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• Seña, Balthasar: Indian missionary and philologist, b. at Barcelona, Spain, ...
• Señan, José Francisco de Paula: Born at Barcelona, Spain, 3 March, 1760; died at Mission San ...
• Seal: The use of a seal by men of wealth and position was common ...
• Seal of Confession, the Law of the: In the "Decretum" of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of ...
• Seattle: DIOCESE OF SEATTLE (SEATTLENSIS). The Diocese of Seattle ...
• Sebaste: A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. ...
• Sebastia: (SIVAS). An Armenian Catholic diocese. The city, which ...
• Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed: Executed at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. A younger son of John ...
• Sebastian, Saint: Roman martyr ; little more than the fact of his martyrdom ...
• Sebastopolis: A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebastia. The ...
• Sebenico: (SIBINICENSIS). Suffragan of Zara. Sebenico was the seat ...
• Secchi, Angelo: Astronomer, b. at Reggio in Emilia, Italy, 18 June, 1818; d. 26 ...
• Sechelt Indians: (Properly SICIATL). A small tribe speaking a distinct ...
• Sechnall, Saint: (Secundinus.) Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at ...
• Seckau: DIOCESE OF SECKAU (SECOVIENSIS) Diocese in Styria, ...
• Secret: The Secret ( Latin Secreta, sc. oratio secreta ) is the ...
• Secret, Discipline of the: (Latin Disciplina Arcani ; German Arcandisciplin ). A ...
• Sect and Sects: I. ETYMOLOGY AND MEANING The word "sect" is not derived, as is ...
• Secular Clergy: ( Latin clerus sæcularis ) In the language of ...
• Secularism: A term used for the first time about 1846 by George Jacob ...
• Secularization: ( Latin sæcularizatio ) Secularization, an ...
• Sedgwick, Thomas: Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557, rector of ...
• Sedia Gestatoria: The Italian name of the portable papal throne used on certain ...
• Sedilia: (Plural of Latin sedile , a seat.) The name given to ...
• Seduction: ( Latin seducere , to lead aside or astray) Seduction is ...
• Sedulius: Christian poet of the fifth century. The name of Cælius, ...
• Sedulius Scotus: An Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator, who ...
• Seekers: An obscure Puritan sect which arose in England in the ...
• Seelos, Francis X.: Born at Füssen, Bavaria, 11 January, 1819; died at New ...
• Seerth: Seerth, a Chaldean see, appears to have succeeded the See of ...
• Seghers, Charles John: Bishop of Vancouver Island (today Victoria ), Apostle of ...
• Segneri, Paolo: Italian Jesuit, preacher, missionary, ascetical writer, b. at ...
• Segni: (SIGNINSIS). Located in the Province of Rome. The city, ...
• Segorbe: (Also CASTELLÓN DE LA PLANA; SEGOBIENSIS; ...
• Segovia: DIOCESE OF SEGOVIA (SEGOVIENSIS, SEGOVIAE). Diocese in ...
• Sehna, Diocese of: (SIHNAH or SEHANENSIS). A Chaldean see, governed by a ...
• Seidl, Johann Gabriel: Poet, author of the present Austrian national hymn, b. at ...
• Seitz, Alexander Maximilian: Painter, b. at Munich, 1811; d. at Rome, 1888. He studied ...
• Sejny, Diocese of: (AUGUSTÓWO; SEJNESIS, or AUGUSTOVIENSIS). A diocese ...
• Sekanais: (Or more properly, Tshé-'kéh-ne, "People on the ...
• Seleucia Pieria: Titular metropolis of Syria Prima. The city was founded near ...
• Seleucia Trachea: Metropolitan see of Isauria in the Patriarchate of Antioch. ...
• Seleucians: A Gnostic sect who are said to have flourished in Galatia. ...
• Seleucids: The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by ...
• Self-Defense: Ethically the subject of self-defense regards the right of a ...
• Selgas y Carrasco, José: Poet and novelist, b. at Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 1824; d. at ...
• Selge: A titular see in Pamphylia Prima, suffragan of Side. Situated ...
• Selinus: A titular see in Isauria, near the Gulf of Adalia. Selinus, ...
• Selvaggio, Giulio Lorenzo: Canonist and archaeologist, b. at Naples, 10 August, 1728; d. ...
• Selymbria: A titular see in Thracia Prima, suffragan of Heraclea. ...
• Sem: ( Hebrew "name", "fame", "renown"; in Septuagint, Sem ; ...
• Semiarians and Semiarianism: A name frequently given to the conservative majority in the ...
• Seminary, Ecclesiastical: I. TERMINOLOGY The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, ...
• Semipelagianism: A doctrine of grace advocated by monks of Southern Gaul at ...
• Semites: The term Semites is applied to a group of peoples closely ...
• Semitic Epigraphy: Semitic epigraphy is a new science, dating only from the past ...
• Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp: Physician and discoverer of the cause of puerperal fever, b. ...
• Semmes, Raphael: Naval officer, b. in Charles County, Maryland, U.S.A. 27 ...
