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• Alabama: The twenty-second State admitted into the Federal Union of ...
• Alabanda: A titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the ...
• Alabaster: (Greek alabastros , -on ; Latin alabaster , -trum ; ...
• Alagoas: A South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on ...
• Alagona, Pietro: Theologian, born at Syracuse, 1549; died in Rome, 19 October, ...
• Alain de l'Isle: (Also called ALAIN OF LILLE, ALANUS AB INSULIS, or DE INSULIS, ...
• Alalis: (ALALIUS). A titular see of Phoenicia ( Palmyra ), whose ...
• Alaman, Lucas: A Mexican statesman and historian of great merit, b. at ...
• Alamanni, Niccolò: A Roman antiquary of Greek origin, b. at Ancona, 12 January, ...
• Alan of Tewkesbury: A Benedictine abbot and writer, d. 1202. Alan is stated by ...
• Alan of Walsingham: Died c. 1364; a celebrated architect, first heard of in 1314 as ...
• Alanus de Rupe: ( Sometimes DE LA ROCHE). Born about 1428; died at Zwolle ...
• Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de: Novelist and poet, b. at Guadix, Spain, in 1833; d. at ...
• Alaska: I. HISTORY The first definite knowledge of Alaska was ...
• Alatri: An Italian bishopric under the immediate jurisdiction of the ...
• Alb: A white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching ...
• Alba Pompeia, Diocese of: Comprises eighty towns in the province of Cuneo and two in the ...
• Alban, Saint: First martyr of Britain, suffered c. 304. The commonly ...
• Albanenses: Manichæan heretics who lived in Albania, probably about ...
• Albani: A distinguished Italian family, said to be descended from ...
• Albania: The ancient Epirus and Illyria, is the most western land ...
• Albano: A suburban see, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. ...
• Albany: Diocese comprising the entire counties of Albany, Columbia, ...
• Albenga: Diocese comprising seventy-nine towns in the province of Port ...
• Albergati, Niccolo: Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna, b. at Bologna in 1357; d. at ...
• Alberic of Monte Cassino: Died 1088; cardinal since 1057. He was (perhaps) a native of ...
• Alberic of Ostia: A Benedictine monk, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia from ...
• Albero de Montreuil: Archbishop of Trier, b. near Toul, in Lorraine, about 1080; ...
• Alberoni, Giulio: Cardinal and statesman; b. 30 May, 1664, at Firenzuola in the ...
• Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed: Franciscan Friar and missionary, born at Sarteano, in ...
• Albert II, Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony: (Albrecht II.) Eighteenth Archbishop of Magdeburg in ...
• Albert of Aachen: (ALBERTUS AQUENSIS). A chronicler of the First Crusade . ...
• Albert of Brandenburg: Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, born 28 June, ...
• Albert of Castile: Historian, born about 1460; died 1522. He entered the Order of ...
• Albert of Saxony: (Albert of Helmstädt) Fourteenth-century philosopher ...
• Albert of Stade: A chronicler of the thirteenth century. He was born before the ...
• Albert, Bishop of Riga: (ALBRECHT.) Bishop of Riga, Apostle of Livonia, d. 17 ...
• Albert, Blessed (Patriarch of Jerusalem): Patriarch of Jerusalem, one of the conspicuous ecclesiastics ...
• Albert, Saint: Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, d. 1192 or 1193. He was a ...
• Alberta and Saskatchewan: The twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because ...
• Alberti, Leandro: Historian, born at Bologna in 1479; died same place, probably ...
• Alberti, Leone Battista: Born 18 February, 1404; died April, 1472, a Florentine ...
• Albertini, Nicolò: (AUBERTINI) Medieval statesman, b. at Prato in Italy, c. ...
• Albertrandi, John Baptist: (Also called Jan Chrzciciel, or Christian.) A Polish ...
• Albertus Magnus, Saint: Known as Albert the Great; scientist, philosopher, and ...
• Albi (Albia), Archdiocese of: Comprises the Department of the Tarn. An archiepiscopal see ...
