
One of the greatest figures in ...
- Messalians:
( Praying folk; participle Pa'el of the Aramaic word meaning "to pray "). ...
- Messene:
A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. Under this name at least, the ...
- Messias:
(Or Messias ...
- Messina:
(MESSINENSIS)
Located in Sicily. The city is situated, in ...
- Messina, Antonello da:
Born at Messina, about 1430; died 1497. After studying for some
- Messingham, Thomas:
An Irish hagiologist, born in the
- Metalwork in the Service of the Church:
From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and ...
- Metaphrastes, Symeon:
( Sumeòn ’o metaphrástes ).
The ...
- Metaphysics: I. The Name. II. The Definition. III. The Rejection of Metaphysics.IV. Relation of
- Metastasio, Pietro:
Italian poet, b. at Rome, 1698; d. at Vienna, 1782. Of humble origins, his ...
- Metcalfe, Edward:
Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a
- Metellopolis:
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in
- Metempsychosis:
(Greek meta empsychos , Latin
- Metham, Thomas:
A knight,
- Methodism:
A religious movement which was originated in 1739 by
- Methodius and Cyril, Saints:
(Or CONSTANTINE and METHODIUS).
These brothers, the
- Methodius I:
Patriarch of
- Methodius of Olympus, Saint:
Bishop and ecclesiastical author, date of birth unknown; died a martyr, ...
- Methuselah:
One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in
- Methymna:
A titular see in the island of Lesbos. It was once the second city of the ...
- Metrophanes of Smyrna:
A leader of the faithful Ignatian
- Metropolis:
A titular episcopal see and suffragan of Ephesus. Strabo (XIV, 1, 2; XIV, 1, ...
- Metropolitan:
Metropolitan , ...
- Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von:
Statesman; born at Coblenz, 15 May, 1773; died at Vienna, 11 June, 1859; son of ...
- Metz:
A town and bishopric in Lorraine.
I. THE TOWN OF METZ
- Meun, Jean Clopinel de:
(Or MEUNG.)
French poet, b. c. 1260 in the little city of ...
- Mexico: GEOGRAPHY
The Republic of
- Mexico, Archdiocese of:
(MEXICANA.)
Boundaries
The boundaries of the
- Mezger, Francis, Joseph, and Paul:
Three brothers, learned Benedictines of the monastery of
- Mezzofanti, Giuseppe:
A cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, born 19 September, 1774; died 15 March, ...
- Miami Indians:
An important tribe of Algonquian stock formerly claiming
- Michael Cærularius:
( Keroulários ).
Patriarch of
- Michael de Sanctis, Saint:
(DE LOS SANTOS).
Born at, Vich in Catalonia, 29 September, ...
- Michael O'Loghlen:
Born at Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1789; died 1846. Educated at Ennis ...
- Michael of Cesena:
(MICHELE FUSCHI)
A
- Michael Scotus:
(SCOTT or SCOT)
A thirteenth century mathematician, ...
- Michael the Archangel, Saint:
( Hebrew "Who is like
- Michael, Military Orders of Saint:
(1) A Bavarian Order, founded in 1721 by Elector
- Michaud, Joseph-François:
Historian, born at Albens, Savoy, 1767; died at Passy, 30 September, 1839. He ...
- Micheas of Ephraim:
Also called Michas. In Hebrew the complete
- Micheas, Book of:
Micheas (Hebr. Mikhah;
- Micheas, Son of Jemla:
Also called Michas. In Hebrew the complete
- Michel, Jean:
A French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century, who revised and enlarged the
- Michelangelo Buonarroti:
Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, b. at Caprese in the valley of the upper ...
- Michelians:
A German Protestant sect which derives its name from "Michel", the popular ...
- Michelis, Edward:
A theologian, born in St. Mauritz, 6 Feb., 1813; died in Luxemburg, 8 June, ...
- Michelozzo di Bartolommeo:
An architect and sculptor, born at
- Michigan:
The State of
- Michoacan:
(MICHOACANENSIS)
Located in Mexico, the
- Mickiewicz, Adam:
Born near Novogrodek, Lithuania, 1798; died at Constantinople, 1855. He studied ...