• Senan, Saint: Bishop and confessor, b. at Magh Lacha, Kilrush, Co. Clare, ...
• Seneca Indians: The westernmost and largest of the five tribes of the celebrated ...
• Senefelder, Aloys: Principally known as the inventor of lithography, b. at Prague, ...
• Senegambia: (SENEGAMBLE). Vicariate Apostolic, to which is joined the ...
• Sennen and Abdon, Saints: (Variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, ...
• Sens: (S ENONIS ) Archdiocese comprising the Department of the ...
• Sens, Councils of: A number of councils were held at Sens. The first, about 600 or ...
• Sentence: (Latin sententia , judgment). In canon law, the decision ...
• Sept-Fons, Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu: Located in the Diocese of Moulins in France, it was founded ...
• Septimius Severus: Founder of the African dynasty of Roman emperors, b. at Leptis ...
• Septuagesima: ( Latin septuagesima , the seventieth). Septuagesima is ...
• Septuagint Version: The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into ...
• Sepulchre, Holy: Holy Sepulchre refers to the tomb in which the Body of Jesus ...
• Sequence or Prose: I. DEFINITION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Sequence ( Sequentia ...
• Serajevo, Archdiocese of: (SERAIUM). The healthy growth of the Church in Bosnia ...
• Seraphic Crown: ( Or Seraphic Rosary.) A Rosary consisting of seven ...
• Seraphim: The name, a Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special ...
• Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint: Born at Montegranaro, 1540; died at Ascoli, 12 October 1604. ...
• Seraphina Sforza, Blessed: Born at Urbino about 1434; died at Pesaro, 8 September, ...
• Serapion, Saint: Bishop of Antioch (190-211). Known principally through his ...
• Serena, Diocese of La: (De Serena, Serenopolitana). Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo ...
• Sergeant, John: Born at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; died in 1710, ...
• Sergeant, Ven. Richard: English martyr, executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1586. He was ...

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• Sergiopolis: A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of ...
• Sergius and Bacchus: Martyrs, d. in the Diocletian persecution in Coele-Syria about ...
• Sergius I, Pope Saint: (Reigned 687-701), date of birth unknown; consecrated ...
• Sergius II, Pope: Date of birth unknown; consecrated in 844, apparently in ...
• Sergius III, Pope: Date of birth unknown; consecrated 29 Jan., 904; d. 14 April, ...
• Sergius IV, Pope: Date of birth unknown; consecrated about 31 July, 1009; d. 12 ...
• Seripando, Girolamo: Italian theologian and cardinal, b. at Troja (Apulia), 6 May, ...
• Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George: Born at Beauvais, 5 April, 1730; died at Rome, 24 September, ...
• Serpieri, Alessandro: Born at S. Giovanni in Marignano, near Rimini, 31 Oct., 1823; ...
• Serra, Junípero: Born at Petra, Island of Majorca, 24 November, 1713; died at ...
• Serrae: Titular metropolitan see in Macedonia, more correctly ...
• Servants of Mary (Order of Servites): This order was founded on the feast of the Assumption, 1233 ...
• Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament: An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien ...
• Servia: (S ERBIA ) A European kingdom in the north-western ...
• Servites, Order of: (SERVANTS OF MARY). The Order of Servites is the fifth ...
• Servus servorum Dei: (SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD.) A title given by the ...
• Sessa-Aurunca: (SUESSANA). Diocese in Campania, Province of Caserta ...
• Sestini, Benedict: Astronomer, mathematician, b. at Florence, Italy, 20 March, ...
• Setebo Indians: A considerable tribe of Panoan linguistic stock formerly ...
• Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann: Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the ...
• Seton, William: Author, b. in New York, 28 Jan., 1835; d. there, 15 Mar., 1905. ...
• Settignano, Desiderio da: Born at Settignano, Tuscany, 1428; died at Florence, 1463. He ...
• Settlement, Act of (Irish): In 1662 an act was passed by the Irish Parliament, the ...
• Seven Deacons: The seven men elected by the whole company of the original ...
• Seven Robbers: (Septem Latrones), martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) ...
• Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, The: The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a man ...
• Seven-Branch Candlestick: One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the Tabernacle ...
• Severian: Bishop of Gabala in Syria, flourished in the fourth and ...
• Severinus, Pope: The date of his birth is not known. He was consecrated ...
• Severus Sanctus Endelechus: Christian rhetorician and poet of the fourth century. It is ...
• Severus, Alexander: Roman emperor, b. at Acco in Palestine, 208, murdered by his ...
• Seville: ARCHDIOCESE OF SEVILLE (HISPALENSIS). Archdiocese in Spain, ...
• Seville, University of: In the middle of the thirteenth century the Dominicans, in ...
• Sexagesima: ( Latin sexagesima , sixtieth) is the eighth Sunday before ...
• Sexburga, Saint: Died about 699. Her sisters, Sts. Ethelburga and Saethrid, were ...
• Sext: I. MEANING, SYMBOLISM, AND ORIGIN The hora sexta of the ...
• Sexton: (Old English Sexestein, sextein , through the French ...

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