Volume Q in the Catholic Encyclopedia

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Quadragesima

( Latin, the fortieth). Quadragesima denotes a season of preparation by fasting and prayer, ...

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Quadratus

The first of the Christian apologists. He is said by Eusebius (Chron. ad ann. Abrah. 2041, 124 ...

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Quakers

The official designation of an Anglo - American religious sect originally styling themselves ...

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Quality

(Greek poistes -- Plato, Aristotle -- poion ; Latin qualitas, quale .) Quality is used, ...

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Quam singulari

A decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, 8 August, 1910, on the age at which ...

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Quamichan Indians

The largest of the numerous small bands attached to Cowichan agency, at the southeast end of ...

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Quantity

(Greek poson ; Latin quantitas , quantum , correlate to tantum ) Aristotle, in his ...

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Quapaw Indians

A tribe now nearly extinct, but formerly one of the most important of the lower Mississippi ...

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Quarantines

"Quarantines" is an expression frequently used in the grants of indulgences, and signifies a strict ...

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Quaresmius, Franciscus

A writer and Orientalist of the seventeenth century, born at Lodi (Lombardy), 4 April, 1583; ...

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Quebec, Archdiocese of

(QUEBECENSIS) The Archdiocese of Quebec, in Canada, comprises the counties of Beauce, ...

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Quebec, The Province of

GEOGRAPHY The province of Quebec occupies mainly the two slopes of the vast basin formed by the ...

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Queen's Daughters

(DAUGHTERS OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, FILIÆ REGINÆ COELI) A religious and charitable ...

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Quelen, Hyacinthe-Louis De

Archbishop of Paris, born at Paris, 8 Oct., 1778; died there 31 Dec., 1839. He was educated ...

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Quem terra, pontus, sidera

An ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin, ascribed to Fortunatus by Thomasius and ...

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Querétaro, Diocese of

(DE QUERETARO) Located in Mexico; suffragan of Michoacan. Its area is that of the state of ...

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Quercia, Jacopo Della

Sculptor, born (it is said) at Quercia Grossa, near Siena, 1374; died 20 October, 1438. His ...

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Quesnel, Pasquier

(PASCHASE) Pasquier Quesnel, born in Paris, 14 July, 1634; died at Amsterdam, 2 December, ...

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Quevedo, Juan de

Franciscan, native of Bejori, Old Castile , Spain ; died at Barcelona, 24 December, 1519. His ...

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Quiñones, Francis

(Quignonez.) Cardinal, born in the Kingdom of Leon, Spain, c. 1482; died at Veroli, Italy, 5 ...

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Quiche

(UTLATECA) The principal aboriginal tribe or nation of Guatemala. They belong to the great ...

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Quichua Indians

Quichua Indians, formerly the dominant people of the Empire of Peru, and still the largest ...

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Quicumque Christum Quærtis

The opening line of the twelfth (in honour of the Epiphany ) and last poem in the ...

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Quierzy, Councils of

(Kierzy, Carisiacum) Several councils were held at Quierzy, a royal residence under the ...

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Quiet, Prayer of

The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by all writers on mystical theology as one of the degrees of ...

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Quietism

Quietism ( Latin quies, quietus , passivity) in the broadest sense is the doctrine which ...

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Quilon, Diocese of

(QUILONENSIS) Diocese of Quilon, in India on the Malabar coast, suffragan of Verapoly, ...

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Quimper, Diocese of

(CORISOPITENSIS) Diocese of Quimper includes the Department of Finistère; as ...

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Quin, Michael Joseph

Originator of the "Dublin Review", born at Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1796; died at ...

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Quinctianus, Saints

(1) Under the date 1 April the present "Roman Martyrology " mentions a saint of this name, ...

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Quinquagesima

(Fiftieth.) The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins with the Sunday before Ash ...

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Quintana, Agustín

Missionary and Indian philologist, born at Antequera, the capital of Oaxaca, Mexico, about 1660; ...

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Quiricus and Julitta

Martyred under Diocletian. The names of these two martyrs, who in the early Church enjoyed a ...

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Quirini, Angelo Maria

(Querini). Cardinal and scholar, born at Venice, 30 March, 1680; died at Brescia, 6 January, ...

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Quirinus, Saints

Several martyrs of this name are mentioned in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" and in the ...

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Quito, Archdiocese of

(QUITENSIS) The city of Quito, formerly known as San Francisco de Quito, capital of the ...

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