Catholic Encyclopedia - T
- Tænarum:
Tænarum, a titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth. Tænarum, or ...
- Téllez, Gabriel:
Spanish priest ...
- Tübingen, University of:
Located in Würtemberg ; founded by Count Eberhard im Bart on 3 July, ...
- Tabæ:
Titular see in Caria, suffragan of
- Tabasco:
(TABASQUENSIS)
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan ...
- Tabb, John Bannister:
An American poet and educator, born at "The Forest" near Richmond, 1845; died at ...
- Tabbora:
A titular see in
- Tabernacle:
(TABERNACULUM).
- Tabernacle:
(Latin tabernaculum , tent).
- Tabernacle Lamp:
In the Old Testament ...
- Tabernacle Societies:
The Association of Perpetual
- Tabernacle Society:
Notre Dame Convent, Philadelphia; a
- Tabernacles, Feast of:
One of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar, even the ...
- Tabor, Mount:
The name of Mount Thabor, , is rendered in the Septuagint as , and in
- Tacana Indians:
The collective designation for a group of tribes constituting the Tacanan ...
- Tacapæ:
Titular see of Tripolitana in northern Africa. The official list of titular ...
- Taché, Alexandre-Antonin:
First
- Taché, Etienne-Pascal:
Statesman, b. at
- Tadama:
A titular see in Mauretania Cæsariensis, of which nothing, is known. Its ...
- Taensa Indians:
A tribe of Muskhogean stock and somewhat
- Tahiti:
Tahiti, the most important of the
- Taigi, Ven. Anna Maria:
( Maiden name Giannetti.)
Venerable Servant of God, born ...
- Tait Indians:
( Te-it , "Those up river").
A collective term for those ...
- Takkali:
(More proper Takhehi, plural Takhehlne).
The hybrid name by ...
- Talbot, James:
Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of
- Talbot, John:
English
- Talbot, Peter:
Archbishop of Dublin, 1669-1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620.
- Talbot, Thomas Joseph:
Born 14 February, 1727; died at Hotwells, near Bristol, 24 April, 1795. Brother of ...
- Tallagaht, Monastery of:
The name Tallaght (Irish Tamlachta ), derived from tam , plague, and lecht ...
- Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de:
Prince of Benevento,
- Tallis, Thomas:
English composer, born about 1514; died 23 November, 1585. He was a chorister at ...
- Talmud: 1. DEFINITION
- Talon, Jean:
First intendant in exercise of New
- Talon, Nicolas:
French Jesuit, historian, and ascetical writer, b. at Moulins, 31 August, 1605; ...
- Talon, Pierre:
A French-Canadian explorer, b. at Quebec, 1676, of Lucien and Isabelle Planteau; ...
- Tamanac Indians:
A formerly important tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory ...
- Tamassus:
A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis, was situated in the great ...
- Tamaulipas:
(CIVTTATIS VICTORIÆ SIVE TAMAULIPENSIS)
Diocese in the ...
- Tamburini, Michelangelo:
Fourteenth General of the
- Tamburini, Thomas:
Moral theologian, born at
- Tametsi:
("ALTHOUGH")
The first word of
- Tamisier, Marie-Marthe-Baptistine:
(Called by her intimates EMILIA)
Initiator of international ...
- Tanagra:
A titular see in Hellas, suffragan of
- Tancred:
Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. He was the son ...
- Taney, Roger Brooke:
(Pronounced Tawney )
Fifth chief
- Tanguay, Cyprien:
Genealogist, born at Quebec, 1819; died 1902. After a course of classics and ...
- Tanis:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Tanner, Adam:
Controversialist, born at Innsbruck in 1571; died at Unken, 25 May, 1632. He ...
- Tanner, Conrad:
Abbot of Einsiedeln, born at Arth in the Canton of Schwyz, 28 Dec., 1752; died 7 ...
- Tanner, Edmund:
Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, 1574-1579; born about 1526; died 1579. The ...
- Tanner, Matthias:
Born at Pilsen in Bohemia, 28 Feb., 1630; died at Prague, 8 Feb., 1692. He ...
- Tantum Ergo:
The opening words of the penultimate
- Tanucci, Bernardo:
Marchese, Italian statesman, born at Stia in Tuscany, of poor family, in 1698 ...
- Taoism:
(TAO-KIAO.)
- Taos Pueblo:
An important town of the Pueblo group, inhabited by Indians speaking the Tigua ...
- Taparelli, Aloysius:
(D'AZEGLIO, christened PROSPERO)
Philosopher and writer on ...
- Tapestry:
A word of French origin naming a fabric in which the two processes of weaving and ...
- Tapis, Esteban:
Born at Santa Coloma de Farnes, Catalonia, Spain, 25 Aug., 1754; died 3 Nov., ...
- Tarabotti, Helena:
Nun and authoress, b. at Venice, 1605; d. there 1652. Obliged by her father, who ...
- Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, Saints:
Martyrs of the
- Taranto:
DIOCESE OF TARANTO (TARENTINA)
Diocese in southern Italy, on ...
- Tarapacá:
VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF TARAPACA (DE TARAPACA).
Situated in ...
- Tarasius, Saint:
Patriarch of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; died 25 February, 806. He was ...
- Tarazona:
DIOCESE OF TARAZONA (TURIASONENSIS)
The
- Tarbes:
DIOCESE OF TARBES (TARBIA)
The
- Tarentaise:
(TARANTASIENSIS)
- Targum:
Targum is the ...
- Tarisel, Pierre:
Master-mason to the king, b. about 1442; d. in August, 1510. (In 1555 the title of ...
