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" Christian art" is a term which, while it always applies to the fine arts and their creations only, is nevertheless used in more than one meaning which we must distinguish in this encyclopedia. Most frequently we designate by Christian art , the fine arts in as much as we find them in the service of the Church, i.e. in so far as they serve either to construct or to embellish houses of worship, the homes of the consecrated servants of God, monasteries, convents, the last resting-places of the faithful, etc., or in as much as they beautify the rites and ceremonies of the Church. In this sense, Christian art is also called ecclesiastical art, and we find it convenient to treat this subject under the title ECCLESIASTICAL ART. But Christian art is sometimes also used to denote the fine arts and their creations, in as much as they are in harmony with Christian ideals and principles. In this regard Christian art will be treated under the several special headings into which its divisions naturally fall. (See PAINTING; MUSIC; SCULPTURE etc.)

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Cámara y Castro, Tomás Tomas Camara y Castro Bishop of Salamanca, Spain, born at Torrecilla de Cameros, Logroño, 19 September, 1847; ...
Cædmon, Saint St. Caedmon Author of Biblical Poems in Anglo-Saxon, date of birth unknown; died between 670 and 680. While ...
Cæremoniale Episcoporum Caeremoniale Episcoporum A book containing the rites and ceremonies to be observed at Mass, Vespers, and other ...
Cærularius, Michael Michael Caerularius ( Keroulários ). Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), author of the second and ...
Cæsar of Speyer Caesar of Speyer Friar Minor, firstminister provincial of the order in Germany, and leader of the Caesarines, born ...
Cæsarea Caesarea A Latin titular see, and the seat of a residential Armenian bishopric, in Cappadocia ( Asia ...
Cæsarea Mauretaniæ Caesarea Mauretaniae A titular see of North Africa. There was on the coast of Mauretania a town called Iol, where the ...
Cæsarea Palestinæ Caesarea Palaestinae (Caesarea Maritima.) A titular see of Palestine. In Greek antiquity the city was called Pyrgos ...
Cæsarea Philippi Caesarea Philippi A Greek Catholic residential see, and a Latin titular see, in Syria. The native name is ...
Cæsarius of Arles, Saint St. Caesarius of Arles Bishop, administrator, preacher, theologian, born at Châlons in Burgundy, 470-71, died at ...
Cæsarius of Heisterbach Caesarius of Heisterbach A pious and learned monk of the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach near Bonn, born about ...
Cæsarius of Nazianzus St. Caesarius of Nazianzus Physician, younger and only brother of Gregory of Nazianzus, born probably c. 330 at Arianzus, ...
Cæsarius of Prüm Caesarius of Prum Abbot of the Benedictine monastery, near Trier, afterwards a Cistercian monk at Heisterbach ...
Cæsaropolis Caesaropolis A titular see of Macedonia, the early name and the site of which have not yet been identified. ...
Cîteaux, Abbey of Abbey of Citeaux Founded in 1098 by St. Robert, Abbot of Molesme, in a deserted and uninhabited part of the ...
Caballero y Ocio, Juan Juan Caballero y Ocio Born at Querétaro, Mexico, 4 May, 1644; died there 11 April, 1707. A priest remarkable ...
Caballero, Fernán de Fernan Caballero Nom de plume of Cecilia Böhl von Faber, a noted Spanish novelist; born at Morges, a small ...
Caballero, Raimundo Diosdado Raimundo Diosdado Caballero Miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical, born at Palma, in the island of Majorca, 19 June ...
Cabas Cabasa A titular see of Egypt. About seven and one-half miles north of Sais (ruins at Ssa el-Haggar) ...
Cabassut Jean Cabassut (CABASSUTIUS.) French theologian and priest of the Oratory, born at Aix in 1604, died ...
Cabello de Balboa, Miguel Miguel Cabello de Balboa A secular priest, born at Archidona in Spain, dates of birth and death unknown. In 1566 he ...
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Born at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain ; dates of birth and death uncertain. The ...
Cabot, John & Sebastian John and Sebastian Cabot John Cabot (Giovanni Cabota of Gabota.) A celebrated navigator and the discoverer of the ...
Cabral, Francisco Francisco Cabral Portuguese missionary in Japan, born in the castle of Govillou, Diocese of Guarda, Portugal, ...
Cabral, Pedralvarez Pedralvarez Cabral (Pedro Alvarez.) A celebrated Portuguese navigator, generally called the discoverer of ...
Cabrillo, Estévan Estevan Cabrillo A Portuguese in the naval service of Spain, date and place of birth unknown; died on the ...
Cadalous Cadalous Bishop of Parma and antipope, born in the territory of Verona of noble parentage; died at ...
Caddo Indians Caddo Indians An important group of closely cognate and usually allied tribes formerly holding a considerable ...
Cades Cades The name, according to the Vulgate and the Septuagint, of three, or probably four cities ...
Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac Born at Toulouse in 1657; died at Castelsarrasin, 16 October, 1730. He was the son of a ...
Cadiz, Diocese of Cadiz (Gaditana et Septensis.) Suffragan of Seville. Its jurisdiction covers nearly all the civil ...
Cadwallador, Venerable Roger Ven. Roger Cadwallador English martyr, b. at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford, in 1568; executed at Leominster, 27 Aug., ...
Caen, University of University of Caen Founded in 1432 by Henry VI of England, who was then master of Paris and of a large part of ...
Cagli e Pergola, Diocese of Cagli e Pergola (Calliensis Et Pergulensis) Situated in Umbria ( Italy ), in the province of Pesaro, ...
Cagliari, Archdiocese of Cagliari (Calaritana) Cagliari, called by the ancient Caralis , is the principal city and capital of ...
