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• Bubastis: A titular see of Lower Egypt, on the right bank of the ...
• Bucelin, Gabriel: (Buzlin). A Benedictine historical writer, born at ...
• Bucer, Martin: (Also called BUTZER.) One of the leaders in the South German ...
• Bucharest: (B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI ...
• Buck, Victor De: Bollandist, born at Oudenarde, Flanders, 21 April, 1817; died 28 ...
• Buckfast Abbey: The date of the foundation of the monastery of Our Lady of ...
• Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus: A soldier, lawyer, stateman, judge, born near Castletownsend, ...
• Buckley, Venerable John: ( Alias John Jones; alias John Griffith; in religion, ...
• Budé, Guillaume: (Budaeus). A French Hellenist, born at Paris, 1467; died ...
• Buddhism: The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the ...
• Budweis: (Czech, BUDEJOVICE; Latin BUDOVICIUM; BOHEMO-BUDVICENSIS). ...
• Buenos Aires: The federal capital of the Argentine Republic , and the second ...
• Buffalo: Diocese established 23 April, 1847, now comprises the counties ...
• Buffier, Claude: A philosopher, and author, born in Poland, of French parents, ...
• Buglio, Louis: A celebrated missionary in China, mathematician, and ...
• Buil, Bernardo: (Also Boil or Boyal.) A Friar Minor. The fact that there ...
• Buildings, Ecclesiastical: This term comprehends all constructions erected for the ...
• Bukarest: (B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI ...
• Bulgaria: A European kingdom in the northeastern part of the Balkan ...
• Bull-Fight, The Spanish: Overview Neither the English term nor the German ( ...
• Bulla Aurea: (Golden Bull ). A fundamental law of the Holy Roman ...
• Bullaker, Ven. Thomas: ( Also John Baptist). A Friar Minor and English martyr, ...
• Bullarium: Bullarium is a term commonly applied to a collection of bulls ...
• Bullion, Angélique: Born in Paris, at commencement of the seventeenth century, her ...
• Bulls and Briefs: A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so ...
• Bulstrode, Sir Richard: A soldier, diplomatist, and author, born 1610; died 1711, was ...
• Bunderius, Joannes: (VAN DEN BUNDERE). A Flemish theologian and ...
• Buonarroti, Michelangelo: Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, b. at Caprese in the ...
• Burchard of Basle: (Also of HASENBURG or ASUEL, from his ancestral castle in ...
• Burchard of Würzurg, Saint: First bishop of Würzurg, b. in England of Anglo-Saxon ...
• Burchard of Worms: Bishop of that see, b. of noble parents in Hesse, Germany, ...
• Burckmair, Hans: (Or Burgkmair). A painter of the Swabian school, b. at ...
• Burgis, Edward Ambrose: A Dominican historian and theologian, b. in England c. 1673; ...
• Burgoa, Francisco: Born at Oaxaca about 1600; d. at Teopozotlan in 1681. He ...
• Burgos: (B URGENSIS ) The Archdiocese of Burgos (from burgi, ...
• Burgundy: (Latin Burgundia , German Burgund , French Bourgogne ). ...
• Burial, Christian: The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites ...
• Buridan, Jean: French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at ...
• Burigny, Jean Lévesque de: Historian, b. at Reims, 1692; d. at Paris, 1785. In 1713, with ...
• Burkard, Franz: The name of two celebrated German jurists. One died suddenly at ...
• Burke, Edmund: First Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia, b. in the parish of ...
• Burke, Thomas: (THOMAS DE BURGO) Bishop of Ossory, b. at Dublin, Ireland, ...
• Burke, Thomas Nicholas: A celebrated Dominican orator, b. 8 September, 1830, in ...
• Burleigh, Walter: (Also: Walter Burley; Burlæus). Friar Minor and ...
• Burlington: (Burlingtonensis). Diocese established 14 July, 1853; ...
• Burma: Before its annexation by the British Burma consisted of the ...
• Burnett, Peter Hardeman: First American Governor of California, U.S.A. b. in ...
• Burns, James: Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, ...
• Burse: ( Bursa , "hide", "skin"; whence "bag" or "purse"). A ...
• Bursfeld, The Abbey of: In the Middle Ages on of the most celebrated Benedictine ...
• Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of: The first religious foundation there was established by ...
• Busée, Pierre: (Busæus or Buys). A Jesuit theologian, born at ...
• Bus, Venerable César de: A priest and founder of two religious congregations, b. 3 ...
• Busembaum, Hermann: Moral theologian, born at Notteln, Westphalia, 1600; died at ...
• Busiris: A titular see taking its title from one of the many Egyptian ...
• Buskins: (Caligæ). Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes ...
• Buss, Franz Joseph, Ritter von: Jurist, b. 23 March, 1803 at Zell in Baden ; d. 31 January, ...
• Bustamante, Carlos María: Mexican statesman and historian, b. at Oaxaca, Mexico, 4 ...
• Buston, Thomas Stephen: (or Busten) A Jesuit missionary and author, born 1549, in ...
• Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of: Born at Mountstuart, Bute, 12 September, 1847; d. at Dumfries ...
• Buteux, Jacques: French missionary in Canada. Born at Abbeville, in Picardy, 11 ...
• Butler, Alban: Historian, b. 10 October, 1710, at Appletree, Northamptonshire, ...
• Butler, Charles: One of the most prominent figures among the English Catholics ...
• Butler, Mary Joseph: First Irish Abbess of the Irish Benedictine Abbey of Our ...
• Butler, Sir William Francis: Born at Suirville, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 31 October, 1838; ...
• Buttress: A pilaster, pier, or body of masonry projecting beyond the main ...
• Buxton, Ven. Chrisopher: Priest and martyr, b. in Derbyshire; d. at Canterbury, 1 ...

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