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- Maassen, Friedrich Bernard Christian: Professor of law, born 24 September, 1823, at Wismar ...
- Mabillon, Jean: Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at ...
- Mabinogion: A collection of medieval Welsh tales in prose. The word is a ...
- Macao: (MACAOENSIS). Diocese ; suffragan of Goa, founded 23 ...
- Macarius: The name of two celebrated contemporary Nitrian monks of the ...
- Macarius Magnes: A Christian apologist of the end of the fourth century. Some ...
- Macarius of Antioch: A Patriarch, deposed in 681. Macarius's dignity seems to have ...
- Macarius, Saint: Bishop of Jerusalem (312-34). The date of Macarius's ...
- Maccabee, Judas: Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was ...
- Maccabees, The: (Greek Hoi Makkabaioi ; Latin Machabei ; most probably ...
- Maccabees, The Books of: The title of four books, of which the first and second only are ...
- MacCaghwell, Hugh: (Cavellus). Archbishop and theologian, born at Saul, Co. Down, ...
- MacCarthy, Bartholomew: Irish scholar and chronologist, b. at Conna, Ballynoe, Co. ...
- MacCarthy, Denis Florence: Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in ...
- MacCarthy, Nicholas Tuite: Called the Abbé de Lévignac, born in Dublin on 19 ...
- MacCuilenan, Cormac: (836-908). An Irish bishop and King of Cashel, Cormac ...
- MacDonald, John: Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, philanthropist, colonizer, ...
- MacDonell, Alexander: First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, ...
- Mace: (1) A short, richly ornamented staff, often made of silver, the ...
- Macedo, Francisco: Known as a S. Augustino, O.F.M., theologian, born at Coimbra, ...
- Macedonians: (Macedonians) A heretical sect which flourished in the ...
- Macerata and Tolentino: Located in the Marches, Central Italy. Macerata is a provincial ...
- MacFarland, Francis Patrick: Third Bishop of Hartford born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 ...
- MacGeoghegan, James: Born at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; died at Paris, ...
- Machabees, The: (Greek Hoi Makkabaioi ; Latin Machabei ; most probably ...
- Machabees, The Books of: The title of four books, of which the first and second only are ...
- Machabeus, Judas: Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was ...
- MacHale, John: Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland ; died ...
- Machiavelli: Historian and statesman, b. at Florence, 3 May, 1469; d. there, ...
- Machpelah: The burial-place in the vicinity of ancient Hebron which ...
- Machutus, Saint: (Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in Wales ...
- Mackenzie: This vicariate which was detached from the Athabaska-Mackenzie ...
- Maclovius, Saint: (Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in Wales ...
- MacMahon, Heber: ( Also EMER or EVER). Bishop of Clogher, Ireland, and ...
- MacMahon, Marie-Edmé-Patrice-Maurice de: Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France, President of the French ...
- MacNeven, William James: Distinguished Irish-American physician and medical educator, ...
- Macri: (or MACRAS?) A titular see in Mauretania Sitifiensis. This ...
- Macrina the Elder, Saint: Our knowledge of the life of the elder Macrina is derived ...
- Macrina the Younger, Saint: Born about 330; died 379. She was the eldest child of Basil and ...
- Mactaris: A titular see of the Byzantine Empire. This town is not ...
- Madagascar: On the second day of March, 1500, a fleet of thirteen ships, ...
- Madaurus: A titular see of Numidia. It was an old Numidian town which, ...
- Maderna, Carlo: (1556-1629) known principally by his extension of St. Peter's, ...
- Maderno, Stefano: (1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era ...
- Madianites: (In Authorized Version M IDIANITES ). An Arabian tribe ...
- Madras: (MADRASPATAM; MADRASPATANA) Archdiocese in India. Its area ...
- Madrid-Alcalá: (M ATRITENSIS -A LACHENSIS, or C OMPLUTENSUS : Complutum ...
- Madruzzi, Christopher: Born of a noble family of Trent, 5 July, 1512; died at Tivoli, ...
- Madura Mission: As shown in the "Atlas Geographicus S.J.", the ancient Jesuit ...
- Maedoc, Saint: (MOEDHOG, MOGUE, ÆDDAN FOEDDOG, AIDUS, HUGH) First ...
- Maelruan, Saint: (Maolruain, Melruan, Molruan). Founder and first Abbot of ...