- Tarkin, Saint:
(Talarican.)
Bishop of Sodor (including the western islands ...
- Tarnow:
DIOCESE OF TARNOW (TARNOVIENSIS).
Diocese in western Galicia, ...
- Tarquini, Camillus:
Cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist, b. at Marta in the
- Tarragona:
ARCHDIOCESE OF TARRAGONA (TARRACONENSIS)
Bounded on the north ...
- Tarsicius, Saint:
Martyr. The only positive information concerning this Roman
- Tarsus:
A metropolitan ...
- Tartaglia, Nicolò:
(T ARTALEA ).
Italian mathematician, b. at Brescia, c. ...
- Tartini, Giuseppe:
Violinist, composer, and theorist, b. at Pirano, Italy, 12 April, 1692; d. at ...
- Taschereau, Elzéar-Alexandre:
Archbishop of Quebec and first Canadian cardinal, b. 17 February, 1820, at la ...
- Tassé, Joseph:
Writer and journalist, born at Montreal, 23 Oct., 1848; died 17 Jan., 1895; son ...
- Tassach, Saint:
Irish saint, born in the first decade of the fifth century; died about 497. He was ...
- Tassin, René-Prosper:
French historian, belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur, born ...
- Tasso, Torquato:
Italian poet, born at
- Tassoni, Alessandro:
Italian poet, born at
- Tatian:
A second-century
- Tatwin, Saint:
(TATUINI)
Archbishop of
- Taubaté:
(DE TAUBATÉ)
Diocese in Brazil, South America, ...
- Tauler, John:
German Dominican, one of the greatest mystics and preachers of the Middle ...
- Taunton, Ethelred:
Writer, born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 Oct., 1857; died in London, 9 ...
- Taverner, John:
Composer, b. in the County of Norfolk, England, about 1475; d. at Boston, ...
- Tavistock Abbey:
Tavistock Abbey, on the Tavy River in Devonshire, England, founded for ...
- Tavium:
A titular see in Galatia Prima, suffragan of Ancyra. Tavium, or Tavia, was the ...
- Taxa Innocentiana:
A Decree ...
- Taxster, John de:
(TAYSTER)
- Taylor, Frances Margaret:
(MOTHER M. MAGDALEN TAYLOR)
- Taylor, Ven. Hugh:
English martyr, born at
- Te Deum, The:
An abbreviated title commonly given both to the original Latin text and the ...
- Te Lucis Ante Terminum:
The hymn at ...
- Tebaldeo, Antonio:
Italian poet, born at Ferrara, in 1463; died in 1537. His
- Tegernsee:
Called Tegrinseo in 817,
- Tehuantepec:
(Tehuantepecensis)
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, ...
- Teilo, Saint:
(Eliud.)
"Archbishop" of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, ...
- Tekakwitha, Blessed Kateri:
(Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.)
Known as the ...
- Teleology:
(From Greek telos , end, and logos , science).
- Telepathy:
( tele , far, and pathein , to experience)
A term ...
- Telese:
(TELESINENSIS)
Telese, a small town in the Province of ...
- Telesio, Bernardino:
Italian humanist and philosopher born of a noble
- Telesphorus of Cosenza:
(THEOPHORUS, THEOLOPHORUS).
A name assumed by one of the ...
- Telesphorus, Pope Saint:
(Lived about 125-136.)
- Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The:
The Tell el-Amarna Tablets are a collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 ...
- Tellier, Michel Le:
Born 19 April, 1603; died at Paris, 30 Oct., 1685. He was commissioned by
- Telmessus:
Titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra.
- Temiskaming:
The Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, suffragan of Ottawa, Canada, is bounded ...
- Temnus:
A titular see in Asia, a suffragan of Ephesus.
- Tempel, Wilhelm:
(ERNEST LEBERECHT)
German astronomer, b. 4 December, 1821, ...
- Temperance:
(Latin temperare , to mingle in due proportions; to qualify).
- Temperance Movements: EUROPE
Reasons for a
- Templars, The Knights:
The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military orders, and are ...
- Temple:
The Latin form, templum , from which the English
- Temple of Jerusalem:
The word "temple" is derived from the Latin templum , signifying an uncovered ...
- Temple, Sisters of the:
The Sisters of the
- Temptation:
( Latin tentare , to try or test).
- Temptation of Christ:
In the
- Ten Commandments, The:
Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. ...
- Ten Thousand Martyrs, The:
On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman ...
- Tencin, Pierre-Guérin de:
French statesman and cardinal, b. at Grenoble, 22 August, 1680; d. at Lyons, 2 ...
- Tenebræ:
Tenebræ ...
- Tenebrae Hearse:
The
- Tenedos:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Teneriffe:
DIOCESE OF TENERIFFE (TENERIFENSIS).
Suffragan of Seville, ...
- Teniers, David:
The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters ; the elder, born at
- Tennessee:
The State of
- Tenney, William Jewett:
An author, editor, born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at Newark, New ...
- Tentyris:
(TENTYRA)
Seat of a titular suffragan see of
- Tenure, Ecclesiastical:
I. In the feudal system an ecclesiastical fief followed all the laws laid ...
- Teos:
Titular see ; suffragan of
- Tepic:
DIOCESE OF TEPIC (TEPICENSIS)
A
- Tepl:
A Premonstratensian
- Teramo:
Diocese in southern Italy. In the past the city was injured by earthquakes. It is ...
- Terce:
The origin of Terce, like that of
- Terenuthis:
Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima. Le Quien (Oriens christ., ...
- Teresa of Avila, Saint:
Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada
Born at Avila, Old ...
