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In the year 180 six Christians were condemned to death by the sword, in the town of Scillium, by Vigellius Saturninus, Proconsul of Africa. The Acts of their martyrdom are of special interest, as being the most ancient Acts we possess for the Roman Province of Africa. Their trial is also notable among the trials of early martyrs inasmuch as the accused were not subjected to torture. The dialogue between the Proconsul and the martyrs shows that the former entertained no prejudices against the Christians. He exhorts them to comply with the law, and when they decline he suggests that they take time to think on the subject. The Christians quietly assure him that their minds are made up, whereupon he pronounces sentence: "Whereas Speratus, Nartallus, Cittimus, Donata, Vestia, Secunda have affirmed that they live after the fashion of the Christians, and when offered a remand to return to the manner of life of the Romans, persisted in their contumacy, we sentence them to perish by the sword".

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Marcellina, Saint Saint Marcellina The only sister of St. Ambrose of Milan , b. about 330-5; d. about 398. She was older than St. ...
Marcellinus Comes Marcellinus Comes Latin chronicler of the sixth century. He was an Illyrian by birth, but spent his life at the ...
Marcellinus of Civezza, O.F.M. Marcellinus of Civezza (In the world PITRO RANISE) Modern Franciscan author, born at Civezza in Liguria, Italy, 29 ...
Marcellinus, Flavius Flavius Marcellinus Date of birth unknown; died 12 September, 413. He was a high official ( tribunus et notarius ) ...
Marcellinus, Pope Pope St. Marcellinus Date of birth unknown; elected 30 June, 296; died 304. According to the "Liber Pontificalis" he ...
Marcello, Benedetto Benedetto Marcello Born in Venice in 1696; died at Brescia in July, 1739. Marcello's life was a strange mixture of ...
Marcellus I, Saint, Pope Pope St. Marcellus I His date of birth unknown; elected pope in May or June, 308; died in 309. For some time after ...
Marcellus II, Pope Pope Marcellus II (MARCELLO CERVINI DEGLI SPANNOCHI) Born 6 May, 1501, at Montepulciano in Tuscany ; died 6 ...
Marcellus of Ancyra Marcellus of Ancyra One of the bishops present at the Councils of Ancyra and of Nicaea, a strong opponent of ...
March, Auzias Auzias March A Catalan poet, b. perhaps in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, at Valencia ; d. there ...
Marchand, Jean Baptiste Jean Baptiste Marchand Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician College of Montreal and missionary of ...
Marchant, Peter Peter Marchant A theologian, b. at Couvin, a village in the principality of Liège, in 1585; d. at ...
Marchesi, Pompeo Pompeo Marchesi A Lombard sculptor of the neoclassic school, born at Saltrio, near Milan, 7 August, 1790; ...
Marchi, Giuseppe Giuseppe Marchi An archeologist, born at Tolmezzo near Udine, 22 Feb., 1795; died at Rome, 10 Feb., 1860. He ...
Marcian Marcian (M ARCIANUS, Markiânos ) Roman Emperor at Constantinople, b. in Thrace about 390; d. ...
Marciane Marciane A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra. It figures in the "Notitiae episcopatuum" from ...
Marcianopolis Marcianopolis A titular see in Lower Maesia, on the right bank of the Danube, so called by Trajan after his ...
Marcionites Marcionites Heretical sect founded in A.D. 144 at Rome by Marcion and continuing in the West for 300 ...
Marco Polo Marco Polo Traveller; born at Venice in 1251; died there in 1324. His father Nicolo and his uncle Matteo, ...
Marcopois Marcopolis A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Edessa. The native name of this city is not known, ...
Marcosians Marcosians A sect of Valentinian Gnostics, founded by Marcus and combated at length by Irenaeus (Haer. ...
Marcoux, Joseph Joseph Marcoux A missionary among the Iroquois, b. in Canada, 16 March, 1791; d. there 29 May, 1855. He was ...
Marcus Marcus The name of three leading Gnostics. I. The founder of the Marcosians and elder contemporary ...
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died 17 March, 180. HIS EARLY LIFE ...
Marcus Diadochus Marcus Diadochus ( Markos ho diadochos ) An obscure writer of the fourth century of whom nothing is known but ...
Marcus Eremita Marcus Eremita ( Markos ho eremites , or monachos , or asketes ). A theologian and ascetic writer ...
Marcus, Pope Saint Pope St. Mark Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death of Pope ...
Mardin Mardin A residential Armenian archbishopric, a Chaldean bishopric, and a residential Syrian bishopric ...
Marenco Carlo and Leopoldo Marenco (1) Carlo Italian dramatist, born at Cassolo (or Cassolnuovo) in Piedmont in 1800; died at ...
Marenzio, Luca Luca Marenzio Musical composer, born in 1550 at Coccaglia, near Brescia ; died at Rome 1599. His chief legacy ...
Margaret Clitherow, Saint St. Margaret Clitherow Martyr, called the "Pearl of York", born about 1556; died 25 March 1586. She was a daughter of ...
Margaret Colona, Blessed Blessed Margaret Colona Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 September, 1284. Her parents died in ...
Margaret Haughery Margaret Haughery Margaret Haughery, "the mother of the orphans ", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, ...
Margaret Mary, Saint St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born ...
Margaret of Cortona, Saint St. Margaret of Cortona A penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born at Laviano in Tuscany in 1247; died at ...
Margaret of Hungary, Blessed Blessed Margaret of Hungary Daughter of King Bela I of Hungary and his wife Marie Laskaris, born 1242; died 18 Jan., 1271. ...
Margaret of Lorraine, Blessed Blessed Margaret of Lorraine Duchess d'Alencon, religious of the order of Poor Clares, born in 1463 at the castle of ...
Margaret of Savoy, Blessed Blessed Margaret of Savoy Marchioness of Montferrat, born at Pignerol in 1382; died at Alba, 23 November, 1464. She was the ...
Margaret of Scotland, Saint Saint Margaret of Scotland Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward "Outremere", or "the Exile", by ...
Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament Carmelite nun, b. in Paris, 6 March, 1590; d. there 24 May, 1660. She was the second daughter of ...
Margaret Pole, Blessed Blessed Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury, martyr ; b. at Castle Farley, near Bath, 14 August, 1473; martyred at ...
Margaret, Saint St. Margaret Virgin and martyr ; also called M ARINA ; belonged to Pisidian Antioch in Asia Minor, where ...
Margaritae Margaritae (DECRETI DECRETORUM DECRETALIUM). The canonists of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries who ...
Margil, Antonio Antonio Margil Born at Valencia, Spain, 18 August, 1657; died at Mexico, 6 Aug., 1726. He entered the ...
Margotti, Giacomo Giacomo Margotti A Catholic publicist, born 11 May, 1823; died 6 May, 1887. He was a native of San Remo, where ...
Maria de Agreda Marie de Agreda (Or, according to her conventual title, Maria of Jesus) A discalced Franciscan nun ; born ...
Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress, born 1717; died ...
Maria-Laach Maria-Laach (Abbatia Beatæ Marle Virginis ad lacum, or Beatæ Marle lacensis) A Benedictine ...
Mariales, Kantes Kantes Mariales A Dominican, born about 1580; died at Venice in April, 1660. He was of a noble Venetian ...
Marian Priests Marian Priests This term is applied to those English priests who being ordained in or before the reign of ...
Mariana Mariana Archdiocese of Mariana (Marianensis). Mariana, situated in the centre of Minas Geraes, the ...
Mariana Islands Mariana Islands The Marianas Archipelago (also called the Ladrone Islands) is a chain of fifteen islands in the ...
Mariana, Juan Juan Mariana Author and Jesuit, b. at Talavern, Toledo, Spain, probably in April, 1536; d. at Toledo, 16 ...
Mariannhill, Congregation of the Missionaries of Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill Mariannhill is located in Natal, near Pinetown, 15 miles from Durban, and 56 from ...
Marianus of Florence Marianus of Florence A Friar Minor and historian, born at Florence about the middle of the fifteenth century, exact ...
Marianus Scotus Marianus Scotus There were two Irish scholars of this name who attained distinction in the eleventh century. Both ...
Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Queen of France. Born at Vienna, 2 November, 1755; executed in Paris, 16 October, 1793. She was ...
Marie Christine of Savoy, Blessed Bl. Marie Christine of Savoy Born at Cagliari, Sardinia, 14 November, 1812; died at Naples, 31 January, 1836. She was the ...
Marie de France Marie de France A French poetess of the twelfth century. She has this trait in common with the other ...
Marie de l'Incarnation, Blessed Bl. Marie de l'Incarnation Known also as Madame Acarie, foundress of the French Carmel, born in Paris, 1 February, 1566; died ...
Marie de l'Incarnation, Venerable Ven. Marie de l'Incarnation (In the world, MARIE GUYARD). First superior of the Ursulines of Quebec , born at Tours, ...
Marienberg Marienberg A Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of St. Joseph near Mals, Tyrol (in Vintschau). The ...
Marignolli, Giovanni de' Giovanni De' Marignolli Born at Florence about 1290; place and date of death unknown. When quite a youth he received the ...
Marina Marina (DE MARINIS) The name of an ancient and noble family of the Republic of Genoa, distinguished ...
Marina, Saint St. Margaret Virgin and martyr ; also called M ARINA ; belonged to Pisidian Antioch in Asia Minor, where ...
Marini, Luigi Gaetano Luigi Gaetano Marini A natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archeologist, born at Sant' Orcangelo (pagus ...
Marinus I, Pope Pope Marinus I (882-884) There is reason for believing that Marinus I was elected on the very day of the ...
Marinus II, Pope Pope Marinus II Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a cardinal of the title of St. ...
Mariotte, Edme Edme Mariotte French physicist, b. at Dijon, France, about 1620; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1684. His residence was ...
Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints Sts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum All martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who belonged to the Persian nobility, ...
Marisco, Adam de Adam de Marisco (or ADAM MARSH) A Franciscan who probably came from the county of Somerset, but the date ...
Mariscotti, Saint Hyacintha St. Hyacintha Mariscotti A religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi; born 1585 of a noble ...
Marius Aventicus, Saint Marius Aventicus (Or AVENTICENSIS) Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and chronicler, born about 530 in the ...
Marius Maximus, Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Marius Maximus Roman historian, lived c. 165-230. No connected account of his life exists, but he is frequently ...
Marius Mercator Marius Mercator Ecclesiastical writer, born probably in Northern Africa about 390; died shortly after 451. In 417 ...
Mark and Marcellian, Saints Sts. Mark and Marcellian Martyred at Rome under Diocletian towards the end of the third century, most likely in 286. ...
Mark of Lisbon Mark of Lisbon (Properly MARCOS DA SILVA). Friar minor, historian, and Bishop of Oporto in Portugal, b. at ...
Mark, Gospel of Gospel of Mark The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Contents, Selection and Arrangement of ...
Mark, Pope Saint Pope St. Mark Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death of Pope ...
Mark, Saint Saint Mark (Greek Markos , Latin Marcus ). It is assumed in this article that the individual ...
Maroni, Paul Paul Maroni Missionary, b. 1 Nov., 1695. He entered the Austrian province of the Jesuits on 27 Oct., 1712, ...
Maronia Maronia A titular see in the province of Rhodopis, suffragan of Trajanopolis. The town is an ancient ...
Maronites Maronites This article will give first the present state of the Maronite nation and Church ; after which ...
Marquesas Islands Marquesas Islands (INSULARUM MARCHESI) Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands, eleven in ...