- Micmacs:
( Souriquois of the early French )
The easternmost of the ...
- Micrologus:
Either a "synopsis" or a "short explanation", and in the
- Middendorp, Jakob:
Theologian and historian; b. about 1537 at Oldenzaal, or, according to others, at ...
- Middle Ages:
A term commonly used to designate that period of European history between the ...
- Middlesbrough:
(MEDIOBURGENSIS)
In medieval history it was known as ...
- Midianites:
(In Authorized Version M IDIANITES ).
An Arabian tribe ...
- Midrashim:
The term commonly designates ancient rabbinical commentaries on the Hebrew ...
- Midwives:
Midwives come ...
- Migazzi, Christoph Anton:
Cardinal, Prince
- Mignard, Pierre:
A French painter, born at Troyes, 7 November, 1612; died at Paris, 30 May, 1695. ...
- Migne, Jacques-Paul:
Priest, and publisher of theological works, born at Saint-Flour, 25 October, 1800; ...
- Migration:
The movement of populations from place to place is one of the earliest social ...
- Milan:
(MEDIOLANENSIS)
Located in Lombardy, northern Italy. The ...
- Milde, Vinzenz Eduard:
Prince-
- Miles Gerard, Venerable:
Martyr ; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. ...
- Miles, George Henry:
A dramatist and
- Mileto:
(MILETENSIS)
Located in Calabria, in the province of Reggio, ...
- Miletopolis:
A titular see of
- Miletus:
A titular see of
- Miletus, Vitus:
(Originally MÜLLER)
A
- Milevum:
A titular see of Numidia. In Ptolemy's "Geography", IV, iii, 7, the city is ...
- Milic, Jan:
A pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, born at Kremsier in ...
- Military Orders, The:
Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as ...
- Millennium and Millenarianism:
The fundamental
- Miller, Ferdinand Von:
Born at Fürstenfeldbruck, 1813; died at Munich, 1887. He laboured for the ...
- Millet, Jean-François:
French painter ; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, 4 October, 1814; d. at Barbizon, 20 ...
- Millet, Pierre:
( Or Milet).
A celebrated early Jesuit missionary in New ...
- Milner, John:
Born in London, 14 October, 1752: died at Wolverhampton, 19 April, 1826.
- Milner, Venerable Ralph:
Layman and martyr, born at Flacsted, Hants, England, early in the sixteenth ...
- Milo Crispin:
Monk, and
- Milopotamos:
A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Candia. Certain historians and ...
- Miltiades, Pope Saint:
The year of his birth is not known; he was elected pope in either 310 or 311; ...
- Miltiz, Karl von:
Papal
- Milwaukee:
(MILWAUKIENSIS)
Established as a diocese, 28 Nov., 1843; ...
- Mind:
(Greek nous ; Latin mens , German Geist , Seele ; French ame esprit ...
- Minden:
Diocese of
- Ming, John:
A philosopher and writer, born at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, 20 Sept., ...
- Minimi:
Minimi (or M ...
- Minister:
The term
- Minkelers, Jean-Pierre:
Inventor of illuminating gas; b. at Maastricht, Holland, 1748; d. there 4 July, ...
- Minnesota:
One of the North Central States of the American Union, lies about midway between ...
- Mino di Giovanni:
(Called DA FIESOLE.)
Born 1431; died 1484. He is inscribed in ...
- Minor:
( Latin minor ...
- Minor Orders:
( Latin Ordines Minores ).
The lower degrees of the
- Minorca:
(Minoricensis).
Suffragan of Valencia, comprises the Island ...
- Minsk:
(MINCENSIS)
A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia. ...
- Mint, Papal:
The right to ...
- Minucius Felix:
Christian apologist, flourished between 160 and 300; the exact date is not ...
- Mirabilia Urbis Romæ:
The title of a medieval Latin description of the city of Rome, dating from ...
- Miracle:
(Latin miraculum , from mirari , "to wonder").
