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• Isaac: The son of Abraham and Sara. The incidents of his life are ...
• Isaac Jogues, Saint: French missionary, born at Orléans, France, 10 January, ...
• Isaac of Armenia: (SAHAK) Catholicos or Patriarch of Armenia (338-439), ...
• Isaac of Nineveh: A Nestorian bishop of that city in the latter half of the ...
• Isaac of Seleucia: Patriarch of the Persian Church, d. 410. Isaac is celebrated ...
• Isabel of France, Saint: Daughter of Louis VIII and of his wife, Blanche of Castille, ...
• Isabella I: ("LA CATÓLICA" = "THE CATHOLIC") Queen of Castile ; ...
• Isaias: Among the writers whom the Hebrew Bible styles the "Latter ...
• Isaura: Titular see in the Province of Lycaonia, suffragan of ...
• Ischia: Diocese of Ischia (Isclana). Ischia, suffragan to Naples, ...
• Isernia and Venafro: (Diocese of Isernia and Venafro). Isernia is a city in the ...
• Ishmael: (Septuagint 'Ismaél ; Vulgate Ismahel, in 1 ...
• Isidore of Pelusium, Saint: Born at Alexandria in the latter half of the fourth century; ...
• Isidore of Seville, Saint: Born at Cartagena, Spain, about 560; died 4 April, 636. ...
• Isidore of Thessalonica: Cardinal and sometime Metropolitan of Kiev or Moscow, b. at ...
• Isidore the Labourer, Saint: A Spanish daylabourer; b. near Madrid, about the year 1070; d. ...
• Isionda: A titular see in the province of Pamphylia Secunda; it was a ...
• Isla, José Francisco de: Spanish preacher and satirist, b. at Villavidantes (Kingdom of ...
• Islam (Concept): Islam , an Arabic word which, since Mohammed's time, has ...
• Islam (Religion): I. THE FOUNDER Mohammed, "the Praised One", the prophet of ...
• Isleta Pueblo: The name of two pueblos of the ancient Tigua tribe, of ...
• Islip, Simon: An Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Islip, near Oxford; d. at ...
• Ismael: (Septuagint 'Ismaél ; Vulgate Ismahel, in 1 ...
• Ispahan: A Catholic Armenian Latin see. Under the name of Aspandana it ...
• Israelites: The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or ...
• Issachar: The exact derivation and the precise meaning of the name are ...
• Issus: A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus. The ...

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