Volume Y in the Catholic Encyclopedia

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Yahweh

The proper name of God in the Old Testament ; hence the Jews called it the name by ...

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Yakima Indians

A Shahaptian tribe formerly dwelling on the banks of the Columbia, the Wénatchee, and ...

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Yamasee Indians

A tribe of Muskhogean stock, mentioned frequently in the history of South Carolina, residing ...

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Yaqui Indians

A tribe of Cahita stock, formerly dwelling near the Rio Yaqui, and now dispersed throughout ...

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Yazoo Indians

A small tribe formerly living on the lower course of Yazoo River, Mississippi, in close ...

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Yellow Knives

A sub-arctic Déné tribe, called the Copper Indians by Hearne and other early English ...

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Yom Kippur

( Hebrew Yom Hakkippurim . Vulgate, Dies Expiationum , and Dies Propitiationis — ...

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York, Ancient See of

(EBORACENSIS). The seat of metropolitan jurisdiction for the northern province. It is not ...

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York, Cardinal of

Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, ...

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York, Use of

It was a received principle in medieval canon law that while as regards judicial matters, as ...

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Youghal

The Wardenship of Youghal, in the Diocese of Cloyne, was founded by Thomas, Eighth Earl of ...

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Young Men's Institute

A Catholic fraternal organization, founded on 4 March, 1883, at San Francisco, California. The ...

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Youville, Marie-Marguérite d'

( née Dufrost de Lajemmerais). Foundress of the Gray Nuns, or Sisters of Charity, ...

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Ysambert, Nicolas

Theologian, born at Orléans in 1565 of 1569; died at Paris, 14 May, 1642. He studied ...

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Yucatán, Archdiocese of

(YUCATANENSIS). Located in the Republic of Mexico ; Campeche and Tabasco are its ...

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Yukon, Prefecture Apostolic of

Occupies the extreme northwestern portion of the Dominion of Canada. It extends from 54 degrees ...

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Yun-nan

The Mission of Yun-nan includes the whole Province of Yun-nan which is situated in the ...

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Yuracaré Indians

A Bolivian tribe living between Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba in the wooded regions ...

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Yves of Chartres, Saint

(YVO, YVES). One of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the Investiture ...

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