Marquette (Michigan) Marquette (SAULT STE. MARIE and MARQUETTE, MARIANOPOLITANA ET MARQUETTENSIS) The Diocese comprises the ...
Marquette League Marquette League A society founded in New York, in May, 1904, by Rev. H.G. Ganss, of Lancaster, Pa., with a ...
Marquette University Marquette University Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an outgrowth of Marquette College, which was ...
Marquette, Jacques Jacques Marquette, S.J. Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. in 1636, at Laon, a town in north ...
Marriage Banns Banns of Marriage (Latin bannum , pl. bann-a,-i from an Old English verb, bannan , to summon). In ...
Marriage, Civil Civil Marriage "Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of ...
Marriage, History of History of Marriage The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, contract, formality, or ceremony by which ...
Marriage, Mixed Mixed Marriage (Latin Matrimonia mixta ). Technically, mixed marriages are those between Catholics and ...
Marriage, Moral and Canonical Aspect of Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage Marriage is that individual union through which man and woman by their reciprocal rights ...
Marriage, Mystical Mystical Marriage In the Old and the New Testament , the love of God for man, and, in particular His relations ...
Marriage, Putative Putative Marriage Putative (Latin, putativus supposed) signifies that which is commonly thought, reputed, or ...
Marriage, Ritual of Ritual of Marriage The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony, as it stands in the "Rituale Romanum" ...
Marriage, Sacrament of Sacrament of Marriage That Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons ) is really a sacrament of ...
Marriage, Validation of Validation of Marriage Validation of marriage may be effected by a simple renewal of consent when its nullity arises ...
Marryat, Florence Florence Marryat Novelist and actress, b. 9 July, 1838, at Brighton, England ; d. 27 October 1899, in London, ...
Marseilles Marseilles Diocese of Marseilles (Massiliensis), suffragan of Aix, comprises the district of Marseilles in ...
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (Vicariate Apostolic.) These islands, a German possession since 1885, lying in the Pacific ...
Marshall, Thomas William Thomas and Arthur Marshall Controversial writer, b. 1818; d. at Surbiton, Surrey, 14 Dec., 1877. He was son of John Marshall, ...
Marsi Marsi (MARSORUM.) Diocese in the province of Aquila, Central Italy, with its seat at Pescina. With ...
Marsico Nuovo and Potenza Marsico Nuovo and Potenza (MARSICENSIS ET POTENTINA) Suffragan diocese of Salerno. Marsico Nuevo is a city of the ...
Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando, Count de Luigi Ferdinando, Count de Marsigli Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at Bologna 10 July, 1658; d. at Bologna 1 Nov., 1730. He ...
Marsilius of Padua Marsilius of Padua Physician and theologian, b. at Padua about 1270; d. about 1342. Contrary to the assertion of ...
Martène, Edmond Edmond Martene An historian and liturgist, born 22 December, 1654, at Saint-Jean-de-Losne near Dijon ; died 20 ...
Martín, Enrico Enrico Martin Date and place of birth unknown; d. in Mexico in 1632. According to some he was of Spanish ...
Martel, Charles Charles Martel Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural son of Pepin of ...
Martha, Maris, Audifax, and Abachum, Saints Sts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum All martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who belonged to the Persian nobility, ...
Martha, Saint St. Martha Mentioned only in Luke 10:38-42 ; and John 11, 12, sqq. The Aramaic form occurs in a ...
Martial, Saint St. Martial Bishop of Limoges in the third century. We have no accurate information as to the origin, ...
Martiall, John John Martiall (Or MARSHALL) Born in Worcestershire 1534, died at Lille, 3 April, 1597. He was one of the six ...
Martianay, Jean Jean Martianay Born 30 Dec., 1647, at Saint-Sever-Cap, Diocese of Aire ; died 16 June, 1717, at Saint ...
Martianus Capella Martianus Capella Roman writer of Africa who flourished in the fifth century. His work is entitled: "De nuptiis ...
Martigny, Joseph-Alexander Joseph-Alexander Martigny Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b. at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d at Belley, 19 August, 1880. He ...
Martin Martin (1400-1464) Benedictine Abbot of the Schottenkloster of Vienna, b. about 1400; d. 28 July, 1464 (29 July ...
Martin I, Pope Saint Pope Saint Martin I Martyr, born at Todi on the Tiber, son of Fabricius ; elected Pope at Rome, 21 July, 649, to ...
Martin II, Pope Pope Marinus II Reigned 942-946; died in April or May, 946. A Roman, and a cardinal of the title of St. ...
Martin IV, Pope Pope Martin IV (Simon de Brie). Born at the castle of Montpensier in the old French province of Touraine at ...
Martin of Braga St. Martin of Braga (Bracara; or, of Dumio). Bishop and ecclesiastical writer; b. about 520 in Pannonia; d. in ...
Martin of Leon, Saint St. Martin of Leon A priest and canon regular of the Augustinians ; b. at Leon in Spain ( Old Castile ) before ...
Martin of Tours, Saint St. Martin of Tours Bishop; born at Sabaria (today Steinamanger in German, or Szombathely in Hungarian ), Pannonia ...
Martin of Troppau Martin of Troppau A chronicler, date of birth unknown; died 1278. His family name was Strebski, and, being by ...
Martin of Valencia, O.F.M. Martin of Valencia (Juan Martin de Boil) Born at Villa de Valencia, Spain, about the middle of the fifteenth ...
Martin V, Pope Pope Martin V (Oddone Colonna) Born at Genazzano in the Campagna di Roma, 1368; died at Rome, 20 Feb., 1431. ...
Martin y Garcia, Luis Luis Martin y Garcia Twenty-fourth General of the Society of Jesus ; born of humble parentage at Melgar de ...
Martin, Felix Felix Martin Antiquary, historiographer, architect, educationist, b. 4 October, 1804, at Auray, seat of the ...
Martin, Gregory Gregory Martin Translator of the Douai Version of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate ; b. in Maxfield, parish ...
Martin, Konrad Konrad Martin Bishop of Paderborn ; b. 18 May, 1812, at Geismar, Province of Saxony ; d. 16 July, 1879, at ...
Martin, Paulin Paulin Martin French Biblical scholar, born at Lacam, Lot, 20 July 1840; died at Amélie-les-Bains, ...
Martina, Saint St. Martina Roman virgin, martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in 228, under the ...
Martini, Antonio Antonio Martini Archbishop of Florence, Biblical scholar; b. at Prato in Tuscany, 20 April, 1720; d. at ...
Martini, Martino Martino Martini (Chinese name Wei ). Distinguished Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Chinese, in the ...
Martini, Simone Simone Martini (Also known as SIMONE DI MARTINO, and as SIMONE MEMMI). Sienese painter, born in Siena, 1283; ...
Martinian and Processus, Saints Sts. Processus and Martinian The dates of these martyrs are unknown. The "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" (ed. De ...
Martinique Martinique (SANCTI PETRI ET ARCIS GALLICAÆ) Diocese ; Martinique is one of the French Lesser ...
Martinov, John John Martinov Born 7 October, 1821; died 26 April, 1894. Having passed through his university course at St. ...
Martinsberg Martinsberg (Or P ANNONHALMA ) An important Benedictine abbey in Hungary about fourteen English miles ...
Martinuzzi, George George Martinuzzi Monk, bishop, cardinal, b. at Kamicac, Dalmatia, 1482; d. 16 December, 1551. His real name was ...
Martyr Martyr The Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge ...
Martyr d'Anghiera, Peter Peter Martyr d'Anghiera Historian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives, b. at Arona, near Anghiera, on ...
Martyrology Martyrology By martyrology is understood a catalogue of martyrs and saints arranged according to the ...
Martyropolis Martyropolis A titular see, suffragan of Amida in the Province of Mesopotamia or Armenia Quarta. It was ...
Martyrs in China Martyrs in China The first Christian martyrs in China appear to have been the missionaries of Ili Bâliq ...
Martyrs, Acts of the Acts of the Martyrs In a strict sense the Acts of the Martyrs are the official records of the trials of early ...
Martyrs, Japanese Japanese Martyrs There is not in the whole history of the Church a single people who can offer to the ...
Martyrs, The Ten Thousand The Ten Thousand Martyrs On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology. On 18 March: ...
Maruthas, Saint Saint Maruthas Bishop of Tagrit or Maypherkat in Mesopotamia, friend of St. John Chrysostom , d. before 420. ...
Mary Anne de Paredes, Blessed Bl. Mary Anne de Paredes Born at Quito, Ecuador, 31 Oct. 1618; died at Quito, 26 May, 1645. On both sides of her family ...
Mary de Cervellione St. Mary de Cervellione (or DE CERVELLO) Popularly styled "de Socos" (of Help). Born about 1230 at Barcelona ; ...
Mary de Sales Chappuis, Venerable Mary de Sales Chappuis (MARIE-THÉRÈSE CHAPPUIS) Belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, ...
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus Of the Third Order of St. Francis , b. at Naples, 25 March, 1715; d. there, 6 October, 1791. ...
Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Saint Saint Mary Magdalen De' Pazzi Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607. Of outward events there were very few in ...
Mary Magdalen, Saint St. Mary Magdalen Mary Magdalen was so called either from Magdala near Tiberias, on the west shore of Galilee, or ...
Mary of Cleophas Mary of Cleophas This title occurs only in John, xix, 25. A comparison of the lists of those who stood at the foot ...
Mary of Egypt, Saint Saint Mary of Egypt Born probably about 344; died about 421. At the early age of twelve Mary left her home and came to ...
Mary of Romans 16:6 Mary of Romans 16:6 Unknown outside of this single verse ( omans 16:6 ). She had "laboured much among" the Roman ...
Mary Queen of Scots Mary Queen of Scots Mary Stuart, born at Linlithgow, 8 December, 1542; died at Fotheringay, 8 February, 1587. She was ...
Mary Tudor Mary Tudor Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558. Mary was the ...
Mary, Blessed Virgin, The The Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the ...
Mary, Children of Children of Mary The Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate owes its origin to the manifestation of the Virgin ...
Mary, Devotion to the Heart of Devotion To the Heart of Mary As in the article on Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus , this subject will be considered ...
Mary, Devotion to the Virgin Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Down to the Council of Nicaea Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be ...
Mary, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century. St.Romanus, the ...
Mary, Little Brothers of Little Brothers of Mary Generally known as Marist School Brothers. This religious teaching institute is modern in its ...
Mary, Missionaries of the Company of Missionaries of the Company of Mary The Company of Mary was founded by Blessed Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1713. As early as ...
Mary, Mother of John Mark Mary the Mother of John Mark Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark ( Acts 12:12 ). We know nothing of her; but from ...
Mary, Name of The Name of Mary (In Scripture and in Catholic use) New Testament, Mariam and sometimes Maria — ...
Mary, Name of The Name of Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. The Hebrew ...
Mary, Society of (Marist Fathers) Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) (Initials S.M.) A religious order of priests, so called on account of the special devotion ...
Mary, Society of, of Paris Society of Mary of Paris This society was founded in 1817 by Very Reverend William Joseph Chaminade at Bordeaux, France. ...
Mary, Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary The tomb of the Blessed Virgin is venerated in the Valley of Cedron, near Jerusalem. Modern ...
Maryland Maryland One of the thirteen English colonies which after the Revolution of 1776 became the original States ...
Masaccio Masaccio (T OMMASO ). Italian painter, born about 1402, at San Giovanni di Valdarno, a stronghold ...
Mascoutens Indians Mascoutens Indians A Wisconsin tribe of Algonquian stock of considerable missionary importance in the seventeenth ...
