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• Gebhard (III) of Constance: Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights ...
• Gebhart, Emile: A French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at Nancy ; d. ...
• Gedeon: Gideon or Gedeon (Hebrew "hewer"), also called JEROBAAL ( ...
• Gegenbauer, Josef Anton: An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 ...
• Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann: A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, ...
• Geissel, Johannes von: Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 5 February, 1796, at ...
• Gelasius I, Pope Saint: Died at Rome, 19 Nov., 496. Gelasius, as he himself states in ...
• Gelasius II, Pope: Born at Gaeta, year unknown; elected 24 Jan., 1118; died at ...
• Gelasius of Cyzicus: Ecclesiastical writer. He was the son of a priest of Cyzicus, ...
• Gemblours: (Gembloux, Gemblacum) A suppressed Benedictine monastery ...
• Genealogy (in the Bible): The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament : ...
• Genealogy of Christ: It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of ...
• General Chapter: ( Latin capitulum , a chapter). The daily assembling of a ...
• General Judgment: (Judicium Universale, Last Judgment). I. EXISTENCE OF THE ...
• Generation: ( Latin Vulgate, generatio ). This word, of very varied ...
• Genesareth: ( Gennesaret .) This is the name given to the Lake of ...
• Genesius: (1) Genesius (of Rome) A comedian at Rome, martyred under ...
• Genevieve, Saint: Patroness of Paris, b. at Nanterre, c. 419 or 422; d. at ...
• Genezareth, Land of: By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of ...
• Genga, Girolamo: A painter, born at Urbino in 1476; died at the same place, ...
• Gennadius I, Saint: Patriarch of Constantinople (458-471), has left scarcely any ...
• Gennadius II: Patriarch of Constantinople (1454-1456). His original name ...
• Gennadius of Marseilles: (GENNADIUS SCHOLASTICUS). A priest whose chief title to ...
• Gennings, Edmund and John: The first, a martyr for the Catholic Faith, and the second, ...
• Genoa: ARCHDIOCESE OF GENOA (JANUENSIS) Archdiocese in Liguria, ...
• Gentile da Fabriano: Italian painter ; b. probably about 1378 in the District of ...
• Gentiles: ( Hebrew Gôyîm ; Greek ethne, ethnikoi , ...
• Gentili, Aloysius: Born 14 July, 1801, at Rome ; died 26 September, 1848, at ...
• Genuflexion: To genuflect [ Latin genu flectere , geniculare ...
• Geoffrey of Clairvaux: A disciple of Bernard, was b. between the years 1115 and ...
• Geoffrey of Dunstable: Also known as GEOFFREY OF GORHAM. Abbot of St. Alban's, d. ...
• Geoffrey of Monmouth: (GAUFRIDUS ARTURUS, GALFRIDUS MONEMETENSIS, GALFFRAI or GRUFFYD ...
• Geoffrey of Vendôme: (GOFFRIDUS ABBAS VINDOCINENSIS.) A cardinal, b. in the ...
• Geography and the Church: The classic historians of geography, Alexander von Humboldt, ...
• Geography, Biblical: With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book ...
• George Hamartolus: A monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the ...
• George of Trebizond: A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance ; b. in Crete ...
• George Pisides: (Or THE PISIDIAN). A Byzantine poet lived in the first half ...
• George the Bearded: (Also called THE RICH.) Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 ...
• George, Orders of Saint: Knights of St. George appear at different historical periods ...
• George, Saint: Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also ...
• Georgetown University: Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia , "is ...
• Georgia: STATISTICS The area of Georgia is 59,475 sq. m., and it is the ...
• Georgius Syncellus: (Greek Georgios ho Sygkellos ). Died after 810; the ...
• Gerace: DIOCESE OF GERACE (HIERACENSIS). Diocese in the province of ...
• Gerald, Saint: Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; ...
• Geraldton: DIOCESE OF GERALDTON (GERALDTONENSIS). Diocese in ...
• Gerard Majella, Saint: Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, ...
• Gerard of Cremona: A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator ...
• Gerard, Archbishop of York: Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. He was a ...
• Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint: Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994. Belonging ...
• Gerard, John: Jesuit ; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637. He is well ...
• Gerard, Richard: Confessor ; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680 (O.S.). The ...
• Gerard, Ven. Miles: Martyr ; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 ...
• Gerardus Odonis: Also Geraldus Othonis , or Ottonis , a medieval ...
• Gerasa: A titular see in the province of Arabia and the Patriarchate ...
• Gerberon, Gabriel: A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation ; b. at St-Calais, ...
• Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe: A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at ...
• Gerbillon, Jean-François: French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at ...
• Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond: Cardinal and theologian ; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 ...
• Gerhard of Zütphen: (ZERBOLT OF ZUTPHEN) Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at ...
• Gerhoh of Reichersberg: Provost of that place and Austin canon , one of the most ...
• Germain, Saint, Bishop of Auxerre: Bishop of Auxerre, born at Auxerre c. 380; died at Ravenna, ...

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• Germain, Saint, Bishop of Paris: Bishop of Paris ; born near Autun, Saône-et-Loire, c. ...
• Germaine Cousin, Saint: Born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten ...
• German Gardiner, Blessed: Last martyr under Henry VIII ; date of birth unknown; died ...
• German Literature: I. FROM OLDEST PRE-CHRISTIAN PERIOD TO 800 A.D. There are no ...
• Germanicia: A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the ...
• Germanicopolis: A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of ...
• Germans in the United States: Germans, either by birth or descent, form a very important ...
• Germanus I, Saint: Patriarch of Constantinople (715-30), b. at Constantinople ...
• Germany: I. BEFORE 1556 From their first appearance in the history of ...
• Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern: (VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF THE NORTHERN MISSIONS) Its ...
• Germia: A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus ; ...
• Gerona: DIOCESE OF GERONA (GERUNDENSIS) The Diocese of Geronia in ...
• Gerrha: A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, ...
• Gerson, Jean de Charlier de: The surname being the name of his native place; b. in the hamlet ...
• Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed: Abbess of the Premonstratensian convent of Aldenberg, near ...
• Gertrude of Hackeborn: Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near ...
• Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint: Virgin, and Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles; ...
• Gertrude the Great, Saint: Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; ...
• Gertrude van der Oosten, Venerable: Beguine ; born at Voorburch, Holland ; died at Delft, 6 Jan., ...
• Gervaise, Dom François Armand: Discalced Carmelite, b. at Paris, 1660; d. at Reclus, France, ...
• Gervase of Canterbury: (GERVAS US DOROBORNENSIS) English chronicler, b. about 1141; ...
• Gervase of Tilbury: (TILBERIENSIS) Medieval writer, b. probably at Tilbury, in ...
• Gervase, George: (Jervise.) Priest and martyr, born at Boscham, Suffolk, ...
• Gervasius and Protasius, Saints: Martyrs of Milan, probably in the second century, patrons of ...
• Gesellenvereine: German Catholic societies for the religious, moral, and ...
• Gesta Dei per Francos: Gesta Dei per Francos is the title adopted by Guibert de Nogent ...
• Gesta Romanorum: A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral ...
• Gethsemane: Gethsemani (Hebrew gat , press, and semen , oil) is the ...
• Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of: An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly ...
• Gezireh: Gezireh (or Djezireh), seat of two Catholic residential sees, ...

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