In ...
- Miracle Plays and Mysteries:
These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among ...
- Miracles, Gift of:
The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First ...
- Miraculous Medal:
The devotion commonly known as that of the
- Miraeus, Aubert:
(Also called Aubert le Mire).
Ecclesiastical historian, born ...
- Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della:
Italian philosopher, nephew of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, b. about 1469; d. ...
- Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della:
Italian philosopher and scholar, born 24 February, 1463; died 17 November, 1494. ...
- Miridite, Abbey of:
(MIRIDITARUM, or SANCTI ALEXANDRI DE OROSHI).
The name of an ...
- Miserere:
The first word of the Vulgate text of Psalm 1 (Hebrew, li). Two other
- Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of:
A congregation of women founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring ...
- Misocco and Galanca:
(MESAUCINAE ET CALANCAE).
This prefecture in the canton of ...
- Missa Pro Populo:
The parish is ...
- Missal:
(Latin Missale from Missa , Mass), the book which contains the
- Mission Indians (of California):
A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and ...
- Mission, Congregation of Priests of the:
A congregation of secular priests with religious
- Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Congregation of:
Founded by John Baptist ...
- Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy:
Amid the many activities to which St. Francis devoted himself, he long had the ...
- Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle:
Otherwise known as the "Paulist Fathers"
A community of ...
- Missions, California: I. LOWER CALIFORNIA
- Missions, Catholic:
The history of
- Missions, Catholic Indian, of Canada:
The French discoverers of
- Missions, Catholic Indian, of the United States:
The spiritual welfare of the native tribes of
- Missions, Catholic Parochial:
This term is used to designate certain special exertions of the Church's ...
- Mississippi:
Mississippi, one of the United States of
- Missouri:
The State of
- Missouri Test-Oath:
In January, 1865, there assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, a "Constitutional ...
- Mithraism:
A pagan
- Mitre:
Form, Material, and Use
The
- Mittarelli, Nicola Giacomo:
(In religion ...
- Mitylene:
A titulary archbishopric in the island of Lesbos. Inhabitated, first by the ...
- Mivart, St. George Jackson:
Corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Member of ...
- Mixe Indians:
(Also Mije, Latin Mi-she)
A mountain tribe in southern ...
- Mixed Marriage:
(Latin Matrimonia mixta ).
Technically, mixed marriages ...
- Mixteca Indians:
(Also Misteca, Latin Mish-te-ka)
One of the most important ...
- Moab, Moabites:
In the Old Testament, the word Moab designates (1) a son of
- Mobile:
DIOCESE OF MOBILE ( French MOBILE, Spanish MAUBILA, Latin MOBILIENSIS).
- Mocissus:
A titular
- Mocoví Indians:
The name is also written Macobio, Mbocobi, Mocobio. They are a warlike and ...
- Modalism (Monarchianism):
Heretics of the ...
- Modena:
ARCHDIOCESE OF MODENA (MUTINENSIS)
Located in central Italy, ...
- Modernism:
Origin of the Word
Theory of Theological
- Modestus, Vitus, and Crescentia, Saints:
According to the legend, martyrs under
- Modigliana:
DIOCESE OF MODIGLIANA (MUTILIANENSIS)
Located in the Province ...
- Modra:
A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicæa. The city of
- Mohammed and Mohammedism: I. THE FOUNDER
Mohammed, "the Praised One", the
- Mohammedan Confraternities:
The countries where Mohammedanism prevails are full of religious associations, ...
- Mohileff:
(Mohyloviensis)
Latin
- Mohr, Christian:
Born at Andernach, 1823; died at Cologne, 1888. He practised his profession of ...
- Mohr, Joseph:
Born at Siegburg, Rhine Province, 11 Jan., 1834; died at Munich, 7 February, 1892. ...
- Moigno, François-Napoléon-Marie:
Physicist and author, b. at Guéméné (Morbihan), 15 April, ...
- Molai, Jacques de:
(DE MOLAY).
Born at Rahon, Jura, about 1244; d. at Paris, 18 ...