Masolino da Panicale Masolino Da Panicale Son of Cristoforo Fini; b. in the suburb of Panicale di Valdese, near Florence, 1383; d. c. 1440. ...
Mason, Richard Angelus a S. Francisco Richard Angelus a S. Francisco Mason English — or Irish — Franciscan writer; b. in Wiltshire, 1599; d. at Douai, 30 ...
Masonry Masonry (Freemasonry) The subject is treated under the following heads: I. Name and Definition;II. Origin and Early ...
Maspha Maspha Name of several places in the Bible . The Septuagint transcribes Masphá, Massephá, ...
Massé, Enemond Enemond Masse One of the first Jesuits sent to New France ; born at Lyons, 1574; died at Sillery, l2 May, ...
Mass, Chapter and Conventual Chapter and Conventual Mass As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly every day must also ...
Mass, Liturgy of the Liturgy of the Mass A. Name and Definition The Mass is the complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the ...
Mass, Music of the Music of the Mass Under this heading will be considered exclusively the texts of the Mass (and not, therefore, the ...
Mass, Nuptial Nuptial Mass "Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of ...
Mass, Parochial Parochial Mass The parish is established to provide the parishioners with the helps of religion, especially ...
Mass, Sacrifice of the Sacrifice of the Mass The word Mass ( missa ) first established itself as the general designation for the ...
Massa Candida Massa Candida Under the date 24 August, the "Martyrologium Romanum" records this commemoration: At Carthage, ...
Massa Carrara Massa Carrara DIOCESE OF MASSA CARRARA (MASSENSIS). Diocese in Central Italy (Lunigiana and Garfagnana). ...
Massa Marittima Massa Marittima (MASSANA) Massa Marittima, in the Province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, first mentioned in the ...
Massachusetts Massachusetts One of the thirteen original United States of America . The Commonwealth of Massachusetts covers ...
Massacre, Saint Bartholomew's Day Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the ...
Massaia, Guglielmo Guglielmo Massaia A Cardinal, born 9 June, 1809, at Piova in Piedmont, Italy ; died at Cremona, 6 August, 1889. ...
Masses, Bequests for Bequests For Masses "The efficacy of prayers for the dead ", remarks the Court of Appeals of the State of New York ...
Masses, Bequests for (Canada) Bequest For Masses (Canada) The law governing bequests, being concerned with "property and civil rights ", falls within ...
Masses, Bequests for (England) Bequests For Masses (England) Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for the purposes of ...
Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States) Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls ...
Massillon, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Massillon A celebrated French preacher and bishop ; born 24 June, 1663; died 28 September, 1742. The son ...
Massorah Massorah The textual tradition of Hebrew Bible, an official registration of its words, consonants, vowels ...
Massoulié, Antoine Antoine Massoulie Theologian, born at Toulouse, 28 Oct., 1632; died at Rome, 23 Jan., 1706. At an early age he ...
Massuet, René Rene Massuet Benedictine patrologist, of the Congregation of St. Maur; born 13 August, 1666, at St. Ouen de ...
Massys, Quentin Quentin Massys (MESSYS, METZYS) A painter, born at Louvain in 1466; died at Antwerp in 1530 (bet. 13 July ...
Master of Arts Master of Arts An academic degree higher than that of Bachelor. The conferring of the degree of Master of Arts, ...
Master of Liesborn, The The Master of Liesborn A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar-piece of note in the Benedictine monastery ...
Master of the Sacred Palace Master of the Sacred Palace This office (which has always been entrusted to a Friar Preacher) may briefly be described as ...
Mastrius, Bartholomew Bartholomew Mastrius Franciscan, philosopher and theologian, born near Forli, at Meldola, Italy, in 1602; died 3 ...
Mataco Indians Mataco Indians (Or Mataguayo). A group of wide tribes of very low culture, ranging over a great part of the ...
Mater Mater A titular bishopric in the province of Byzantium, mentioned as a free city by Pliny under the ...
Materialism Materialism As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the ...
Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Second Sunday in October. The object of this feast is to commemorate the dignity of the Mary ...
Mathathias Mathathias The name of ten persons of the Bible , variant in both Hebrew and Greek of Old Testament and in ...
Mathew, Theobald Theobald Mathew Apostle of Temperance, born at Thomastown Castle, near Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland, 10 October, ...
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Mathusala Methuselah One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in Genesis 5. The word is variously given as Mathusale ...
Matilda of Canossa Matilda of Canossa Countess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, and Beatrice, ...
Matilda, Saint St. Matilda Queen of Germany, wife of King Henry I (The Fowler), b. at the Villa of Engern in Westphalia, ...
Matilda, Saint St. Mechtilde (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA). Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ancestral castle of ...
Matins Matins I. NAME The word "Matins" ( Latin Matutinum or Matutinae ), comes from Matuta , the Latin ...
Matricula Matricula A term having several meanings in the field of Christian antiquity. (1) The word is applied ...
Matteo da Siena Matteo Da Sienna (Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo). Painter, born at Borgo San Sepolcro, c. 1435; died 1495. His ...
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Matteo of Aquasparta Matteo of Aquasparta A celebrated Italian Franciscan, born at Aquasparta in the Diocese of Todi , Umbria, about ...
Matter Matter (Greek hyle ; Latin materia ; French matière ; German materie and stoff ), ...
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Matthew of Bassi Matthew of Bassi Founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, the principal branch ...
Matthew of Cracow Matthew of Cracow Renowned scholar and preacher of the fourteenth century, b. at Cracow about 1335, d. at Pisa, 5 ...
Matthew, Gospel of Saint Gospel of St. Matthew I. CANONICITY The earliest Christian communities looked upon the books of the Old Testament as ...
Matthew, Saint St. Matthew Apostle and evangelist. The name Matthew is derived from the Hebrew Mattija , being ...
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Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary, son of Janos Hunyady and Elizabeth Szilagyi of Horogssey, was born at ...
Matthias of Neuburg Matthias of Neuburg Also NEUENBURG (NEOBURGENSIS). Chronicler, born towards the close of the thirteenth century, ...
Matthias, Saint St. Matthias Apostle. The Greek Matthias (or, in some manuscripts, Maththias ), is a name derived ...
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Maurice Maurice (Matricius, Maurikios ). Roman Emperor, born in 539; died in November, 602. He sprang from ...
Maurice, Saint St. Maurice Leader ( primicerius ) of the Theban Legion, massacred at Agaunum, about 287 (286, 297, 302, ...
Maurists, The The Maurists A congregation of Benedictine monks in France, whose history extends from 1618 to 1818. It ...
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Maurus, Saint Saint Maurus Deacon, son of Equitius, a nobleman of Rome, but claimed also by Fondi, Gallipoli, Lavello ...
Maurus, Sylvester Sylvester Maurus Writer on philosophy and theology, b. at Spoleto, 31 Dec., 1619; d. in Rome, 13 Jan., 1687. He ...
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Maxentius, Joannes Joannes Maxentius Joannes Maxentius, leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at Constantinople ...
Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Maxentius Roman Emperor 306-12, son of the Emperor Maximinianus Herculius and son-in-law of the chief ...
Maxfield, Venerable Thomas Ven. Thomas Maxfield ( Vere Macclesfield) English priest and martyr, b. in Stafford gaol, about 1590, martyred ...
Maximianopolis Maximianopolis A titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis. Its ancient name, Adad-Remmon, ...
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Maximilian Maximilian The name of several martyrs. (1) Maximilian of Antioch A soldier, martyred at Antioch, Jan. ...
Maximilian I Maximilian I Duke of Bavaria, 1598-1622, Elector of Bavaria and Lord High Steward of the Holy Roman Empire, ...
Maximinus Thrax Maximinus Thrax Roman Emperor 235-8, son of a Goth and an Alanic mother. When the Emperor Septimius Severus was ...
Maximinus, Caius Valerius Daja Caius Valerius Daja Maximinus Under his uncle Augustus Galerius, the Caesar of Syria and Egypt, from the year 305; in 307 ...
Maximinus, Saint St. Maximinus Bishop of Trier, b. at Silly near Poitiers, d. there, 29 May, 352 or 12 Sept., 349. He was ...
Maximopolis Maximopolis A titular see of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. The true name of the city is Maximianopolis, and ...
Maximus of Constantinople, Saint St. Maximus of Constantinople Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor , born at Constantinople about 580; died in ...
Maximus of Turin, Saint St. Maximus of Turin Bishop and theological writer, b. probably in Rhaetia, about 380; d. shortly after 465. Only ...
Maxwell, William William Maxwell Fifth Earl of Nithsdale (Lord Nithsdale signed as Nithsdaill) and fourteenth Lord Maxwell, b. in ...
Maxwell, Winifred Winifred Maxwell Countess of Nithsdale, d. at Rome, May, 1749. She was the daughter of William, first Marquis of ...
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Mayer, Christian Christian Mayer Moravian astronomer, born at Mederizenhi in Moravia, 20 Aug., 1719, died at Heidelberg, 16 ...
Mayhew, Edward Edward Mayhew Born in 1569; died 14 September, 1625. He belonged to the old English family of Mayhew or Mayow of ...
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Mayo, School of School of Mayo (Irish Magh Eo , which means, according to Colgan, the Plain of the Oaks, and, according to ...
Mayor, John John Mayor (MAJOR, MAIR; also called JOANNES MAJORIS and HADDINGTONUS SCOTUS) A Scotch philosopher and ...
Mayoruna Indians Mayoruna Indians A noted and savage tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, ranging the forests between the Ucayali, the ...
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Mayron, Francis Francis Mayron (DE MAYRONIS) Born about 1280, probably at Mayronnes, Department of Basses-Alpes, he entered ...
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Mazenod, Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod Bishop of Marseilles, and founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, b. at ...
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McCabe, Edward Edward McCabe Cardinal, born in Dublin, 1816; died at Kingstown, 11 February, 1885; he was the son of poor ...
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McCloskey, William George William George McCloskey Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, b. at Brooklyn, N.Y., 10 Nov., 1823; d. 17 September, 1909. He ...
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McMahon, Martin Thomas Martin Thomas McMahon Soldier, jurist; born at Laprairie, Canada, 21 March, 1838; died in New York, 21 April, 1906. His ...
McMaster, James Alphonsus James Alphonsus McMaster An editor, convert, born at Duanesburg, New York, U. S. A., 1 April, 1820; died in Brooklyn, New ...
McQuaid, Bernard John Bernard John McQuaid The first Bishop of Rochester, U. S. A.; born in New York City, 15 December, 1823; died at ...
McSherry, James Jr. James McSherry Jurist, son of the author James McSherry ; born at Frederick, Maryland, 30 December, 1842; died ...
McSherry, James Sr. James McSherry Author; born at LibertyTown, Frederick County, Maryland, 29 July, 1819; died at Frederick City, ...
McSherry, Richard Richard McSherry Physician; born at Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia ), 21 November, 1817; died ...
Meagher, Thomas Francis Thomas Francis Meagher Soldier, politician, b. at Waterford, Ireland, 3 August, 1823; accidentally drowned in the ...
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Meaux Meaux (Melsa). A Cistercian abbey about four miles east of Beverley in the East Riding of ...
Meaux, Diocese of Meaux (MELDENSIS.) Meaux comprises the entire department of Seine and Marne, suffragan of Sens ...
Mecca Mecca Mecca, the capital of Arabia and the sacred city of the Mohammedans, is situated in the district ...
Mechanism Mechanism There is no constant meaning in the history of philosophy for the word Mechanism. Originally, ...
Mechitar Mechitar (MECHITHAR, MEKHITAR, MCHITAR or MOCHTOR, a word which means "Comforter") Mechitar is the name ...
