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• Ubaghs, Casimir: Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at ...
• Ubaldus, Saint: Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents at ...
• Ubanghi: (UPPER FRENCH CONGO.) Vicariate Apostolic ; formerly part ...
• Ubanghi, Belgian: In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, from the ...
• Ubanghi-Chari: Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa, lies west of the ...
• Uberaba: (DE UBERABA.) Suffragan diocese of Marianna, in Brazil, ...
• Ubertino of Casale: Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of Vercelli, 1259; ...
• Ubiquitarians: Also called Ubiquists , a Protestant sect started at the ...
• Ucayali: (SAN FRANCISCO DE UCAYALI.) Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. ...
• Uccello: Painter, born at Florence, 1397; died there, 1475. His real ...
• Udine: (UTINENSIS) The city of Udine, the capital of a province and ...
• Ugento: (UXENTIN) The city of Ugento, with its small harbour, is ...
• Ughelli, Ferdinando: Historian, born at Florence, 21 March, 1595; died 19 May, ...
• Uhtred: (Also spelled: Uhtred or Owtred ), an English Benedictine ...
• Ujejski, Cornelius: Polish poet, born at Beremiany, Galicia, 1823; died at ...
• Ulenberg, Kaspar: Convert, theological writer and translator of the Bible , ...
• Ulfilas: (Also: Ulphilas ), apostle of the Goths, missionary, ...
• Ullathorne, William Bernard: English Benedictine monk and bishop, b. at Pocklington, ...
• Ullerston, Richard: Born in the Duchy of Lancaster, England ; d. in August or ...
• Ulloa, Antoine de: Naval officer and scientist, born at Seville, Spain, 12 Jan., ...
• Ulloa, Francisco de: Died 1540. It is not known when he came to Mexico nor if he ...
• Ulrich of Bamberg: (Udalricus Babenbergensis), a cleric of the cathedral church ...
• Ulrich of Richenthal: Chronicler of the Council of Constance , date of birth ...
• Ulrich of Zell: (Wulderic; called also of Cluny, and of Ratisbon ), born at ...
• Ulrich, Saint: Bishop of Augsburg, born at Kyburg, Zurich, Switzerland, in ...
• Ultan of Ardbracca: St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, Ireland, was the maternal uncle of St. ...
• Ultramontanism: A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism, because ...
• Unam Sanctam: (Latin the One Holy , i.e. Church ), the Bull on papal ...
• Unclean and Clean: The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to ...
• Unction, Extreme: A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give ...
• Ungava: A Canadian territory lying north of the Province of Quebec, ...
• Uniformity Acts: These statutes, passed at different times, were vain efforts ...
• Unigenitus: A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, ...
• Union of Brest: Brest -- in Russian, Brest-Litovski; in Polish, Brzesc; in the ...
• Union of Christendom: The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most ...
• Unions of Prayer: A tendency to form unions of prayer among the faithful has ...
• Unitarians: A Liberal Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive tenet ...
• Unitas Fratrum: (MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or UNITAS FRATRUM). DEFINITION AND ...
• United States of America, The: BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the ...
• Unitive Way: The word state is used in various senses by theologians and ...
• Unity: The marks of the Church are certain unmistakeable signs, or ...
• Universalists: A Liberal Protestant sect -- found chiefly in North America -- ...
• Universals: The name refers on the one hand to the inclination towards ...
• Universe: Universe (or "world") is here taken in the astronomical sense, ...
• Universe, Relation of God to the: 1. Essential Dependence of the Universe on God (Creation and ...
• Universities: The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in ...
• University College (Dublin): A constitutional college of the National University of ...
• Unjust Aggressor: According to the accepted teaching of theologians, it is ...
• Unyanyembe: Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa, separated from ...
• Upper Nile: Vicariate apostolic ; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 ...
• Upper Rhine: Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg ...
• Upsala, Ancient See of: When St. Ansgar, the Apostle of the North, went to Sweden in ...
• Upsala, University of: The oldest and most celebrated university of Sweden. Even ...
• Uranopolis: A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in Galatia ...
• Urban I, Pope Saint: Reigned 222-30, date of birth unknown; died 23 May, 230. ...
• Urban II, Pope Blessed: (Otho, Otto or Odo of Lagery), 1088-1099, born of a knightly ...
• Urban III, Pope: Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan ; died at Ferrara, 19 ...
• Urban IV, Pope: Reigned 1261-64 (Jacques Pantaléon), son of a French ...
• Urban V, Pope Blessed: Guillaume de Grimoard, born at Grisac in Languedoc, 1310; died ...
• Urban VI, Pope: Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western ...
• Urban VII, Pope: Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected ...
• Urban VIII, Pope: Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, ...
• Urbi et Orbi: The term Urbi et Orbi (which means "for the city and for the ...

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• Urbino: (URBINATENSIS) Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy. The ...
• Urbs beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio: The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh or eighth ...
• Urdaneta, Andrés: Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, ...
• Urgel: (U RGELLENSIS ). Diocese in Spain, suffragan of ...
• Urim and Thummim: The sacred lot by means of which the ancient Hebrews were wont ...
• Urmiah: A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province of Adherbaidjan, ...
• Urráburu, Juan José: Scholastic philosopher, born at Ceanuri, Biscay, 23 May, 1844; ...
• Ursperger Chronicle: A history of the world in Latin that begins with the Assyrian ...
• Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint: Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 at Döle ...
• Ursula, Saint, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins: The history of these celebrated virgins of Cologne rests on ...
• Ursulines of Quebec, The: The Ursuline monastery of Quebec is the oldest institution of ...
• Ursulines, The: A religious order founded by St. Angela de Merici for the ...
• Ursus, Saint: Patron of the principal church of Solothurn (Soleure) in ...
• Urubamba: (MISIONES DE SANTO DOMINGO DE URUBAMBA Y MADRE DE DIOS) This ...
• Uruguay: (REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY). The smallest independent ...
• Uruguayana: (URUGUAYANESIS) Diocese ; suffragan of Porto Alegre, ...
• Ushaw College: (College of St. Cuthbert) A combined college and seminary ...
• Usilla: A titular see of Byzacena in Africa. Nothing is known of the ...
• Usuard, Martyrology of: Usuard was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of ...
• Usury: In the article INTEREST we have reserved the question of the ...
• Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris: The first line of a hymn in honour of St. John the Baptist. ...
• Utah: Utah, the thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its ...
• Uthina: A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. ...
• Utica: A titular see in Africa Proconsularis. The city was founded ...
• Utilitarianism: ( Latin utilis , useful). Utilitarianism is a modern form ...
• Utopia: (Greek ou no or not, and topos place), a term used to ...
• Utraquism: The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the ...
• Utrecht, Archdiocese of: Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of ...

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