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Félix, Célestin Joseph
French Jesuit, b. at Neuville-sur-l' Escaut (Nord), 28 June 1810; d. at Lille, 7 July, 1891. He ...Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-
A celebrated French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in ...Féval, Paul-Henri-Corentin
Novelist, b. at Rennes, 27 September, 1817; d. in Paris, 8 March 1887. He belonged to an old ...Förster, Arnold
German entomologist; b. at Aachen, 20 Jan., 1810; d. in the same city, 12 Aug., 1884. His father ...Führich, Joseph
(Born 1800; died 1876.) Joseph Führich was as Catholic in his art as in his life. He was ...Fünfkirchen
( Hungarian PÉCS, QUINQUE ECCLESIENSIS) Located in Hungary, in the ecclesiastical ...Fürstenberg, Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von
A statesman and educator, b. 7 August, 1729, at Herdringen in Westphalia ; d. 16 September, 1810, ...Façade
The face or front of any building. In ecclesiastical architecture the term is generally used to ...Faa di Bruno, Francesco
An Italian mathematician and priest, born at Alessandria, 7 March, 1825; died at Turin, 26 ...Faber, Felix
German writer, born about 1441 at Zurich, of a famous family commonly known as Schmid; died in ...Faber, Frederick William
Oratorian and devotional writer, b. 28 June, 1814, at Calverley, Yorkshire, England ; d. in ...Faber, Johann
Theologian, b. at Leutkirch, in Swabia, 1478; d. in Vienna, 21 May, 1541. He studied ...Faber, Johann
Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversialist and preacher; b. 1504, at Heilbronn in Wittenberg ; ...Faber, Johann Augustanus
Theologian, born at Fribourg, Switzerland, c. 1470; died about 1531. He entered the Dominican ...Faber, Matthias
Writer and preacher, born at Altomünster, Germany, 24 February, 1586; died at Tyrnau, 26 ...Faber, Peter, Saint
Born 13 April, 1506, at Villaret, Savoy ; died 1 Aug., 1546, in Rome. As a child he tended his ...Faber, Philip
(Or Fabri.) Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of Duns Scotus ; born in 1564, at ...Fabian, Pope Saint
(FABIANUS) Pope (236-250), the extraordinary circumstances of whose election is related by ...Fabiola, Saint
A Roman matron of rank, died 27 December, 399 or 400. She was one of the company of noble Roman ...Fabre, Joseph
Second Superior General of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, born 14 November, 1824, at Cuges, ...Fabri, Honoré
(Lefèvre.) Jesuit, theologian, b. about 1607 in the Department of Ain, France ; d. at ...Fabri, Philip
(Or Fabri.) Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of Duns Scotus ; born in 1564, at ...Fabriano and Matelica
Diocese of Fabriano and Matelica (Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis). Fabriano, a city in the ...Fabrica Ecclesiæ
A Latin term, meaning, etymologically, the construction of a church, but in a broader sense the ...Fabricius, Hieronymus
(Surnamed ab Aquapendente ). Distinguished Italian anatomist and surgeon, b. in the little ...Fabyan, Robert
English chronicler, died 28 February, 1513. He was a London clothier, a member of the Drapers' ...Facciolati, Jacopo
Lexicographer and philologist, b. at Torreglia, near Padua, Italy, 4 Jan., 1682; d. at Padua, 26 ...Fact, Dogmatic
(1) Definition By a dogmatic fact , in wider sense, is meant any fact connected with a dogma ...Faculties of the Soul
I. MEANING Whatever doctrine one may hold concerning the nature of the human soul and its ...Faculties, Canonical
( Latin Facultates ) In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to ...Facundus of Hermiane
A sixth-century Christian author, Bishop of Hermiane in Africa, about whose career very little ...Faenza
DIOCESE OF FAENZA (FAVENTINA) Diocese in the province of Ravenna (Central Italy ), suffragan ...Fagnani, Prospero
Canonist, b. in Italy, place and date of birth uncertain; d. in 1678. Some writers place his ...Fagnano, Guilio Carlo de' Toschi di
Mathematician, born at Sinigaglia, Italy, 26 September, 1682; died there 18 May, 1766. He made ...Faillon, Etienne-Michel
Historian, born at Tarascon, France, 3 January, 1800; died at Paris, 25 October, 1870. He studied ...Faith
I. THE MEANING OF THE WORD ( Pistis , fides). In the Old Testament , the Hebrew means ...Faith, Hope, and Charity (Saints)
The names of two groups of Roman martyrs around whom a considerable amount of legendary lore has ...Faith, The Rule of
The word rule ( Latin regula , Gr. kanon ) means a standard by which something can be ...Faithful, The
( Latin fideles , from fides , faith.) Those who have bound themselves to a religious ...Falco, Juan Conchillos
Painter, b. at Valencia of an ancient noble family in 1641; d. 14 May, 1711. He was a pupil of ...Faldstool
(Latin faldistorium ; also facistorium, faudestolus, faudestola ). A movable folding ...Falkner, Thomas
Born 6 Oct., 1707; died 30 Jan., 1784. He was the son of Thomas Falkner, a Manchester ...Fall River
DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER (RIVERORMENSIS), U.S.A. A suffragan see of the Province of Boston ; ...Fallopio, Gabriello
