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• Loaisa, Garcia de: Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville, b. in Talavera, Spain, ...
• Loango: VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF LOANGO (LOWER FRENCH CONGO). Formerly ...
• Loaves of Proposition: Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of ...
• Lobbes, Benedictine Abbey of: Located in Hainault, Belgium, founded about 650, by St. ...
• Lobera, Ann: (Better known as V ENERABLE A NN OF J ESUS ). ...
• Loccum: (LUCCA, LOCKEN, LOCKWEEN, LYKE, LYCKO) A Cistercian abbey ...
• Lochleven: (From leamhan , an elm-tree) Lochleven, a lake in ...
• Lochner, Stephen: A painter, born at Meersburg, on the Lake of Constance, date ...
• Loci Theologici: Loci theologici or loci communes , are the common topics of ...
• Locke, Matthew: Composer; born at Exeter, in 1629; died August, 1677. He was a ...
• Lockhart, William: Son of the Rev. Alexander Lockhart of Waringham, Surry; b. 22 ...
• Lockwood, Venerable John: Venerable John Lockwood, priest and martyr, born about 1555; ...
• Lodi: (LAUDENSIS) A suffragan of Milan. Lodi, the capital of a ...
• Logia, Jesu: Found partly in the Inspired Books of the New Testament, partly ...
• Logic: Logic is the science and art which so directs the mind in the ...
• Logos, The: The word Logos is the term by which Christian theology in ...
• Lohel, Johann: (JOHANN LOHELIUS) Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, ...
• Lohner, Tobias: Born 13 March, 1619, at Neuötting in the Diocese of ...
• Loja, Diocese of: (Lojana), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, includes the greater ...
• Lollards: The name given to the followers of John Wyclif, an heretical ...
• Loménie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de: French cardinal and statesman; b. at Paris, 1727; d. at Sens, ...
• Loman, Saint: Bishop of Trim in Ireland, nephew of St. Patrick, was ...
• Lombard, Peter: Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Waterford, about 1555; d. at Rome, ...
• Lombard, Peter: Theologian, b. at Novara (or perhaps Lumello), Italy, about ...
• Lombardy: A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle ...
• London (England): London, the capital of England and chief city of the British ...
• London (Ontario): DIOCESE OF LONDON (LONDINENSIS) Diocese in Canada, ...
• Longstreet, James: Soldier and Catholic convert. Born 8 January, 1821, at ...
• Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix de: Poet and dramatist, b. at Madrid, 1562; d. 23 Aug., 1635. With ...
• Lopez-Caro, Francisco: Spanish artist, b. at Seville in 1598; d. at Madrid in 1662; ...
• Lord's Prayer: Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the ...
• Lorea: Titular see in the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. ...
• Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de: Cardinal, b. 22 Sept., 1722 at Leon in Spain ; d. 17 April, ...
• Lorenzetti, Pietro and Ambrogio: Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not ...
• Lorenzo da Brindisi, Saint: (Also: Lawrence, or Laurence, of Brindisi.) Born at ...
• Loreto, Holy House of: (The Holy House of Loreto). Since the fifteenth century, and ...
• Loreto, Litany of: Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the ...
• Lorette: (Full name, Notre-Dame de la Jeune Lorette , "Our Lady of ...
• Lorrain, Claude de: French painter and etcher, b. in 1600 at Chamagnc on the banks ...
• Lorraine: I. ORIGIN By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of ...
• Lorsch Abbey: ( Laureshamense Monasterium , called also Laurissa and ...
• Loryma: A titular see of Caria, small fortified town and harbour on ...
• Los Angeles and Monterey: DIOCESE OF MONTEREY AND LOS ANGELES (MONTEREYENSIS ET ...
• Lossada, Luis de: Philosopher, b. at Quiroga, Asturias, Spain in 1681; d. at ...
• Lossen, Karl August: German petrologist and geologist, born at Kreuznach (Rhine ...
• Lot: Son of Abraham's brother Aran ( Genesis 11:27 ), therefore ...
• Lottery: A lottery is one of the aleatory contracts and is commonly ...
• Lotti, Antonio: Composer, born at Venice in 1667; died there, 5 January, 1740 ...
• Lotto, Lorenzo: Italian portrait painter, born at Venice, 1480; died at ...
• Loucheux: The would-be Kuchin of some ethnologists, and the Tukudh of the ...
• Louis Allemand, Blessed: Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, whose name has been written in ...
• Louis Bertrand, Saint: Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His ...
• Louis IX, Saint: King of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born ...
• Louis of Casoria, Venerable: Friar Minor and founder of the Frati Bigi; b. at Casoria, near ...
• Louis of Granada, Venerable: Theologian, writer, and preacher; b. of very humble parentage ...
• Louis of Toulouse, Saint: Bishop of Toulouse, generally represented vested in ...
• Louis XIV: King of France, b. at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 16 September, ...
• Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Saint: Missionary in Brittany and Vendee; born at Montfort, 31 January, ...
• Louise de Marillac Le Gras, Venerable: Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul , ...
• Louise, Sister: Educator and organizer, b. at Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, 14 Nov., ...
• Louisiana: I. COLONIAL The history of Louisiana forms an important part of ...
• Louisville, Diocese of: Comprises that part of Kentucky west of the Kentucky River and ...
• Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of: (Abbreviation C.N.D.L. — Congregation de Notre-Dame de ...
• Lourdes, Notre-Dame de: Notre-Dame de Lourdes, in the Department of Hautes ...
• Louvain, University of: In order to restore the splendour of Louvain, capital of his ...
• Love, Theological Virtue of: The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by ...
• Low Church: The name given to one of the three parties or doctrinal ...
• Low Sunday: The first Sunday after Easter. The origin of the name is ...
• Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of: Includes the territory of that name in Mexico (Sp. Baja or ...
• Lower Criticism: The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as ...
• Loyola University (Chicago): Loyola University is the outgrowth of St. Ignatius College, ...
• Loyola University (New Orleans): Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, is (1912) the only ...
• Loyola, Saint Ignatius: Youngest son of Don Beltrán Yañez de Oñez y ...

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