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• Atahuallpa: Properly ATAU-HUALLPA (etymology usually given as from huallpa ...
• Atahualpa, Jean Santos: An Indian from Cuzco who, being in the service of a Jesuit, ...
• Atavism: (Latin, atavus , a great-grandfather's grandfather, an ...
• Athabasca: (Northwest Territories). Suffragan of Saint Boniface ; ...
• Athanasian Creed, The: One of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and ...
• Athanasius, Saint: Bishop of Alexandria ; Confessor and Doctor of the Church ...
• Atheism: ( a privative, and theos , God, i.e. without God ). ...
• Athelney, The Abbey of: The Abbey of Athelney, established in the County of Somerset, ...
• Athenagoras: A Christian apologist of the second half of the second ...
• Athenry: A small inland town in the county Galway, Ireland, anciently ...
• Athens, Christian: Christianity was first preached in Athens by St. Paul. He ...
• Athens, Modern Diocese of: The Greeks have long regarded their religion as a national ...
• Athias, Joseph: Born in Spain, probably in Cordova, at the beginning of the ...
• Athos, Mount: Athos is a small tongue of land that projects into the Aegean ...
• Atienza, Juan de: Born at Tordehumos, near Valladolid, in Spain, in the year ...
• Atkinson, James: Catholic confessor, tortured to death in Bridewell prison in ...
• Atkinson, Nicholas: Priest and martyr, probably to be identified with Venerable ...
• Atkinson, Paul, of St. Francis: One of the notable confessors of the English Church during ...
• Atkinson, Sarah: Philanthropist and biographer, born at Athlone, Ireland, 13 ...
• Atkinson, Ven. Thomas: Martyred at York, 11 March, l6l6. He was born in the East ...
• Atom: (Gr. a privative, and temno , cut; indivisible). ...
• Atomism: Atomism [ a privative and temnein to cut, i.e. ...
• Atonement, Day of: ( Hebrew Yom Hakkippurim . Vulgate, Dies Expiationum , and ...
• Atonement, Doctrine of the: The word atonement , which is almost the only theological ...
• Atrib: A titular see of Lower Egypt (Athribites) whose episcopal ...
• Atrium: I. An open place or court before a church. It consisted of a ...
• Attainder: A bill of attainder may be defined to be an Act of Parliament ...
• Attala, Saint: Born in the sixth century in Burgundy ; died 627. He first ...
• Attalia: (Also ATTALEIA.) A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in ...
• Attaliates, Michael: Byzantine statesman and historian, probably a native of ...
• Atticus: Patriarch of Constantinople (406-425), born at Sebaste in ...
• Attigny, Councils of: In 765, St. Chrodegang of Metz and thirty-seven other ...
• Attila the Hun: King and general of the Huns; died 453. Succeeding in 433 to the ...
• Attiret, Jean Denis: Painter, born at Dole, France, 31 July, 1702; died at Pekin, 8 ...
• Atto: A faithful follower of Gregory VII in his conflict with the ...
• Atto of Pistoia: Born at Badajoz in Spain, 1070; died 22 May, 1155. He became ...
• Atto of Vercelli: A learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century, son ...
• Attracta, Saint: (Or ST. ARAGHT). A contemporary of St. Patrick from whom ...
• Attributes, Divine: In order to form a more systematic idea of God, and as far as ...
• Attrition: Attrition or Imperfect Contrition (Latin attero , "to wear ...
• Attuda: A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor whose episcopal list ...

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