Mechitarists Mechitarists Armenian Benedictines, founded by Mechitar in 1712. In its inception the order was looked upon ...
Mechlin Mechline ( Latin MECHLINIA; French MALINES; MECHLINIENSIS). Archdiocese comprising the two Belgian ...
Mechtel, Johann Johann Mechtel Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near Trier (Germany); d. after 1631, perhaps as late as 1653 at ...
Mechtild of Magdeburg Mechtild of Magdeburg A celebrated medieval mystic, b. of a noble family in Saxony about 1210; d. at the ...
Mechtilde, Saint St. Mechtilde (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA). Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ancestral castle of ...
Mecklenburg Mecklenburg A division of the German Empire, consists of the two Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and ...
Medaille, Jean Paul Jean Paul Medaille Jesuit missionary; b. at Carcassonne, the capital of the Department of Aude, France, 29 ...
Medal of Saint Benedict Medal of Saint Benedict A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict. One ...
Medal, Miraculous Miraculous Medal The devotion commonly known as that of the Miraculous Medal owes its origin to Zoe Labore, a ...
Medals, Devotional Devotional Medals A medal may be defined to be a piece of metal, usually in the form of a coin, not used as money, ...
Medardus, Saint St. Medardus Bishop of Noyon, b. at Salency (Oise) about 456; d. in his episcopal city 8 June, about 545. His ...
Medea Medea A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Heraclea. This name and the modern name (Midieh) are ...
Medellín Medellin (MEDELLENSIS). Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, Metropolitan of Antioquia and ...
Media and Medes Media and Medes ( Medía, Mêdoi ). An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof. The ...
Mediator (Christ as Mediator) Mediator (Christ As Mediator) The subject will be treated under the following heads: (1) Definition of the word mediator; (2) ...
Medices, Hieronymus Hieronymus Medices (DE MEDICIS) Illustrious as a scholastic of acumen and penetration, b. at Camerino in ...
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Medici, House of House of Medici A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a ...
Medici, Maria de' Maria De' Medici Queen of France ; b. at Florence, 26 April, 1573; d. at Cologne, 3 July, 1642. She was a ...
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Medicine, History of History of Medicine The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, ...
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Medina, Juan de Juan de Medina Theologian ; born 1490; died 1547; he occupied the first rank among the theologians of the ...
Medina, Miguel de Miguel de Medina Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, May, 1578. He entered the Franciscan ...
Medrano, Francisco Francisco Medrano A Spanish lyric poet, b. in Seville, not to be confounded with Sebastian Francisco de Medrano ...
Medulic, Andras Andras Medulic A Croatian painter and engraver, called by Italian authors Medola, Medula, Schiavone, Schiaon, ...
Meehan, Charles Patrick Charles Patrick Meehan Irish historical writer and translator, b. in Dublin, 12 July, 1812; d. there 14 March 1890. ...
Megara Megara A titular see, suffragan to Corinth, in Achaia. The city, which was built on an arid strip of ...
Megarians Megarians The Megarian School is one of the imperfectly Socratic Schools, so called because they developed ...
Mehrerau Mehrerau Formerly a Benedictine, now a Cistercian Abbey ; situated on Lake Constance, west of Bregenz, in ...
Meignan, Guillaume-René Guillaume-Rene Meignan Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, French apologist and Scriptural exegete, b. at Chauvigné, ...
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Meinwerk, Blessed Blessed Meinwerk Tenth Bishop of Paderborn, d. 1036: Meinwerk (Meginwerk) was born of the noble family of the ...
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Melancthon, Philipp Philipp Melancthon Collaborator and friend of Luther, born at Bretten (in Unterpfalz, now Baden ), 16 February, ...
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Melchers, Paul Paul Melchers Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 6 Jan., 1813, at Münster, Westphalia ; d. 14 ...
Melchisedech Melchisedech [Gr. Melchisedek , from the Hebrew meaning "King of righteousness (Gesenius)] was King of ...
Melchisedechians Melchisedechians A branch of the Monarchians, founded by Theodotus the banker. (See MONARCHIANS.) Another quite ...
Melchites Melchites (Melkites) (Melkites). ORIGIN AND NAME Melchites are the people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who ...
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Meli, Giovanni Giovanni Meli Sicilian poet, b. at Palermo, 4 March, 1740, d. 20 Dec., 1815. He was the son of a goldsmith of ...
Melia, Pius Pius Melia Italian theologian, b. at Rome, 12 Jan., 1800; d. in London, June 1883. He entered the Society ...
Melissus of Samos Melissus of Samos A Greek philosopher, of the Eleatic School, b. at Samos about 470 B.C. It is probable that he ...
Melitene Melitene The residence of an Armenian Catholic see, also a titulary archbishopric. According to Pliny ...
Melito, Saint St. Melito Bishop of Sardis, prominent ecclesiastical writer in the latter half of the second century. Few ...
Melk, Abbey and Congregation of Abbey and Congregation of Melk (MOLCK, MELLICUM). Situated on an isolated rock commanding the Danube, Melk has been a noted ...
Melkites Melchites (Melkites) (Melkites). ORIGIN AND NAME Melchites are the people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt who ...
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Mellifont Abbey Abbey of Mellifont Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian ...
Mellitus, Saint St. Mellitus Bishop of London and third Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 24 April, 624. He was the leader of ...
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Melos Melos A titular see, suffragan of Naxos in the Cyclades. The name seems to have been derived from a ...
Melozzo da Forlí Melozzo Da Forli An Italian painter of the Umbrian School, b. at Forlì, 1438; d. there 1494. Lanzi's ...
Melrose Abbey Abbey of Melrose The Abbey of Melrose, located in in Roxburghshire, founded in 1136 by King David I, was the ...
Melrose, Chronicle of Chronicle of Melrose (CHRONICA DE MAILROS) It opens with the year 735, ends abruptly in 1270, and is founded solely ...
Melzi, Francesco Francesco Melzi Born at Milan, about 1490; died 1568. He was a mysterious personage. He was a friend of Leonardo ...
Memberton Memberton Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the time of the establishment of the ...
Membre, Zenobius Zenobius Membre Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the Franciscan ...
Memling, Hans Hans Memling Flemish painter, b. about 1430-35; d. at Bruges 11 August, 1494. This date was discovered ...
Memorial Brasses Memorial Brasses Just when memorial brasses first came into use is not known; the earliest existing dated ...
Memory Memory (Latin memoria ) Memory is the capability of the mind, to store up conscious processes, ...
Memphis Memphis Ancient capital of Egypt ; diocese of the province of Arcadia or Heptanomos, suffragan of ...
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Mena, Juan de Juan de Mena Spanish poet, born 1411 at Cordova ; died 1456 at Torrelaguna. Prominent at the court of Juan II ...
Menaion Menaion ( menaîon from mén, "month") The Menaion is the name of the twelve books, one ...
Menas, Saint St. Menas Martyr under Diocletian, about 295. According to the Greek Acts published with Latin translation ...
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Mendíburu, Manuel de Manuel de Mendiburu Born at Lima, 29 October, 1805; died 21 January, 1885. He was educated in the University of S. ...
Mendaña de Neyra, Alvaro de Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra A Spanish navigator and explorer, born in Saragossa, 1541; died in Santa Cruz, Solomon ...
Mende Mende (MIMATENSIS) This diocese includes the department of Lozère, in France. Suffragan of ...
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Mendes de Silva, João Joao Mendes de Silva Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482, began his religious life in ...
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Mendoza, Diego Hurtade de Diego Hurtade de Mendoza A Spanish diplomat and writer, and one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish ...
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Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza Cardinal and Primate of Spain, b. at Guadalajara, 3 May, 1428; d. there, 11 January, 1495. He ...
Meneses, Osorio Francisco Osorio Francisco Meneses Spanish painter, b. at Seville, 1630; d. probably in the same place, 1705. It is extraordinary ...
Menestrier, Claude-François Claude-Francois Menestrier Antiquarian, b. at Lyons, 9 March, 1631; d. at Paris, 21 Jan., 1705. He inherited a taste for ...
Menevia Menevia (MENEVENSIS) Menevia is said to be derived from Menapia , the name of an ancient Roman ...
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Menochio, Giovanni Stefano Giovanni Stefano Menochio Jesuit biblical scholar, b. at Padua, 1575; d. in Rome, 4 Feb., 1655. He entered the Society of ...
Menologium Menologium Although the word Menologium (in English also written Menology and Menologe) has been in some ...
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Mensa, Mensal Revenue Mensa, Mensal Revenue ( Latin, Mensa, table). The Latin word mensa has for its primitive signification "a table ...
Mensing, John John Mensing (MENSINGK) A theologian and celebrated opponent of Luther, born according to some at ...
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Mentelin, Johannes Johannes Mentelin (MENTEL) Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German typographer of the fifteenth ...
Menzini, Benedetto Benedetto Menzini Priest and poet, b. at Florence, 1646; d. at Rome, 7 Sept., 1704. His family being poor, he ...
Mercadé, Eustache Eustache Mercade French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century. The dates of his birth and death are not known. ...
Mercedarians Mercedarians (Order of Our Lady of Mercy). A congregation of men founded in 1218 by St. Peter Nolasco, born ...
Mercier, Louis-Honoré Louis-Honore Mercier A French Canadian statesman, b. 15 October, 1840, at Ibervile, Quebec, of a family of farmers; ...
Mercuriali, Geronimo Geronimo Mercuriali Better known by his Latin name Mercurialis; famous philologist and physician, b. at Forli, 30 ...
Mercy, Brothers of Our Lady of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy Founded at Mechlin in 1839 by Canon J.B. Cornelius Scheppers for the instruction and care of ...
Mercy, Corporal and Spiritual Works of Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy Mercy as it is here contemplated is said to be a virtue influencing one's will to have ...
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Messalians Messalians ( Praying folk; participle Pa'el of the Aramaic word meaning "to pray "). An heretical ...
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Messias Messiah (Or Messias .) The Greek form Messias is a transliteration of the Hebrew, Messiah , ...
Messina Messina (MESSINENSIS) Located in Sicily. The city is situated, in the shape of an amphitheatre, along ...
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Messingham, Thomas Thomas Messingham An Irish hagiologist, born in the Diocese of Meath, and studied in the Irish College, Paris, ...
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Metcalfe, Edward Edward Metcalfe Born in Yorkshire, 1792; died a martyr of charity at Leeds, 7 May, 1847. He entered the ...
Metellopolis Metellopolis A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor. The inscriptions make known a Phrygian town ...
Metempsychosis Metempsychosis (Greek meta empsychos , Latin metempsychosis : French metempsychose : German ...
Metham, Thomas Sir Thomas Metham A knight, confessor of the Faith ; died in York Castle, 1573. He was eldest son of Thomas ...
Methodism Methodism A religious movement which was originated in 1739 by John Wesley in the Anglican Church, and ...
Methodius and Cyril, Saints Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Or CONSTANTINE and METHODIUS). These brothers, the Apostles of the Slavs, were born in ...
Methodius I Methodius I Patriarch of Constantinople (842-846), defender of images during the second Iconoclast ...
Methodius of Olympus, Saint St. Methodius of Olympus Bishop and ecclesiastical author, date of birth unknown; died a martyr, probably in 311. ...
Methuselah Methuselah One of the Hebrew patriarchs, mentioned in Genesis 5. The word is variously given as Mathusale ...
Methymna Methymna A titular see in the island of Lesbos. It was once the second city of the island, and enjoyed ...