• Albi, Council of: The Council of Albi was held in 1254 by St. Louis on his ...
• Albi, Juan de: (Also, Alba ). A Spanish Carthusian of the Convent ...
• Albicus, Sigismund: Archbishop of Prague, a Moravian, born at ...
• Albigenses: (From Albi, Latin Albiga , the present capital of the ...
• Albinus: A scholarly English monk, pupil of Archbishop Theodore, and of ...
• Albrechtsberger, Johann G.: Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven, ...
• Albright Brethren, The: (Known as the EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION). "A body of American ...
• Alcántara, Military Order of: Alcántara, a town on the Tagus (here crossed by a ...
• Alcalá, University of: This university may be said to have had its inception in the ...
• Alcedo, Antonio de: Soldier, born at Quito ( Ecuador ), 1755, where his father ...
• Alchemy: (From Arabic al , the, and Greek chemia or chemeia , ...
• Alciati, Andrea: An Italian jurist, born at Alzano, near Milan, 8 May, 1492; ...
• Alcimus: ( Alkimos , "brave," probably a Græcized form of the ...
• Alcmund, Saint: Bishop of Hexham ; died 781. Though we know practically ...
• Alcock, John: Bishop of Rochester, Worcester, and Ely, b. at Beverley, ...
• Alcoholism: The term alcoholism is understood to include all the changes ...
• Alcuin: ( Alhwin, Alchoin ; Latin Albinus , also Flaccus ). ...
• Aldegundis, Saint: Virgin and abbess (c. 639-684), variously written ...
• Aldersbach: A former Cistercian Abbey in the valley of the Vils in Lower ...
• Aldfrith: A Northumbrian king, son of King Oswin; d. 14 December, 705. He ...
• Aldhelm, Saint: Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet ...
• Aldric, Saint: Bishop of Le Mans in the time of Louis le Debonnaire, born ...
• Aldrovandi, Ulissi: Italian naturalist, b. at Bologna, 11 Sept., 1522; d. there 10 ...
• Alea, Leonard: A French polemical writer of the early years of the nineteenth ...
• Alegambe, Philippe: A Jesuit historiographer, born in Brussels, 22 January, ...
• Alegre, Francisco Xavier: Historian, born at Vera Cruz, in Mexico, or New Spain, 12 ...
• Alemany, Joseph Sadoc: First Archbishop of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. b. ...
• Alenio, Guilio: Chinese missionary and scholar, born at Brescia, in Italy, in ...
• Aleppo: Armenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria. The city of Aleppo is ...
• Ales and Terralba: Diocese made up of 42 communes in the province of Cagliari, ...
• Alessandria della Paglia: Diocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragan of Vercelli. It was ...
• Alessi, Galeazzo: A famous Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572. He showed an ...
• Alessio: ( Lissus, Alexiensis ). Diocese in European Turkey, ...
• Alexander (Name of Seven Men): (1) ALEXANDER THE GREAT King of Macedon, 336-323 B.C. He is ...
• Alexander (Name of Several Early Bishops): ALEXANDER OF ANTIOCH Thirty-eighth bishop of that see ...
• Alexander Briant, Blessed: English Jesuit and martyr, born in Somersetshire of a yeoman ...
• Alexander I, Pope Saint: St. Irenaeus of Lyons, writing in the latter quarter of the ...
• Alexander II, Pope: Reigned 1061-1073 As Anselm of Lucca, he had been ...
• Alexander III, Pope: Pope from 1159-81 (Orlando Bandinelli), born of a distinguished ...
• Alexander IV, Pope: Pope from 1254-61 (Rinaldo Conti), of the house of Segni, which ...
• Alexander Natalis: (Or NOEL ALEXANDRE). A French historian and theologian, of ...
• Alexander of Abonoteichos: The most notorious imposter of the second century of the ...
• Alexander of Hales: Franciscan, theologian, and philosopher, one of the greatest of ...
• Alexander of Lycopolis: The writer of a short treatise, in twenty-six chapters, against ...
• Alexander Sauli, Blessed: Apostle of Corsica, b. at Milan, 1533, of an illustrious ...