Cahier, Charles Charles Cahier Antiquarian, born at Paris, 26 February, 1807; died there 26 February, 1882. He made his ...
Cahill, Daniel William Daniel William Cahill Lecturer and controversialist, born at Ashfield, Queens County, Ireland 28 November, 1796; died at ...
Cahors, Diocese of Cahors (Cadurcensis.) Comprising the entire department of Lot, in France. In the beginning it was a ...
Caiaphas Joseph Caiphas According to Josephus (Antiquitates, XVIII, iv, 3), Caiphas was appointed High-Priest of the ...
Caiazzo, Diocese of Caiazzo (Caiacensis.) Situated in the province of Caserta, Italy, amid the mountains of Tifati near ...
Caillau, Armand-Benjamin Armand-Benjamin Caillau Priest and writer, born at Paris, 22 October, 1794, died there, 1850. Ordained in 1818, ...
Cain Cain The first-born of Adam and Eve. His name is derived, according to Genesis 4:1, from the root ...
Cainites Cainites A name used for (1) the descendants of Cain, (2) a sect of Gnostics and Antinomians. (1) ...
Caiphas Joseph Caiphas According to Josephus (Antiquitates, XVIII, iv, 3), Caiphas was appointed High-Priest of the ...
Caius Caius (3rd Century) A Christian author who lived about the beginning of the third century. Little is known about his ...
Caius and Soter, Saints Caius and Soter They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of the ...
Caius, John Caius (3rd Century) ( Also Kay, Key.) Physician and scholar, born at Norwich, 6 October, 1510; died at London, ...
Cajetan, Constantino Constantino Cajetan A Benedictine savant, born at Syracuse, Sicily, in 1560; died at Rome, 17 September, 1650. ...
Cajetan, Saint St. Cajetan (GAETANO.) Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; ...
Cajetan, Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan ( Baptized GIACOMO.) Dominican cardinal, philosopher, theologian, and exegete ; born 20 ...
Calabozo, Diocese of Calabozo (Calaboso) Calabozo is a town in the State of Miranda Actually the State of Guarico , ...
Calahorra and La Calzada, Diocese of Calahorra and la Calzada (Calaguritana et Calceatensis.) Suffragan of Burgos, comprising almost all the province of ...
Calama Calama A titular see of Africa. Calama appears to be the Roman name of Suthul, a city in Numidia, ...
Calancha, Fray Antonio de la Fray Antonio de la Calancha An erudite Augustinian monk, born 1584 at Chiquisaca (now Sucre) in Bolivia ; died 1 March, ...
Calas Case, The The Calas Case Jean Calas was a French Calvinist , born 19 March, 1698, at La Caparède near Castres, in ...
Calasanctius, Saint Joseph St. Joseph Calasanctius Called in religion "a Matre Dei", founder of the Piarists, b. 11 Sept., 1556, at the castle of ...
Calasio, Mario di Mario di Calasio Friar Minor and lexicographer, born at Calasio in the Kingdom of Naples about 1550; died atRome, ...
Calatayud, Pedro de Pedro de Calatayud Jesuit missionary, born in Navarre, 1 August, 1689; died in Bologna, 27 February, 1773. He joined ...
Calatrava, Military Order of Military Order of Calatrava Founded in Castile, in the twelfth century, as a military branch of the great Cistercian ...
Calcutta Calcutta THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CALCUTTA The Ecclesiastical province of Calcutta comprises ...
Caldani, Leopoldo Marco Antonio Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani Anatomist and physiologist, b. at Bologna, 21 Nov., 1725; d. at Padua, 20 Dec., 1813. He studied ...
Caldara, Polidoro (da Caravaggio) Polidoro (da Caravaggio) Caldara An Italian painter, born at Caravaggio, 1492 (or 1495); died at Messina, 1543. He passed his ...
Caldas-Barbosa, Domingo Domingos Caldas-Barbosa A Brazilian poet, born of a white father and a negro mother at Rio Janeiro in 1740; died in ...
Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Pedro Calderon de la Barca Born 1600; died 1681; a Spanish dramatist whose activity marks the second half of the golden age ...
Caleb Caleb (1) Caleb, Son of Jephone, The Cenezite. -- The representative of the tribe of Juda among the ...
Calendar, Christian Christian Calendar GENERALITIES FOUNDATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR The Easter Cycle The Nativity of ...
Calendar, Jewish Jewish Calendar Days From the remotest time to the present the Israelites have computed the day ( yôm ...
Calendar, Reform of the Reform of the Calendar For the measurement of time the most important units furnished by natural phenomena are the ...
Calepino, Ambrogio Ambrogio Calepino An Italian lexicographer, born about 1440 at Calepio (province of Bergamo); died 1510 or 1511. ...
Cali, Diocese of Cali (Caliensis). Founded in Colombia, South America, on 7 July, 1910. Cali is a city, district, ...
Caliari, Paolo Paolo Caliari ( Also Paolo Veronese.) An eminent painter of the Venetian school ; born at Verona, 1528; ...
California California California, the largest and most important of the Pacific Coast States, is the second State of the ...
California Missions California Missions I. LOWER CALIFORNIA California became known to the world through Hernando Cortés, the ...
California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California Includes the territory of that name in Mexico (Sp. Baja or Vieja California ), a peninsula ...
Callières, Louis-Hector de Louis-Hector de Callieres Thirteenth Governor of New France ; born at Cherbourg, France, 1646; died 26 May, 1705. He was ...
Callinicus Callinicus A titular see in Asia Minor. The city was founded by Alexander the Great under the name of ...
Callipolis Callipolis A titular see of Thrace, now called Gallipoli (Turkish, Guelibolou ), is a city in the ...
Callistus I, Pope Pope Callistus I (Written by most Latins, Augustine, Optatus, etc. CALLIXTUS or CALIXTUS). Martyr, died c. 223. ...
