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• Ruadhan, Saint: One of the twelve "Apostles of Erin" ; died at the monastery ...
• Ruben: (REUBEN.) A proper name which designates in the Bible : (1) ...
• Rubens, Peter Paul: Eminent Flemish painter, b. at Siegen, Westphalia, 28 June, ...
• Rubrics: I. IDEA Among the ancients, according to Columella, Vitruvius, ...
• Rubruck, William: (Also called William of Rubruck and less correctly Ruysbrock, ...
• Rudolf of Fulda: Chronicler, d. at Fulda, 8 March, 862. In the monastery of ...
• Rudolf of Habsburg: German king, b. 1 May 1218; d. at Speyer, 15 July, 1291. He was ...
• Rudolf of Rüdesheim: Bishop of Breslau, b. at Rüdesheim on the Rhine, about ...
• Rudolf von Ems: [Hohenems in Austria ]. A Middle High German epic poet of ...
• Rueckers, Family of: Famous organ and piano-forte builders of Antwerp. Hans ...
• Ruffini, Paolo: Physician and mathematician, b. at Valentano in the Duchy of ...
• Rufford Abbey: A monastery of the Cistercian Order, situated on the left ...
• Rufina, Saints: The present Roman Martyrology records saints of this name ...
• Rufinus, Saint: The present Roman Martyrology records eleven saints named ...
• Rufus, Saint: The present Roman Martyrology records ten saints of this ...
• Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, Juan de: Spanish dramatic poet, b. at Mexico City, about 1580; d. at ...
• Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio: One of the most distinguished pioneers of the original Jesuit ...
• Ruiz de Montoya, Diego: Theologian, b. at Seville, 1562; d. there 15 March, 1632. He ...
• Rule of Faith, The: The word rule ( Latin regula , Gr. kanon ) means a ...
• Rule of St. Augustine: The title, Rule of Saint Augustine , has been applied to ...
• Rule of St. Benedict: This work holds the first place among monastic legislative ...
• Rumania: A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, situated between the Black ...
• Rumohr, Karl Friedrich: Art historian, b. at Dresden, 1785; d. there, 1843. He became ...
• Rupe, Alanus de: ( Sometimes DE LA ROCHE). Born about 1428; died at Zwolle ...
• Rupert, Saint: (Alternative forms, Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, ...
• Rusaddir: A titular see of Mauritania Tingitana. Rusaddir is a ...
• Rusicade: A titular see of Numidia. It is mentioned by Ptolemy (IV, 3), ...
• Ruspe: Titular see of Byzacena in Africa, mentioned only by Ptolemy ...
• Russell, Charles: (BARON RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN). Born at Newry, Ireland, 10 ...
• Russell, Charles William: Born at Killough, Co. Down, 14 May, 1812; died at Dublin 26 ...
• Russell, Richard: Bishop of Vizéu in Portugal, b. in Berkshire, 1630; d. ...
• Russia: GEOGRAPHY Russia ( Rossiiskaia Imperiia; Russkoe Gosudarstvo ...
• Russia, The Religion of: A. The Origin of Russian Christianity There are two theories ...
• Russian Language and Literature: The subject will be treated under the following heads, viz. ...
• Rusticus of Narbonne, Saint: Born either at Marseilles or at Narbonnaise, Gaul; died 26 ...
• Ruth, Book of: One of the proto-canonical writings of the Old Testament, which ...
• Ruthenian Rite: There is, properly speaking, no separate and distinct rite for ...
• Ruthenians: (Ruthenian and Russian: Rusin , plural Rusini ) A ...
• Rutter, Henry: ( vere BANISTER) Born 26 Feb., 1755; died 17 September, ...
• Ruvo and Bitonto: (RUBENSIS ET BITUNTINENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Bari, ...
• Ruysbroeck, Blessed John: Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, ...
• Ruysch, John: Astronomer, cartographer, and painter, born at Utrecht about ...

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