- Maelrubha, Saint: (MA-RUI, MOLROY, ERREW, SUMMARYRUFF, also SAGART-RUADH) An ...
- Maerlant, Jacob van: The greatest Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; ...
- Maestro di Camera del Papa: In former times there were four so-called palace prelates ( ...
- Maffei, Bernardino: Poet, orator, and antiquarian, b. at Bergamo, 27 Jan., 1514; d. ...
- Maffei, Francesco: Italian painter, b. at Vicenza ; d. at Padua, 1660. His ...
- Maffei, Marchese Francesco Scipione: Italian littérateur and archaeologist, b. at Verona, 1 ...
- Maffei, Raffaelo: Humanist, historian and theologian, b. 17 February, 1451; d. 25 ...
- Magaud, Antoine-Dominique: French painter, b. at Marseilles 1817; d. there, 1899. He ...
- Magdala: ( Hebrew Migdal = tower, fortress; Aramaic Magdala ; Greek ...
- Magdalens: The members of certain religious communities of penitent ...
- Magdeburg: Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the ...
- Mageddo: Chanaanite city, called in Hebrew, Megiddo ; in Septuagint, ...
- Magellan, Ferdinand: (Portuguese Fernão Magalhaes ). The first ...
- Magi: (Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ). The "wise men ...
- Magin Catalá: Born at Montblanch, Catalonia, Spain, 29 or 30 January, 1761; ...
- Maginn, Edward: Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, b. at Fintona, Ireland, 16 Dec., ...
- Magisterium and Tradition: The word tradition (Greek paradosis ) in the ...
- Magistris, Simone de: Born in 1728; died 6 October, 1802; a priest of the Oratorio ...
- Magliabechi, Antonio: Italian scholar and librarian, b. 20 Oct., 1633, at Florence ...
- Magna Carta: The charter of liberties granted by King John of England in ...
- Magnesia: A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus, lying about ...
- Magnien, Alphonse: An educator of the clergy, born at Bleymard, in the Diocese ...
- Magnificat: The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular ...
- Magnus, Olaus: Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, ...
- Magnus, Saint: (MAGNOALDUS, MAGINALDUS, popularly known as ST. MANG) An ...
- Magnus, Valerianus: (M AGNI ) Born at Milan, 1586, presumably of the noble ...
- Magrath, John Macrory: Born in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth century; date and ...
- Magydus: A titular see of Pamphylia Secunda, suffragan of Perga. It ...
- Mahony, Ven. Charles: Irish Franciscan martyr ; b. after 1639; d. at Ruthin, ...
- Mai, Angelo: Roman cardinal and celebrated philologist, b. at Schilpario, ...
- Maignan, Emmanuel: French physicist and theologian ; b. at Toulouse, 17 July, ...
- Mailla, Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyria de: Jesuit missionary; b. 16 Dec., 1669, at Château Maillac ...
- Maillard, Antoine-Simon: Missionary b. in France (parentage, place and date of birth ...
- Maillard, Oliver: Celebrated preacher, b. at Juignac, (?), Brittany, about 1430; ...
- Maimbourg, Louis: French church historian, b. at Nancy, 10 January, 1610; d. at ...
- Maimonides, Teaching of Moses: Moses ben Maimun (Arabic, Abu Amran Musa), Jewish commentator ...
- Maina Indians: (Also M AYNA ) A group of tribes constituting a distinct ...
- Maine: Maine is commonly known as the Pine Tree State, but is sometimes ...
- Maine de Biran, François-Pierre-Gonthier: A philosopher ; born at Grateloup near Bergerac, Dordogne, ...
- Maintenon, Françoise, Marquise de: Born at Niort, 28 November 1635; died at Saint-Cyr, 15 April ...
- Mainz: German town and bishopric in Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatine ...
- Maipure Indians: (Maypure) A former important group of tribes on the Upper ...
- Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey de: Founder of Montreal, b. in Champagne, France, early in the ...
- Maistre, Joseph-Marie, Comte de: French philosophical writer, b. at Chambéry, in Savoy, ...
- Maistre, Xavier de: French romance writer, younger brother of Joseph-Marie, Comte ...
- Maitland: (MAITLANDENSIS) Located in New South Wales. Maitland, the ...
- Majano, Benedetto da: A well-known Florentine sculptor and architect of the ...
- Majella, St. Gerard: Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, ...
- Majorca and Iviza: (MAJORICENSIS ET IBUSENSIS) A suffragan of Valencia, with ...