Callistus II, Pope Pope Callistus II Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is ...
Callistus III, Pope Pope Callistus III Born near Valencia in Spain, 31 December, 1378; died at Rome, 6 August, 1458. Alfonso de Borja ...
Callot, Jacques Jacques Callot A French etcher, engraver, and painter, b. at Nancy, France, 1592; d. in the same city, 28 ...
Cally, Pierre Pierre Cally Philosopher and theologian, b. at Mesnil-Hubert, department of Orne, France, date of birth ...
Calmet, Dom Augustin Dom Augustin Calmet Celebrated exegetist; b. at Ménil-la-Horgne, near Commercy, Lorraine, France, 26 Feb., ...
Caloe Caloe A titular see of Asia Minor, mentioned as Kaloe, and Keloue in inscriptions of the third ...
Caltagirone Caltagirone (Calata Hieronis; Calatayeronensis). Caltagirone is a city in the province of Catania, Sicily, ...
Caltanisetta Caltanisetta (Calathanisium; Calathanisiadensis). The city is situated in a fertile plain of Sicily, on the ...
Calumny Calumny ( Latin calvor , to use artifice, to deceive) Etymologically any form of ruse or fraud ...
Calvaert, Dionysius Dionysius Calvaert An eminent painter, usually known as "The Fleming" and called Denis, a native of Antwerp and a ...
Calvary, Congregation of Our Lady of Congregation of Our Lady of Cavalry A congregation founded at Poitiers, in 1617, by Antoinette of Orléans-Longueville, ...
Calvary, Mount Mount Calvary The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. NAME Etymology and Use The word Calvary ( ...
Calvert, Cecilius Cecilius Calvert Second Lord Baltimore, founder of Maryland, born 1606, died 1675. At the age of thirteen, he ...
Calvert, Charles Charles Calvert Third Baron of Baltimore and second Proprietary Governor of Maryland. Born in London, 1629; ...
Calvert, George George Calvert First Lord Baltimore, statesman and colonizer. Born at Kiplin, Yorkshire, England, c. 1580; died ...
Calvert, Leonard Leonard Calvert Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 1634-1647, born in England, 1607; died in Maryland, 9 June, ...
Calvert, Philip Philip Calvert Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 1660 to 1661, son of George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore and ...
Calvi and Teano, Diocese of Calvi and Teano ( Calvensis et Theanensis ). The city of Calvi is the ancient Cales or Calenum in the ...
Calvin, John John Calvin This man, undoubtedly the greatest of Protestant divines, and perhaps, after St. Augustine, ...
Calvinism Calvinism No better account of this remarkable (though now largely obsolete) system has been drawn out than ...
Calvinus, Justus Baronius Justus Baronius Calvinus A convert and apologist, b. at Kanthen, Germany, c. 1570; d. after 1606. He was born of ...
Calynda Calynda A titular see of Asia Minor. It was probably situated at the boundary of Lycia and Caria (on ...
Camões, Luis Vaz de Luis Vaz de Camoes (OR CAMOENS) Born in 1524 or 1525; died 10 June, 1580. The most sublime figure in the history ...
Camachus Camachus A titular see in Armenia. This city does not appear in ecclesiastical history before the ...
Camaldolese Camaldolese (C AMALDOLITES, C AMALDULENSIANS ). A joint order of hermits and cenobites, founded by ...
Camargo, Diego Muñoz Diego Munoz Camargo (According to Beristain de Souza, Muñoz should be the surname). Born of a Spanish ...
Cambiaso, Luca Luca Cambiaso (Also known as Luchetto da Genova, and as Luchino). Genoese painter, b. at Moneglia near ...
Cambrai, Archdiocese of Cambrai (CAMERACENSIS.) Comprises the entire Département du Nord of France. Prior to 1559 ...
Cambridge, University of University of Cambridge I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY The obscurity which surrounds the ancient history of Cambridge makes it ...
Cambysopolis Cambysopolis A titular see of Asia Minor. The name is owing to a mistake of some medieval geographer. After ...
Camel, George Joseph George Joseph Camel (Kamel). Botanist, born at Brünn, in Moravia, 21 April 1661, died in Manila, 2 May, ...
Camerino, Diocese of Camerino (Camerinum, Camerinensis). Camerino is a city situated in the Italian province of Macerata in ...
Camerlengo Camerlengo (Latin camerarius ). The title of certain papal officials. The Low Latin word camera ...
Cameroon Kamerun (Cameroon) (Cameroons; Cameroon.) Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French ...
Camillus de Lellis, Saint St. Camillus de Lellis Born at Bacchianico, Naples, 1550; died at Rome, 14 July, 1614. He was the son of an officer ...
Camisards Camisards (Probably from camise , a black blouse worn as a uniform). A sect of French fanatics who ...
Campaña, Pedro Pedro Campana Flemish painter, known in France as Pierre de Champagne, and in Brussels as Pieter de ...
Campagna, Girolamo Girolamo Campagna Born in Verona, 1552; died about 1623 or 1625. He was an able, but not strikingly individual ...
Campagnola, Domenico Domenico Campagnola Painter of the Venetian school, b. at Padua in 1482; date of death unascertained. This ...
Campan, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan ( Née Genest; known as Madam Campan). A French educator, born 6 November, 1752, at ...
Campanella, Tommaso Tommaso Campanella ( Baptized GIOVANNI DOMENICO) Dominican philosopher and writer, b. 5 Sept. 1568 at Stilo in ...
Campani, Giuseppe Giuseppe Campani An Italian optician and astronomer who lived in Rome during the latter half of the ...
Campbell, James James Campbell Born at Philadelphia, 1 Sept., 1812; died there, 27 Jan., 1893. His father was Anthony Campbell, ...