Metrophanes of Smyrna Metrophanes of Smyrna A leader of the faithful Ignatian bishops at the time of the Photian schism (867). Baronius ...
Metropolis Metropolis (Titular See) A titular episcopal see and suffragan of Ephesus. Strabo (XIV, 1, 2; XIV, 1, 15), who speaks of ...
Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan , in ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever relates to the metropolis, the ...
Metternich, Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von Prince von Metternich Statesman; born at Coblenz, 15 May, 1773; died at Vienna, 11 June, 1859; son of Count Georg, ...
Metz Metz A town and bishopric in Lorraine. I. THE TOWN OF METZ In ancient times Metz, then known as ...
Meun, Jean Clopinel de Jean Clopinel de Meun (Or MEUNG.) French poet, b. c. 1260 in the little city of Meung-sur-Loire; d. at Paris ...
Mexico Mexico GEOGRAPHY The Republic of Mexico is situated at the extreme point of the North American ...
Mexico, Archdiocese of Mexico (MEXICANA.) Boundaries The boundaries of the Diocese of Mexico were at first not well defined. ...
Mezger, Francis, Joseph, and Paul Francis, Joseph, and Paul Mezger Three brothers, learned Benedictines of the monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg, and professors ...
Mezzofanti, Giuseppe Giuseppe Mezzofanti A cardinal, the greatest of polyglots, born 19 September, 1774; died 15 March, 1849. He was the ...
Miami Indians Miami Indians An important tribe of Algonquian stock formerly claiming prior dominion over the whole of what ...
Michael Cærularius Michael Caerularius ( Keroulários ). Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), author of the second and ...
Michael de Sanctis, Saint St. Michael de Sanctis (DE LOS SANTOS). Born at, Vich in Catalonia, 29 September, 1591; died at Valladolid, 10 ...
Michael O'Loghlen Michael O'Loghlen Born at Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1789; died 1846. Educated at Ennis Academy, and Trinity ...
Michael of Cesena Michael of Cesena (MICHELE FUSCHI) A Friar Minor, Minister General of the Franciscan Order, and theologian, ...
Michael Scotus Michael Scotus (SCOTT or SCOT) A thirteenth century mathematician, philosopher, and scholar. He was born in ...
Michael the Archangel, Saint St. Michael the Archangel ( Hebrew "Who is like God ?"). St. Michael is one of the principal angels ; his name was ...
Michael, Military Orders of Saint Military Orders of St. Michael (1) A Bavarian Order, founded in 1721 by Elector Joseph Clemens of Cologne, Duke of Bavaria, ...
Michaud, Joseph-François Joseph-Francois Michaud Historian, born at Albens, Savoy, 1767; died at Passy, 30 September, 1839. He belonged to an ...
Micheas of Ephraim Micheas of Ephraim Also called Michas. In Hebrew the complete form of the name is Mikhayahu or Mikhayehu ...
Micheas, Book of Book of Micheas Micheas (Hebr. Mikhah; Jeremiah 26:18 : Mikhayah keth.), the author of the book which holds the ...
Micheas, Son of Jemla Micheas, Son of Jemla Also called Michas. In Hebrew the complete form of the name is Mikhayahu or Mikhayehu ...
Michel, Jean Jean Michel A French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century, who revised and enlarged the mystery of the ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, b. at Caprese in the valley of the upper Arno, 6 March, ...
Michelians Michelians A German Protestant sect which derives its name from "Michel", the popular designation of its ...
Michelis, Edward Edward Michelis A theologian, born in St. Mauritz, 6 Feb., 1813; died in Luxemburg, 8 June, 1855. After his ...
Michelozzo di Bartolommeo Michelozzo di Bartolommeo An architect and sculptor, born at Florence circa 1391; died 1472. He exercised a quiet, but ...
Michigan Michigan The State of Michigan is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by Canada, Lake Huron ...
Michoacan Michoacan (MICHOACANENSIS) Located in Mexico, the Diocese of Michoacan was established in 1536 by Pope ...
Mickiewicz, Adam Adam Mickiewicz Born near Novogrodek, Lithuania, 1798; died at Constantinople, 1855. He studied at Novogrodek ...
Micmacs Micmacs ( Souriquois of the early French ) The easternmost of the Algonquin tribes and probably ...
Micrologus Micrologus Either a "synopsis" or a "short explanation", and in the Middle Ages used as an equivalent for ...
Middendorp, Jakob Jakob Middendorp Theologian and historian; b. about 1537 at Oldenzaal, or, according to others, at Ootmarsum, ...
Middle Ages Middle Ages A term commonly used to designate that period of European history between the fall of the Roman ...
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough (MEDIOBURGENSIS) In medieval history it was known as Myddilburga or Middilburga, with many ...
Midianites Madianites (Midianites) (In Authorized Version M IDIANITES ). An Arabian tribe ( Septuagint Madienaîoi ...
Midrashim Midrashim The term commonly designates ancient rabbinical commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures. It is the ...
Midwives Midwives Midwives come under the canon law of the Church in their relation towards two of the sacraments, ...
Migazzi, Christoph Anton Migazzi Cardinal, Prince Archbishop of Vienna, b. 1714, in the Tyrol, d. 14 April, 1803, at Vienna. At ...
Mignard, Pierre Pierre Mignard A French painter, born at Troyes, 7 November, 1612; died at Paris, 30 May, 1695. Though destined ...
Migne, Jacques-Paul Jacques-Paul Migne Priest, and publisher of theological works, born at Saint-Flour, 25 October, 1800; died at Paris, ...
Migration Migration The movement of populations from place to place is one of the earliest social phenomena history ...
Milan Milan (MEDIOLANENSIS) Located in Lombardy, northern Italy. The city is situated on the Orona River, ...
Milde, Vinzenz Eduard Vinzenz Eduard Milde Prince- Archbishop of Vienna, born at Brünn, in Moravia, in 1777; died at Vienna in ...
Miles Gerard, Venerable Ven. Miles Gerard Martyr ; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. Sprung perhaps ...
Miles, George Henry Georgr Henry Miles A dramatist and man of letters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 31 July, 1824; died near ...
Mileto Mileto (MILETENSIS) Located in Calabria, in the province of Reggio, southern Italy. According to ...
Miletopolis Miletopolis A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus. Miletopolis was a town north of Mysia, at ...
Miletus Miletus A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Aphrodisias, in Caria. Situated on the western coast ...
Miletus, Vitus Vitus Miletus (Originally MÜLLER) A Catholic theologian, born at Gmünd, Swabia, 1549; died at ...
Milevum Milevum A titular see of Numidia. In Ptolemy's "Geography", IV, iii, 7, the city is mentioned under the ...
Milic, Jan Jan Milic A pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, born at Kremsier in Moravia, died 29 ...
Military Orders, The The Military Orders Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as religious, ...
Millennium and Millenarianism Millennium and Millenarianism The fundamental idea of millenarianism, as understood by Christian writers, may be set forth ...
Miller, Ferdinand Von Ferdinand von Miller Born at Fürstenfeldbruck, 1813; died at Munich, 1887. He laboured for the development of ...
Millet, Jean-François Jean-Francois Millet French painter ; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, 4 October, 1814; d. at Barbizon, 20 January, 1875. ...
Millet, Pierre Pierre Millet ( Or Milet). A celebrated early Jesuit missionary in New York State, b. at Bourges, ...
Milner, John John Milner Born in London, 14 October, 1752: died at Wolverhampton, 19 April, 1826. At the age of twelve ...
Milner, Venerable Ralph Venerable Ralph Milner Layman and martyr, born at Flacsted, Hants, England, early in the sixteenth century; suffered ...
Milo Crispin Milo Crispin Monk, and cantor of the Benedictine Abbey of Bec ; wrote the lives of five of its abbots : ...
Milopotamos Milopotamos A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Candia. Certain historians and geographers identify ...
Miltiades, Pope Saint Pope St. Miltiades The year of his birth is not known; he was elected pope in either 310 or 311; died 10 or 11 ...
Miltiz, Karl von Karl von Miltiz Papal chamberlain and nuncio, b. about 1480, the son of Sigismund von Miltiz, "Landvogt" of ...
Milwaukee Milwaukee (MILWAUKIENSIS) Established as a diocese, 28 Nov., 1843; became an archbishopric, 12 ...
Mind Mind (Greek nous ; Latin mens , German Geist , Seele ; French ame esprit ). The word ...
Minden Minden Diocese of Minden (former see of Westphalia ). Minden on the Weser is first heard of in ...
Ming, John John Ming A philosopher and writer, born at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, 20 Sept., 1838; died at ...
Minimi Minimi Minimi (or M INIMS ) are the members of the religious order founded by St. Francis of Paula. ...
Minister Minister The term minister has long been appropriated in a distinctive way to the clergy. The language ...
Minkelers, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Minkelers Inventor of illuminating gas; b. at Maastricht, Holland, 1748; d. there 4 July, 1824. At the age ...
Minnesota Minnesota One of the North Central States of the American Union, lies about midway between the eastern and ...
Mino di Giovanni Mino di Giovanni (Called DA FIESOLE.) Born 1431; died 1484. He is inscribed in the "Libro della Matricola" of ...
Minor Minor ( Latin minor ), that which is less, or inferior in comparison with another, the term being ...
Minor Orders Minor Orders ( Latin Ordines Minores ). The lower degrees of the hierarchy are designated by the name of ...
Minorca Minorca (Minoricensis). Suffragan of Valencia, comprises the Island of Minorca, the second in size of ...
Minsk Minsk (MINCENSIS) A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia. The city of Minsk is situated on ...
Mint, Papal Papal Mint The right to coin money being a sovereign prerogative, there can be no papal coins of earlier ...
Minucius Felix Minucius Felix Christian apologist, flourished between 160 and 300; the exact date is not known. His ...
Mirabilia Urbis Romæ Mirabilia Urbis Romae The title of a medieval Latin description of the city of Rome, dating from about 1150. ...
Miracle Miracle (Latin miraculum , from mirari , "to wonder"). In general, a wonderful thing, the word ...
Miracle Plays and Mysteries Miracle Plays and Mysteries These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among Christian ...
Miracles, Gift of Gift of Miracles The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the ...
Miraculous Medal Miraculous Medal The devotion commonly known as that of the Miraculous Medal owes its origin to Zoe Labore, a ...
Miraeus, Aubert Aubert Miraeus (Also called Aubert le Mire). Ecclesiastical historian, born at Brussels, 30 Nov., 1573; died ...
Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della Giovanni Francesco Pico Della Mirandola Italian philosopher, nephew of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, b. about 1469; d. 1533. Though very ...
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola Italian philosopher and scholar, born 24 February, 1463; died 17 November, 1494. He belonged to a ...
Miridite, Abbey of Abbey of Miridite (MIRIDITARUM, or SANCTI ALEXANDRI DE OROSHI). The name of an abbatia nullius in Albania, ...
Miserere Miserere The first word of the Vulgate text of Psalm 1 (Hebrew, li). Two other Psalms (lv and lvi) begin ...
Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of Congregation of the Sisters of Misericorde A congregation of women founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring spiritual and ...
Misocco and Galanca Prefecture Apostolic of Misocco and Calanca (MESAUCINAE ET CALANCAE). This prefecture in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, comprises the ...
Missa Pro Populo Parochial Mass The parish is established to provide the parishioners with the helps of religion, especially ...
Missal Missal (Latin Missale from Missa , Mass), the book which contains the prayers said by the priest ...
Mission Indians (of California) Mission Indians (Of California) A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to ...
Mission, Congregation of Priests of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul. The ...
Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Congregation of Congregation of Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo Founded by John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy (d. 1 June, 1905); approved in ...
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy Amid the many activities to which St. Francis devoted himself, he long had the desire to found a ...
Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle Paulist Fathers Otherwise known as the "Paulist Fathers" A community of priests for giving missions and ...
Missions, California California Missions I. LOWER CALIFORNIA California became known to the world through Hernando Cortés, the ...
Missions, Catholic Catholic Missions The history of Catholic missions would necessarily begin with the missionary labours of Christ, ...
Missions, Catholic Indian, of Canada Catholic Indian Missions of Canada The French discoverers of Canada did not fail to impress the aborigines they met with a vague ...
Missions, Catholic Indian, of the United States Catholic Indian Missions of the United States The spiritual welfare of the native tribes of America was a subject of deep concern to the ...
Missions, Catholic Parochial Catholic Parochial Missions This term is used to designate certain special exertions of the Church's pastoral agencies, ...
Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi, one of the United States of America , takes its name from the Mississippi River ...
Missouri Missouri The State of Missouri was carved out of the Louisiana Territory, and derives its name from the ...
Missouri Test-Oath Missouri Test-Oath In January, 1865, there assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, a "Constitutional Convention" composed ...
Mithraism Mithraism A pagan religion consisting mainly of the cult of the ancient Indo-Iranian Sun-god Mithra. It ...
Mitre Mitre Form, Material, and Use The mitre is a kind of folding-cap. It consists of two like parts, each ...
Mittarelli, Nicola Giacomo Nicola Giacomo Mittarelli (In religion GIAN BENEDETTO) A monastic historian, born 2 September, 1707, at Venice ; ...
Mitylene Mitylene A titulary archbishopric in the island of Lesbos. Inhabitated, first by the Pelasgians, then by ...
Mivart, St. George Jackson St. George Jackson Mivart Corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Member of the Council of ...
Mixe Indians Mixe Indians (Also Mije, Latin Mi-she) A mountain tribe in southern Mexico, noted for their extreme ...
Mixed Marriage Mixed Marriage (Latin Matrimonia mixta ). Technically, mixed marriages are those between Catholics and ...
Mixteca Indians Mixteca Indians (Also Misteca, Latin Mish-te-ka) One of the most important civilized tribes of southern ...
Moab, Moabites Moab, Moabites In the Old Testament, the word Moab designates (1) a son of Lot by his elder daughter ( ...
Mobile Mobile (Alabama) DIOCESE OF MOBILE ( French MOBILE, Spanish MAUBILA, Latin MOBILIENSIS). Suffragan of New ...
Mocissus Mocissus A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia. Procopius (De ædif., V, iv) informs us that this ...
Mocoví Indians Mocovi Indians The name is also written Macobio, Mbocobi, Mocobio. They are a warlike and predatory tribe of the ...
Modalism (Monarchianism) Monarchians Heretics of the second and third centuries. The word, Monarchiani , was first used by Tertullian ...
Modena Modena ARCHDIOCESE OF MODENA (MUTINENSIS) Located in central Italy, between the rivers Secchia and ...
Modernism Modernism Origin of the Word Theory of Theological Modernism The essential error of Modernism ...
Modestus, Vitus, and Crescentia, Saints Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian ; feast, 15 June. The earliest testimony for ...
Modigliana Modigliana DIOCESE OF MODIGLIANA (MUTILIANENSIS) Located in the Province of Florence, in Tuscany. The city ...
Modra Modra A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicæa. The city of Modra figures only in ...
Mohammed and Mohammedism Mohammed and Mohammedanism (Islam) I. THE FOUNDER Mohammed, "the Praised One", the prophet of Islam and the founder of ...
Mohammedan Confraternities Mohammedan Confraternities The countries where Mohammedanism prevails are full of religious associations, more or less ...
Mohileff Mohileff (Mohyloviensis) Latin Catholic archdiocese and ecclesiastical province in Russia. For the ...
Mohr, Christian Christian Mohr Born at Andernach, 1823; died at Cologne, 1888. He practised his profession of sculptor chiefly ...
Mohr, Joseph Joseph Mohr Born at Siegburg, Rhine Province, 11 Jan., 1834; died at Munich, 7 February, 1892. Father Mohr did ...
Moigno, François-Napoléon-Marie Francois-Napoleon-Marie Moigno Physicist and author, b. at Guéméné (Morbihan), 15 April, 1804; d. at ...
Molai, Jacques de Jacques de Molai (DE MOLAY). Born at Rahon, Jura, about 1244; d. at Paris, 18 March, 1314. A Templar at Beaune ...
Molesme, Notre-Dame de Notre-Dame de Molesme A celebrated Benedictine monastery in a village of the same name, Canton of Laignes ...
Molfetta, Terlizzi, and Giovinazzo Molfetta, Terlizzi and Giovinazzo (MELPHICTENSIS, TERLITIENSIS ET JUVENACENSIS) Molfetta is a city of the province of Bari, in ...
Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (Properly, JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN, the name by which he became known to fame having been assumed ...
Molina, Antonio De Antonio de Molina A Spanish Carthusian and celebrated ascetical writer, born about 1560, at Villanueva de los ...
Molina, Juan Ignacio Juan Ignacio Molina (Mol. or Molin). Naturalist and scientist ; b. 20 July, 1740, at Guaraculen near Talca ...
Molina, Luis de Luis de Molina One of the most learned and renown theologians of the Society of Jesus, b. of noble parentage at ...
Molinism Molinism The name used to denote one of the systems which purpose to reconcile grace and free will. This ...
Molinos, Miguel de Miguel de Molinos Founder of Quietism, born at Muniesa, Spain, 21 December, 1640; died at Rome, 28 December, ...
Molitor, Wilhelm Wilhelm Molitor (Pseudonyms, ULRIC RIESLER and BENNO BRONNER) A poet, novelist, canonist and publicist, born at ...
Molloy, Francis Francis Molloy (O'MOLLOY) A theologian, grammarian born in King's County, Ireland, at the beginning of the ...
Molloy, Gerald Gerald Molloy A theologian and scientist, born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 Sept., 1834; died at ...
Molo, Gasparo Gasparo Molo (he wrote his name also MOLA and MOLI) A skilful Italian goldsmith and planisher, chiefly known ...
Moloch Moloch ( Hebrew Molech , king). A divinity worshiped by the idolatrous Israelites. The Hebrew ...
Molokai Molokai An interesting island, one of the North Pacific group formerly known as the Sandwich Islands, or ...
Molyneux, Sir Caryll Sir Caryll Molyneux Baronet of Sefton, and third Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough in Ireland, born 1624; died 1699. He ...
Mombritius, Bonino Bonino Mombritius A philologist, humanist, and editor of ancient writings, born 1424; died between 1482 and 1502. ...
Monaco, Principality and Diocese of Principality and Diocese of Monaco Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, on the skirts of the Turbie and the Tête de Chien ...
Monad Monad (From the Greek monas, monados ). Monad , in the sense of "ultimate, indivisible unit," ...
Monarchia Sicula Monarchia Sicula A right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, ...
Monarchians Monarchians Heretics of the second and third centuries. The word, Monarchiani , was first used by Tertullian ...
Monasteries in Continental Europe, Suppression of Suppression of Monasteries in Europe Under this title will be treated only the suppressions of religious houses (whether monastic in ...
Monasteries in England, Suppression of Suppression of English Monasteries Under Henry VIII From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be ...
Monasteries, Double Double Monasteries Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous ...
Monastery, Canonical Erection of a Canonical Erection of a Monastery A religious house (monastery or convent ) is a fixed residence of religious persons. It supposes, ...
Monasticism Monasticism Monasticism or monachism, literally the act of "dwelling alone" (Greek monos, monazein, monachos ...
Monasticism, Eastern Eastern Monasticism (1) Origin The first home of Christian monasticism is the Egyptian desert. Hither during ...
Monasticism, Pre-Chalcedonian Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the ...
Monasticism, Western Western Monasticism (1) Pre-Benedictine Period The introduction of monasticism into the West may be dated from ...
Moncada, Francisco De Francisco de Moncada Count of Osona, Spanish historian, son of the Governor of Sardinia and Catalonia, born at ...
Mondino dei Lucci Mondino Dei Lucci Mondino (a diminutive for Raimondo; Mundinus) dei Lucci. Anatomist, b. probably at Bologna, ...
Mondoñedo Mondonedo (Latin MONDUMETUM, or MINDON, MINDONIENSIS, also BRITONIENSIS, DUMIENSIS, and VILLABRIENSIS) ...
Mondovi Mondovi DIOCESE OF MONDOVÌ (MONTISREGALIS) Located in Piedmont, province of Cuneo, northern ...
Mone, Franz Franz Mone A historian and archeologist, born at Mingolsheim near Bruchsal, Baden, 12 May, 1796; died at ...
Moneta Moneta (MONETUS) A theologian, born at Cremona, Italy, date unknown; died at Bologna, 1240. He ...
Mongolia Mongolia The name used to designate an immense uneven plateau, part of the Chinese Empire, extending, ...
Mongus, Peter Peter Mongus ( moggos , "stammerer", or "hoarse".) Intruded Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria (d. ...
Monica, Saint Saint Monica Widow ; born of Christian parents at Tagaste, North Africa, in 333; died at Ostia, near Rome, ...
Monism Monism (From the Greek monos , "one", "alone", "unique"). Monism is a philosophical term which, ...
Monita Secreta Monita Secreta A code of instructions alleged to be addressed by Acquaviva, the fifth general of the Society, to ...
Monk Monk A monk may be conveniently defined as a member of a community of men, leading a more or less ...
Monk of Malmesbury, The The Monk of Malmesbury Supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum (Vesp. D. ...
Monogram of Christ Monogram of Christ By the Monogram of Christ is ordinarily understood the abbreviation of Christ's name formed by ...
Monomotapa Monomotapa Whatever may be the etymological meaning of the word Monomotapa , the origin of which is much ...
Monophysites and Monophysitism Monophysites and Monophysitism The history of this sect and of its ramifications has been summarized under E UTYCHIANISM (the ...
Monopoli, Diocese of Monopoli (MONOPOLITANA). A diocese in the Province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. The city has a ...
Monopoly, Moral Aspects of Moral Aspects of Monopoly According to its etymology, monopoly ( monopolia ) signifies exclusive sale, or exclusive ...
Monotheism Monotheism Monotheism (from the Greek monos "only", and theos "god") is a word coined in comparatively ...
Monothelitism and Monothelites Monothelitism and Monothelites (Sometimes written MONOTHELETES, from monotheletai , but the eta is more naturally ...
Monreale Monreale Located in the province of Palermo, Sicily, on the skirts of Mount Caputo. The city is built in a ...
Monroe, James James Monroe A soldier, convert, born in Albemarle county, Virginia, U.S.A. 10 Sept., 1799; died at Orange, ...
Monsabré, Jacques-Marie-Louis Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabre A celebrated pulpit orator, born at Blois, France, 10 Dec., 1827; died at Havre, 21 Feb., ...
Monseigneur Monseigneur (From mon , "my" and seigneur , ("elder" or "lord," like Latin senior ) A French ...
Monsell, William, Baron Emly William Monsell, Baron Emly Born 21 Sept., 1812; died at Tervoe, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 20 April, 1894. His father was ...
Monsignor Monsignor ( Dominus meus; monseigneur , My Lord). As early as the fourteenth century it was the custom ...
Monstrance (Ostensorium) Ostensorium (From ostendere , "to show"). Ostensorium means, in accordance with its etymology, a ...
