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Ama: ( Or Amma.) A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the ...
Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio: ( Also spelled Omodeo). An Italian architect and ...
Amadia and Akra: This double title designates two Catholic dioceses of the ...
Amalarius of Metz: A liturgical writer, b. at Metz, in the last quarter of the ...
Amalberga, Saint: St. Amalberga, otherwise Amelia, was related in some way to ...
Amalberga, Saint: A virgin, very much revered in Belgium, who is said to have ...
Amalec: (A MALECITES in Douay Version ; or A MALEK, A MALEKITES ...
Amalfi: The Archdiocese of Amalfi, directly dependent on the Holy See, ...
Amalricians: ( Latin, Almarici, Amauriani ). An heretical sect ...
Amalricus Augerii: A church-historian of the fourteenth century, and member of ...
Amandus, Saint: One of the great apostles of Flanders ; born near Nantes, ...
Amasia: (AMASEA.) A titular see and metropolis of Pontus in Asia ...
Amastris: (Now AMASSERAH or SAMASTRO.) A titular see of Paphlagonia ...
Amat, Thaddeus: Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California, U.S., ...
Amathus: Name of two titular sees, one in Syria, suffragan of Apameia, ...
Amazones, Diocese of: (Or MANÃOS.) A South American diocese, dependent on ...
Ambarach, Peter: (Also called BENEDICTUS and BENEDETTI, these names being the ...
Ambition: The undue craving for honour. Anciently in Rome the ...
Ambo: (Pl. Ambos, or Ambones.) A word of Greek origin, supposed to ...
Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church): Its use has now practically disappeared in the Roman Rite and ...
Amboise, George d': French cardinal, archbishop, and statesman, b. at ...
Ambronay, Our Lady of: A sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ambronay, France, ...
Ambros, August Wilhelm: Historian of music and art critic, one of the greatest in modern ...
Ambrose of Camaldoli, Saint: An Italian theologian and writer, b. at Portico, near ...
Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed: Born at Sienna, 16 April, 1220, of the noble family of ...
Ambrose, Saint: Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397; born probably 340, at ...
Ambrosian Basilica: This basilica was erected at Milan by its great ...
Ambrosian Chant: The question as to what constitutes Ambrosian chant in the sense ...
Ambrosian Hymnography: The names of St. Hilary of Poitiers (died 367), who is ...

Ambrosian Library: The Ambrosian Library is one of the famous libraries of the ...
Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite: The liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its ...
Ambrosians: St. Ambrose cannot be counted among the founders of religious ...
Ambrosiaster: The name given to the author of a commentary on all the ...
Ambulatory: A cloister, gallery, or alley; a sheltered place, straight or ...
Amelia: The Diocese of Amelia comprises seven towns in the province of ...
Amelote, Denis: Born at Saintes, 1609; died in Paris, 7 October, 1678. He was ...
Amen: The word Amen is one of a small number of Hebrew words which ...
Amende Honorable: An obsolete form of honorary satisfaction, customary in the ...
Amerbach, Veit: Born at Wembdinden in 1503; died at Ingolstadt, 13 Sept., 1557, ...
America: America, also called the Western Continent or the New World, ...
America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of: Of all the alleged discoveries of America before the time of ...
American College at Louvain, The: An institution for the education of priests. Its official ...
American College in Rome, The: The American College in Rome, or to give the legal title, ...
American College in Rome, The South: (Legal title, COLLEGIO PIO-LATINO-AMERICANO PONTIFICIO). The ...
American Protective Association, The: Usually known as "the A.P.A.," a secret proscriptive society ...
Amerigo Vespucci: A famous Italian navigator, born at Florence, 9 March, 1451; ...
Amherst, Francis Kerril, D.D.: Bishop of Northampton ; b. at London, 21 March, 1819; d. 21 ...
Amias, Ven. John: An English Martyr ; b. at Wakefield; d. at York, 16 March, ...
Amiatinus, Codex: The most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, ...
Amice: A short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the ...
Amico, Antonio: Canon of Palermo, and ecclesiastical historian of Syracuse ...
Amico, Francesco: One of the greatest theologians of his time, b. at Cosenza, ...
Amida: (DIARBEKIR.) An Armenian Rite diocese located in ...
Amiens, Diocese of: (AMBIANUM). Comprises the department of Somme. It was a ...
Amiot, Joseph Maria: A missionary to China, born at Toulon, 8 February, 1718; died ...
Amisus: A titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor . It was a rich ...
Ammen, Daniel: American naval officer and author, b. in Brown County, Ohio, 15 ...

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Ammon: (Egyptian Amun or Amen , "the hidden one". Hebrew Amon , ...
Ammon, Saint: Sometimes called AMUN or AMUS, born about 350; an Egyptian ...
Ammonian Sections: Divisions of the four Gospels indicated in the margin of ...
Ammonites: ORIGIN AND RACE The Ammonites were a race very closely allied ...
Amorbach: Former Benedictine abbey in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), about ...
Amorios: (Also A MORIUM ), a titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, ...
Amorrhites: A name of doubtful origin and meaning, used to designate an ...
Amort, Eusebius: Philosopher and theologian, b. at Bibermuehle in Bavaria, 15 ...
Amos: I. NAME The third among the Minor Prophets of the Old ...
Amovibility: A term applied to the condition of certain ecclesiastics ...
Amoy: Located in China, created in 1883, and entrusted to the care ...
Ampè, André-Marie: Physicist and mathematician, b. 22 January, 1775, at Lyons, ...
Amphilochius of Iconium: A Christian bishop of the fourth century, son of a ...
Amphilochius of Sida: (Or Side , located in Pamphylia.) A bishop of the first ...
Amphoræ: Vessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or ...
Ampleforth, The Abbey of: Ampleforth, located in the county of Yorkshire, England, ...
Ampullæ: Among the smaller objects discovered in the catacombs are a ...
Ampurias: (or CASTELSARDO and TEMPIO) An Italian diocese in ...
Amra: The name of certain ancient Irish elegies or panegyrics on ...
Amrah: Central Syria has preserved for us an unequalled series of ...
Amraphel: King of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia, one of the four ...
Amsterdam: Amsterdam, the capital, and second residential city of the ...
Amulet: See also USE AND ABUSE OF AMULETS (Greek, phylakterion ...
Amulets, Use and Abuse of: The origin of the word amulet does not seem to have been ...
Amyclae: A titular see of Peloponnesus in Greece, in the ...
Amyot, Jacques: Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France, and man of ...

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