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Fear (from a Moral Standpoint): (CONSIDERED FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT.) Fear is an ...
Fear (in Canon Law): (IN CANON LAW.) A mental disturbance caused by the ...
Feast of Fools: A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in ...
Feasts, Ecclesiastical: ( Latin Festum ; Greek heorte ). Feast Days, or Holy ...
Febronianism: The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus ...
Feckenham, John de: Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith ; b. ...
Feder, Johann Michael: A German theologian, b. 25 May, 1753, at Oellingen in Bavaria ...
Feilding, Rudolph William Basil: The eighth Earl of Denbigh, and ninth Earl of Desmond, b. 9 ...
Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict: A theologian and Biblical scholar, b. 8 April, 1777, at ...
Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von: A German educational reformer, pedagogical writer, and canon ...
Felician and Primus, Saints: Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the Diocletian persecution. ...
Felician Sisters, O.S.F.: Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother Mary ...
Felicissimus: A deacon of Carthage who, in the middle of the third century, ...
Felicitas and Perpetua, Saints: Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with ...
Felicitas, Saint: MARTYR. The earliest list of the Roman feasts of martyrs, ...
Felix and Adauctus, Saints: Martyrs at Rome, 303, under Diocletian and Maximian. The ...
Felix and Nabor, Saints: Martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (303). The ...
Felix I, Pope Saint: Date of birth unknown; d. 274. Early in 269 he succeeded Saint ...
Felix II: Pope (more properly Antipope ), 355-358; d. 22 Nov., 365. ...
Felix III (II), Pope Saint: (Reigned 483-492). Born of a Roman senatorial family and ...
Felix IV (III), Pope Saint: (Reigned 526-530). On 18 May, 526, Pope John I died in ...
Felix of Cantalice, Saint: A Capuchin friar, b. at Cantalice, on the north-western border ...

Felix of Nola, Saint: Born at Nola, near Naples, and lived in the third century. ...
Felix of Valois, Saint: Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is ...
Felix V: Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy, Antipope (1440-1449). ...
Feller, François-Xavier de: An author and apologist, b. at Brussels 18 August, 1735; d. at ...
Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael: Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., ...
Fenn, John: Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. ...
Ferber, Nicolaus: A Friar Minor and controversialist, born at Herborn, ...
Ferdinand II: Emperor, eldest son of Archduke Karl and the Bavarian Princess ...
Ferdinand III, Saint: King of Leon and Castile, member of the Third Order of St. ...
Ferdinand, Blessed: Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at ...
Ferdinando, Luigi, Count de Marsigli: Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, ...
Ferentino, Diocese of: (FERENTINUM) In the province of Rome, immediately subject ...
Fergus, Saints: St. Fergus Cruithneach Died about 730, known in the Irish ...
Feria: ( Latin for "free day"). A day on which the people, ...
Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine: A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, ...
Fermo, Archdiocese of: (FIRMANA). In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central ...
Fernández de Palencia, Diego: A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at Palencia in the ...
Fernández, Antonio: A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 ...
Fernández, Juan: A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova ; d. 12 ...
Ferns: DIOCESE OF FERNS (FERNENSIS). Diocese in the province of ...
Ferrara: A RCHDIOCESE OF F ERRARA (F ERRARIENSIS ). Archdiocese ...

Ferrari, Gaudenzio: An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese ...
Ferraris, Lucius: An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order. The ...
Ferre, Vicente: Theologian, b. at Valencia, Spain ; d. at Salamanca in 1682. ...
Ferreira, Antonio: A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic ...
Ferrer, Rafael: A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; ...
Ferrer, Saint Vincent: Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, ...
Ferrières, Abbey of: Situated in the Diocese of Orléans , department of ...
Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von: Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna ...
Fesch, Joseph: Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at ...
Fessler, Josef: Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the Vatican ...
Fetherston, Blessed Richard: Priest and martyr ; died at Smithfield, 30 July, 1540. He ...
Feti, Domenico: An Italian painter ; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, ...
Fetishism: Fetishism means the religion of the fetish. The word fetish is ...
Feuardent, François: A Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at ...
Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von: An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, ...
Feudalism: Etymology This term is derived from the Old Aryan pe'ku , ...
Feuillants: The Cistercians who, about 1145, founded an abbey in a ...
Feuillet, Louis: (FEUILLÉE) Geographer, b. at Mane near Forcalquier, ...
Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo: A celebrated Spanish writer, b. at Casdemiro, in the parish of ...

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