• Alexander V: Pietro Philarghi, born c. 1339, on the island of Crete (Candia), ...
• Alexander VI, Pope: Rodrigo Borgia, born at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, 1 ...
• Alexander VII, Pope: Fabio Chigi, born at Sienna, 13 February, 1599; elected 7 April, ...
• Alexander VIII, Pope: Pietro Ottoboni, born at Venice, April, 1610; elected 5 ...
• Alexander, Saint (Bishop of Comana): St. Alexander, known as "The charcoal burner", was Bishop of ...
• Alexander, Saint (Of Cappadocia and Jerusalem): St. Alexander, who died in chains after cruel torments in the ...
• Alexander, Saint (Patriarch of Alexandria): Patriarch of Alexandria, date of birth uncertain; died 17 ...
• Alexandre, Dom Jacques: A learned Benedictine monk of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. ...
• Alexandria: An important seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile. ...
• Alexandria, Councils of: In 231 a council of bishops and priests met at Alexandria, ...
• Alexandria, The Church of: The Church of Alexandria, founded according to the constant ...
• Alexandria, The Diocese of: Suffragan of Kingston, Ontario. It comprises the counties of ...
• Alexandrian Library, The: The Great Library of Alexandria, so called to distinguish it ...
• Alexandrine Liturgy, The: The tradition of the Church of Egypt traces its origin to the ...
• Alexandrinus, Codex: A most valuable Greek manuscript of the Old and New ...
• Alexian Nuns: Early in the fifteenth century religious women began to be ...
• Alexians: Or CELLITES. A religious institute or congregation, which ...
• Alexis Falconieri, Saint: Born in Florence, 1200; died 17 February, 1310, at Mount ...
• Alexius, Saint: CONFESSOR. According to the most recent researches he was an ...
• Alfield, Venerable Thomas: (AUFIELD, ALPHILDE, HAWFIELD, OFFELDUS; alias BADGER). ...
• Alfieri, Count Vittorio: The greatest tragic poet of Italy ; b. at Asti (Piedmont), ...
• Alfieri, Pietro: A priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk, b. at Rome, ...
• Alfonso de Zamora: A converted Spanish Rabbi, baptized 1506; died 1531. He ...
• Alfonso of Burgos: Born of a noble family, in the city of that name ; died at ...
• Alford, Michael: A Jesuit missionary in England during the persecution, b. ...
• Alfred the Great: ( Also Ælfred). King of the West-Saxons, born ...
• Alfrida, Saint: Virgin, and recluse, c. 795. This saint, whose name is ...
• Alfwold, Saint: Bishop of Sherborne, in Dorsetshire; d. 1058. Alfwold, or ...
• Alger of Liége: A learned French priest, b. at Liège, about 1055; d. at ...
• Alghero: An Italian diocese comprising twenty-two communes in the ...
• Algiers: (I COSIUM ) Archdiocese comprising the province of Algeria ...
• Algonquins: The Indians known by this name were probably at one time the ...
• Alife: A diocese made up of twelve communes in the province of ...
• Alighieri, Dante: Italian poet, born at Florence, 1265; died at Ravenna, Italy, ...
• Alimentation: Support or maintenance. Aliment in a broad sense means ...
• Alimony: (Latin, alimonia , nutriment, from alere , to nourish) ...
• Aliturgical Days: This term, though not recognized by any English dictionary has ...
• All Hallows College: An institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the ...
• All Saints' Day: [ The vigil of this feast is popularly called "Hallowe'en" or ...
• All Souls' Day: The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated ...
• Allah: The name of God in Arabic. It is a compound word from the ...
• Allahabad: Diocese ; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India ; is ...
• Allard, Paul: Archaeologist and historian, b. at Rouen 15 September, 1841, ...
• Allatius, Leo: (Alacci). A learned Greek of the seventeenth century, b. on ...
• Allegranza, Joseph: A Milanese Dominican who won distinction as a historian, ...
• Allegri, Antonio: Born in Correggio, a small Lombard town near Mantua, 1494; died ...