Campeche Campeche Diocese in the State of Campeche, Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
Campeggio, Lorenzo Lorenzo Campeggio Cardinal, an eminent canonist, ecclesiastical diplomat, and reformer, b. 1472 (1474) at Bologna, ...
Campi, Bernardino Bernardino Campi An Italian painter of the Lombard School, b. at Cremona, 1522; d. at Reggio, about 1590. His ...
Campi, Galeazzo Galeazzo Campi An Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1475; d. 1536. He commenced his studies, according to ...
Campi, Giulio Giulio Campi An Italian painter and architect, b. at Cremona about 1500; died there, 1572. He was the ...
Campion, Saint Edmund St. Edmund Campion English Jesuit and martyr ; he was the son and namesake of a Catholic bookseller, and was born ...
Campo Santo de' Tedeschi Campo Santo De' Tedeschi (Holy Field of the Germans) A cemetery, church, and hospice for Germans on the south side of St. ...
Camus de Pont-Carré, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Camus de Pont-Carre French bishop, b. 3 November, 1584, at Paris ; d. there 25 April, 1652. A Burgundian of good ...
Cana Cana A city of Galilee, Palestine, famous throughout all ages as the scene of Our Lord's first ...
Canaan, Canaanites Cana, Canaanites (Canaan, Canaanites). The Hebrew Kenaan , denoting a person, occurs: in the Old ...
Canada Canada (See also C ATHOLICITY IN C ANADA ) Canada, or to be more exact, the Dominion of Canada, ...
Canada, Catholicity in Catholicity in Canada The subject will be treated under three headings: I. Period of French domination, from the ...
Canal, José de la Jose de la Canal Ecclesiastical historian, b. of poor parents, at Ucieda, a village in the province of Santander, ...
Canary Islands, The The Canary Islands The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the western coast of ...
Canatha Canatha A titular see of Arabia. According to inscriptions on coins and geographical documents, its ...
Cancer de Barbastro, Luis Luis Cancer de Barbastro One of the first Dominicans who followed Las Casas to Guatemala, born in Aragon, Spain, ...
Candace Candace The name of the Ethiopian queen whose eunuch was baptized by St. Philip ( Acts 8:27 sqq. ). The ...
Candia Candia (D IOCESE OF C ANDIA ) On the north shore of Crete was an ancient city called Heracleion. ...
Candidus Candidus The name of two scholars of the Carlovingian revival of letters in the ninth century. (1) The ...
Candle, Paschal Paschal Candle The blessing of the "paschal candle ", which is a column of wax of exceptional size, usually ...
Candlemas Candlemas Also called: Purification of the Blessed Virgin (Greek Hypapante ), Feast of the Presentation of ...
Candles Candles The word candle ( candela , from candeo , to burn) was introduced into the English language ...
Candles, Altar Altar Candles For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other ...
Candlestick, Seven-Branch Seven-Branch Candlestick One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the Tabernacle and the Temple ( Exodus ...
Candlestick, Triple Triple-Candlestick A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, lumen Christi ...
Candlesticks Candlesticks Of the earliest form of candlesticks used in Christian churches we know but little. Such ...
Candlesticks, Altar Altar Candlesticks An altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the ...
Canea Canea Formerly a titular see of Crete, suppressed by a decree of 1894. Canea is the Italian name ...
Canelos and Macas Canelos and Macas Vicariate Apostolic in Ecuador, South America, separated in 1886 from the Vicariate Apostolic ...
Canes, Vincent Vincent Canes (JOHN BAPTIST) Friar Minor and controversialist, born on the borders of Nottingham and ...
Canice, Saint St. Canice (Or KENNY). Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, in what is now ...
Canisius, Henricus Henricus Canisius (DE HONDT), canonist and historian, born at Nymwegen in Geldern and belonged to the same ...
Canisius, Peter, Blessed Blessed Peter Canisius (Kannees, Kanys, probably also De Hondt). Born at Nimwegen in the Netherlands, 8 May, 1521; ...
Canisius, Theodorich Theodorich Canisius Born at Nimwegen, Holland, 1532; died 27 September, 1606, at Ingolstadt. He was a half-brother on ...
Cano, Alonso Alonso Cano (Or ALEXIS) A Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor, b. at Granada, 19 March, 1601; d. ...
Cano, Melchior Melchior Cano Dominican bishop and theologian, b. 1 Jan., 1509, at Tarancón, Province of Cuenca , ...
Canon Canon An ecclesiastical person ( Latin Canonicus ), a member of a chapter or body of clerics ...
Canon Canon (In Music) (Greek kanon , rule, law, guide). In music, the strictest of all contrapuntal forms. It ...
Canon Law Canon Law This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. General Notion and DivisionsII. Canon ...
Canon of the Mass Canon of the Mass This article will be divided into four sections: (I) Name and place of the Canon; (II) History of ...
Canon of the New Testament Canon of the New Testament The Catholic New Testament, as defined by the Council of Trent, does not differ, as regards the ...
Canon of the Old Testament Canon of the Old Testament Overview The word canon as applied to the Scriptures has long had a special and consecrated ...
Canoness Canoness The assistance of women in the work of the Church goes back to the earliest time, and their ...
Canonical Hours Canonical Hours I. IDEA By canonical hour is understood all the fixed portion of the Divine Office which the ...
Canonization and Beatification Beatification and Canonization HISTORY According to some writers the origin of beatification and canonization in the Catholic ...
Canons and Canonesses Regular Canons and Canonesses Regular (Also called REGULAR CLERICS, RELIGIOUS CLERICS, CLERIC-CANONS, AUGUSTINIAN CANONS, BLACK CANONS, ...
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception A congregation founded in the department of Isère, at Saint-Antoine, France, by the ...
