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• Meagher, Thomas Francis: Soldier, politician, b. at Waterford, Ireland, 3 August, 1823; ...
• Meath: (MIDENSIS). Diocese in Ireland, suffragan of Armagh. In ...
• Meaux: (Melsa). A Cistercian abbey about four miles east of ...
• Meaux, Diocese of: (MELDENSIS.) Meaux comprises the entire department of Seine ...
• Mecca: Mecca, the capital of Arabia and the sacred city of the ...
• Mechanism: There is no constant meaning in the history of philosophy for ...
• Mechitar: (MECHITHAR, MEKHITAR, MCHITAR or MOCHTOR, a word which means ...
• Mechitarists: Armenian Benedictines, founded by Mechitar in 1712. In its ...
• Mechlin: ( Latin MECHLINIA; French MALINES; MECHLINIENSIS). ...
• Mechtel, Johann: Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near Trier (Germany); d. after ...
• Mechtild of Magdeburg: A celebrated medieval mystic, b. of a noble family in ...
• Mechtilde, Saint: (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA). Benedictine; born in 1240 or ...
• Mecklenburg: A division of the German Empire, consists of the two Grand ...
• Medaille, Jean Paul: Jesuit missionary; b. at Carcassonne, the capital of the ...
• Medal of Saint Benedict: A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in ...
• Medal, Miraculous: The devotion commonly known as that of the Miraculous Medal owes ...
• Medals, Devotional: A medal may be defined to be a piece of metal, usually in the ...
• Medardus, Saint: Bishop of Noyon, b. at Salency (Oise) about 456; d. in his ...
• Medea: A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Heraclea. This name ...
• Medellín: (MEDELLENSIS). Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, ...
• Media and Medes: ( Medía, Mêdoi ). An ancient country of Asia ...
• Mediator (Christ as Mediator): The subject will be treated under the following heads: (1) ...
• Medices, Hieronymus: (DE MEDICIS) Illustrious as a scholastic of acumen and ...
• Medici, Catherine de': Born 13 April, 1519; died 5 January, 1589. She was the daughter ...
• Medici, House of: A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired ...
• Medici, Maria de': Queen of France ; b. at Florence, 26 April, 1573; d. at ...
• Medicine and Canon Law: In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, ...
• Medicine, History of: The history of medical science, considered as a part of the ...
• Medina, Bartholomew: Dominican theologian, b. at Medina, 1527; d. at Salamanca, ...
• Medina, Juan de: Theologian ; born 1490; died 1547; he occupied the first rank ...
• Medina, Miguel de: Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, ...
• Medrano, Francisco: A Spanish lyric poet, b. in Seville, not to be confounded with ...
• Medulic, Andras: A Croatian painter and engraver, called by Italian authors ...
• Meehan, Charles Patrick: Irish historical writer and translator, b. in Dublin, 12 ...
• Megara: A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. The city, ...
• Megarians: The Megarian School is one of the imperfectly Socratic ...
• Mehrerau: Formerly a Benedictine, now a Cistercian Abbey ; situated on ...
• Meignan, Guillaume-René: Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, French apologist and ...
• Meilleur, Jean-Baptiste: French Canadian physician and educator, b. at St. Laurent, ...
• Meinwerk, Blessed: Tenth Bishop of Paderborn, d. 1036: Meinwerk (Meginwerk) was ...
• Meissen: A former see of north-east Germany. The present city of ...
• Meissonier, Ernest: French painter, b. at Lyons 21 February, 1815; d. at Paris, ...
• Meléndez Valdés, Juan: Spanish poet and politician, b. at Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) ...
• Melancthon, Philipp: Collaborator and friend of Luther, born at Bretten (in ...
• Melania (the Younger), Saint: Born at Rome, about 383; died in Jerusalem, 31 December, 439. ...
• Melbourne: Archdiocese of Melbourne (Melburnen) Located in the state ...
• Melchers, Paul: Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 6 Jan., 1813, at ...
• Melchisedech: [Gr. Melchisedek , from the Hebrew meaning "King of ...
• Melchisedechians: A branch of the Monarchians, founded by Theodotus the banker. ...
• Melchites: (Melkites). ORIGIN AND NAME Melchites are the people of ...
• Meletius of Antioch: Bishop, b. in Melitene, Lesser Armenia ; d. at Antioch, 381. ...