Anatomist, "one of the most important of the many-sided physicians of the sixteenth century" ...Falloux du Coudray
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, Vicomte de Falloux du Coudray Born at Angers, 7 March, ...False Decretals
(The Decretals of the Pseudo-Isidore) False Decretals is a name given to certain apocryphal ...Falsity
( Latin Falsitas .) A perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and ...Famagusta
A titular see in the Island of Cyprus. The name appears to be derived from the Greek ...Familiars
Strictly speaking, seculars subject to a master's authority and maintained at his expense. In this ...Family
A term derived from the Latin, famulus , servant, and familia , household servants, or the ...Fano
(FANENSIS.) Fano, the ancient Fanum Fortunæ, a city of the Marches in the province of ...Fanon
A shoulder-cape worn by the pope alone, consisting of two pieces of white silk ornamented with ...Faraud, Henri
Titular Bishop of Anémour and first Vicar Apostolic of Athabasca-Mackenzie , Canada ; ...Farfa, Abbey of
Situated about 26 miles from Rome, not far from the Farfa Sabina Railway station. A legend in the ...Fargo
(FARGUS; FARGENSIS) Diocese ; suffragan of St. Paul, U.S.A., embracing the whole of the State ...Faribault, George-Barthélemy
An archaeologist, b. at Quebec, Canada, 3 Dec., 1789; d. 1866. He was a first cousin of ...Faribault, Jean-Baptiste
A trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota, U.S.A.; b. 19 October, 1774, at ...Farinato, Paolo
An Italian painter, b. at Verona 1524; d. there, 1606. He belonged to the old Florentine ...Faringdon, Blessed Hugh
( Vere COOK). English martyr ; b. probably at Faringdon, Berkshire, date unknown; d. at ...Farlati, Daniele
An ecclesiastical historian, b. at San Daniele del Friuli in the present Italian province of ...Farnese, Alessandro
The name of two cardinals. For the elder see POPE PAUL III. The young Alessandro Farnese -- ...Faro
(PHARENSIS) A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending over the province of Algarve. The ...Faroe Islands
Geography and Statistics A group of Danish islands rising from the sea some four hundred miles ...Fast
In general abstinence from food or drink, a term common to the various Teutonic tongues. Some ...Fatalism
Fatalism is in general the view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in ...Fate
( Latin fatum, from fari, to tell or predict ). This word is almost redundant in the ...Fathers of Mercy, The
A congregation of missionary priests first established at Lyons, France, in 1808, and later at ...Fathers of the Church
The Appeal to the Fathers Classification of Patristic Writings Apostolic Fathers and the Second ...Fathers, The Apostolic
Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are considered, to have had ...Faunt, Lawrence Arthur
A Jesuit theologian, b. 1554, d. at Wilna, Poland, 28 February, 1590-91. After two years at ...Fauriel, Charles-Claude
A historian, b. at St-Etienne, France, 27 October, 1772; d. at Paris,15 July, 1844. He studied ...Faustinus and Jovita, Saints
Martyrs, members of a noble family of Brescia ; the elder brother, Faustinus, being a priest, ...Faustus of Riez
Bishop of Riez ( Rhegium ) in Southern Gaul (Provence), the best known and most distinguished ...Faversham Abbey
A former Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac Congregation situated in the County of Kent ...Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albann
An astronomer, b. at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre, France ), Oct., 1814; d. at Paris, 4 ...Fear (from a Moral Standpoint)
(CONSIDERED FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT.) Fear is an unsettlement of soul consequent upon the ...Fear (in Canon Law)
(IN CANON LAW.) A mental disturbance caused by the perception of instant or future danger. ...Feast of Fools
A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of Europe, and ...Feasts, Ecclesiastical
( Latin Festum ; Greek heorte ). Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in ...Febronianism
The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Auxiliary Bishop of ...Feckenham, John de
Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith ; b. in Feckenham Forest, ...Feder, Johann Michael
A German theologian, b. 25 May, 1753, at Oellingen in Bavaria ; d. 26 July, 1824, at ...Feilding, Rudolph William Basil
The eighth Earl of Denbigh, and ninth Earl of Desmond, b. 9 April, 1823; d. 1892. He was educated ...Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict
A theologian and Biblical scholar, b. 8 April, 1777, at Hopfgarten, Tyrol; d. at Tübingen, ...Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von
A German educational reformer, pedagogical writer, and canon regular of the Order of St. ...Felician and Primus, Saints
Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the Diocletian persecution. The "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" ...Felician Sisters, O.S.F.
Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother Mary Angela, under the direction of ...Felicissimus
A deacon of Carthage who, in the middle of the third century, headed a short-lived but dangerous ...Felicitas and Perpetua, Saints
Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with three companions, Revocatus, Saturus, ...Felicitas, Saint
MARTYR. The earliest list of the Roman feasts of martyrs, known as the "Depositio Martyrum" ...Felix and Adauctus, Saints
Martyrs at Rome, 303, under Diocletian and Maximian. The Acts, first published in Ado's ...Felix and Nabor, Saints
Martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (303). The relics of these holy witnesses to the ...Felix I, Pope Saint
Date of birth unknown; d. 274. Early in 269 he succeeded Saint Dionysius as head of the Roman ...Felix II
Pope (more properly Antipope ), 355-358; d. 22 Nov., 365. In 355 Pope Liberius was ...Felix III (II), Pope Saint
(Reigned 483-492). Born of a Roman senatorial family and said to have been an ancestor of ...Felix IV (III), Pope Saint
(Reigned 526-530). On 18 May, 526, Pope John I died in prison at Ravenna, a victim of the ...Felix of Cantalice, Saint
A Capuchin friar, b. at Cantalice, on the north-western border of the Abruzzi; d. at Rome, 18 ...Felix of Nola, Saint
Born at Nola, near Naples, and lived in the third century. After his father's death he ...Felix of Valois, Saint
Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is commemorated 20 November. He was surnamed ...Felix V
Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy, Antipope (1440-1449). Born 4 December, 1383, died at ...We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away.
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Feller, François-Xavier de
An author and apologist, b. at Brussels 18 August, 1735; d. at Ratisbon 22 May, 1802. He ...Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael
Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., 1812. He studied at Kaufbeuren and ...Fenn, John
Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. He was the eldest brother of Ven. ...Ferber, Nicolaus
A Friar Minor and controversialist, born at Herborn, Germany, in 1485; died at Toulouse, 15 ...Ferdinand II
Emperor, eldest son of Archduke Karl and the Bavarian Princess Maria, b. 1578; d. 15 February, ...Ferdinand III, Saint
King of Leon and Castile, member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in 1198 near ...Ferdinand, Blessed
Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at Fez, in Morocco, 5 June, 1443. He ...Ferdinando, Luigi, Count de Marsigli
Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, 1658; d. at Bologna 1 Nov., 1730. He ...Ferentino, Diocese of
(FERENTINUM) In the province of Rome, immediately subject to the Holy See. The town was in ...Fergus, Saints
St. Fergus Cruithneach Died about 730, known in the Irish martyrologies as St. Fergus ...Feria
( Latin for "free day"). A day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged ...Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, 1805; d. at Quebec, 11 January, ...Fermo, Archdiocese of
(FIRMANA). In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central Italy ). The great antiquity of the ...Fernández de Palencia, Diego
A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at Palencia in the early part of the sixteenth century. ...Fernández, Antonio
A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 November, 1642. About 1602 he was ...Fernández, Juan
A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova ; d. 12 June, 1567, in Japan. In a letter ...Ferns
DIOCESE OF FERNS (FERNENSIS). Diocese in the province of Leinster ( Ireland ), suffragan of ...Ferrara
A RCHDIOCESE OF F ERRARA (F ERRARIENSIS ). Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy ...Ferrari, Gaudenzio
An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at Valduggia, near ...Ferraris, Lucius
An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order. The exact dates of his birth and death ...Ferre, Vicente
Theologian, b. at Valencia, Spain ; d. at Salamanca in 1682. He entered the Dominican Order ...Ferreira, Antonio
A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic compositions, b. at Lisbon, Portugal, in ...Ferrer, Rafael
A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; d. at San José, Peru, in ...Ferrer, Saint Vincent
Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at Vannes, Brittany, 5 ...Ferrières, Abbey of
Situated in the Diocese of Orléans , department of Loiret, and arrondissement of ...Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von
Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern Vienna ; b. 7 July, 1828, at Vienna ; ...Fesch, Joseph
Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at Rome, 13 May, 1839. He was the son of a ...Fessler, Josef
Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the Vatican Council ; b. 2 December, 1813, at ...Fetherston, Blessed Richard
Priest and martyr ; died at Smithfield, 30 July, 1540. He was chaplain to Catharine of Aragon ...Feti, Domenico
An Italian painter ; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, 1624. He was a pupil of Cigoli ...Fetishism
Fetishism means the religion of the fetish. The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese ...Feuardent, François
A Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at Coutanees, Normandy, in 1539; d. at ...Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von
An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, 29 April, 1806; died 3 September, ...Feudalism
Etymology This term is derived from the Old Aryan pe'ku , hence Sanskrit pacu , "cattle"; ...Feuillants
The Cistercians who, about 1145, founded an abbey in a shady valley in the Diocese of Rieux ...Feuillet, Louis
(FEUILLÉE) Geographer, b. at Mane near Forcalquier, France, in 1660; d. at Marseilles ...Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
A celebrated Spanish writer, b. at Casdemiro, in the parish of Santa Maria de Molias, Galicia, ...Fiacc, Saint
(Lived about 415-520.) A poet, chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches. His ...Fiacre, Saint
Abbot, born in Ireland about the end of the sixth century; died 18 August, 670. Having been ...Ficino, Marsilio
A philosopher, philologist, physician, b. at Florence, 19 Oct., 1433; d. at Correggio, 1 Oct, ...Ficker, Julius
(More correctly Caspar von Ficker). Historian, b. at Paderborn, Germany, 30 April, 1826; d. at ...Fideism
(Latin fides , faith). A philosophical term meaning a system of philosophy or an ...Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint
Born in 1577, at Sigmaringen, Prussia, of which town his father Johannes Rey was burgomaster; ...Fiesole
DIOCESE OF FIESOLE (FÆSULANA). Diocese in the province of Tuscany, suffragan of Florence. ...Figueroa, Francisco de
A celebrated Spanish poet, surnamed "the Divine", b. at Alcalá de Henares, c. 1540, d. ...Figueroa, Francisco García de la Rosa
Franciscan, b. in the latter part of the eighteenth century at Toluca, in the Archdiocese of ...Fiji, Vicariate Apostolic of
Comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji Archipelago. This archipelago forms the central ...Filby, Blessed William
Blessed William Filby Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered at Tyburn, 30 May, ...Filelfo, Franscesco
A humanist, b. at Tolentino, 25 July, 1398; d. at Florence 31 July, 1481. He studied grammar, ...Filial Church
(Latin filialis , from filia , daughter), a church to which is annexed the cure of souls , ...Filicaja, Vincenzo da
Lyric poet; born at Florence, 30 December, 1642; died there 24 September, 1707. At Pisa he was ...Filioque
Filioque is a theological formula of great dogmatic and historical importance. On the one ...Fillastre, Guillaume
French cardinal, canonist, humanist, and geographer, b. 1348 at La Suze, Maine, France ; d. at ...Filliucci, Vincenzo
Jesuit moralist; b. at Sienna, Italy, 1566; d. at Rome 5 April, 1622. Having entered the Society ...Filliucius, Felix
(Or, as his name is more often found, in its Italian form, FIGLIUCCI). An Italian humanist, a ...Final Perseverance
( Perseverantia finalis ). Final perseverance is the preservation of the state of grace till ...Finan, Saint
Second Bishop of Lindisfarne ; died 9 February, 661. He was an Irish monk who had been ...Finbarr, Saint
(Lochan, Barr). Bishop and patron of Cork, born near Bandon, about 550, died at Cloyne, 25 ...Finch, Ven. John
A martyr, b. about 1548; d. 20 April, 1584. He was a yeoman of Eccleston, Lancashire, and a ...Finglow, Ven. John
An English martyr ; b. at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire; executed at York, 8 August, 1586. He ...
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