- Teresa of Lisieux, Saint:
(Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus)
Carmelite of Lisieux, ...
- Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne, The Sixteen Blessed:
Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la ...
- Terill, Anthony:
English theologian, b. at Canford, Dorsetshire, in 1623; d. at Liège, 11 ...
- Termessus:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Termoli:
(THERMULARUM)
Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, ...
- Ternan, Saint:
Bishop of the Picts, flourished in the sixth century. Much obscurity attaches to ...
- Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno:
(TERRACINENSIS, SETINENSIS ET PRIVERNENSIS)
Located in the ...
- Terrasson, André:
A French preacher, born at Lyons in 1669; died at Paris, 25 April, 1723. He was ...
- Terrestrial Paradise:
( paradeisos , Paradisus ).
The name popularly given in ...
- Terrien, Jean-Baptiste:
Dogmatic theologian, born at St-Laurent-des-Autels, Maine-et-Loire, 26 Aug., ...
- Tertiaries:
(From the Latin tertiarius , the relative adjective of tertius , third ). ...
- Tertullian:
(Q UINTUS S EPTIMIUS F LORENS T ERTULLIANUS ).
...
- Teruel:
(TUROLENSIS)
A suffragan of Saragossa, comprises the civil ...
- Test-Oath, Missouri:
In January, 1865, there assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, a "Constitutional ...
- Testament, New:
I. Name ; II. Description ; III. Origin ; IV. Transmission of the ...
- Testament, Old: I. NAME
The word "testament", Hebrew berîth , Greek diatheke , ...
- Testem Benevolentiae:
An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to
- Tetzel, Johann:
First public antagonist of Luther, b. at Pirna in Meissen, 1465; d. at Leipzig, ...
- Teuchira:
A titular see in Libyan Pentapolis.
- Teutonic Order:
A medieval military order modelled on the
- Tewdrig:
(THEODORIC)
A Welsh saint, son of King Ceithfalt of Morganwg ...
- Texas:
S TATE OF T EXAS .
The name, Texas, is probably derived ...
- Textual Criticism:
The object of
- Thænæ:
A titular see in
- Thébaud, Augustus:
Jesuit educator and publicist, b. at Nantes, France, 20 Nov., 1807; d. at St. ...
- Thénard, Louis-Jacques, Baron:
Chemist, b. at Louptière, near Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, France, on 4 May, ...
- Théophane Vénard:
(JEAN-THÉOPHANE V&Eaucte;NARD.)
French missionary, ...
- Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint:
(Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus)
Carmelite of Lisieux, ...
- Thabor, Mount:
The name of Mount Thabor, , is rendered in the Septuagint as , and in
- Thabraca:
A titular see of Numidia near the sea, between the Armua and the Tusca.
- Thacia Montana:
A titular see in
- Thagaste:
(TAGASTE)
Thagaste, a titular see in Numidia, was a rather ...
- Thagora:
(Tagora)
Titular see in Numidia, mentioned by the "Rabula ...
- Thais, Saint:
(THAISIS or THAISIA).
A penitent in
- Thalberg, Sigismond:
Musical composer and pianist, b. at Geneva, 1812; d. at Posilipo, Italy, 27 ...
- Thalhofer, Valentin:
German theologian, b. at Unterroth, near Ulm, 21 January, 1825; d. at the same ...
- Thangmar:
(THANKMAR)
Historian, b. about the middle of the tenth ...
- Thanksgiving before and after Meals:
The word
- Thanksgiving Day:
A civil holiday observed annually in the United States of
- Thapsus:
A titular see in Byzacene Africa. It was a Phoenician market on the coast of ...
- Thasos:
A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. The island of
- Thaumaci:
A titular see in Thessaly, suffragan of Larissa, commanding the defile of ...
- Thayer, John:
Missionary, convert, first native of New England ordained to the priesthood, ...
- Theatines:
(CLERICS REGULAR)
A religious order of men, founded by ...
- Theatre, The:
Considering the tone of what is preserved to us of the works of the Greek ...
- Thebaid:
The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: ...
- Thebes:
(THEBAE)
A
- Thebes:
(THEBAE)
Titular see of Thebais Secunda, suffragan of ...
- Thecla, Saint:
Benedictine Abbess ...
- Thecla, Saints:
I. Thecla of
- Theft:
Theft is the ...
- Thegan (Degan) of Treves:
Chronicler, d. about 850. Very little is known of his life; all that is certain ...
- Theiner, Augustin:
Theologian and historian, b. at Breslau, 11 April, 1804; d. at Civitavecchia, 8 ...
- Thelepte:
A titular see in Byzacene. From an inscription we learn that it was a colony. An ...
- Themiscyra:
A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont. There was a town of this ...
- Themisonium:
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
- Thennesus:
A titular suffragan see of
- Theobald:
(T EDBALD .)
Archbishop of
- Theobald, Saint:
Born at Provins in the Province of Champagne, France, in 1017; died at Salanigo in ...
- Theocracy:
A form of ...
- Theodard, Saint:
Archbishop of Narbonne, b. at
- Theodicy:
Etymologically considered
- Theodore I, Pope:
Pope from 642 to 649; the date of his birth is unknown. He was a Greek of
- Theodore II, Pope:
Son of Photius. His pontificate lasted only twenty days; neither the date of his ...
- Theodore of Amasea, Saint:
Surnamed Tyro (Tiro), not because he was a young recruit, but because for a
- Theodore of Gaza:
A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle, b. at
- Theodore of Studium, Saint:
A zealous champion of the veneration of images and the last geat representative ...
- Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Seventh
- Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia:
Bishop of
- Theodoret:
Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, born at
- Theodoric (Thierry) of Chartres:
A Platonist philosopher of the twelfth century, b. in
- Theodoric the Great:
King of the Ostrogoths, born A.D. 454 (?); died 26 August, 526. He was an ...
- Theodorus and Theophanes, Saints:
(Called Grapti , "written upon", graptoi )
Theodorus, b. ...
- Theodorus Lector:
A lector ...
- Theodosiopolis:
A titular
- Theodosius Florentini:
Born at Münster, in the Grisons, Switzerland, 23 May, 1808; died at ...
- Theodosius I:
Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at ...
- Theodotus of Ancyra, Saint:
Martyr. On 18 May the Roman
- Theodulf:
(Theodulfus, Theodulfe),
- Theology of Christ (Christology):
Christology is ...
- Theology, Ascetical:
Ascetics, as a branch of theology, may be briefly defined as the scientific ...
- Theology, Dogmatic:
Dogmatic theology is that part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths ...
- Theology, History of Dogmatic:
The imposing edifice of
- Theology, Moral:
Moral theology is a branch of theology, the science of
- Theology, Mystical:
Mystical theology is the science which treats of
- Theology, Pastoral:
Pastoral theology is the science of the care of souls. This article
- Theonas:
Bishop of
- Theophanes Kerameus:
( Kerameus , potter).
Archbishop of
- Theophanes, Saint:
Chronicler, born at Constantinople, about 758; died in Samothracia, probably 12 ...
- Theophilanthropists:
("Friends of
- Theophilus:
Bishop of Antioch. Eusebius in his "Chronicle" places the name of
- Theophilus:
Patriarch of
- Theosophy:
( Theosophia = "wisdom concerning
- Theotocopuli, Domenico:
One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; d. ...
- Thera (Santorin):
DIOCESE OF THERA (SANTORINO)
Diocese in the Cyclades. About ...
- Thermae Basilicae:
A titular see in Cappadocia Prima, suffragan of Caesarea. The Greek "Notitiae ...
- Thermopylae:
A titular see and suffragan of Athens in
- Thessalonians, Epistles to the:
Two of the canonical Epistles of St. Paul. This article
- Thessalonica:
(SALONIKI)
Titular
- Theveste:
Titular see of Numidia. The city seems to have had some importance even
- Thibaris:
Titular see in Byzacena (
- Thibaut de Champagne:
Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, a French poet, b. 1201, at
- Thierry of Freburg:
( Or Thierry of Saxony).
A philosopher and physician of ...
- Thiers, Louis-Adolphe:
French statesman and historian, first president of the Third French Republic, b. ...
- Thignica:
A titular see in Numidia. The Roman Curia's official list of titular sees ...
- Thijm, Joseph Albert Alberdingk:
Born at Amsterdam, 8 July, 1820; d. there, 17 March, 1889. After finishing his ...
- Thijm, Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk:
Brother of
- Thimelby, Richard:
( Alias ASHBY)
Missionary priest, b. in Lincolnshire, ...
- Third Orders: I. GENERAL
- Thirty Years War:
The Thirty Years ...
- Thmuis:
A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of
- Thomas á Jesu:
(Diaz Sanchez de Avila).
- Thomas à Kempis:
Author of the "Imitation of Christ" , born at Kempen in the
- Thomas Abel, Blessed:
(Also ABLE, or ABELL.)
Priest and martyr, born about 1497; ...
- Thomas Alfield, Venerable:
(AUFIELD, ALPHILDE, HAWFIELD, OFFELDUS; alias BADGER).
- Thomas Aquinas, Saint:
Philosopher, theologian,
- Thomas Atkinson, Venerable:
Martyred at York, 11 March, l6l6. He was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, ...
- Thomas Becket, Saint:
Martyr,
- Thomas Belchiam, Venerable:
A Franciscan
- Thomas Christians, Saint:
An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming ...
- Thomas Cottam, Blessed:
Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582. His parents, ...
- Thomas Ford, Blessed:
Born in Devonshire; died at Tyburn, 28 May, 1582. He incepted M.A. at Trinity ...
- Thomas Garnet, Saint:
Protomartyr of
- Thomas Johnson, Blessed:
Carthusian martyr, died in Newgate gaol, London, 20 September, 1537. On 18 May, ...
- Thomas More, Saint:
Saint, knight,
- Thomas of Beckington:
(BEKYNTON.)
Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Beckington, ...
- Thomas of Bradwardine:
(BRAGWARDIN, BRANDNARDINUS, BREDWARDYN, BRADWARDYN, DE BREDEWARDINA).
- Thomas of Cantimpré:
Medieval writer, preacher, and theologian, born of noble parentage at Leuw St. ...
- Thomas of Celano: Friar Minor, poet, andhagiographical writer, born at Celano in the Province of the Abruzzi, about ...
- Thomas of Dover:
Martyr ; died 2 or 5 August, 1295. On the above date the French ravaged Dover ...
- Thomas of Hereford:
(THOMAS DE CANTELUPE).
Born at Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, ...
- Thomas of Jesus:
(THOMAS DE ANDRADA).
Reformer and preacher, born at Lisbon, ...
- Thomas of Jorz:
(Often but erroneously called JOYCE and frequently referred to as ANGLUS or ...
- Thomas of Strasburg:
A fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order, born, according to ...
- Thomas of Villanova, Saint:
Educator, philanthropist, born at Fuentellana, Spain, 1488; died at Valencia, 8 ...
- Thomas Percy, Blessed:
Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572. He ...