• Meletius of Lycopolis: Meletius, Bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt, gave his name to a ...
• Melfi and Rapolla: DIOCESE OF MELFI AND RAPOLLA (MELPHIENSIS ET RAPOLLENSIS) ...
• Meli, Giovanni: Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, 4 March, 1740, d. 20 Dec., 1815. ...
• Melia, Pius: Italian theologian, b. at Rome, 12 Jan., 1800; d. in London, ...
• Melissus of Samos: A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at Samos ...
• Melitene: The residence of an Armenian Catholic see, also a titulary ...
• Melito, Saint: Bishop of Sardis, prominent ecclesiastical writer in the ...
• Melk, Abbey and Congregation of: (MOLCK, MELLICUM). Situated on an isolated rock commanding ...
• Melkites: (Melkites). ORIGIN AND NAME Melchites are the people of ...
• Melleray: (MELLEARIUM) Melleray, situated in Brittany ...
• Mellifont Abbey: Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, ...
• Mellitus, Saint: Bishop of London and third Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 24 ...
• Melo: Located in Uruguay. It was decided in 1897 to erect two sees ...
• Melos: A titular see, suffragan of Naxos in the Cyclades. The name ...
• Melozzo da Forlí: An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at Forlì, ...
• Melrose Abbey: The Abbey of Melrose, located in in Roxburghshire, founded in ...
• Melrose, Chronicle of: (CHRONICA DE MAILROS) It opens with the year 735, ends ...
• Melzi, Francesco: Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a mysterious ...
• Memberton: Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the ...
• Membre, Zenobius: Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he ...
• Memling, Hans: Flemish painter, b. about 1430-35; d. at Bruges 11 August, ...
• Memorial Brasses: Just when memorial brasses first came into use is not known; the ...
• Memory: (Latin memoria ) Memory is the capability of the mind, ...
• Memphis: Ancient capital of Egypt ; diocese of the province of Arcadia ...
• Men of Understanding: (HOMINES INTELLIGENTIAE). Name assumed by a heretical sect ...
• Menéndez y Pelayo, Marcelino: Poet, historian and literary critic, b. at Santander, Spain, ...
• Mena, Juan de: Spanish poet, born 1411 at Cordova ; died 1456 at ...
• Menaion: ( menaîon from mén, "month") The Menaion is ...
• Menas, Saint: Martyr under Diocletian, about 295. According to the Greek ...
• Mencius: (Latinized form of Chinese MENG-TZE, i.e. MENG THE SAGE). ...
• Mendíburu, Manuel de: Born at Lima, 29 October, 1805; died 21 January, 1885. He was ...
• Mendaña de Neyra, Alvaro de: A Spanish navigator and explorer, born in Saragossa, 1541; ...
• Mende: (MIMATENSIS) This diocese includes the department of ...
• Mendel, Mendelism: Gregor Johann Mendel (the first name was taken on entrance to ...
• Mendes de Silva, João: Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, ...
• Mendicant Friars: Mendicant Friars are members of those religious orders ...
• Mendieta, Jerónimo: A Spanish missionary; born at Vitoria, Spain, 1525; died in ...
• Mendoza, Diego Hurtade de: A Spanish diplomat and writer, and one of the greatest ...
• Mendoza, Francisco Sarmiento de: A Spanish canonist and bishop ; b. of a noble family at ...
• Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de: Cardinal and Primate of Spain, b. at Guadalajara, 3 May, ...
• Meneses, Osorio Francisco: Spanish painter, b. at Seville, 1630; d. probably in the same ...
• Menestrier, Claude-François: Antiquarian, b. at Lyons, 9 March, 1631; d. at Paris, 21 ...
• Menevia: (MENEVENSIS) Menevia is said to be derived from Menapia ...
• Mengarini, Gregario: Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of ...
• Mengs, Anthon Rafael: A Bohemian painter, usually regarded as belonging to the ...
• Mennas: Patriarch of Constantinople from 536 to 552. Early in 536 ...
• Mennonites: A Protestant denomination of Europe and America which arose ...
• Menochio, Giovanni Stefano: Jesuit biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, 4 ...
• Menologium: Although the word Menologium (in English also written ...
• Menominee Indians: A considerable tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock, formerly ...
• Mensa, Mensal Revenue: ( Latin, Mensa, table). The Latin word mensa has for ...
• Mensing, John: (MENSINGK) A theologian and celebrated opponent of ...