- Majordomo: (Latin, Major domus ; Italian, Maggiordomo ). The ...
- Majority: ( Latin majoritas ) Majority, the state of a person or ...
- Majunke, Paul: Catholic journalist, born at Gross-Schmograu in Silesia, 14 ...
- Malabar: In its narrower application Malabar was the name of a district ...
- Malabar Rites: A conventional term for certain customs or practices of the ...
- Malacca: (Malacensis) The Diocese of Malacca comprises the southern ...
- Malachias: ( Hebrew Mál'akhî ), one of the twelve minor ...
- Malachy, Saint: St. Malachy, whose family name was O'Morgair, was born in Armagh ...
- Malaga: Diocese of Malaga (Malacitana). Diocese in Spain, by the ...
- Malagrida, Gabriel: A Jesuit missionary to Brazil, b. 18 September or 6 December, ...
- Malatesta, House of: The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the ...
- Malchus: (Málchos). Greek form of M ALLUCH (i.e. counsellor), ...
- Maldonado, Juan: (MALDONATUS) A theologian and exegete, b. in 1533 at ...
- Malebranche, Nicolas: A philosopher and theologian, priest of the Oratory of St. ...
- Malediction (in Scripture): Four principal words are rendered maledictio in the Vulgate, ...
- Malherbe, François: French poet, b. at Caen, Normandy, in 1555; d. at Paris, 16 ...
- Maliseet Indians: Also MALECITE, MALESCHITE and AMALECITE, the last being the ...
- Mallard, Ernest-François: A French mineralogist, b. 4 February, 1833, at ...
- Mallinckrodt, Herman von: German parliamentarian; born 5 Feb., 1821, at Minden, ...
- Mallinckrodt, Pauline: A sister of the Catholic political leader Hermann ...
- Malling Abbey: An abbey of Benedictine nuns, at West Malling in the County ...
- Mallory, Stephen Russell: An American statesman; born in the Island of Trinidad, W. I., ...
- Mallus: A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus. ...
- Malmesbury: A small decayed market town in Wiltshire, England, ninety-five ...
- Malmesbury, The Monk of: Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts ...
- Malo, Saint: (Maclovius; Malo). Born about the year 520 probably in Wales ...
- Malone, William: Jesuit missioner and writer; born according to the best ...
- Malory, Sir Thomas: Of Malory no single biographical statement is beyond conjecture ...
- Malpighi, Marcello: Founder of comparative physiology, b. at Crevalcore, 10 March, ...
- Malta: The group of Maltese islands, including Malta (91.5 sq. m.), ...
- Malta, Knights of: (Also known as K NIGHTS OF M ALTA ). The most important ...
- Maltret, Claude: (Or M ALTRAIT ) French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. ...
- Malvenda, Thomas: An exegete and historical critic, b. at Jativa, Valencia, ...
- Malvern: Located in Worcestershire, England, a district covered by a ...
- Mamachi, Thomas Maria: Dominican theologian and historian, born at Chios in the ...
- Mame, Alfred-Henri-Amand: Printer and publisher, b. at Tours, 17 Aug., 1811; d. at ...
- Mameluco: (From the Arabic, memluk , "slave", the household cavalry of ...
- Mamertine Prison: The so-called "Mamertine Prison ", beneath the church of S. ...
- Mamertus, Claudianus: (The name Ecdicius is unauthorized). A Gallo-Roman ...
- Mamertus, Saint: Bishop of Vienne, date of birth unknown; died shortly after ...
- Mammon: Mamona ; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual ...
- Man: (Anglo-Saxon man =a person, human being; supposed root man ...
- Manahem: (From a Hebrew meaning "the consoler"; Septuagint, Manaem ...
- Manahen, Saint: ( Manaen ) A member of the Church of Antioch , ...
- Manasses: The name of seven persons of the Bible , a tribe of Israel , ...
- Mance, Jeanne: Foundress of the Montreal Hôtel-Dieu, and one of the ...
- Manchester: (MANCHESTERIENSIS) A suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
- Manchuria: A north-eastern division of the Chinese Empire and the cradle ...
- Mandan Indians: A formerly important, but now reduced, tribe occupying jointly ...
- Mandeville, Jean de: (MAUNDEVILLE, MONTEVILLA) The author of a book of travels ...
- Manfredonia: (SIPONTINA) The city of Manfredonia is situated in the ...