Canons, Apostolic Apostolic Canons A collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, fifty in the ...
Canons, Collections of Ancient Collections of Ancient Canons While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church were immutably ...
Canons, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Canons Ecclesiastical Canons are certain rules or norms of conduct or belief prescribed by the ...
Canons, Penitential Penitential Canons Rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. ...
Canopus Canopus A titular see of Egypt. Its old Egyptian name was Pikuat; the Greeks called it Kanobos, or ...
Canopy Canopy The canopy, in general, is an ornamental covering of cloth, stone, wood, or metal, used to crown ...
Canopy, Altar Altar Canopy The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the altar, says that ...
Canossa Canossa A former castle of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the foothills of the Apennines, about ...
Canova, Antonio Antonio Canova The greatest Italian sculptor of modern times, b. at Possagno, in the province of Treviso, 1 ...
Cantù, Cesare Cesare Cantu Italian historian and poet, b. at Brivio, 8 December, 1807; d. at Milan, 11 March, 1895. He was ...
Cantate Sunday Cantate Sunday A name given to the fourth Sunday after Easter, from the first word of the Introit at Mass on ...
Canterbury Canterbury (CANTUARIA—Roman name, DUROVERNUM, whence, in Anglo-Saxon times, DUROVERNIA; canonical name ...
Canticle Canticle Although the word is derived from canticulum , (diminutive of canticum , a song, from the ...
Canticle of Canticles Canticle of Canticles (Greek Aisma asmaton , Latin Canticum canticorum .) One of three books of Solomon, ...
Canticle of Simeon Nunc Dimittis (The Canticle of Simeon). Found in St. Luke's Gospel (2:29-32) , is the last in historical ...
Canticle of Zachary The Benedictus The Benedictus, given in Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three great canticles in the opening ...
Cantius, Saint John St. John Cantius Born at Kenty, near Oswiecim, Diocese of Krakow, Poland, 1412 (or 1403); died at Krakow, 1473, ...
Cantor Cantor The chief singer (and sometimes instructor) of the ecclesiastical choir, called also precentor. ...
Canute King Canute (Or CNUT: THE GREAT, THE MIGHTY) King of the English, Danes, and Norwegians, b. about 994; d. ...
Canute IV, Saint St. Canute IV Also spelled C NUT . Martyr and King of Denmark, date of birth uncertain; d. 10 July 1086, ...
Cap Haïtien Cap Haitien (CAPITIS HAITIANI) Erected by Pius IX, 3 October, 1861, in the ecclesiastical Province of ...
Capaccio and Vallo Capaccio and Vallo (CAPUTAQUENSIS ET VALLENSIS) Suffragan diocese of Salerno. Capaccio is a city in the ...
Capecelatro, Alfonso Alfonso Capecelatro Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, and ecclesiastical writer; b. at Marseilles, 5 Feb., 1824; d. ...
Capefigue, Baptiste-Honoré-Raymond Capefigue Historian, b. at Marseilles, 1802; d. at Paris, 22 December, 1872. In 1821 he was a law student ...
Caperolo, Pietro Pietro Caperolo Friar Minor,date of birth unknown; d. at Velletri in 1480; he was a man of much energy and great ...
Capgrave, John John Capgrave Augustinian friar, historian, and theologian, b. at Lynn in Norfolk, 21 April, 1393; d. there, ...
Capharnaum Capharnaum A titular see of Palestine. Its name (also KAPERNAUM) means village of Nahum or consolation. ...
Capital Punishment Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The ...
Capitolias Capitolias A titular see of Palestine, suffragan to Scythopolis in Palestina Secunda. According to the ...
Capitulations, Episcopal and Pontifical Episcopal and Pontifical Capitulations Capitulations were agreements, by which those taking part in the election of a bishop or pope ...
Capocci, Gaetano Gaetano Capocci Musical composer and maestro , b. in Rome, 16 Oct., 1811; d. there, 11 Jan., 1898. As a boy he ...
Capponi, Gino, Count Count Gino Capponi Historian and litterateur; born at Florence, Italy, 13 September, 1792; died 3 February, 1876. ...
Capranica, Domenico Domenico Capranica Cardinal, theologian, canonist, and statesman, b. at Capranica near Palestrina, Italy, in 1400; ...
Caprara, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Caprara Statesman and cardinal, born at Bologna, 29 May, 1733; died at Paris, 27 July, 1810. His ...
Capreolus, John John Capreolus A theologian, born towards the end of the fourteenth century, (about 1380), in the diocese of ...
Capsa Capsa A titular see of North Africa. The city, said to have been founded by the Libyan Hercules, ...
Captain (in the Bible) Captain (In the Bible) In the Douay version captain represents several different Hebrew and Latin words, and designates ...
Captivities of the Israelites Captivities of the Israelites I. THE ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY (1) The End of the Northern Kingdom The Kingdom of Israel, formed by ...
Capua Capua (Italy) (C APUANA ). The city of Capua is situated in the province of Caserta, Southern Italy. Of ...
Capuchin Friars Minor Capuchin Friars Minor An autonomous branch of the first Franciscan Order, the other branches being the Friars Minor ...
Capuchinesses Capuchinesses A branch of the Poor Clares of the Primitive Observance, instituted at Naples, in 1538, by the ...
Capuciati Capuciati (From caputium , hood — So named from the headgear which was one of their distinctive ...
Caquetá Caqueta Apostolic prefecture situated in South America on the southern border of the Republic of ...
Carabantes, José de Jose de Carabantes ( Also Caravantes). Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, born in Aragon, in 1628; died in ...
Caracalla Caracalla (M ARCUS A URELIUS S EVERUS A NTONINUS, nicknamed C ARACALLA ) Roman Emperor, son of ...