- Thomas Sherwood, Blessed:
Martyr, born in London, 1551; died at Tyburn, London, 7 February, 1578. His
- Thomas the Apostle, Saint:
Little is recorded of
- Thomas Thwing, Venerable:
Martyr. Born at Heworth Hall, near York, in 1635; suffered at York, 23 Oct., 1680. ...
- Thomas Woodhouse, Blessed:
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573, being disembowelled alive. Ordained ...
- Thomas, Charles L.A.:
French composer, born at Metz, 5 August, 1811; died at Paris, 12 February, 1896. He ...
- Thomassin, Louis:
Theologian and French Oratorian, b. at Aix-en-Provence 28 Aug., 1619; d. in ...
- Thomism:
In a broad sense,
- Thompson River Indians:
(THOMPSON INDIANS).
An important tribe of
- Thompson, Blessed James:
(Also known as James ...
- Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana:
The name of two English converts : (1) Edward Healy and (2) Harriet Diana. ...
- Thompson, Francis:
Poet, b. at Preston, Lancashire, 18 Dec., 1859; d. in London, 13 Nov., 1907. He ...
- Thompson, Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David:
Jurist and first
- Thonissen, Jean-Joseph:
Professor of
- Thorlaksson, Arni:
An Icelandic bishop, b. in Iceland, 1237; d. at Bergen, 1297. While a deacon, ...
- Thorney Abbey:
(i.e. "the isle of thorns", anciently called ANCARIG).
Thorney ...
- Thorns, Crown of:
Although Our Saviour's Crown of Thorns is mentioned by three Evangelists and ...
- Thorns, Feast of the Crown of:
The first feast in
- Thorpe, Venerable Robert:
Priest and martyr, b. in Yorkshire; suffered at York, 15 May, 1591. He reached the ...
- Thou, Jacques-Auguste de:
French historian, b. at Paris, 8 October, 1553; d. there, 7 May, 1617. The son of ...
- Thou, Nicolas de:
Bishop of Chartres, uncle of the historian Jacques-Auguste de Thou, b. at Paris, ...
- Three Chapters:
The Three chapters ( trîa kephálaia ) were propositions ...
- Three Rivers:
DIOCESE OF THREE RIVERS (TRIFLUVIANENSIS)
Formed from the
- Throne:
(Latin thronus, cathedra, sedes episcopalis ), the seat the
- Thuburbo Minus:
A titular see in
- Thugga:
Titular see of Numidia, perhaps the Numidian fortress of Tocai mentioned about 305 ...
- Thugut, Johann Amadeus Franz de Paula:
Austrian statesman, born at Linz, 31 March, 1736; died at Vienna, 28 May, 1818. He ...
- Thulis, Venerable John:
English martyr, born at Up Holland, Lancashire, probably about 1568; suffered at ...
- Thun-Hohenstein, Count Leo:
Austrian statesman, b. at the
- Thundering Legion:
( Legio ...
- Thuringia:
The name
- Thurmayr, Johannes:
(Called AVENTINUS from the place of his birth)
Born at ...
- Thyatira:
A titular suffragan see of
- Thynias:
A titular see, suffragan of Nicomedia, in Bithynia Prima. It is an island ...
- Thyräus, Hermann:
German Jesuit, b. at Neuss on the Rhine, 1532; d. at Mainz, 26 October, 1591. ...
- Tiara:
The papal crown, a costly covering for the head, ornamented with precious stones ...
- Tibaldi, Pellegrino:
Known also as Pellegrino da
- Tiberias:
Titular see, suffragan of Scythopolis, in Palaestina Secunda. The town of
- Tiberias, Sea of:
So called in John 21:1 ...
- Tiberiopolis:
Titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana.
- Tiberius:
The second Roman emperor ( A. D. 14-37), b. 16 November, 42 B. C. , d. 16 ...
- Tibet:
A vast plateau, about 463,320 square miles, about 1240 miles in its greatest ...
- Tiburtius and Susanna, Saints:
Roman martyrs, feast 11 August. The story is related in the legend of
- Ticelia:
Titular see, suffragan of Cyrene, in the Libya Pentapolis. Under this name it is ...
- Tichborne, Ven. Nicholas:
Martyr, b. at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire; suffered at Tyburn, London, 24 Aug., ...
- Tichborne, Ven. Thomas:
Born at Hartley, Hampshire, 1567; martyred at Tyburn, London, 20 April, 1602. He ...
- Ticonius:
(Also TYCONIUS, TYCHONIUS, etc.)
An African Donatist writer ...
- Ticuna Indians:
A tribe of Indians of some importance, constituting a distinct linguistic stock, ...
- Tieffentaller, Joseph:
Jesuit missionary and noted geographer in Hindustan, b. at Bozen in the Tyrol, 27 ...
- Tiepolo: Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo
Born in
- Tierney, Mark Aloysius:
Born at Brighton, Sept., 1795; died at Arundel, 19 Feb., 1862. After his early ...
- Tigris, Saint:
Irish saint, sister of St. Patrick. Much obscurity attaches to her life, and she ...
- Tillemont, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de:
French historian and priest, b. at Paris, 30 November, 1637; d. there, 10 ...
- Tilly, Johannes Tserclæs, Count of:
Born at Brabant in 1559; died at Ingolstadt in April, 1632. He was a member of a ...
- Timbrias:
A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch. It is called Thymbrium in the ...
- Time:
The problem of
- Timothy and Symphorian, Saints:
Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August. During the pontificate of ...
- Timothy and Titus, Epistles to:
(T HE P ASTORALS
STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS
Saints ...
- Timucua Indians:
A principal group or confederacy of Ancient Florida, notable for the successful ...