- Molesme, Notre-Dame de:
A celebrated Benedictine monastery in a village of the same name, Canton of ...
- Molfetta, Terlizzi, and Giovinazzo:
(MELPHICTENSIS, TERLITIENSIS ET JUVENACENSIS)
Molfetta is a ...
- Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin:
(Properly, JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN, the name by which he became known to fame ...
- Molina, Antonio De:
A Spanish Carthusian and celebrated ascetical writer, born about 1560, at ...
- Molina, Juan Ignacio:
(Mol. or Molin).
Naturalist and scientist ; b. 20 July, ...
- Molina, Luis de:
One of the most learned and renown theologians of the
- Molinism:
The name used to denote one of the systems which purpose to reconcile
- Molinos, Miguel de:
Founder of Quietism, born at Muniesa, Spain, 21 December, 1640; died at Rome, ...
- Molitor, Wilhelm:
(Pseudonyms, ULRIC RIESLER and BENNO BRONNER)
A poet, ...
- Molloy, Francis:
(O'MOLLOY)
A theologian, grammarian born in King's County, ...
- Molloy, Gerald:
A theologian and scientist, born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 ...
- Molo, Gasparo:
(he wrote his name also MOLA and MOLI)
A skilful Italian ...
- Moloch:
( Hebrew Molech , king).
A divinity worshipped by the ...
- Molokai:
An interesting island, one of the North Pacific group formerly known as the ...
- Molyneux, Sir Caryll:
Baronet of Sefton, and third Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough in Ireland, born ...
- Mombritius, Bonino:
A philologist, humanist, and editor of ancient writings, born 1424; died between ...
- Monaco, Principality and Diocese of:
Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, on the skirts of the Turbie and the Tête ...
- Monad:
(From the Greek monas, monados ).
- Monarchia Sicula:
A right ...
- Monarchians:
Heretics of the ...
- Monasteries in Continental Europe, Suppression of:
Under this title
- Monasteries in England, Suppression of:
From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by
- Monasteries, Double:
Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in ...
- Monastery, Canonical Erection of a:
A religious house (monastery or
- Monasticism:
Monasticism or ...
- Monasticism, Eastern: (1) Origin
The first home of
- Monasticism, Pre-Chalcedonian:
Egypt was the ...
- Monasticism, Western: (1) Pre-Benedictine Period
The introduction of
- Moncada, Francisco De:
Count of Osona, Spanish historian, son of the Governor of
- Mondino dei Lucci:
Mondino (a diminutive for Raimondo; Mundinus) dei Lucci.
- Mondoñedo:
(Latin MONDUMETUM, or MINDON, MINDONIENSIS, also BRITONIENSIS, DUMIENSIS, and ...
- Mondovi:
DIOCESE OF MONDOVÌ (MONTISREGALIS)
Located in ...
- Mone, Franz:
A historian and archeologist, born at Mingolsheim near Bruchsal, Baden, 12 May, ...
- Moneta:
(MONETUS)
A theologian, born at Cremona, Italy, date ...
- Mongolia:
The name used to designate an immense uneven plateau, part of the Chinese Empire, ...
- Mongus, Peter:
( moggos , "stammerer", or "hoarse".)
Intruded Monophysite ...
- Monica, Saint:
Widow ; born of
- Monism:
(From the Greek monos , "one", "alone", "unique").
- Monita Secreta:
A code of instructions alleged to be addressed by Acquaviva, the fifth general of ...
- Monk:
A monk may be ...
- Monk of Malmesbury, The:
Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian
- Monogram of Christ:
By the
- Monomotapa:
Whatever may be the etymological meaning of the word
- Monophysites and Monophysitism:
The history of this sect and of its ramifications has been summarized under E ...
- Monopoli, Diocese of:
(MONOPOLITANA).
A
- Monopoly, Moral Aspects of:
According to its etymology, monopoly ( monopolia ) signifies exclusive sale, or ...
- Monotheism:
Monotheism ...