Caracas Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) ARCHDIOCESE OF CARACAS (SANCTI JACOBI DE BENEZUELA) Located in the ...
Caraffa, Vincent Vincent Caraffa Seventh General of the Society of Jesus , born at Naples, 5 May, 1585; died at Rome, 6 June, ...
Caraites Caraites A Jewish sect professing to follow the text of the Bible ( Miqra ) to the exclusion of ...
Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz Spanish ecclesiastic and writer; b. at Madrid, 23 May, 1606; d. at Vigevano, 8 September, 1682. ...
Caravaggio (Michaelangelo Morigi) Caravaggio (Michaelangelo Morigi) A Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609. His family name was ...
Carayon, Auguste Auguste Carayon French author and bibliographer, born in Saumur, France, 31 March, 1813; died at Poitiers, 15 ...
Carbery, James Joseph James Joseph Carbery Third Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, born in the County Westmeath, Ireland, 1 May, 1823; died at ...
Carbonari Carbonari (CHARCOAL-BURNERS) The name of a secret political society, which played an important part, ...
Carbonnelle, Ignatius Ignatius Carbonnelle Professor of mathematics and science, writer on mathematical and scientific subjects, and ...
Carcassonne Carcassonne Diocese comprising the entire department of Aude, and suffragan to Toulouse. On the occasion of ...
Cardan, Girolamo Girolamo Cardan (CARDANO, CARDANUS) Italian physician and mathematician, b. at Pavia, 24 September, 1501; d. ...
Cardenas, Juan Juan Cardenas Moral theologian and author; b. at Seville, 1613; d. 6 June, 1684. He entered the Society of ...
Cardica Cardica A titular see of Thessaly. Cardica is a Latinized medieval form for Gardicium, the true Greek ...
Cardinal Cardinal A dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope. By the term cardinal ...
Cardinal Protector Cardinal Protector Since the thirteenth century it has been customary at Rome to confide to some particular ...
Cardinal Vicar Cardinal Vicar The vicar-general of the pope, as Bishop of Rome, for the spiritual administration of the ...
Cardinal Virtues Cardinal Virtues The four principal virtues upon which the rest of the moral virtues turn or are hinged. Those ...
Cardinals (1913 List) Cardinals (1913 List) Members of the College of Cardinals , 1913: Agliardi, Antonio, Bishop of Albano ; ...
Cards, Altar Altar Cards To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, ...
Carducci, Bartolommeo and Vincenzo Bartolommeo and Vincenzo Carducci Both known in Spain as Carducho Florentine painters, brothers, usually grouped under the ...
Carem Carem ( Septuagint, karem ; Hebrew, KRM , vine or vineyard) Name of a town in the Tribe of ...
Carey, Mathew Mathew Carey Author and publisher, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 28 January, 1760; d. in Philadelphia, U.S.A. 15 ...
Carheil, Etienne de Etienne de Carheil French missionary among the Indians of Canada, born at Carentoir, France, November 1633; died ...
Cariati Cariati (Paternum) DIOCESE OF CARIATI (CARIATENSIS) Suffragan of Santa Severina. Cariati is a city of Calabria ...
Caribs Caribs Next to the Arawaks, probably the most numerous Indian stock, of more or less nomadic habits, in ...
Carissimi, Giacomo Giacomo Carissimi The most influential and prolific Italian composer of his time, b. in 1604 at Marino in the Papal ...
Carli, Dionigi da Piacenza Dionigi Da Palacenza Carli One of a band of Franciscan friars of the Capuchin Reform, sent out to the Congo in 1666. One ...
Carlisle Carlisle (CARLEOL, KARLIOLUM) — ANCIENT DIOCESE OF CARLISLE (CARLEOLENSIS, KARLIOLENSIS). The ...
Carlovingian Schools Carolingian Schools Under the Merovingian Kings there was established at the court a school -- scola palatina , ...
Carmel Carmel ( Hebrew Karmel , "garden" or "garden-land"). Carmel designates in the Old Testament a ...
Carmel, Feast of Our Lady of Mount Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386 under the title ...
Carmel, Mount Mount Carmel A well-known mountain ridge in Palestine, usually called in the Hebrew Bible Hakkarmel (with the ...
Carmelite Order, The The Carmelite Order One of the mendicant orders. Origin The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of ...
Carneiro, Melchior Melchior Carneiro (Carnero). Missionary bishop ; b. of a noble family at Coimbra, in Portugal ; d. at ...
Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Carnoy Belgian biologist, b. at Rumilies, province of Hainaut, near Tournai, 11 Jan., 1836; d. at ...
Carochi, Horacio Horacio Carochi Born in Florence, c. 1586; died in Mexico in 1666. he entered the Society of Jesus and before ...
Caroline Books Caroline Books (Libri Carolini) A work in four books (120 or 121 chapters), purporting to be the composition of Charlemagne, and ...
Caroline Islands Caroline Islands A group of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean. The ...
Carolingian Schools Carolingian Schools Under the Merovingian Kings there was established at the court a school -- scola palatina , ...
Caron, Raymond Raymond Caron (Or REDMOND) Franciscan friar and author, b. at Athlone, Ireland, in 1605; d. at Dublin, ...
Caron, Reneé-Edouard Rene-Edouard Caron A French Canadian statesman and magistrate, b. at Sainte Anne de Beaupré , Canada, 13 ...
Carpaccio, Vittore Vittore Carpaccio A Venetian painter whose real name was Scarpazza, b. at Venice about 1455; d. in the same ...
Carpasia Carpasia A titular see of Cyprus. Carpasia, Karpasia, also Karpasion (sometimes mistaken for Karpathos) ...
Carpets, Altar Altar Carpets The sanctuary and altar-steps of the high altar are ordinarily to be covered with carpets. If ...