- Tincker, Mary Agnes:
Novelist, born at Ellsworth, Maine, 18 July, 1833; died at Boston, Massachusetts, ...
- Tingis:
A titular see of Mauretania Tingitana (the official list of the
- Tinin:
SEE OF TININ (KNIN).
Located in
- Tinos and Mykonos:
DIOCESE OF TINOS AND MYKONOS (TINENSIS ET MYCONENSIS)
A Latin ...
- Tintern Abbey:
This abbey, in Monmouthshire, England [actually
- Tintoretto, Il:
(J ACOPO R OBUSTI )
Italian painter, b. at Venice, 1518; ...
- Tipasa:
A titular see of Numidia. The Phoenician word signifies passage. Early in its ...
- Tiraboschi, Girolamo:
Italian scholar, b. in the region of Bergamo, 1731; d. 3 June, 1794. At an early ...
- Tiraspol:
DIOCESE OF TIRASPOL (or CHERSONESE) (TIRASPOLENSIS; CHERSONENSIS)
- Tisio da Garofalo, Benvenuto:
An Italian painter of the Ferrarese school ; b. in 1481 at Garofalo, whence, as ...
- Tissot, James:
(JOSEPH-JACQUES TISSOT)
French draughtsman and painter, b. ...
- Tithes:
(Anglo-Saxon teotha , a tenth).
Generally defined as "the ...
- Tithes, Lay:
Under this heading must be distinguished (1) secular tithes, which subjects on ...
- Titian:
(T IZIANO V ECELLI , called T ITIAN ).
The greatest of ...
- Titopolis:
(TITIOPOLIS)
Titular see, suffragan of Seleucia Trachaea in ...
- Titulus:
In pagan ...
- Titus:
Roman Emperor 79-81, b. 30 Dec., 41; d. 13 Sept., 81; son of the Emperor Vespasian, ...
- Titus and Timothy, Epistles to:
(T HE P ASTORALS
STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS
Saints ...
- Titus, Bishop of Bostra:
Born about 362-371. Sozomen (Hist. eccl., III, xiv) names
- Tius:
(TIUM)
Titular see, suffragan of
- Tivoli:
DIOCESE OF TIVOLI (TIBURTINA)
Diocese in the Province of ...
- Tlaxcala:
(TLAXCALENSIS)
A former
- Tlos:
A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra.
- Toaldo, Giuseppe:
Priest and physicist, b. at Pianezze, 1719; d. at Padua, 1797. In his fourteenth ...
- Toba Indians:
One of the few still unconquered savage tribes of the great Chaco wilderness of ...
- Tobias:
We shall first enumerate the various Biblical persons and then treat the book of ...
- Tocqueville, Charles-Alexis-Henri-Maurice-Clerel de:
(CHARLES-ALEXIS-HENRI-MAURICE-CLEREL DE TOCQUEVILLE)
Writer ...
- Todi:
(T UDERTINA ).
Diocese in Central
- Tokio:
(Tokiensis)
Archdiocese comprising 21 provinces or 15 ...
- Toledo (Ohio): (Toletana in America)
A
- Toledo (Spain):
ARCHDIOCESE OF TOLEDO (TOLETANENSIS)
Primatial see of Spain, ...
- Toledo, Francisco:
Philosopher, theologian, and exegete, son of an actuary, b. at Córdova, 4 ...
- Tolentino and Macerata:
Located in the Marches, Central Italy. Macerata is a
- Toleration, History of:
In any attempt to deal historically with the attitude of the Church towards ...
- Toleration, Religious:
Toleration in general signifies patient forbearance in the presence of an
- Tolomei, John Baptist:
A distinguished Jesuit theologian and cardinal, born of noble parentage, at ...
- Tomb:
A memorial for the dead at the place of burial, customary, especially for ...
- Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
The
- Tomb, Altar:
A tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is covered with a slab or ...
- Tomi:
A titular
- Tommasi, Blessed Giuseppe Maria:
A Cardinal, noted for his learning, humility, and
- Tongerloo, Abbey of:
Located near Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1128 in
- Tongiorgi, Salvator:
Philosopher, born at Rome, Italy, 25 December, 1820; d. there, 12 November, 1865. ...
- Tongues, Gift of:
(Glossolaly,
- Tonica Indians:
(Or TUNICA).
A small tribe constituting a distinct linguistic ...
- Tonkawa Indians:
A tribal group or confederacy, of low culture status and constituting a distinct ...
- Tonsure:
( Latin tondere , "to shear")
A sacred rite instituted ...
- Tootell, Hugh:
Commonly known as Charles Dodd.
Historian, b. in 1671 or 1672, ...
- Torah: I. USE OF WORD
Torah, (cf. Hiph. of ), signifies first "direction, ...
- Torbido, Francesco:
Often called IL MORO (The Moor).
Veronese painter and ...
- Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Saint:
Archbishop of
- Tornielli, Girolamo Francesco:
Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer, b. at Cameri, 1 Febreuary, 1693, of a ...
- Torone:
A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica.
- Toronto:
(TORONTINA).
Located in the Province of
- Torquemada, Tomás de:
First Grand Inquisitor of Spain, born at Valladolid in 1420; died at Avila, ...
- Torres Naharro, Bartolemé de:
Spanish poet and dramatist, b. at Torres, near Badajoz, towards the end of the ...
- Torres, Francisco:
(TURRIANUS.)
Hellenist and polemicist, born in Herrera, ...
- Torricelli, Evangelista:
Italian mathematician and physicist, born at Faenza, 15 October, 1608; died at ...
