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• El Cid: (Rodrigo, or Ruy, Diaz, Count of Bivar). The great popular ...
• El Greco: One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between ...
• Elaea: A titular see of Asia Minor. Elaea, said to have been ...
• Elba: Elba, the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, is today a ...
• Elbel, Benjamin: A first-class authority in moral theology , b. at Friedberg, ...
• Elcesaites: (Or H ELKESAITES ). A sect of Gnostic Ebionites, whose ...
• Elder, George: Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., ...
• Elder, William Henry: Third Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.A. and second ...
• Eleazar: ( Hebrew al‘wr , God's help). 1. Eleazar, son of ...
• Elect: Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among ...
• Election: ( Latin electio , from eligere , to choose from) This ...
• Election, Papal: For current procedures regarding the election of the pope, see ...
• Eleutherius, Pope Saint: Pope (c. 174-189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a ...
• Eleutherius, Saint: ( French ELEUTHERE). Bishop of Tournai at the beginning of ...
• Eleutheropolis: A titular see in Palaestina Prima. The former name of this ...
• Elevation, The: What we now know as par excellence the Elevation of the ...
• Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de: A distinguished mineralogist and chemist, born at ...
• Eli: Heli the Judge and High Priest Heli (Heb. ELI, Gr. HELI) was ...
• Elias: Elias (Hebrew 'Eliahu , "Yahveh is God "; also called ...
• Elias of Cortona: Minister General of the Friars Minor , b., it is said, at ...
• Elias of Jerusalem: Died 518; one of the two Catholic bishops (with Flavian of ...
• Elie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce: Geologist, b. at Canon (Dép. Calvados), near Caen, ...
• Eligius, Saint: ( French Eloi). Bishop of Noyon-Tournai, born at Chaptelat ...
• Elijah: Elias (Hebrew 'Eliahu , "Yahveh is God "; also called ...
• Elined, Saint: Virgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. According to Bishop ...
• Eliseus: (E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘, God is salvation ). ...
• Elishé: A famous Armenian historian of the fifth century, place and ...
• Elisha: (E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘, God is salvation ). ...
• Eliud, Saint: (Eliud.) "Archbishop" of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, ...
• Elizabeth: (" God is an oath " -- Exodus 6:23 ). Zachary's wife and ...
• Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint: Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the ...
• Elizabeth Associations: ( Elisabethenvereine .) Charitable associations of women ...
• Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint: Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, ...
• Elizabeth of Portugal, Saint: Queen (sometimes known as the PEACEMAKER); born in 1271; died in ...
• Elizabeth of Reute, Saint: Member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born 25 November, ...
• Elizabeth of Schönau, Saint: Born about 1129; d. 18 June, 1165.-Feast 18 June. She was born ...
• Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint: Generally styled "Grey Nuns ". They sprang from an association ...
• Ellis, Philip Michael: First Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, England, ...
• Ellwangen Abbey: The earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy ...
• Elohim: See also GOD. ( Septuagint, theos ; Vulgate, Deus ). ...
• Elphege, Saint: (Or ALPHEGE). Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, ...
• Elphin: D IOCESE OF E LPHIN (E LPHINIUM ) Suffragan of Tuam, ...
• Elusa: A titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. This ...
• Elvira, Council of: Held early in the fourth century at Elliberis, or Illiberis, in ...
• Ely: ANCIENT DIOCESE OF ELY (ELIENSIS; ELIA OR ELYS). Ancient ...
• Elzéar of Sabran: Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, born in the castle of ...

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