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- Beads, Use of, at Prayers: Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, ...
- Beards: Among the Jews, as among most Oriental peoples, the beard was ...
- Beardsley, Aubrey: English artist, born at Brighton, 1872; died at Mentone, France, ...
- Beatific Vision: The immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits ...
- Beatification and Canonization: HISTORY According to some writers the origin of beatification ...
- Beatitudes, Mount of: This name is given to the place where Our Saviour delivered ...
- Beatitudes, The Eight: The solemn blessings ( beatitudines, benedictiones ) which ...
- Beaton, David: (Or Bethune) Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews, b. 1494; ...
- Beaton, James: (Or Bethune) A Scottish Archbishop ; b. c. 1473; d. at St. ...
- Beaton, James: (Or Bethune) Archbishop of Glasgow, b. 1517; d. 24 April, ...
- Beatrix: (Or B EATRICE ). The name Beatrix has been borne by a ...
- Beaufort, Lady Margaret: Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1443; d. 1509, daughter and ...
- Beaulieu Abbey: ( Abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus ) Beaulieu Abbey ...
- Beaune, Renaud de: A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at Tours ; d. 1606 in Paris. ...
- Beauregard, Jean-Nicolas: Celebrated French pulpit orator, born at Metz in Lorraine, ...
- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant: Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 28 May, 1818; ...
- Beauvais: (Bellovacum) A suffragan diocese of the archiepiscopal ...
- Beauvais, Gilles-François-de: Jesuit writer and preacher, born at Mans, France, 7 July, ...
- Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de: A French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, 17 October, 1731; d. at ...
- Bec, Abbey of: The Benedictine Abbey of Bec, or Le Bec, in Normandy, was ...
- Becan, Martin: (Verbreck, van der Breck). Controversialist, born at ...
- Beccaria, Giovanni Battista: A physicist, born at Mondovì, 3 October, 1716; died at ...
- Beccus, John: Patriarch of Constantinople in the second half of the ...
- Beche, Blessed John: ( Alias THOMAS MARSHALL). English Benedictine abbot and ...
- Beckedorff, George Philipp Ludolf von: Born at Hanover, 14 April, 1778; died at Grünhof, 27 ...
- Becker, Thomas Andrew: Sixth Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. b. at ...
- Becket, Saint Thomas: Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 ...
- Beckx, Pierre-Jean: Twenty-second General of the Society of Jesus , born at ...
- Becquerel, Antoine-César: French physicist, b. at Chatillon-sur-Loing (Loiret), 7 March, ...
- Bede: (Or B EAD , whence Bedehouse, Bedesman, Bederoll). The old ...
- Bede, The Venerable: Historian and Doctor of the Church , born 672 or 673; died ...
- Bedford, Gunning S.: Medical writer and teacher, b. at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. ...
- Bedford, Henry: Writer, educator, b. in London 1 October, 1816; d. in ...
- Bedingfeld, Frances: ( alias Long) Superioress of the English Institute of ...
- Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir: Knight; b. 1509; d. 1583. He was the grandson of Sir Edmund ...
- Bedini, Cajetan: Italian Cardinal and diplomat; born at Sinigaglia, Italy, 15 ...
- Bedlam: (An English abbreviation of BETHLEHEM). A London ...
- Beelen, Ian Theodor: Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Amsterdam, 12 January 1807; d. ...
- Beelphegor: ( Or BAALPEOR.) Beelphegor was the baal of Mt. ...
- Beelzebub: 1. Old Testament Beelzebub, or Baalzebûb, the Philistine ...
- Beesley, George, Venerable: (Also spelled Bisley). Martyr, born at The Hill in Goosnargh ...
- Beethoven, Ludwig van: Born at Bonn, probably on 16 December, 1770; died at Vienna, 26 ...
- Begnudelli-Basso, Francesco Antonio: A canonist who lived at the end of the seventeenth century; died ...
- Beguines & Beghards: The etymology of the names Beghard and Beguine can only ...
- Behaim, Albert von: (Known also as Albertus Bohemus) Born c. 1180, probably at ...
- Behaim, Martin: (Martinus de Bohemia ) A German cartographer and navigator, ...
- Beirut: In Phoenicia, a titular Latin see, and the residential see of ...
- Beja: Diocese in Portugal, suffragan of Evora. It was created 10 ...
- Belasyse, John: B ARON B ELASYSE Born about 1614; died 1689, a loyal ...
- Belchiam, Venerable Thomas: A Franciscan martyr in the reign of Henry VIII, date of birth ...
- Belem do Pará, Archdiocese of: In South America, formerly (after 4 March, 1719) a suffragan ...
- Belfry: The upper part of the tower or steeple of a church, for the ...
- Belgium: I. THE NAPOLEONIC ERA The victory of Fleurus, gained by the ...
- Belgrade and Smederevo: Titular (united) sees of Servia. The history of these sees is ...
- Belgrado, Giacopo: Italian Jesuit and natural philosopher, born at Udine, 16 ...