- Torrubia, José:
Born towards the end of the seventeenth century at Granada,
- Tortona:
DIOCESE OF TORTONA (DERTONENSIS)
Diocese in Piedmont, Italy. ...
- Tortosa:
DIOCESE OF TORTOSA (DERTHUSENSIS, DERTUSA).
Located in ...
- Toscanella and Viterbo:
(VITERBIENSIS ET TUSCANENSIS).
The city of Viterbo in the ...
- Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo:
Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, b. at
- Tosephta:
( Hebrew = addition, supplement )
- Tostado, Alonso:
(ALONSO TOSTATUS)
Exegete, b. at Madrigal, Castile, about ...
- Tosti, Luigi:
Benedictine historian, b. at
- Totemism:
Totemism from ...
- Totonac Indians:
One of the smaller cultured nations of ancient Mexico, occupying at the
- Touchet, George Anselm:
Born at Stalbridge, Dorset; died about 1689. He was second son of Mervyn, twelfth ...
- Toulouse:
A RCHDIOCESE OF T OULOUSE (T OLOSENSIS )
Includes the ...
- Tournély, Honoré:
Theologian, b. Antibes, Provence, 28 August, 1658; d. at Paris, 26 December 1729. ...
- Tournai:
DIOCESE OF TOURNAI (Latin TURNACUM, TORNACUM; Flemish, DOORNIJK — ...
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de:
French botanist, b. at Aix in Provence, 5 June, 1656; d. at Paris, 28 Dec., ...
- Tournon, Charles-Thomas Maillard de:
Papal legate ...
- Touron, Antoine:
Dominican biographer and historian, born at Graulhet, Tarn, France, on 5 ...
- Tours:
(TURONENSIS.)
Comprises the Department of Indre-et-Loire, and ...
- Toustain, Charles-François:
French Benedictine, and member of the Congregation of St-Maur, born at Repas in the ...
- Touttée, Antoine-Augustin:
A French Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. at Riom, Department of ...
- Tower of Babel:
The "Tower of Babel" is the name of the building mentioned in
- Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de:
Viceroy of New France, born in France, 1603, of noble
- Tradition and Living Magisterium:
The word tradition (Greek paradosis ) in the ecclesiastical sense, which is ...
- Traditionalism:
A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of ...
- Traducianism:
Traducianism ( ...
- Trajan:
Emperor of
- Trajanopolis:
Titular
- Trajanopolis:
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. The only ...
- Tralles:
A titular see, suffragan of
- Trani and Barletta:
(T RANEN , et Barolen.)
Diocese in Italy. The city of ...
- Transcendentalism:
The terms transcendent and transcendental are used in various senses, all of ...
- Transept:
A rectangular
- Transfiguration:
The
- Transfiguration of Christ, Feast of the:
Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine
- Transubstantiation:
In this article we shall consider:
the fact of the Real ...
- Transvaal:
Vicariate apostolic ; lies between 23° 3' and 27° 30' S. lat., and ...
- Transylvania:
(Also TRANSYLVANIENSIS or ERDELY).
Diocese in Hungary, ...
- Trapani:
(TREPANENSIS).
Diocese in Sicily, suffragan of Palermo. The ...
- Trapezopolis:
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea.
- Trappists:
The common name by which the
- Trasilla and Emiliana, Saints:
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century, given in the Roman ...
- Treason, Accusations of:
A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan
- Trebizond:
(TRAPEZUNTINA).
An Armenian
- Trebnitz:
A former abbey ...
- Tredway, Lettice Mary:
(Called "Lady" Tredway)
Born 1595; died Oct., 1677; daughter ...
- Tregian, Francis:
Confessor, b. in Cornwall, 1548; d. at Lisbon, 25 Sept., 1608. He was son of ...
- Tremithus:
Titular see, suffragan of
- Trent:
(TRIDENTUM; TRIDENTINA).
Diocese ; suffragan of Salzburg.
- Trent, Council of:
The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at
- Trenton:
(T RENTONENSIS ).
Diocese created 15 July, 1881, suffragan ...
- Tresham, Sir Thomas:
Knight Bachelor (in or before 1524), Grand
- Treviso:
(TARVISINA).
Diocese in Venetia (Northern
- Tribe, Jewish:
( Phyle, tribus .)
The earlier Hebrew term rendered in our ...
- Tricarico, Diocese of:
(TRICARICENSIS.)
Located in the Province of Potenza in the ...
- Tricassin, Charles Joseph:
One of the greatest theologians of the Capuchin Order, b. at
- Tricca:
Titular see, suffragan of
- Trichinopoly, Diocese of:
(TRICHINOPOLITAN.)
Located in India, suffragan of Bombay, ...
- Trichur:
(TRICHURENSIS.)
Vicariate Apostolic in India, one of the ...
- Tricomia:
Titular see, suffragan of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima. It is mentioned in George ...
- Triduum:
(Three days).
A
- Trier:
(TREVIRENSIS)
Diocese ; suffragan of Cologne; includes in ...
- Triesnecker, Francis a Paula:
Astronomer, b. at Kirchberg on the Wagram, in Lower Austria, 2 April, 1745; d. at ...
- Triest-Capo d'Istria:
(TERGESTINA ET JUSTINOPOLITANA.)
Suffragan
- Trincomalee:
(TRINCOMALIENSIS.)
Located in Ceylon, suffragan of Colombo, ...
- Trinità di Cava dei Tirrenti, Abbey of:
Located in the Province of Salerno. It stands in a gorge of the Finestre Hills ...
- Trinitarians, Order of:
The redemption ...
- Trinity College:
An institution for the higher
- Trinity Sunday:
The first
- Trinity, The Blessed:
This article is divided as follows:
I.