- Mangalore: (M ANGALORENSIS ) Diocese on the west coast of India, ...
- Mangan, James Clarence: Irish poet, b. in Dublin, 1 May, 1803; d. there, 20 June, ...
- Manharter: A politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first ...
- Manichæism: Manichæism is a religion founded by the Persian Mani in ...
- Manifestation of Conscience: (RATIO CONSCIENTIÆ) A practice in many religious ...
- Manila: (DE MANILA) This archdiocese comprises the city of Manila, ...
- Manila Observatory: Founded by Father Frederic Faura, S.J., in 1865; constituted ...
- Maniple: Form, Material, and Use The maniple is an ornamental vestment ...
- Manitoba: One of the smallest, but economically and historically one of ...
- Mann, Theodore Augustine: English naturalist and historian, b. in Yorkshire, 22 June, ...
- Manna: (Greek man, manna ; Latin man, manna ). The food ...
- Manning, Henry Edward: Cardinal Priest of Sts. Andrew and Gregory on the Coelian Hill ...
- Mannyng, Robert: Poet. He came from Bourne in Lincolnshire, England. From his ...
- Mansard, François: (Also spelled Mansart ). French architect, born in Paris, ...
- Mansard, Jules: French architect, grand-nephew of François, was ...
- Mansi, Gian Domenico: Italian prelate and scholar born at Lucca, of a patrician ...
- Mantegna, Andrea: Italian painter ; born according to some authorities, at ...
- Mantelletta: An outer vestment reaching to the knees, open in front, with ...
- Mantua: Diocese of Mantua (Mantuana), in Lombardy. The city is ...
- Mantuanus, Baptista: (Or SPAGNOLI). Carmelite and Renaissance poet, born at ...
- Manu, The Laws of: "The Laws of Manu" is the English designation commonly applied ...
- Manuel Chysoloras: First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about ...
- Manuscripts: Every book written by hand on flexible material and intended to ...
- Manuscripts of the Bible: Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the ...
- Manuscripts, Illuminated: I. ORIGIN A large number of manuscripts are covered with ...
- Manuterge: The name given to the towel used by the priest when engaged ...
- Manutius, Aldus: (Aldo Manuzio). Scholar and printer; born in 1450, at ...
- Manzoni, Alessandro: Italian poet and novelist, b. at Milan, 7 March, 1785; d. 22 ...
- Map, Walter: (Sometimes wrongly written M APS ) Archdeacon of Oxford, b. ...
- Maphrian: The Syriac word mafriano signifies one who fructifies, a ...
- Maréchal, Ambrose: The third Archbishop of Baltimore ; born at Ingres near ...
- Maran, Prudentius: A learned Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. 14 ...
- Marash: An Armenian Catholic Diocese. The ancient name of this ...
- Maratta, Carlo: An Italian painter, b. at Camerino, in the Rome, 15 December, ...
- Marbodius: Bishop of Rennes, ecclesiastical writer and hymnologist, b. ...
- Marca, Pierre de: French bishop and scholar, b. at Gan in Béarn, 24 Jan., ...
- Marcellian and Mark, Saints: Martyred at Rome under Diocletian towards the end of the ...
- Marcellina, Saint: The only sister of St. Ambrose of Milan , b. about 330-5; d. ...
- Marcellinus Comes: Latin chronicler of the sixth century. He was an Illyrian by ...
- Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M.: (In the world PITRO RANISE) Modern Franciscan author, born ...
- Marcellinus, Flavius: Date of birth unknown; died 12 September, 413. He was a high ...
- Marcellinus, Pope: Date of birth unknown; elected 30 June, 296; died 304. According ...
- Marcello, Benedetto: Born in Venice in 1696; died at Brescia in July, 1739. ...
- Marcellus I, Saint, Pope: His date of birth unknown; elected pope in May or June, ...
- Marcellus II, Pope: (MARCELLO CERVINI DEGLI SPANNOCHI) Born 6 May, 1501, at ...
- Marcellus of Ancyra: One of the bishops present at the Councils of Ancyra and of ...
- March, Auzias: A Catalan poet, b. perhaps in the last quarter of the fourteenth ...
- Marchand, Jean Baptiste: Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician College ...
- Marchant, Peter: A theologian, b. at Couvin, a village in the principality of ...
- Marchesi, Pompeo: A Lombard sculptor of the neoclassic school, born at ...