- Monothelitism and Monothelites:
(Sometimes written MONOTHELETES, from monotheletai , but the eta is more ...
- Monreale:
Located in the province of Palermo, Sicily, on the skirts of Mount Caputo. The ...
- Monroe, James:
A soldier, convert, born in Albemarle county, Virginia, U.S.A. 10 Sept., 1799; ...
- Monsabré, Jacques-Marie-Louis:
A celebrated
- Monseigneur:
(From mon , "my" and seigneur , ("elder" or "lord," like Latin senior ) ...
- Monsell, William, Baron Emly:
Born 21 Sept., 1812; died at Tervoe, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 20 April, 1894. His ...
- Monsignor:
( Dominus meus;
- Monstrance (Ostensorium):
(From ostendere , "to show").
- Monstrelet, Enguerrand de:
A French chronicler, born about 1390 or 1395; died in July, 1453. He was most ...
- Mont-St-Michel:
A Benedictine Abbey, in the
- Montañés, Juan Martínez:
A noted Spanish sculptor of the seventeenth century, died 1649, sometimes called ...
- Montagna, Bartolomeo:
Italian painter, chief representative of the Vicenza School, b. at Orzinuovi about ...
- Montagnais Indians (Chippewayans):
A name given in
- Montagnais Indians (Quebec):
French for "Mountaineers".
The collective designation of a ...
- Montaigne, Michel-Eyquen de:
Writer, b. at the château of Montaigne, in Périgord, France, on 28 ...
- Montalcino:
DIOCESE OF MONTALCINO (ILCINENSIS)
- Montalembert, Charles-Forbes-René:
CHARLES-FORBES-RENÉ, COMTE DE MONTALEMBERT.
Born in ...
- Montalto:
DIOCESE OF MONTALTO (MONTIS ALTI)
Located in Ascoli Piceno. ...
- Montana:
The third largest of the United States of
- Montanists:
Schismatics of the second century, first known as Phrygians, or "those among the ...
- Montanus, Benedictus Arias:
Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la ...
- Montauban:
(MONTIS ALBANI)
A suffragan of Toulouse, comprises the ...
- Montault, Xavier Barbier De:
Born at Loudun, 6 February, 1830; died at Blaslay, Vienne (
- Montboissier, Blessed Peter of:
(Better known as PETER THE VENERABLE).
Born in Auvergne, ...
- Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Louis-Joseph:
A French general, born 28 Feb., 1712, at Candiac, of Louis-Daniel and ...
- Monte Cassino, Abbey of:
An abbey ...
- Monte Vergine:
An abbey in the ...
- Montefeltro:
(FERETRANA)
Located in the province of Urbino, in the ...
- Montefiascone:
(MONTIS FALISCI)
Located in the province of Rome. The city ...
- Montemayor, Jorge De:
(MONTEMÔR)
A writer, born at Montemôr, province ...
- Montenegro:
A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea; the ...
- Montepulciano:
DIOCESE OF MONTEPULCIANO (MONTIS POLITIANI)
Diocese in the ...
- Monterey and Los Angeles:
DIOCESE OF MONTEREY AND LOS ANGELES (MONTEREYENSIS ET ANGELORUM).
- Montes Pietatis:
Montes Pietatius are charitable institutions of credit that lend money at low ...
- Montesa, Military Order of:
This order was established in the Kingdom of Aragon to take the place of the ...
- Montesino, Antonio:
A Spanish missionary, date of birth unknown; died in the West Indies, 1545. Of ...
- Montesinos, Luis de:
Spanish theologian, date and place of birth unknown; d. 7 Oct., 1621. He entered ...
- Montesqieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de:
French writer and publicist, b. in the Château de la Brède near ...
- Monteverde, Claudio:
A distinguished musician, born at Cremona, May, 1567; died at Venice, 29 Nov., ...
- Montevideo:
(MONTISVIDEI)
Located in Uruguay, comprises the whole of ...
- Montfaucon, Bernard de:
French scholar, b. in 1655, at the château de Soulatge, Department of Aude, ...