- Belial: Found frequently as a personal name in the Vulgate and various ...
- Belief: ( be and lyian , to hold dear). That state of the mind ...
- Belin, Albert (Jean): French prelate and writer, b. in Besançon early in the ...
- Bell, Altar: A small bell placed on the credence or in some other ...
- Bell, Angelus: The triple Hail Mary recited in the evening, which is the ...
- Bell, Arthur, Venerable: ( alias F RANCIS ) Friar Minor and English martyr, b. at ...
- Bell, James: Priest and martyr, b. at Warrington in Lancashire, England, ...
- Bellamy, Jerome: Jerome Bellamy of Uxenden Hall, near London, England, d. 1586, ...
- Bellarini, John: Barnabite theologian, b. at Castelnuovo, Italy, in 1552; d. ...
- Bellarmine, St. Robert: (Also, "Bellarmino"). A distinguished Jesuit theologian, ...
- Bellasius, Edward: Serjeant-at-Law, b. 14 October, 1800; d. 24 January, 1873; was ...
- Bellecius, Aloysius: Jesuit ascetic author, born at Freiburg im Breisgau, 15 ...
- Bellenden, John: (Ballenden, or Ballantyne) A Scotch poet, b. at Haddington ...
- Belleville: The Diocese of Belleville comprises that part of southern ...
- Belley: Diocese of Belley (Bellicium) Coextensive with the civil ...
- Bellings, Sir Richard: (Or Belling) Irish historian, b. near Dublin early in the ...
- Bellini: Giacomo (Jacopo) Bellini Father of Gentile and Giovanni ...
- Belloy, Jean-Baptiste de: Cardinal - Archbishop of Paris, b. 9 October, 1709, at ...
- Bells: The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. ...
- Belluno-Feltre: (Diocese of Belluno-Feltre). Belluno, which was anciently ...
- Belmont, François Vachon de: Fifth superior of the Sulpicians at Montreal, b. at ...
- Belshazzar: (Or, as found in the Septuagint Baltasár .) ...
- Belson, Venerable Thomas: Martyr, b. at Brill in Oxfordshire, England, dated uncertain; ...
- Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri François Xavier de: Bishop of Marseilles, b. 1671 at the Château de la ...
- Belzoni, Giambattista: An Egyptian explorer, b. at Padua, Italy, in 1778; d. Gato, ...
- Bembo, Pietro: A famous Italian scholar and Cardinal, b. of a noble family ...
- Benadir: Prefecture Apostolic in Africa ; lies between 8° and ...
- Benavides, Fray Alonzo: (Benavidez) Archbishop of Goa in the Portuguese Indies. ...
- Bench, Communion: An adaptation of the sanctuary guard or altar-rail. Standing ...
- Benda: A titular see of Albania. Its history is closely connected ...
- Benedict Biscop, Saint: An English monastic founder, born of a noble Anglo-Saxon ...
- Benedict I, Pope: Of the first Pontiff who bore the name of Benedict practically ...
- Benedict II, Saint, Pope: Date of birth unknown; died 8 May, 685; was a Roman, and the son ...
- Benedict III, Pope: Date of birth unknown; d. 17 April, 858. The election of the ...
- Benedict IV, Pope: Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903. The Popes ...
- Benedict IX, Pope: The nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict IX was a ...
- Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint: Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, ...
- Benedict Levita: Benedict Levita (of Mainz ), or Benedict the Deacon, is the ...
- Benedict of Aniane, Saint: Born about 745-750; died at Cornelimünster, 11 February, ...
- Benedict of Nursia, Saint: Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died ...
- Benedict of Peterborough: Abbot and writer, place and date of birth unknown; d. 1193. He ...
- Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint: (Or B ENEDICT THE M OOR ) Born at San Philadelphio or ...
- Benedict V, Pope: Date of birth unknown; died 4 July, 965. Benedict V was ...
- Benedict VI, Pope: Date of birth unknown; d. August, 974 (see Ricobaldi of Ferrara, ...
- Benedict VII, Pope: Date of birth unknown; d. c. October, 983. Acting under the ...
- Benedict VIII, Pope: Date of birth unknown; d. 9 April, 1024. The first of the ...
- Benedict X: The bearer of this name was an antipope in the days of ...
- Benedict XI, Pope: (Nicholas Boccasini) Born at Treviso, Italy, 1240; died at ...
- Benedict XII, Pope: (J ACQUES F OURNIER ) Third of the Avignon popes, b. at ...
- Benedict XIII, Pope: (PIETRO FRANCESCO ORSINI) Born 2 February, 1649; died 23 ...
- Benedict XIV, Pope: (P ROSPERO L ORENZO L AMBERTINI .) Son of Marcello ...
- Benedict, Medal of: A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in ...
- Benedict, Rule of Saint: This work holds the first place among monastic legislative ...
- Benedictbeurn, Abbey of: Situated in the Bavarian Alps, about thirty miles south of ...
- Benedicti, Jean: A Franciscan theologian of the sixteenth century belonging to ...