• Allegri, Gregorio: A member of the same family which produced the painter ...
• Alleluia: The liturgical mystic expression is found in the Book of ...
• Allemand, Jean: A French priest and Orientalist, born 19 November, 1799; died ...
• Allen, Edward Patrick: Fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S. ; born at Lowell, ...
• Allen, Frances: The first woman of New England birth to become a nun, born ...
• Allen, George: Educator, born at Milton, Vermont, 17 December, 1808; died in ...
• Allen, John: (1476-1534) Archbishop of Dublin, canonist, and Chancellor ...
• Allen, John: Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning ...
• Allen, William: Cardinal ; b. England, 1522; d. Rome, 16 Oct., 1594. He was ...
• Allerstein, August: (Or Hallerstein). Jesuit missionary in China, born in ...
• Alliance, Holy: The Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of ...
• Allies, Thomas William: An English writer b. 12 February, 1813; d. 17 June, 1903. He ...
• Allioli, Joseph Franz: Born at Sulzbach, 10 August, 1793; died at Augsburg, 22 May, ...
• Allison, William: One of the English priests who were victims of the plots of ...
• Allocution: Allocution is a solemn form of address or speech from the throne ...
• Allori: (1) Angiolo di Cosimo Called I L B RONZINO , an ...
• Allot, William: A student of the University of Cambridge ; retired to Louvain ...
• Allouez, Claude: One of the most famous of the early Jesuit missionaries and ...
• Alma: A Hebrew signifying a "young woman ", unmarried as well as ...
• Alma Redemptoris Mater: (Kindly Mother of the Redeemer). The opening words of one of ...
• Almagro, Diego de: D IEGO, THE E LDER Date and place of birth not satisfactorily ...
• Almedha, Saint: Virgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. According to Bishop ...
• Almeida, John: A Jesuit missionary, born in London, of Catholic parents, ...
• Almeria: A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Granada in Spain. It ...
• Almici, Camillo: A priest of the Congregation of the Oratory, born 2 ...
• Almond, John: Cistercian, Confessor of the Faith; died in Hull Castle, 18 ...

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• Almond, John, Venerable: English priest and martyr, born about 1577; died at Tyburn, 5 ...
• Almond, Oliver: Priest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is ...
• Alms and Almsgiving: (Greek eleemosyne , "pity," "mercy"). Any material favour ...
• Alnoth, Saint: Hermit and martyr ; died c. 700. We know very little of St. ...
• Alogi: ( a privative and logos , "word"; sc. "Deniers of the ...
• Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint: Born in the castle of Castiglione, 9 March, 1568; died 21 June, ...
• Alpha and Omega: In Jewish Theology When God passed before the face of Moses ...
• Alpha and Omega (in Scripture): Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters, ...
• Alphabet, Christian Use of the: The Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made ...
• Alphege, Saint: (Or ALPHEGE). Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, ...
• Alphonsus Liguori, Saint: Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at ...
• Alphonsus Rodriguez, Saint: (Also Alonso). Born at Segovia in Spain, 25 July, 1532; ...
• Alpini, Prospero: Physician and botanist, born at Marostica, in the Republic of ...
• Alsace-Lorraine: The German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State ...
• Altamirano, Diego Francisco: Jesuit, b. at Madrid, 26 October, 1625; d. Lima, 22 December, ...
• Altamura and Acquaviva: An exempt archipresbyterate in the province of Bari, in ...
• Altar (in Liturgy): In the New Law the altar is the table on which the ...
• Altar Bell: A small bell placed on the credence or in some other ...
• Altar Breadboxes: These are made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. ...
• Altar Breads: Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the ...
• Altar Candles: For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles ...
• Altar Candlesticks: An altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, ...
• Altar Canopy: The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, xii, 13), treating of the ...
• Altar Cards: To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those ...
• Altar Carpets: The sanctuary and altar-steps of the high altar are ...
• Altar Cavity: This is a small square or oblong chamber in the body of the ...
• Altar Cloths: The use of altar-cloths goes back to the early centuries of the ...
• Altar Crucifix: The crucifix is the principal ornament of the altar. It is ...
