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• Ribadeneira, Pedro de: (Or RIBADENEYRA and among Spaniards often RIVADENEIRA) ...
• Ribas, Andrés Pérez De: A pioneer missionary, historian of north-western Mexico; born at ...
• Ribe, Ancient See of, in Denmark (Jutland): (RIPAE, RIPENSIS.) The diocese (29 deaneries, 278 ...
• Ribeirao Preto: (DE RIBERAO PRETO) A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of ...
• Ribera, Jusepe de: Called also SPAGNOLETTO, L'ESPAGNOLET (the little Spaniard) ...
• Ricardus Anglicus: Ricardus Anglicus, Archdeacon of Bologna, was an English ...
• Riccardi, Nicholas: A theologian, writer and preacher; born at Genoa, 1585; died ...
• Ricci, Lorenzo: General of the Society of Jesus b. at Florence, 2 Aug., 1703; ...
• Ricci, Matteo: Founder of the Catholic missions of China, b. at Macerata ...
• Riccioli, Giovanni Battista: Italian astronomer, b. at Ferrara 17 April, 1598; d. at ...
• Rice, Edmund Ignatius: Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian ...
• Rich, St. Edmund: Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, ...
• Richard: A Friar minor and preacher, appearing in history between 1428 ...
• Richard de Bury: Bishop and bibliophile, b. near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, ...
• Richard de la Vergne, François-Marie-Benjamin: Archbishop of Paris, born at Nantes, 1 March, 1819; died in ...
• Richard de Wyche, Saint: Bishop and confessor, b. about 1197 at Droitwich, ...
• Richard Fetherston, Blessed: Priest and martyr ; died at Smithfield, 30 July, 1540. He ...
• Richard I, King Of England: Richard I, born at Oxford, 6 Sept, 1157; died at Chaluz, ...
• Richard of Cirencester: Chronicler, d. about 1400. He was the compiler of a chronicle ...
• Richard of Cornwall: (RICHARD RUFUS, RUYS, ROSSO, ROWSE). The dates of his ...
• Richard of Middletown: (A MEDIA VILLA). Flourished at the end of the thirteenth ...
• Richard of St. Victor: Theologian, native of Scotland, but the date and place of his ...
• Richard Thirkeld, Blessed: Martyr ; b. at Coniscliffe, Durham, England ; d. at York, 29 ...
• Richard Whiting, Blessed: Last Abbot of Glastonbury and martyr, parentage and date ...
• Richard, Charles-Louis: Theologian and publicist; b. at Blainville-sur-l'Eau, in ...
• Richardson, Ven. William: ( Alias Anderson.) Last martyr under Queen Elizabeth; b. ...
• Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duke de: Cardinal ; French statesman, b. in Paris, 5 September, 1585; ...
• Richmond, Diocese of: (RICHMONDENSIS.) Suffragan of Baltimore, established 11 ...
• Ricoldo da Monte di Croce: (PENNINI.) Born at Florence about 1243; d. there 31 October, ...
• Riemenschneider, Tillmann: One of the most important of Frankish sculptors, b. at Osterode ...
• Rienzi, Cola di: (i.e., NICOLA, son of Lorenzo) A popular tribune and ...
• Rieti: (REATINA). Diocese in Central Italy, immediately subject ...
• Rievaulx, Abbey of: (RIEVALL.) Thurston, Archbishop of York, was very anxious ...
• Riffel, Caspar: Historian, b. at Budesheim, Bingen, Germany, 19 Jan., 1807, d. ...
• Rigby, John, Saint: English martyr ; b. about 1570 at Harrocks Hall, Eccleston, ...
• Rigby, Nicholas: Born 1800 at Walton near Preston, Lancashire; died at Ugthorpe, ...
• Right: Right, as a substantive (my right, his right), designates the ...
• Right of Exclusion: (Latin Jus Exclusivæ . The alleged competence of ...
• Right of Option: In canon law an option is a way of obtaining a benefice or a ...
• Right of Voluntary Association: I. LEGAL RIGHT A voluntary association means any group of ...
• Rimbert, Saint: Archbishop of Bremen - Hamburg, died at Bremen 11 June, ...
• Rimini: DIOCESE OF RIMINI (ARIMINUM). Suffragan of Ravenna. Rimini ...
• Rimini, Council of: The second Formula of Sirmium (357) stated the doctrine of ...
• Rimouski: DIOCESE OF RIMOUSKI (SANCTI GERMANI DE RIMOUSKI) Suffragan of ...
• Ring of the Fisherman, The: The earliest mention of the Fisherman's ring worn by the popes ...
• Rings: Although the surviving ancient rings, proved by their devices, ...
• Rinuccini, Giovanni Battista: Born at Rome, 1592; d. at Fermo, 1653; was the son of a ...
• Rio Negro: Prefecture Apostolic in Brazil, bounded on the south by a line ...
• Rio, Alexis-François: French writer on art, b. on the Island of Arz, Department of ...
• Riobamba: Diocese of (Bolivarensis), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, ...
• Rioja, Francisco de: A poet, born at Seville, 1583; died at Madrid, 1659. Rioja ...
• Ripalda, Juan Martínez de: Theologian, b. at Pamplona, Navarre, 1594; d. at Madrid, 26 ...
• Ripatransone: (RIPANENSIS). Diocese in Ascoli Piceno, Central Italy. The ...
• Ripon, Marquess of: George Frederick Samuel Robinson, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., F.R.S., ...
• Risby, Richard: Born in the parish of St. Lawrence, Reading, 1489; executed ...
• Rishanger, William: Chronicler, b. at Rishangles, Suffolk, about ú d. after ...
• Rishton, Edward: Born in Lancashire, 1550; died at Sainte-Ménehould, ...
• Rita of Cascia, Saint: Born at Rocca Porena in the Diocese of Spoleto , 1386; died at ...
• Rites: I. NAME AND DEFINITION Ritus in classical Latin in means ...
• Rites in the United States: Since immigration from the eastern portion of Europe and ...
• Ritschlianism: Ritschlianism is a peculiar conception of the nature and scope ...
• Ritter, Joseph Ignatius: Historian, b. at Schweinitz, Silesia, 12 April, 1787; d. at ...
• Ritual: The Ritual ( Rituale Romanum ) is one of the official books ...
• Ritualists: The word "Ritualists" is the term now most commonly employed to ...
• Rivington, Luke: Born in London, May, 1838; died in London, 30 May, 1899; ...
• Rizal, José Mercado: Filipino hero, physician, poet, novelist, and sculptor ; b. at ...

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