- Montfort, Simon de:
An Earl of Leicester, date of birth unknown, died at Toulouse, 25 June, 1218. ...
- Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel:
Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, Department of Ardèche, France, 26 ...
- Months, Special Devotions for:
During the Middle ...
- Montmagny, Charles Huault De:
The second French Governor of Canada, born in
- Montmirail, John de:
(MONTE-MIRABILI)
Son of Andrew,
- Montmorency, Anne, First Duke of:
Born at Chantilly, 15 March, 1492; died at Paris, 12 November, 1567. He belonged ...
- Montor, Alexis-François Artaud De:
A diplomat and historian, born at Paris, 31 July, 1772; died at Paris, 12 Nov., ...
- Montpellier:
The Diocese of ...
- Montreal, Archdiocese of:
Metropolitan of ...
- Montreuil:
Charterhouse of ...
- Montreuil Abbey:
A former
- Montyon, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Robert Auget, Baron de:
Famous French philanthropist; b. at Paris, 23 December, 1733; d. there 29 ...
- Moore, Arthur:
Count, b. at Liverpool, 1849; d. at Mooresfort, Tipperary, Ireland, 1904, was ...
- Moore, Michael:
(Or MOOR)
Priest, preacher, and professor, b. at Dublin, ...
- Moore, Thomas:
Poet and biographer, b. 28 May, 1779, at Dublin,
- Mopsuestia:
A titular see of Cilicia Secunda in
- Moréri, Louis:
An encyclopaedist, b. at Bargemont in the
- Mor, Antonis Van Dashort:
(MOOR)
Commonly called ANTONIO MORO, or ANTHONIS MORE, a ...
- Moral Theology:
Moral theology is a branch of theology, the science of
- Morales, Ambrosio:
Spanish historian, b. at Cordova, 1513; d. in 1591. After his studies at the ...
- Morales, Christóbal:
A composer, born at Seville, 2 Jan., 1512; died at Málaga, 14 June, 1553. ...
- Morales, Juan Bautista:
Missionary, b. about 1597 at Ecija in Andalusia,
- Morales, Luis de:
Spanish painter, b. at
- Moralities:
( Also: MORALITY PLAYS or MORAL PLAYS).
- Morality:
It is necessary at the outset of this article to distinguish between
- Moran, Francis Patrick:
Third
- Moratín, Leandro Fernandez de:
Spanish poet and playwright, b. at Madrid, 10 March, 1760; at Paris, 21 June, ...
- Moravia:
( German MÄHREN).
Austrian crown land east of Bohemia. ...
- Moravian Brethren:
(MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or UNITAS FRATRUM).
DEFINITION AND DOCTRINAL ...
- Morcelli, Stefano Antonio:
An Italian Jesuit and learned epigraphist; b. 17 January, 1737, at Chiari near ...
- More, Helen:
(DAME GERTRUDE.)
Benedictine nun of the English Congregation; ...
- More, Henry:
Great-grandson of the martyred English chancellor ; b., 1586; d. at Watten in ...
- More, Thomas, Saint:
Saint, knight,
- Morel, Gall:
Poet, scholar, aesthete, and educationist, b. at St. Fiden, Switzerland, on 24 ...
- Morell, Juliana:
Dominican nun, b. at Barcelona, Spain, 16 February, 1594; d. at the
- Morelos, José María:
Mexican patriot, b. at Valladolid (now called Morelia in his
- Moreto y Cabaña, Augustine:
Spanish dramatist; b. at Madrid, 9 April, 1618, d. at Toledo, 28 Octoher, 1669. He ...
- Morgagni, Giovanni Battista:
Called by Virchow, the "Father of Modern Pathology", a distinguished Italian ...
- Morgan, Venerable Edward:
Welsh priest, martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, executed at Tyburn, ...
- Morghen, Raffaello:
Italian engraver, b. at Portici, 19 June, 1768 (1761?); d. at Florence, 8 April, ...
- Moriarty, David:
Bishop and
- Morigi, Michaelangelo (Caravaggio):
A Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609. His ...