- Triple-Candlestick:
A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, ...
- Trissino, Giangiorgio:
Italian poet and scholar, b. of a patrician
- Tritheists:
(TRITHEITES).
- Trithemius, John:
A famous scholar and Benedictine abbot, b. at Trittenheim on the Moselle, 1 ...
- Trivento:
(Triventensis)
Diocese in southern Italy. The earliest
- Trivet, Nicholas:
(Or "Trevet" as he himself wrote it)
B. about 1258; d. 1328. ...
- Troas:
A suffragan of
- Trocmades:
(Trocmada)
Titular see of Galatia Secunda, suffragan of ...
- Trokelowe, John de:
(THROWLOW, or THORLOW)
A monastic chronicler still living in ...
- Trondhjem, Ancient See of:
(NIDAROS).
In
- Trope: Definition and Description
Trope, in the liturgico-hymnological sense, is ...
- Tropology, Scriptural:
The theory and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of Holy Writ. The ...
- Troy, John Thomas:
Archbishop of
- Troyes:
(TRECENSIS).
Diocese comprising the Department of Aube. ...
- Truce of God:
The Truce of
- Truchsess von Waldburg, Otto:
Cardinal-Bishop of
- Trudo, Saint:
(TRON, TROND, TRUDON, TRUTJEN, TRUYEN).
- Trudpert, Saint:
Missionary in
- True Cross, The:
(AND REPRESENTATIONS OF IT AS OBJECTS OF DEVOTION).
(1) ...
- Trueba, Antonio de:
Spanish poet and folklorist, b. at Montellana, Biscay, in 1821; d. at Bilbao, 10 ...
- Trujillo:
Diocese comprising the Departments of Lambayeque, Libertad, Pinra, and the ...
- Trullo, Council in:
This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under Justinian II, is ...
- Trumpets, Feast of:
The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. Two ...
- Trumwin, Saint:
(TRIUMWINI, TRUMUINI).
Died at Whitby, Yorkshire, England, ...
- Trustee System: I
In the exercise of her inherent
- Trusts and Bequests:
A trust has been defined, in its technical sense, as the
- Truth:
Truth ...
- Truth Societies, Catholic:
This article
- Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha:
Martyrs whose feast is observed in the
- Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Johann Nepomuk von:
Bishop of Trent, b. at Bozen, 15 Feb., 1777; d. at Trent, 3 Dec., 1860. He sprang ...
- Tschupick, John Nepomuk:
A celebrated preacher, b. at Vienna, 7 or 12 April, 1729; d. there, 20 July, ...
- Tuam:
(TUAMENSIS).
The
- Tuam, School of:
(Irish, Tuaim da Ghualann , or the "Mound of the two Shoulders").
- Tubunae:
A titular see in Mauretania Caesariensis, according to the "Gerachia cattolica", ...
- Tucson:
(T UCSONENSIS ).
Suffragan of the
- Tucumán:
(T UCUMANENSIS ).
Suffragan to Buenos Aires, erected from ...
- Tudela:
(TUTELÆ, TUTELENSIS).
Diocese in Spain. The episcopal ...
- Tuguegarao:
(TUGUEGARAONENSIS).
Diocese in the Philippines ; situated ...
- Tulancingo:
(D E T ULANCINGO ).
Diocese in the Mexican Republic, ...
- Tulasne, Louis-René:
A noted botanist, b. at Azay-le-Rideau, Dept of Indre-et-Loire, France, 12 Sept., ...
- Tulle:
(TUTELENSIS).
Diocese comprising the Department of ...
- Tunic:
By tunic is ...
- Tunis:
French protectorate on the northern coast of Africa. About the twelfth century ...
- Tunja:
(T UNQUENENSIS ).
Diocese established in 1880 as a ...
- Tunkers:
( German tunken , to dip)
A Protestant sect thus named ...
- Tunstall, Cuthbert:
Bishop of London, later of Durham, b. at Hackforth, Yorkshire, in 1474; d. at ...
- Tunstall, Venerable Thomas:
Martyred at Norwich, 13 July, 1616. He was descended from the Tunstalls of ...
- Tunsted, Simon:
English Minorite, b. at Norwich, year unknown; d. at Bruisyard, Suffolk, 1369. ...
- Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques:
Baron de L' Aulne, French minister, born at Parish, 10 May, 1727; died there, ...
- Turin:
(Turino; Taurinensis)
The City of
- Turin, Shroud of:
This name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the ...
- Turin, University of:
The University of
- Turkestan: I. CHINESE TURKESTAN
When Jenghiz Khan died (1227) his second son, ...
- Turkish Empire:
Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine ...
- Turnebus, Adrian:
Philologist, b. at Andely in
- Turpin:
Archbishop of Reims, date of birth uncertain; d. 2 Sept., 800. He was a
- Tuscany:
Tuscany, a division of central Italy, includes the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, ...
- Tuy:
(Tudensis.)
Suffragan
- Twenge, Saint John:
Last English saint canonized,
- Twiketal of Croyland:
(THURCYTEL, TURKETUL).
Died July, 975. He was a
- Tyana:
A titular
- Tychicus:
A disciple of ...
- Tynemouth Priory:
Tynemouth Priory, on the east coast of Northumberland, England, occupied the ...
- Types in Scripture:
Types, though denoted by the Greek word typoi , are not coextensive with the ...
- Tyrannicide:
Tyrannicide ...
- Tyre:
(TYRUS.)
Melchite
- Tyrie, James:
Theologian, b. at Drumkilbo, Perthshire, Scotland, 1543; d. at Rome, 27 May, 1597. ...
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