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• Mental Reservation: The name applied to a doctrine which has grown out of the common ...
• Mentelin, Johannes: (MENTEL) Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German ...
• Menzini, Benedetto: Priest and poet, b. at Florence, 1646; d. at Rome, 7 Sept., ...
• Mercadé, Eustache: French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century. The dates of ...
• Mercedarians: (Order of Our Lady of Mercy). A congregation of men founded ...
• Mercier, Louis-Honoré: A French Canadian statesman, b. 15 October, 1840, at ...
• Mercuriali, Geronimo: Better known by his Latin name Mercurialis; famous philologist ...
• Mercy, Brothers of Our Lady of: Founded at Mechlin in 1839 by Canon J.B. Cornelius Scheppers ...
• Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of: Mercy as it is here contemplated is said to be a virtue ...
• Mercy, Sisters of: A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in ...
• Mercy, Sisters of, of St. Borromeo: Originally a pious association of ladies formed in 1626 for ...
• Meredith, Edward: English Catholic controversialist, b. in 1648, was a son of ...
• Merici, Saint Angela: Foundress of the Ursulines, born 21 March, 1474, at Desenzano, ...
• Merit: By merit ( meritum ) in general is understood that property ...
• Mermillod, Gaspard: Bishop of Lausanne and cardinal, born at Carouge, ...
• Merneptah I: (1234?-1214 B.C.), the fourth king of the nineteenth Egyptian ...
• Mersenne, Marin: French theologian, philosopher, and mathematician; b. 8 ...
• Mesa: (Greek Mosá ; Moabite Stone, ms‘ ; Hebrew, ...
• Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Armenia: Created by Gregory XVI on 17 Dec., 1832. Mgr. Trioche, ...
• Mesrob: (Also called MASHTOTS) One of the greatest figures in ...
• Messalians: ( Praying folk; participle Pa'el of the Aramaic word meaning ...
• Messene: A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. Under this ...
• Messias: (Or Messias .) The Greek form Messias is a ...
• Messina: (MESSINENSIS) Located in Sicily. The city is situated, in ...
• Messina, Antonello da: Born at Messina, about 1430; died 1497. After studying for ...
• Messingham, Thomas: An Irish hagiologist, born in the Diocese of Meath, and ...
• Metalwork in the Service of the Church: From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and ...
• Metaphrastes, Symeon: ( Sumeòn ’o metaphrástes ). The ...
• Metaphysics: I. The Name. II. The Definition. III. The Rejection of ...
• Metastasio, Pietro: Italian poet, b. at Rome, 1698; d. at Vienna, 1782. Of ...
• Metcalfe, Edward: Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a martyr of charity at Leeds, 7 ...
• Metellopolis: A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor. The ...
• Metempsychosis: (Greek meta empsychos , Latin metempsychosis : French ...
• Metham, Thomas: A knight, confessor of the Faith ; died in York Castle, ...
• Methodism: A religious movement which was originated in 1739 by John Wesley ...
• Methodius and Cyril, Saints: (Or CONSTANTINE and METHODIUS). These brothers, the Apostles ...
• Methodius I: Patriarch of Constantinople (842-846), defender of images ...
• Methodius of Olympus, Saint: Bishop and ecclesiastical author, date of birth unknown; ...
• Methuselah: One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in Genesis 5. The word ...
• Methymna: A titular see in the island of Lesbos. It was once the second ...
• Metrophanes of Smyrna: A leader of the faithful Ignatian bishops at the time of the ...
• Metropolis: A titular episcopal see and suffragan of Ephesus. Strabo ...
• Metropolitan: Metropolitan , in ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever ...
• Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von: Statesman; born at Coblenz, 15 May, 1773; died at Vienna, 11 ...
• Metz: A town and bishopric in Lorraine. I. THE TOWN OF METZ In ...
• Meun, Jean Clopinel de: (Or MEUNG.) French poet, b. c. 1260 in the little city of ...
• Mexico: GEOGRAPHY The Republic of Mexico is situated at the extreme ...
• Mexico, Archdiocese of: (MEXICANA.) Boundaries The boundaries of the Diocese of ...
• Mezger, Francis, Joseph, and Paul: Three brothers, learned Benedictines of the monastery of St. ...
• Mezzofanti, Giuseppe: A cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, born 19 September, ...

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