- Morimond, Abbey of:
Fourth daughter of Cîteaux situated in Champagne,
- Morin, Jean:
A French
- Mormons:
( Also called the Church of
- Morocco:
(Prefecture Apostolic of Morocco).
The country known as
- Morone, Giovanni:
Cardinal,
- Moroni, Gaetano:
The author of the well-known "Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica", b. ...
- Moroni, Giovanni Battista:
A painter, b. at Bondo, near Albino, in the territory of Bergamo, between 1520 ...
- Morris, John:
Canon, afterwards Jesuit, F.S.A., b. in India, 4 July, 1826; d. at Wimbledon, ...
- Morris, John Brande:
Born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September, 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 ...
- Morris, Martin Ferdinand:
Lawyer and jurist, b. 3 December, 1834, at Washington, D.C.; d. 12 September, ...
- Morse:
( Latin morsus ).
Also called the MONILLE, FIRMULA, FIRMULE, ...
- Morse, Venerable Henry:
Martyr ; b. in 1595 in Norfolk; d. at Tyburn, 1 Feb., 1644. He was received into ...
- Mortification:
One of the methods which
- Mortmain:
(Old Fr., morte meyn ), dead-hand, or "such a state of possession of land as ...
- Morton, John:
Cardinal,
- Morton, Robert:
English priest ...
- Mosaic Legislation:
The body of juridical, moral, and
- Mosaics:
Mosaics, as a term, according to the usual authorities is derived through ...
- Moschus, Johannes:
( ho tou Moschou , son of Moschus)
A
- Moscow:
(Russian Moskva ).
The ancient capital of
- Moses:
Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the ...
- Moses Bar Cephas:
A Syriac
- Moses Maimonides, Teaching of:
Moses ben ...
- Moses of Chorene:
(MOSES CHORENENSIS)
Perhaps the best known writer of ...
- Mossul:
The seat of a Chaldean archdiocese, a Syrian diocese, and an Apostolic Mission. ...
- Most Precious Blood, Archconfraternity of the:
Confraternities which made it their special object to venerate the Blood of
- Most Precious Blood, Feast of the:
For many dioceses there are two days to which the Office of the
- Most Pure Heart of Mary, Feast of the:
In its principal object this feast is identical with the feast of the "Inner
- Mostar and Markana-Trebinje:
(MANDATRIENSIS, MARCANENSIS ET TRIBUNENSIS)
When at the
- Mosynoupolis:
Titular see, suffragan of
- Motet:
A short piece of music set to Latin words, and sung instead of, or immediately ...
- Motolinia, Toribio de Benavente:
Franciscan missionary, b. at Benavente, Spain, at the end of the fifteenth ...
- Motu Proprio:
The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause
- Mouchy, Antoine de:
(Called DEMOCHARES.)
Theologian and canonist, b. 1494, at ...
- Moufang, Franz Christoph Ignaz:
Theologian, b. at Mainz, 17 Feb., 1817; d. there, 27 Feb., 1890. His early studies ...
- Moulins:
D IOCESE OF M OULINS (M OLINENSIS ).
Suffragan of
- Mount Athos:
Athos is a small tongue of land that projects into the Aegean Sea, being the ...
- Mount Calvary, Congregations of: I. DAUGHTERS OF MOUNT CALVARY
Founded in 1619 by
- Mount Carmel, Feast of Our Lady of:
This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386 under the ...
- Mount Saint Mary's College:
Mount St. Mary's
- Movers, Franz Karl:
Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Koesfeld, Westphalia, 17 July, 1806; d. at ...
- Moxos Indians:
(MOYOS INDIANS).
According to one authority, they are named ...
- Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von:
A jurist, born 10 August, 1799, at Munich ; died 1 August, 1867, at Innsbruck ...
- Moye, Ven. John Martin:
Priest of the
- Moylan, Francis:
Bishop of Cork, born at Cork, 1739; died in 1815. He was the son of a rich ...
- Moylan, Stephen:
An American patriot and merchant, born in
- Mozambique:
(Mocambique)
The former official and still usual name given ...