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de Enguerrand de Monstrelet A French chronicler, born about 1390 or 1395; died in July, 1453. He was most probably a native of ...
Mont-St-Michel Mont-St-Michel A Benedictine Abbey, in the Diocese of Avranches, Normandy, France. It is unquestionably the ...
Montañés, Juan Martínez Juan Martinez Montanes A noted Spanish sculptor of the seventeenth century, died 1649, sometimes called "the Sevillian ...
Montagna, Bartolomeo Bartolomeo Montagna Italian painter, chief representative of the Vicenza School, b. at Orzinuovi about 1450; d. at ...
Montagnais Indians (Chippewayans) Montagnais Indians (Chippewayans) A name given in error to the C HIPPEWAYANS , owing to a fancied resemblance to the ...
Montagnais Indians (Quebec) Montagnais Indians (Quebec) French for "Mountaineers". The collective designation of a number of bands speaking dialects ...
Montaigne, Michel-Eyquen de Michel-Eyquen de Montaigne Writer, b. at the château of Montaigne, in Périgord, France, on 28 Feb., 1533; d. ...
Montalcino Montalcino DIOCESE OF MONTALCINO (ILCINENSIS) Montalcino is a small town about twenty miles from Siena, ...
Montalembert, Charles-Forbes-René Comte de Montalembert CHARLES-FORBES-RENÉ, COMTE DE MONTALEMBERT. Born in London, 15 April, 1810; died in ...
Montalto Montalto DIOCESE OF MONTALTO (MONTIS ALTI) Located in Ascoli Piceno. The situation of the little town ...
Montana Montana The third largest of the United States of America , admitted to the Union 8 November, 1889; ...
Montanists Montanists Schismatics of the second century, first known as Phrygians, or "those among the Phrygians" ( oi ...
Montanus, Benedictus Arias Benedictus Arias Montanus Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la Sierra in ...
Montauban Montauban (MONTIS ALBANI) A suffragan of Toulouse, comprises the entire department of Tarn and Garonne. ...
Montault, Xavier Barbier De Xavier Barbier de Montault Born at Loudun, 6 February, 1830; died at Blaslay, Vienne ( France ), 29 March, 1901. He came of ...
Montboissier, Blessed Peter of Blessed Peter of Montboissier (Better known as PETER THE VENERABLE). Born in Auvergne, about 1092; died at Cluny, 25 ...
Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Louis-Joseph Marquis de Montcalm-Gozon A French general, born 28 Feb., 1712, at Candiac, of Louis-Daniel and Marie-Thérèse ...
Monte Cassino, Abbey of Abbey of Monte Cassino An abbey nullius situated about eighty miles south of Rome, the cradle of the Benedictine ...
Monte Vergine Monte Vergine An abbey in the province of Naples, Italy, near the town of Avellino, commanding a magnificent ...
Montefeltro Montefeltro (FERETRANA) Located in the province of Urbino, in the Marches, Central Italy. The earliest ...
Montefiascone Montefiascone (MONTIS FALISCI) Located in the province of Rome. The city is situated nearly 2000 feet above ...
Montemayor, Jorge De Jorge de Montemayor (MONTEMÔR) A writer, born at Montemôr, province of Coimbra, Portugal, about 1520; ...
Montenegro Montenegro A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea; the territory was in ...
Montepulciano Montepulciano DIOCESE OF MONTEPULCIANO (MONTIS POLITIANI) Diocese in the province of Siena, in Tuscany. The ...
Monterey and Los Angeles Monterey and Los Angeles DIOCESE OF MONTEREY AND LOS ANGELES (MONTEREYENSIS ET ANGELORUM). Comprises that part of the ...
Montes Pietatis Montes Pietatis Montes Pietatius are charitable institutions of credit that lend money at low rates of ...
Montesa, Military Order of Military Order of Montesa This order was established in the Kingdom of Aragon to take the place of the Order of the ...
Montesino, Antonio Antonio Montesino A Spanish missionary, date of birth unknown; died in the West Indies, 1545. Of his early life ...
Montesinos, Luis de Luis de Montesinos Spanish theologian, date and place of birth unknown; d. 7 Oct., 1621. He entered the Dominican ...
Montesqieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Baron de Montesquieu French writer and publicist, b. in the Château de la Brède near Bordeaux, 18 ...
Monteverde, Claudio Claudio Monteverde A distinguished musician, born at Cremona, May, 1567; died at Venice, 29 Nov., 1643. He studied ...
Montevideo Montevideo (MONTISVIDEI) Located in Uruguay, comprises the whole of the republic. This territory was ...
Montfaucon, Bernard de Bernard de Montfaucon French scholar, b. in 1655, at the château de Soulatge, Department of Aude, arrondissement ...
Montfort, Simon de Simon de Montfort An Earl of Leicester, date of birth unknown, died at Toulouse, 25 June, 1218. Simon (IV) de ...
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel Joseph-Michel Montgolfier Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, Department of Ardèche, France, 26 August, 1740; d. ...
Months, Special Devotions for Special Devotions For Months During the Middle Ages the public functions of the Church and the popular devotions of the ...
Montmagny, Charles Huault De Charles Huault de Montmagny The second French Governor of Canada, born in France towards the end of the sixteenth century, ...
Montmirail, John de John de Montmirail (MONTE-MIRABILI) Son of Andrew, Lord of Montmirail and Ferté-Gaucher, and Hildiarde ...
Montmorency, Anne, First Duke of Anne, First Duke of Montmorency Born at Chantilly, 15 March, 1492; died at Paris, 12 November, 1567. He belonged to that family ...
Montor, Alexis-François Artaud De Alexis-Francois Artaud de Montor A diplomat and historian, born at Paris, 31 July, 1772; died at Paris, 12 Nov., 1849. An ...
Montpellier Montpellier The Diocese of Montpellier (Montis Pessulani) comprises the department of Hérault, and is a ...
Montreal, Archdiocese of Montreal Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical Province of Montreal. Suffragans: the Dioceses of ...
Montreuil Montreuil Charterhouse of Notre-Dame-des-Pres, at Montreuil, in the Diocese of Arras, Department of ...
Montreuil Abbey Montreuil Abbey A former convent of Cistercian nuns in the Diocese of Laon, now Soissons, France. Some ...
Montyon, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Robert Auget, Baron de Baron de Montyon Famous French philanthropist; b. at Paris, 23 December, 1733; d. there 29 December, 1820. He was ...
Moore, Arthur Arthur Moore Count, b. at Liverpool, 1849; d. at Mooresfort, Tipperary, Ireland, 1904, was the son of ...
Moore, Michael Michael Moore (Or MOOR) Priest, preacher, and professor, b. at Dublin, Ireland, 1640; d. at Paris, 22 ...
Moore, Thomas Thomas Moore Poet and biographer, b. 28 May, 1779, at Dublin, Ireland ; d. 26 February, 1852, at Devizes, ...
Mopsuestia Mopsuestia A titular see of Cilicia Secunda in Asia Minor and suffragan of Anazarbus. The founding of ...
Moréri, Louis Louis Moreri An encyclopaedist, b. at Bargemont in the Diocese of Fréjus, France, 25 March, 1643, d. at ...
Mor, Antonis Van Dashort Antonis van Dashort Mor (MOOR) Commonly called ANTONIO MORO, or ANTHONIS MORE, a Dutch painter, b. at Utrecht in 1519; ...
Moral Theology Moral Theology Moral theology is a branch of theology, the science of God and Divine things. The distinction ...
Morales, Ambrosio Ambrosio Morales Spanish historian, b. at Cordova, 1513; d. in 1591. After his studies at the University of ...
Morales, Christóbal Christobal Morales A composer, born at Seville, 2 Jan., 1512; died at Málaga, 14 June, 1553. From 1 Sept., ...
Morales, Juan Bautista Juan Bautista Morales Missionary, b. about 1597 at Ecija in Andalusia, Spain ; d. Fu-ning, China, 17 Sept., 1664. He ...
Morales, Luis de Luis de Morales Spanish painter, b. at Badajoz in Estremadura about 1509; d. at Badajoz, 1586. His life was ...
Moralities Moralities (Morality Plays) ( Also: MORALITY PLAYS or MORAL PLAYS). Moralities are a development or an offshoot of the ...
Morality Morality It is necessary at the outset of this article to distinguish between morality and ethics , ...
Moran, Francis Patrick Francis Patrick Cardinal Moran Third Archbishop of Sydney, b. at Leighlinbridge, Ireland, 16 Sept., 1830; d. at Manly, Sydney, ...
Moratín, Leandro Fernandez de Leandro Fernandez de Moratin Spanish poet and playwright, b. at Madrid, 10 March, 1760; at Paris, 21 June, 1828. He is ...
Moravia Moravia ( German MÄHREN). Austrian crown land east of Bohemia. In the century before the Christian ...
Moravian Brethren Bohemian Brethren (MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or UNITAS FRATRUM). DEFINITION AND DOCTRINAL POSITION "Bohemian Brethren" ...
Morcelli, Stefano Antonio Stefano Antonio Morcelli An Italian Jesuit and learned epigraphist; b. 17 January, 1737, at Chiari near Brescia ; d. ...
More, Helen Helen More (DAME GERTRUDE.) Benedictine nun of the English Congregation; b. at Low Leyton, Essex, ...
More, Henry Henry More Great-grandson of the martyred English chancellor ; b., 1586; d. at Watten in 1661. Having ...
More, Thomas, Saint St. Thomas More Saint, knight, Lord Chancellor of England, author and martyr, born in London, 7 February, ...
Morel, Gall Gall Morel Poet, scholar, aesthete, and educationist, b. at St. Fiden, Switzerland, on 24 March, 1803; d. at ...
Morell, Juliana Juliana Morell Dominican nun, b. at Barcelona, Spain, 16 February, 1594; d. at the convent of the Dominican ...
Morelos, José María Jose Maria Morelos Mexican patriot, b. at Valladolid (now called Morelia in his honour ), Mexico, on 30 September, ...
Moreto y Cabaña, Augustine Augustin Moreto y Cabana Spanish dramatist; b. at Madrid, 9 April, 1618, d. at Toledo, 28 Octoher, 1669. He received what ...
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Morgagni Called by Virchow, the "Father of Modern Pathology", a distinguished Italian physician and ...
Morgan, Venerable Edward Venerable Edward Morgan Welsh priest, martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, executed at Tyburn, London, 26 ...
Morghen, Raffaello Raffaello Morghen Italian engraver, b. at Portici, 19 June, 1768 (1761?); d. at Florence, 8 April, 1833. His ...
Moriarty, David David Moriarty Bishop and pulpit orator, b. in Ardfert, Co. Kerry, in 1812; d. 1 October, 1877. He received ...
Morigi, Michaelangelo (Caravaggio) Caravaggio (Michaelangelo Morigi) A Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609. His family name was ...
Morimond, Abbey of Abbey of Morimond Fourth daughter of Cîteaux situated in Champagne, Diocese of Langres , France ; was ...
Morin, Jean Jean Morin A French priest of the Oratory, b. at Blois, in 1591, d. at Paris, 28 Feb., 1659. According to ...
Mormons Mormonism ( Also called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.) This religious body had ...
Morocco Morocco (Prefecture Apostolic of Morocco). The country known as Morocco (from Marrakesh, the name of ...
Morone, Giovanni Giovanni Morone Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, b. at Milan 25 Jan., 1509; d. at Rome, 1 Dec., 1580. He belonged ...
Moroni, Gaetano Gaetano Moroni The author of the well-known "Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica", b. at Rome, 17 ...
