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• Ceadda, Saint: (Commonly known as ST. CHAD.) Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop ...
• Cebú: DIOCESE OF CEBÚ (CEBUANENSIS); DIOECESIS NOMINIS JESU ...
• Cecilia, Saint: Virgin and martyr, patroness of church music, died at Rome. ...
• Cedar: [ éréz, kedros, cedrus ]. A coniferous ...
• Cedar: [Hebrew Qedar ; Greek Kedar ]. The name of the second ...
• Cedd, Saint: (Or Cedda). Bishop of the East Saxons, the brother of St. ...
• Cedes: (Or C ADES ; Hebrew, Qédésh , sanctuary; ...
• Cedron, Brook of: [ Hebrew Náhál Qidhrôn , "Wâdi ...
• Cefalù: DIOCESE OF CEFALÙ (CEPHALUDENSIS); CEPHALOEDIUM. The ...
• Ceillier, Rémi: Patrologist, b. at Bar-le-Duc, 14 May, 1688; d. at Flavigny, ...
• Celebret: A letter which a bishop gives to a priest, that he may ...
• Celenderis: A titular see of Asia Minor. Celenderis was a port and ...
• Celestine I, Pope Saint: Nothing is known of his early history except that he was a Roman ...
• Celestine II, Pope: (GUIDO DEL CASTELLO, DE CASTELLIS) A native of Roman ...
• Celestine III, Pope: (GIACINTO BOBONE) The first of the Roman Orsini to ascend ...
• Celestine IV, Pope: (GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.) A native of Milan, nephew of Urban ...
• Celestine Order: (Also called the HERMITS OF ST. DAMIAN or HERMITS OF MURRONE). ...
• Celestine V, Pope Saint: (PIETRO DI MURRONE.) Born 1215, in the Neapolitan province ...
• Celestines: The name given to certain extreme "Spiritual" Franciscans of ...
• Celibacy of the Clergy: Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or ...
• Cella: One of the names by which the small memorial chapels sometimes ...
• Cellier, Elizabeth: A noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the ...
• Cellites: Or CELLITES. A religious institute or congregation, which ...
• Celsus and Nazarius, Saints: In the Roman Martyrology and that of Bede for 12 June ...
• Celsus the Platonist: An eclectic Platonist and polemical writer against ...
• Celtes, Conrad: (Properly C ONRAD P ICKEL, or M EISEL ; called also in ...
• Celtic Rite, The: This subject will be treated under the following seven heads: ...
• Cemeteries: Name The word coemeterium or cimiterium (in Gr. ...
• Cemeteries in Law: Cemeteries in Civil Law It would be impossible here to deal in ...
• Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian: This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb ...
• Cenacle, Religious of the: The Society of Our Lady of the Cenacle was founded in 1826, ...
• Cenalis, Robert: (Sometimes written CÉNEAU and COENALIS, whence the ...
• Ceneda: DIOCESE OF CENEDA (CENETENSIS). The city of Ceneda is ...
• Censer: A vessel suspended by chains, and used for burning incense ...
• Censorship of Books: ( Censura Librorum .) DEFINITION AND DIVISION In general, ...
• Censures, Ecclesiastical: Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a ...
• Censures, Theological: Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain ...
• Census: A canonical term variously defined by different writers. Zitelli ...
• Central Verein of North America, German Roman Catholic: (Deutscher römisch-katholischer Centralverein von ...
• Centre (Party), The: (THE CENTRE PARTY). This name is given to a political party ...
• Centuriators of Magdeburg: In 1559 there appeared at Basle the first three folio volumes of ...
• Centurion: (Latin Centurio , Greek kentyrion, ekatontarkos, ...
• Ceolfrid, Saint: Benedictine monk, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, b. 642, ...
• Ceolwulf: (CEOLWULPH or CEOLULPH) King of Northumbria and monk of ...
• Cepeda, Francisco: (Also called ZEPEDA and ZEPEDAS) Born in the province of La ...
• Ceramus: A titular see of Asia Minor. Ceramus (or Keramos) was a city ...
• Cerasus: A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus in Asia Minor. Cerasus ...
• Ceremonial: The book which contains in detail the order of religious ...
• Ceremony: (Sanskrit, karman , action, work; from kar or ker , to ...
• Cerinthus: (Greek Kerinthos ). A Gnostic-Ebionite heretic, ...
• Certitude: The word certitude indicates both a state of mind and a ...
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de: A Spanish author, born at Alcála de Henares, Spain, ...
• Cervantes, Salazar Francisco: Born at Toledo, Spain, probably in 1513 or 1514; went to ...
• Cervia: DIOCESE OF CERVIA (CERVIENSIS) Suffragan of Ravenna. Cervia ...
• Cesalpino, Andrea: (Caesalpinus). A physician, philosopher, and naturalist, ...
• Cesarini, Giuliano: (Also known as CARDINAL JULIAN) Born at Rome, 1398; died at ...
• Cesena: DIOCESE OF CESENA (CAESENATENSIS). The ancient ...
• Ceslaus, Saint: Born at Kamien in Silesia, Poland (now Prussia ), about ...
• Cestra: A titular see of Asia Minor, Hierocles (709), Georgius ...
• Ceva, Thomas: Mathematician, born at Milan, 21 December, 1648; died there, ...
• Ceylon: An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the ...

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