- Mozarabic Rite:
This subject
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
One of the greatest musical geniuses in history, born at Salzburg, Austria, 27 ...
- Mozetena Indians:
A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon ...
- Mozzetta:
A short, cape-shaped garment, covering the shoulders and reaching only to the ...
- Mozzi, Luigi:
Controversialist, born at Bergamo, 26 May, 1746; died near Milan, 24 June, 1813. ...
- Mrak, Ignatius:
The second
- Muchar, Albert Anton Von:
An historian, born at Linez, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1781; died at Graz, Styria, 6 June, ...
- Mulhall, Michael George:
Statistician, b. in Dublin, 29 September, 1829; d. there 13 Dec., 1900. He was ...
- Mulholland, St. Clair Augustine:
Born at Lisburn, Co. Antrium, Ireland, 1 April 1839; died at Philadelphia, 17 ...
- Mullanphy, John:
Merchant, philanthropist, b. near Enniskillen, Co. Fremanagh, Ireland, 1758; d. at ...
- Mullock, John T.:
Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland, born in 1807 at Limerick,
- Mundwiler, Fintan:
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Meinrad, Indiana, born at Dietikon in ...
- Munich-Freising:
ARCHDIOCESE OF MUNICH-FREISING (MONASENSIS ET FRISINGENSIS).
...
- Munkács:
Diocese in Hungary, of Greek
- Mura, Saint:
Born in Co. Donegal, Ireland, about 550. He was appointed
- Muratori, Luigi Antonio:
Librarian in Modena, one of the greatest scholars of his time, b. 21 Oct., 1672; ...
- Muratorian Canon:
Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first ...
- Murder:
( Latin homo , man; and caedere , to slay)
- Muret, Marc-Antoine:
French humanist, b. at Muret, near Limoges, in 1526; d. at Rome, in 1585. He ...
- Muri:
(MURI-GRIES)
An
- Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban:
Spanish painter ; b. at Seville, 31 December, 1617; d. there 5 April, 1682. His ...
- Murner, Thomas:
Greatest German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, 24 ...
- Muro-Lucano:
(MURANENSIS)
Located in the province of Potenza, in ...
- Murray, Daniel:
An Archbishop ...
- Murray, John O'Kane:
Physician, historian, b. in County Antrim, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1847; d. at Chicago, ...
- Murray, Patrick:
Theologian, b. Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, 18 November, 1811; d. 15 Nov., ...
- Museums, Christian:
Though applicable to
- Mush:
An Armenian
- Mush, John:
(Alias RATCLIFFE)
A priest, b. in Yorkshire, 1551 or 1552; ...
- Music of the Mass:
Under this heading
- Music, Ecclesiastical:
By this term is meant the music which, by order or with the
- Musical Instruments in Church Services:
For almost a thousand years Gregorian chant, without any instrumental or harmonic ...
- Musso, Cornelius:
Friar Minor ...
- Musti:
A titular see of Proconsular Africa, suffragan of Carthage. This town, which was ...
- Musuros, Markos:
A learned Greek humanist, born 1470 at Retimo, Crete; died 1517 at Rome. The son ...
- Mutis, José Celestino:
Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz,
- Muzzarelli, Alfonso:
A learned Italian Jesuit, b. 22 August, 1749, at
- Mylasa:
A titular see of
- Myndus:
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. This city, known through its ...
- Myra:
A titular see of Lycia in
- Myrina:
A titular see of
- Myriophytum:
A titular see of Thracia Prima and suffragan of Heraclea. The early history of ...
- Mysore:
(MAISOUR); DIOCESE OF MYSORE (MYSURIENSIS)
Diocese in India, ...
- Mysteries and Miracle Plays:
These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among ...
- Mystery:
(Greek mysterion , from myein , "to shut", "to close".)
- Mystical Body of the Church:
The analogy ...
- Mystical Marriage:
In the Old and the New Testament , the love of
- Mystical Theology:
Mystical theology is the science which treats of
- Mysticism:
(From myein , to initiate).
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