• Altar Curtain: Formerly, in most basilicas, cathedrals, and large churches a ...
• Altar Frontal: The frontal ( antipendium, pallium altaris ) is an appendage ...
• Altar Horns: On the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each ...
• Altar Lamp: In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with ...
• Altar Lanterns: Lanterns are used in churches to protect the altar candles and ...
• Altar Ledge: Originally the altar was made in the shape of an ordinary ...
• Altar Linens: The altar-linens are the corporal, pall, purificator, and ...
• Altar of Our Lady: From the beginning of Christianity special veneration was paid ...
• Altar of Repose: (Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more ...
• Altar Protector: A cover made of cloth, baize or velvet which is placed on the ...
• Altar Rail: The railing which guards the sanctuary and separates the ...
• Altar Screen: The Caerem. Episc (I, xii, n. 13) says that if the High Altar ...
• Altar Side: That part of the altar which faced the congregation, in ...
• Altar Steps: In the beginning altars were not erected on steps. Those in the ...
• Altar Stole: An ornament, having the shape of the ends of a stole, which in ...
• Altar Stone: A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, ...
• Altar Tomb: A tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is ...
• Altar Vase: Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar. The ...
• Altar Vessels: The chalice is the cup in which the wine and water of the ...
• Altar Wine: Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the ...
• Altar, Double: An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner ...
• Altar, High: (ALTARE SUMMUM or MAJUS.) The high altar is so called from ...
• Altar, History of the Christian: The Christian altar consists of an elevated surface, tabular ...
• Altar, Portable: A portable altar consists of a solid piece of natural stone ...
• Altar, Privileged: An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ...
• Altar, Stripping of an: On Holy Thursday the celebrant, having removed the ciborium ...
• Altarage: From the low Latin altaragium , which signified the revenue ...
• Altarpiece: A picture of some sacred subject painted on the wall or ...
• Altars (in Scripture): The English word altar , if the commonly accepted etymology ...
• Altars (in the Greek Churches): The word altar (sometimes spelled oltar ) is used in the ...
• Altmann, Blessed: The friend of Gregory VII and Anselm, conspicuous in the ...
• Alto, Saint: Recluse and missionary in Bavaria, c. 750. Alto has been ...
• Alton: The Diocese of Alton includes that part of Illinois lying south ...
• Altoona: A suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia. The city of ...
• Altruism: A term formed by Auguste Comte in 1851, on the Italian adjective ...
• Alumbrados: (Alumbrados.) The name assumed by some false mystics who ...
• Alumnus: (From Latin alo , "to nurse", or "feed"). Alumnus ...
• Alunno, Niccolò: (Real name Niccolò di Liberatore) Notable Umbrian ...
• Alva y Astorga, Pedro d': A Friar Minor of the Strict Observance, and a voluminous ...
• Alva, The Duke of: (FERNANDO ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO) Born 1508, of one of the most ...
• Alvarado, Alonzo de: A Knight of Santiago, b. at Secadura de Trasmura, near Burgos, ...
• Alvarado, Fray Francisco de: A native of Mexico, where he entered the Dominican order 25 ...
• Alvarado, Pedro de: Of the companions of Cortez, and among the superior officers ...
• Alvarez de Paz: A famous mystic of the Society of Jesus , born at Toledo in ...
• Alvarez, Balthazar: A Spanish mystic, who was the spiritual director of St. ...
• Alvarez, Diego: Spanish theologian, b. At Medina de Rio-Seco, Old Castile, about ...
• Alvarez, Manoel: Educator, b. on the island of Madeira, 1526; d. at Evora, 30 ...
• Alvarus Pelagius: (ALVARO PELAYO.) Celebrated writer, b. in Spain about ...
• Alypius, Saint: The bosom friend of St. Augustine, though younger than he, was, ...
• Alzate, José Antonio: Born at Ozumba, Mexico, in 1738; died in 1799. Alzate, who was a ...
• Alzog, Johann Baptist: A Catholic church historian, born 29 June, 1808, at Ohlau in ...

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