Carpi Carpi DIOCESE OF CARPI (CARPENSIS). The city of Carpi is situated in the province of Modena, Central ...
Carracci Carracci Agostino Carracci An Italian painter, engraver, and etcher, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1557; d. ...
Carranza, Bartolomé Bartolome Carranza (Also called DE M IRANDA, from his native town). Archbishop of Toledo; b. at Miranda de ...
Carranza, Diego Diego Carranza Born at Mexico, 1559; died at Tehuantepec. He entered the Dominican Order 12 May, 1577, and was ...
Carreno de Miranda, Juan Juan Carreno de Miranda Spanish painter, b. at Avilés in Asturia, 1614; d. at Madrid, 1685. He was a pupil of ...
Carrera, Rafael Rafael Carrera Born at Guatemala, Central America, 24 October, 1814; died there 14 April, 1865, one of the most ...
Carrhae Carrhae A titular see of Mesopotamia. Carrhae is the Haran of the Bible . It is frequently mentioned ...
Carrière, Joseph Joseph Carriere Moral theologian, thirteenth superior of the seminary and Society of Saint-Sulpice, b. 19 ...
Carrières, Louis de Louis de Carrieres Born in the chateau de la Plesse in Avrille, Angers, France, 1 September, 1662; d. at Paris, 11 ...
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton Charles Carroll of Carrollton American statesman, b. at Annapolis, Maryland, 19 September 1737, d. at Doughoregan manor near ...
Carroll, Daniel Daniel Carroll Brother of Archbishop Carroll , b. at upper Marlboro, Maryland, U. S. A., 1733; d. at ...
Carroll, John John Carroll First bishop of the hierarchy of the United States of America, first Bishop and Archbishop ...
Cartagena Cartagena (Colombia) (CARTHAGENA IN INDIIS) The city of the same name, residence of the archbishop, is situated on ...
Cartagena Cartagena (Spain) DIOCESE OF CARTAGENA (CARTHAGINIENSIS) Suffragan of Granada in Spain since the concordat ...
Carter, Venerable William Ven. William Carter English martyr, born in London, 1548; suffered for treason at Tyburn, 11 January, 1584. Son of ...
Carthage Carthage A RCHDIOCESE OF CARTHAGE (C ARTHAGINIENSIS ) The city of Carthage, founded by Phoenician ...
Carthage, Saint St. Carthage St. Carthage, whose name is also given as Mochuda, was born of a good family, in what is now ...
Carthusian Order, The The Carthusian Order The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia , of which the ...
Cartier, Georges-Etienne Georges-Etienne Cartier A French Canadian statesman, son of Jacques Cartier and Marguerite Paradis, b. at St. ...
Cartier, Jacques Jacques Cartier The discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. 1 September, 1557. Little is ...
Carvajal, Bernardino Lopez de Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal Cardinal, b. 1455, at Plasencia in Estremadura, Spain ; d. at Rome 16 Dec., 1523. He was a ...
Carvajal, Gaspar de Gaspar de Carvajal Dominican missionary, b. in Estremadura, Spain, c. 1500; d. at Lima, Peru, 1584. Having entered ...
Carvajal, Juan Juan Carvajal Cardinal ; b. about 1400 at Truxillo in Estremadura, Spain ; d. at Rome, 6 December, 1469. ...
Carvajal, Luis de Luis de Carvajal Friar Minor andTridentine theologian, b. about 1500; thetime of his death is uncertain. Of the ...
Carvajal, Luisa de Luisa de Carvajal Born 2 Jan., 1568, at Jaraizejo, Spain ; died 2 Jan., 1614, at London, a lady of high birth, who ...
Carve, Thomas Thomas Carve Historian, b. in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1590; d. probably in 1672. His correct name was Carew, ...
Caryll, John John Caryll Poet, dramatist, and diplomatist, b. at West Harting, England, 1625; d. 1711; not to be ...
Carystus Carystus A titular see of Greece. According to legend it was named after Carystus, a son of Chiron. The ...
Casale Monferatto Casale Monferatto DIOCESE OF CASALE MONFERATTO (CASALENSIS). A suffragan of Vercelli. Casale Monferrato, the ...
Casali, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Casali Musician, b. at Rome in 1715; d. there 1792. From 1759 until his death he held the position of ...
Casanare Casanare Vicariate Apostolic in the Republic of Colombia, South America, administered by the Augustinians, ...
Casanata, Girolamo Girolamo Casanata (Or Casanatta) Cardinal, b. at Naples, 13 July, 1620; d. at Rome, 3 March, 1700. His father, ...
Casas, Bartolomé de las Casas (Originally C ASAUS ) Born at Seville, probably in 1474; d. at Madrid, 1566. His family ...
Caserta Caserta DIOCESE OF CASERTA (CASERTANA). Caserta is the capital of the province of that name in Southern ...
Casey, John John Casey Mathematician, b. at Kilkenny, Ireland, 12 May, 1820; d. at Dublin, 3 Jan, 1891. He received his ...
Casgrain, Henri Raymond Henri Raymond Casgrain Author of some of the best works in French Canadian literature, b. at Rivière Ouelle, 16 ...
Cashel Cashel A town in the County Tipperary, Ireland, which is also a Catholic archbishopric and the see of ...
Casimir, Saint St. Casimir Prince of Poland, born in the royal palace at Cracow, 3 October, 1458; died at the court of ...
Casium Casium A titular see of Lower Egypt (Ptolemy, IV, v, 12), not far from Pelusium, and near the ...
Casot, Jean-Jacques Jean-Jacques Casot The last surviving Jesuit of the old Canada mission, born in Liège, Belgium, 4 ...
Cassander, George George Cassander Flemish Humanist and theologian, b. 15 August, 1513 at Pitthem in West Flanders; d. 3 February, ...