- Marchi, Giuseppe: An archeologist, born at Tolmezzo near Udine, 22 Feb., 1795; ...
- Marcian: (M ARCIANUS, Markiânos ) Roman Emperor at ...
- Marciane: A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra. It figures in ...
- Marcianopolis: A titular see in Lower Maesia, on the right bank of the ...
- Marcionites: Heretical sect founded in A.D. 144 at Rome by Marcion and ...
- Marco Polo: Traveller; born at Venice in 1251; died there in 1324. His ...
- Marcopois: A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Edessa. The native ...
- Marcosians: A sect of Valentinian Gnostics, founded by Marcus and ...
- Marcoux, Joseph: A missionary among the Iroquois, b. in Canada, 16 March, ...
- Marcus: The name of three leading Gnostics. I. The founder of the ...
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died ...
- Marcus Diadochus: ( Markos ho diadochos ) An obscure writer of the fourth ...
- Marcus Eremita: ( Markos ho eremites , or monachos , or asketes ). A ...
- Marcus, Pope Saint: Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., ...
- Mardin: A residential Armenian archbishopric, a Chaldean bishopric, ...
- Marenco: (1) Carlo Italian dramatist, born at Cassolo (or Cassolnuovo) ...
- Marenzio, Luca: Musical composer, born in 1550 at Coccaglia, near Brescia ; ...
- Margaret Clitherow, Saint: Martyr, called the "Pearl of York", born about 1556; died 25 ...
- Margaret Colona, Blessed: Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 ...
- Margaret Haughery: Margaret Haughery, "the mother of the orphans ", as she was ...
- Margaret Mary, Saint: Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to ...
- Margaret of Cortona, Saint: A penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born at Laviano ...
- Margaret of Hungary, Blessed: Daughter of King Bela I of Hungary and his wife Marie ...
- Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed: Duchess d'Alencon, religious of the order of Poor Clares, born ...
- Margaret of Savoy, Blessed: Marchioness of Montferrat, born at Pignerol in 1382; died at ...
- Margaret of Scotland, Saint: Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward ...
- Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament: Carmelite nun, b. in Paris, 6 March, 1590; d. there 24 May, ...
- Margaret Pole, Blessed: Countess of Salisbury, martyr ; b. at Castle Farley, near ...
- Margaret, Saint: Virgin and martyr ; also called M ARINA ; belonged to ...
- Margaritae: (DECRETI DECRETORUM DECRETALIUM). The canonists of the ...
- Margil, Antonio: Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 ...
- Margotti, Giacomo: A Catholic publicist, born 11 May, 1823; died 6 May, 1887. He ...
- Maria de Agreda: (Or, according to her conventual title, Maria of Jesus) A ...
- Maria Theresa: Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, ...
- Maria-Laach: (Abbatia Beatæ Marle Virginis ad lacum, or Beatæ ...
- Mariales, Kantes: A Dominican, born about 1580; died at Venice in April, 1660. ...
- Marian Priests: This term is applied to those English priests who being ...
- Mariana: Archdiocese of Mariana (Marianensis). Mariana, situated in ...
- Mariana Islands: The Marianas Archipelago (also called the Ladrone Islands) is a ...
- Mariana, Juan: Author and Jesuit, b. at Talavern, Toledo, Spain, probably ...
- Mariannhill, Congregation of the Missionaries of: Mariannhill is located in Natal, near Pinetown, 15 miles from ...
- Marianus of Florence: A Friar Minor and historian, born at Florence about the ...
- Marianus Scotus: There were two Irish scholars of this name who attained ...
- Marie Antoinette: Queen of France. Born at Vienna, 2 November, 1755; executed in ...
- Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed: Born at Cagliari, Sardinia, 14 November, 1812; died at Naples, ...
- Marie de France: A French poetess of the twelfth century. She has this trait in ...
- Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed: Known also as Madame Acarie, foundress of the French Carmel, ...
- Marie de l'Incarnation, Venerable: (In the world, MARIE GUYARD). First superior of the ...
- Marienberg: A Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of St. Joseph near ...
- Marignolli, Giovanni de': Born at Florence about 1290; place and date of death unknown. ...
- Marina: (DE MARINIS) The name of an ancient and noble family of ...
- Marina, Saint: Virgin and martyr ; also called M ARINA ; belonged to ...
- Marini, Luigi Gaetano: A natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archeologist, born ...
