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• Noah: [Hebrew Nôah , "rest"; Greek Noah ; Latin Noah ]. ...
• Noah's Ark: The Hebrew name to designate Noah's Ark, the one which occurs ...
• Noailles, Louis-Antoine de: Cardinal and bishop, b. at the Château of ...
• Nobili, Robert de': Born at Montepulciano, Tuscany, September, 1577; died at ...
• Noble, Daniel: Physician, b. 14 Jan., 1810; d. at Manchester, 12 Jan, 1885. He ...
• Nocera: DIOCESE OF NOCERA (NUCERINENSIS) Diocese in Perugia, ...
• Nocera dei Pagani: (NUCERIN PAGANORUM; dei Pagani ="of the Pagans") Diocese ...
• Nocturns: ( Nocturni or Nocturna ). A very old term applied to ...
• Nogaret, Guillaume de: Born about the middle of the thirteenth century at St. ...
• Nola: (NOLANA) Diocese ; suffragan of Naples. The city of Nola in ...
• Nola, Giovanni Marliano da: Sculptor and architect, b., it is said, of a leather merchant ...
• Nolasco, Saint Peter: Born at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, near Castelnaudary, France, in ...
• Nollet, Jean-Antoine: Physicist, b. at Pimpré, Oise, France, 19 November, ...
• Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism: These terms are used to designate the theories that have been ...
• Nomination: The various methods of designating persons for ecclesiastical ...
• Nomocanon: (From the Greek nomos , law, and kanon , a rule) A ...
• Non Expedit: ("It is not expedient"). Words with which the Holy See ...
• Non-Jurors: The name given to the Anglican Churchmen who in 1689 refused ...
• Nonantola: A former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius , six ...
• Nonconformists: A name which, in its most general acceptation, denotes those ...
• None: This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. ...
• Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien: Controversialist; b. in Besançon, 29 July, 1711; d. ...
• Nonnus: Nonnus, of Panopolis in Upper Egypt (c. 400), the reputed ...
• Norbert, Saint: Born at Kanten on the left bank of the Rhine, near Wesel, c. ...
• Norbertines: (C ANONICI R EGULARES P RÆMONSTRATENSES ). ...
• Norcia: (NORSIN). A diocese and city in Perugia, Italy, often ...
• Norfolk, Catholic Dukes of: (Since the Reformation) Under this title are accounts only of ...
• Noris, Henry: Cardinal, b. at Verona, 29 August, 1631, of English ancestry; ...
• Normandy: An ancient French province, from which five "departments" were ...
• Norris, Sylvester: ( Alias SMITH, NEWTON). Controversial writer and English ...
• Norsemen: The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ...
• North Carolina: One of the original thirteen States of the United States, is ...
• North Dakota: One of the United States of America , originally included in ...
• Northampton: (NORTANTONIENSIS) Diocese in England, comprises the ...
• Northcote, James Spencer: Born at Feniton Court, Devonshire, 26 May, 1821; d. at ...
• Northern Territory: (Prefecture Apostolic) The Northern Territory, formerly ...
• Northmen: The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ...
• Norton, Christopher: Martyr ; executed at Tyburn, 27 May, 1570. His father was ...
• Norway: Norway, comprising the smaller division of the Scandinavian ...
• Norwich, Ancient Diocese of: (NORDOVICUM; NORVICUM). Though this see took its present ...
• Notaries: ( Latin notarius ). Persons appointed by competent ...
• Notburga: Jean-Baptiste Belgian statesman, b. 3 July, 1805, at Messancy, ...
• Notburga, Saint: Patroness of servants and peasants, b. c. 1265 at Rattenberg on ...
• Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste: Jean-Baptiste Belgian statesman, b. 3 July, 1805, at Messancy, ...
• Notitia Dignitatum: (Register of Offices). The official handbook of the civil ...
• Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae: (List of the Provinces and Cities of Africa). A list of the ...
• Notitiae Episcopatuum: The name given to official documents that furnish for Eastern ...
• Notker: Among the various monks of St. Gall who bore this name, the ...
• Noto: (NETEN). Noto, the ancient Netum and after the Saracen ...
• Notoriety, Notorious: ( Latin Notorietas, notorium , from notus , known). ...
• Notre Dame de Montreal, Congregation of: Marguerite Bourgeoys, the foundress, was born at Troyes, ...
• Notre Dame, School Sisters of: A religious community devoted to education. In the United ...
• Notre Dame, Sisters of (of Cleveland, Ohio): A branch of the congregation founded by Blessed Julie Billiart. ...
• Notre Dame, University of: (Full name is the University of Notre Dame du Lac ). Notre ...
• Notre-Dame de Namur, Institute of: Founded in 1803 at Amiens, France, by Bl. Julie Billiart (b. ...
• Notre-Dame de Sion, Congregation of: Religious institute of women, founded at Paris in May 1843, ...
• Nottingham: (NOTTINGHAMIEN) One of the original twelve English dioceses ...
• Nourrisson, Jean-Felix: Philosopher, b. at Thiers, Department of Puy-de-Dôme, 18 ...
• Nova Scotia: I. GEOGRAPHY Nova Scotia is one of the maritime provinces of ...
• Novara: (NOVARIENSIS). A diocese and the capital of the province ...
• Novatianism: Novatian was a schismatic of the third century, and founder ...
• Novatus, Saint: St. Novatus, who is mentioned on 20 June with his brother, the ...
• Novello, Blessed Agostino: (Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth ...
• Novena: (From novem , nine.) A nine days' private or public ...
• Novice: I. DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS The word novice , which among ...

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