Moroni, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Moroni A painter, b. at Bondo, near Albino, in the territory of Bergamo, between 1520 and 1525; d. at ...
Morris, John John Morris Canon, afterwards Jesuit, F.S.A., b. in India, 4 July, 1826; d. at Wimbledon, 22 Oct., 1893, ...
Morris, John Brande John Brande Morris Born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September, 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 April, 1880; he ...
Morris, Martin Ferdinand Martin Ferdinand Morris Lawyer and jurist, b. 3 December, 1834, at Washington, D.C.; d. 12 September, 1909, at Washington, ...
Morse Morse ( Latin morsus ). Also called the MONILLE, FIRMULA, FIRMULE, PECTOIRALE, originally the ...
Morse, Venerable Henry Ven. Henry Morse Martyr ; b. in 1595 in Norfolk; d. at Tyburn, 1 Feb., 1644. He was received into the church at ...
Mortification Mortification One of the methods which Christian ascesticism employs in training the soul to virtuous and ...
Mortmain Mortmain (Old Fr., morte meyn ), dead-hand, or "such a state of possession of land as makes it ...
Morton, John John Morton Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, b. in Dorsetshire about 1420, d. at Knowle, Kent, 15 Sept., ...
Morton, Robert Ven. Robert Morton English priest and martyr, b. at Bawtry, Yorks, about 1548; executed in Lincoln's Inn Fields, ...
Mosaic Legislation Mosaic Legislation The body of juridical, moral, and ceremonial institutions, laws and decisions comprised in the ...
Mosaics Mosaics Mosaics, as a term, according to the usual authorities is derived through generations of gradual ...
Moschus, Johannes Johannes Moschus ( ho tou Moschou , son of Moschus) A monk and ascetical writer, b. about 550 probably at ...
Moscow Moscow (Russian Moskva ). The ancient capital of Russia and the chief city of the government ...
Moses Moses Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part ...
Moses Bar Cephas Moses Bar Cephas A Syriac bishop and writer, b. at Balad about 813; d. 12 Feb., 903. He is known through a ...
Moses Maimonides, Teaching of Teaching of Moses Maimonides Moses ben Maimun (Arabic, Abu Amran Musa), Jewish commentator and philosopher, was born of ...
Moses of Chorene Moses of Chorene (MOSES CHORENENSIS) Perhaps the best known writer of Armenia, called by his countrymen "the ...
Mossul Mossul The seat of a Chaldean archdiocese, a Syrian diocese, and an Apostolic Mission. The origin of ...
Most Precious Blood, Archconfraternity of the Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood Confraternities which made it their special object to venerate the Blood of Christ first arose in ...
Most Precious Blood, Feast of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood For many dioceses there are two days to which the Office of the Precious Blood has been ...
Most Pure Heart of Mary, Feast of the Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary In its principal object this feast is identical with the feast of the "Inner Life of Mary", ...
Mostar and Markana-Trebinje Mostar and Markana-Trebinje (MANDATRIENSIS, MARCANENSIS ET TRIBUNENSIS) When at the Berlin Congress (1878) ...
Mosynoupolis Mosynoupolis Titular see, suffragan of Trajanopolis in Rhodope. A single bishop is known, Paul, who assisted ...
Motet Motet A short piece of music set to Latin words, and sung instead of, or immediately after, the ...
Motolinia, Toribio de Benavente Toribio de Benavente Motolinia Franciscan missionary, b. at Benavente, Spain, at the end of the fifteenth century; d. in the ...
Motu Proprio Motu Proprio The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause motu proprio (of his own ...
Mouchy, Antoine de Antoine de Mouchy (Called DEMOCHARES.) Theologian and canonist, b. 1494, at Ressons-sur-Matz, near Beauvais, in ...
Moufang, Franz Christoph Ignaz Franz Christoph Ignaz Moufang Theologian, b. at Mainz, 17 Feb., 1817; d. there, 27 Feb., 1890. His early studies were made at ...
Moulins Moulins D IOCESE OF M OULINS (M OLINENSIS ). Suffragan of Sens -- comprises the entire ...
Mount Athos Mount Athos Athos is a small tongue of land that projects into the Aegean Sea, being the eastern-most of the ...
Mount Calvary, Congregations of Congregations of Mount Calvary I. DAUGHTERS OF MOUNT CALVARY Founded in 1619 by Virginia Centurione (d. 1651), daughter of the ...
Mount Carmel, Feast of Our Lady of Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386 under the title ...
Mount Saint Mary's College Mount St. Mary's College Mount St. Mary's College , the second oldest among the Catholic collegiate institutions in the ...
Movers, Franz Karl Franz Karl Movers Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Koesfeld, Westphalia, 17 July, 1806; d. at Breslau, 28 Sept., ...
Moxos Indians Moxos Indians (MOYOS INDIANS). According to one authority, they are named from Musu, their Quichua name; ...
Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von Karl Ernst, Freiherr von Moy de Sons A jurist, born 10 August, 1799, at Munich ; died 1 August, 1867, at Innsbruck (Tyrol). He ...
Moye, Ven. John Martin Ven. John Martin Moye Priest of the Diocese of Metz, founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, missionary in China, ...
Moylan, Francis Francis Moylan Bishop of Cork, born at Cork, 1739; died in 1815. He was the son of a rich merchant. As the ...
Moylan, Stephen Stephen Moylan An American patriot and merchant, born in Ireland in 1734; died at Philadelphia, 11 April, ...
Mozambique Mozambique (Mocambique) The former official and still usual name given to the Portuguese possessions on ...
Mozarabic Rite Mozarabic Rite This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. History and Origin; II. Manuscripts and ...
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart One of the greatest musical geniuses in history, born at Salzburg, Austria, 27 January, 1756; died ...
Mozetena Indians Mozetena Indians A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon the headwaters of ...
Mozzetta Mozzetta A short, cape-shaped garment, covering the shoulders and reaching only to the elbow, with an open ...
Mozzi, Luigi Luigi Mozzi Controversialist, born at Bergamo, 26 May, 1746; died near Milan, 24 June, 1813. He entered the ...
Mrak, Ignatius Ignatius Mrak The second Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A., born 16 October, 1818, in Hotovle, in the Diocese of ...
Muchar, Albert Anton Von Albert Anton von Muchar An historian, born at Linez, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1781; died at Graz, Styria, 6 June, 1849. He was ...
Mulhall, Michael George Michael George Mulhall Statistician, b. in Dublin, 29 September, 1829; d. there 13 Dec., 1900. He was educated at the ...
Mulholland, St. Clair Augustine St. Clair Augustine Mulholland Born at Lisburn, Co. Antrium, Ireland, 1 April 1839; died at Philadelphia, 17 Feb., 1910. ...
Mullanphy, John John Mullanphy Merchant, philanthropist, b. near Enniskillen, Co. Fremanagh, Ireland, 1758; d. at St. Louis, ...
Mullock, John T. John Mullock Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland, born in 1807 at Limerick, Ireland ; died at St. John's, ...
Mundwiler, Fintan Fintan Mundwiler Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Meinrad, Indiana, born at Dietikon in Switzerland, ...
Munich-Freising Munich-Freising ARCHDIOCESE OF MUNICH-FREISING (MONASENSIS ET FRISINGENSIS). An archdiocese in Bavaria. This ...
Munkács Munkacs Diocese in Hungary, of Greek Catholic Rite, suffragan of Gran. It dates from the fifteenth ...
Mura, Saint St. Mura Born in Co. Donegal, Ireland, about 550. He was appointed Abbot of Fahan by St. Columba. The ...
Muratori, Luigi Antonio Luigi Antonio Muratori Librarian in Modena, one of the greatest scholars of his time, b. 21 Oct., 1672; d. 23 Jan., ...
Muratorian Canon Muratorian Canon Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first editor, L. A. ...
Murder Homicide ( Latin homo , man; and caedere , to slay) Homicide signifies, in general, the killing of a ...
Muret, Marc-Antoine Marc-Antoine Muret French humanist, b. at Muret, near Limoges, in 1526; d. at Rome, in 1585. He studied at Poitiers ...
Muri Muri (MURI-GRIES) An abbey of monks of the Order of S. Benedict, which flourished for over ...
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban Bartolome Esteban Murillo Spanish painter ; b. at Seville, 31 December, 1617; d. there 5 April, 1682. His family surname ...
Murner, Thomas Thomas Murner Greatest German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, 24 Dec., 1475; d. ...
Muro-Lucano Muro-Lucano (MURANENSIS) Located in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy. The town is ...
Murray, Daniel Daniel Murray An Archbishop of Dublin, b. 1768, at Sheepwalk, near Arklow, Ireland ; d. at Dublin. He was ...
Murray, John O'Kane John O'Kane Murray Physician, historian, b. in County Antrim, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1847; d. at Chicago, Illinois, ...
Murray, Patrick Patrick Murray Theologian, b. Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, 18 November, 1811; d. 15 Nov., 1882, in ...
Museums, Christian Christian Museums Though applicable to collections composed of Christian objects representative of all epochs, ...
Mush Mush An Armenian Catholic see, comprising the sanjaks of Mush and Seert, in the vilayet of Bitlis. It ...
Mush, John John Mush (Alias RATCLIFFE) A priest, b. in Yorkshire, 1551 or 1552; d. at Wenge, Co. Bucks, 1612 or ...
Music of the Mass Music of the Mass Under this heading will be considered exclusively the texts of the Mass (and not, therefore, the ...
Music, Ecclesiastical Church Music By this term is meant the music which, by order or with the approbation of ecclesiastical ...
Musical Instruments in Church Services Musical Instruments in Church Services For almost a thousand years Gregorian chant, without any instrumental or harmonic addition, was ...
Musso, Cornelius Cornelius Musso Friar Minor Conventual, Bishop of Bitonto, prominent at the Council of Trent ; born at Piacenza ...
Musti Musti A titular see of Proconsular Africa, suffragan of Carthage. This town, which was a Roman ...
Musuros, Markos Markos Musuros A learned Greek humanist, born 1470 at Retimo, Crete; died 1517 at Rome. The son of a rich ...
Mutis, José Celestino Jose Celestino Mutis Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz, Spain , 6 April, 1732; d. at ...
Muzzarelli, Alfonso Alfonso Muzzarelli A learned Italian Jesuit, b. 22 August, 1749, at Ferrara ; d. 25 May, 1813, at Paris. He ...
Mylasa Mylasa A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis, in Caria. This city, the ...
Myndus Myndus A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. This city, known through its coins and ...
Myra Myra A titular see of Lycia in Asia Minor. The city was from time immemorial one of the chief places ...
Myrina Myrina A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus. Herodotus (I, 149) mentions it as one of the ...
Myriophytum Myriophytum A titular see of Thracia Prima and suffragan of Heraclea. The early history of this city is ...
Mysore Mysore (MAISOUR); DIOCESE OF MYSORE (MYSURIENSIS) Diocese in India, suffragan to Pondicherry, ...
Mysteries and Miracle Plays Miracle Plays and Mysteries These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among Christian ...
Mystery Mystery (Greek mysterion , from myein , "to shut", "to close".) This term signifies in general ...
Mystical Body of the Church Mystical Body of the Church The analogy borne by any society of men to an organism is sufficiently manifest. In every ...
Mystical Marriage Mystical Marriage In the Old and the New Testament , the love of God for man, and, in particular His relations ...
Mystical Theology Mystical Theology Mystical theology is the science which treats of acts and experiences or states of the soul ...
Mysticism Mysticism (From myein , to initiate). Mysticism , according to its etymology, implies a relation to ...

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