- Benedictine Order: The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule ...
- Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: One of the most generally popular of Catholic services is ...
- Benedictional: ( Benedictionale ). A book containing a collection of ...
- Benedictus Polonus: A medieval Friar Minor missionary and traveller (c. 1245) ...
- Benedictus, The: The Benedictus, given in Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three great ...
- Benefice: ( Latin Beneficium , a benefit) Popularly the term ...
- Benefit of Clergy: The exemption from the jurisdiction of the secular courts, ...
- Benettis, Jeremiah: Friar Minor Capuchin and historical writer, d. in 1774. He ...
- Benevento, Archdiocese of: (BENEVENTANA). Benevento, the ancient Beneventum, the ...
- Bengtsson, Jöns Oxenstjerna: (JOANNES BENEDICTI). Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, b. ...
- Bengy, Anatole de: A martyr of the French Commune, b. at Bourges, 19 September, ...
- Benignus of Dijon, Saint: Martyr honoured as the patron saint and first herald of ...
- Benignus, Saint: Date of birth unknown; d. 467, son of Sesenen, an Irish ...
- Benin: (Vicariate Apostolic of the Coast of Benin. Also called ...
- Benjamin: ( Hebrew binjamin , "son of the right hand"). (1) The ...
- Benkert, Franz Georg: German theologian and historical writer, b. 25 September, ...
- Benno II: Bishop of Osnabrück, b. at Luningen in Swabia; d. 27 ...
- Benoît, Michel: Born at Autun (or Dijon ), France, 8 October, 1715; died at ...
- Benthamism: Jeremy Bentham an English jurist and reformer, born at ...
- Bentivoglio, Family of: Originally from the castle of that name in the neighbourhood of ...
- Bentley, John Francis: English architect, b. at Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1839; d. in ...
- Bentney, William: ( Alias Bennet). An English Jesuit priest born in ...
- Benziger, Joseph Charles: Founder of the Catholic publishing house that bears his name, ...
- Benzoni, Girolamo: Born at Milan about 1519. He went to America in 1541 and ...
- Berach, Saint: Of Termonbarry, d. 595; a disciple of St. Kevin and a ...
- Berard of Carbio, Saint: (Or BERALDUS). Friar Minor and martyr ; d. 16 January, ...
- Berardi, Carbo Sebastiano: Canonist, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 26 August, 1719; d. 1768. ...
- Bercharius, Saint: (BERERUS). Abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne, b. 636; d. 28 ...
- Bercheure, Pierre: (BERCHOIRE, BERSUIRE). A learned French Benedictine, b. ...
- Berchmans, Saint John: Born at Diest in Brabant, 13 March, 1599; died at Rome, 13 ...
- Berchtold, Blessed: (BERTHOLD). Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Engelberg ...
- Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed Albert: Franciscan Friar and missionary, born at Sarteano, in ...
- Berengarius of Tours: Born at Tours about 999; died on the island of St. Cosme, ...
- Berenice: A titular see of Egypt which was situated at the end of ...
- Bergamo: (Diocese of Bergamo). The city, called by the ancients ...
- Bergen, Ancient See of: (BERGA, BERGENSIS.) The diocese included the Provinces of ...
- Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre: French theologian, b. 31 December, 1715 at Darney in Lorraine ...
- Berin, Saint: Confessor, first Bishop of Dorchester (in what is now the ...
- Berington, Charles: Titular Bishop of Hiero-Caesarea, b. at Stock, Essex, ...
- Berington, Joseph: One of the best known Catholic writers of his day, b. at ...
- Berisford, Humphrey: Confessor (c. 1588) of whom the only extant account occurs in ...
- Berissa: (Berisa or Verissa) A titular see of Pontus ...
- Beristain y Martin de Souza, José Mariano: Mexican bibliographer, b. in Puebla, Mexico, 22 May, 1756; d. ...
- Berlage, Anton: Dogmatic theologian, b. 21 December, 1805, at Münster, ...
- Berland, Pierre: Archbishop of Bordeaux, b. 1375 in Médoc; d. 1457 at ...
- Berlanga, Fray Tomás de: Bishop of Panama, b. at Berlanga in Spain, date uncertain; ...
- Berlin: Capital of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia, ...
- Berlioz, Hector: French composer, b. at La Côte Saint-André, near ...
- Bernal, Agostino: Spanish theologian, born at Magallon in Aragon in 1587; died ...
- Bernard Guidonis: Inquisitor of Toulouse against the Albigenses and Bishop ...
- Bernard of Besse: Friar Minor and chronicler, a native of Aquitaine, date of ...
- Bernard of Bologna: ( Also Bernardine; Flovitano Toselli). Friar Minor Capuchin ...
- Bernard of Botone: Generally called Parmensis from his birthplace, Parma in ...
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint: Born in 1090, at Fontaines, near Dijon, France ; died at ...
- Bernard of Cluny: Bernard of Cluny (or of Morlaix), a Benedictine monk of the ...
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