- Marinus I, Pope: (882-884) There is reason for believing that Marinus I was ...
- Marinus II, Pope: Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a ...
- Mariotte, Edme: French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at ...
- Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints: All martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who ...
- Marisco, Adam de: (or ADAM MARSH) A Franciscan who probably came from the ...
- Mariscotti, Saint Hyacintha: A religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of ...
- Marius Aventicus, Saint: (Or AVENTICENSIS) Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and ...
- Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus: Roman historian, lived c. 165-230. No connected account of his ...
- Marius Mercator: Ecclesiastical writer, born probably in Northern Africa about ...
- Mark and Marcellian, Saints: Martyred at Rome under Diocletian towards the end of the ...
- Mark of Lisbon: (Properly MARCOS DA SILVA). Friar minor, historian, and ...
- Mark, Gospel of: The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. ...
- Mark, Pope Saint: Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., ...
- Mark, Saint: (Greek Markos , Latin Marcus ). It is assumed in this ...
- Maroni, Paul: Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695. He entered the Austrian province ...
- Maronia: A titular see in the province of Rhodopis, suffragan of ...
- Maronites: This article will give first the present state of the Maronite ...
- Marquesas Islands: (INSULARUM MARCHESI) Located in Polynesia, includes all the ...
- Marquette (Michigan): (SAULT STE. MARIE and MARQUETTE, MARIANOPOLITANA ET ...
- Marquette League: A society founded in New York, in May, 1904, by Rev. H.G. ...
- Marquette University: Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an outgrowth ...
- Marquette, Jacques: Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. ...
- Marriage Banns: (Latin bannum , pl. bann-a,-i from an Old English verb, ...
- Marriage, Civil: "Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement ...
- Marriage, History of: The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, ...
- Marriage, Mixed: (Latin Matrimonia mixta ). Technically, mixed marriages ...
- Marriage, Moral and Canonical Aspect of: Marriage is that individual union through which man and ...
- Marriage, Mystical: In the Old and the New Testament , the love of God for ...
- Marriage, Putative: Putative (Latin, putativus supposed) signifies that which is ...
- Marriage, Ritual of: The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony, as ...
- Marriage, Sacrament of: That Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized ...
- Marriage, Validation of: Validation of marriage may be effected by a simple renewal of ...
- Marryat, Florence: Novelist and actress, b. 9 July, 1838, at Brighton, England ; ...
- Marseilles: Diocese of Marseilles (Massiliensis), suffragan of Aix, ...
- Marshall Islands: (Vicariate Apostolic.) These islands, a German possession ...
- Marshall, Thomas William: Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., ...
- Marsi: (MARSORUM.) Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central ...
- Marsico Nuovo and Potenza: (MARSICENSIS ET POTENTINA) Suffragan diocese of Salerno. ...
- Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando, Count de: Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, ...
- Marsilius of Padua: Physician and theologian, b. at Padua about 1270; d. about ...
- Martène, Edmond: An historian and liturgist, born 22 December, 1654, at ...
- Martín, Enrico: Date and place of birth unknown; d. in Mexico in 1632. According ...
- Martel, Charles: Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He ...
- Martha, Maris, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints: All martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who ...
- Martha, Saint: Mentioned only in Luke 10:38-42 ; and John 11, 12, sqq. The ...
- Martial, Saint: Bishop of Limoges in the third century. We have no accurate ...
- Martiall, John: (Or MARSHALL) Born in Worcestershire 1534, died at Lille, 3 ...
- Martianay, Jean: Born 30 Dec., 1647, at Saint-Sever-Cap, Diocese of Aire ; died ...
- Martianus Capella: Roman writer of Africa who flourished in the fifth century. ...
- Martigny, Joseph-Alexander: Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b. at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; ...
- Martin: Benedictine Abbot of the Schottenkloster of Vienna, b. about ...
- Martin I, Pope Saint: Martyr, born at Todi on the Tiber, son of Fabricius ; ...
- Martin II, Pope: Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a ...
- Martin IV, Pope: (Simon de Brie). Born at the castle of Montpensier in the ...
- Martin of Braga: (Bracara; or, of Dumio). Bishop and ecclesiastical writer; ...
- Martin of Leon, Saint: A priest and canon regular of the Augustinians ; b. at Leon ...
- Martin of Tours, Saint: Bishop; born at Sabaria (today Steinamanger in German, or ...
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