Cassani, Joseph Joseph Cassani (Also Casani). Born at Madrid, 26 Nov., 1673, entered the Society of Jesus, 16 Nov., 1686, ...
Cassano all' Ionio Cassano All' Ionio DIOCESE OF CASSANO ALL' IONIO (CASSANENSIS). Suffragan of Reggio. Cassano all' Ionio is a city ...
Casserly, Patrick S. Patrick S. Casserly Patrick Educator, b. in Ireland ; d. in New York, where for many years he conducted a classical ...
Cassian, John John Cassian A monk and ascetic writer of Southern Gaul, and the first to introduce the rules of Eastern ...
Cassidy, William William Cassidy Journalist, essayist, critic, b. at Albany, New York, U.S.A. 12 Aug., 1815; d. there 23 Jan., ...
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico Giovanni Domenico Cassini Astronomer, b. at Perinaldo (Nice, Italy ), 8 June, 1625; d. at Paris, 14 September, 1712. After ...
Cassiodorus Cassiodorus Roman writer, statesman, and monk, b. about 490; d. about 583. His full name was Flavius Magnus ...
Casson, François Dollier de Francois Dollier de Casson Fourth superior of Saint-Sulpice, Montreal, Canada, b. near Nantes, France, 1636; d. in 1701. ...
Cassovia Cassovia (Hungarian Kassa ; German Kaschau ; Slavic Kosice ) DIOCESE OF CASSOVIA (CASSOVIENSIS) ...
Castabala Castabala A titular see of Asia Minor, Latin title suppressed, 1894. This city was situated somewhere on ...
Castagno, Andrea Andrea Castagno (Or ANDREINO DEL CASTAGNO) Florentine painter, b. near Florence, 1390; d. at Florence, 9 ...
Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia (CASTRI MARIS, STABLE; DIOCESE OF CASTELLAMMARE: STABIENSIS). The seat of the diocese is an ...
Castellaneta (Castania) Castellaneta DIOCESE OF CASTELLANETA (CASTELLANETENSIS). Suffragan of Taranto. Castellaneta is a city of ...
Castellanos, Juan de Juan de Castellanos Born in Spain in the first half of the sixteenth century; date of death unknown. He came to ...
Castelli, Benedetto Benedetto Castelli Mathematician and physicist ; b. at Perugia, Italy, 1577; d. at Rome, 1644. He was destined ...
Castelli, Pietro Pietro Castelli Italian physician and botanist, b. at Rome in 1574; d. at Messina in 1662. He was graduated ...
Castello, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Castello Italian painter, sculptor, and architect; b. at Gandino, in the Valle Seriana, in the territory ...
Castiglione, Baldassare Baldassare Castiglione An Italian prose-writer, b. at Casatico, near Mantua, 6 December, 1478; died at Toledo, ...
Castiglione, Carlo Ottavio Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglione Philologist and numismatist, b. of an ancient family at Milan, Italy, 1784; d. at Genoa, 10 ...
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Painter and etcher, b. at Genoa, Italy, 1616; d. at Mantua, 1670. In Italy he was known as ...
Castile and Aragon Castile and Aragon The united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of ...
Castillejo, Cristóbal de Cristobal de Castillejo Spanish poet, b. in Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca), 1491; d. in Vienna, 12 June, 1556. From the age ...
Castner, Caspar Caspar Castner (Or Kastner). A missionary, b. at Munich, Bavaria, 7 October, 1655; d. at Peking, China, 9 ...
Castoria Castoria A titular see of Macedonia. Livy (XXXI, XL) mentions a town near a lake in Orestis, called ...
Castracane degli Antelminelli, Francesco Francesco Castracane Degli Antelminelli Naturalist, b. at Fano, Italy, 19 July, 1817; d. at Rome 27 March, 1899. He was educated at ...
Castro Palao, Fernando Fernando Castro Palao Spanish theologian, b. at Leon in 1581; d. at Medina, 1 Dec., 1633. From his earliest youth he ...
Castro y Bellvis, Guillen de Guillen de Castro y Bellvis Spanish dramatic poet, b. of a noble family at Valencia in 1569; d. at Madrid in 1631. He ...
Castro, Alphonsus de Alphonsus de Castro Friar Minor andtheologian, b. in 1495 at Zamora, Leon, Spain ; d. 11 February 1558, at Brussels. ...
Castro, Guigo de Guigues du Chastel (Guigo de Castro) (Guigo de Castro). Fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, legislator of the Carthusian Order ...
Casuistry Burgundy The application of general principles of morality to definite and concrete cases of human ...
Caswall, Edward Edward Caswall Oratorian and poet, b. 15 July 1814, at Yately, Hampshire, of which place his father, the Rev. R. ...
Catacombs, Roman Roman Catacombs This subject will be treated under seven heads: I. Position; II. History; III. Inscriptions; IV. ...
Catafalque Catafalque Catafalque, derived from the Italian word catafalco , literally means a scaffold or elevation, ...
Catalani, Giuseppe Giuseppe Catalani (CATALANO, CATALANUS). A Roman liturgist of the eighteenth century, member of the Oratory of ...
Catalonia Catalonia A principality within the Spanish Monarchy, occupying an area of 12,414 square miles in the ...
Catania Catania Catania, a seaport and capital of the province of the same name in Sicily, is situated on the ...
Catanzaro Catanzaro DIOCESE OF CATANZARO (CATACIUM) Suffragan of Reggio. Catanzaro is the capital of the province of ...
Catechesis Christian Doctrine Taken in the sense of "the act of teaching" and "the knowledge imparted by teaching", this term ...
Catechism, Roman Roman Catechism This catechism differs from other summaries of Christian doctrine for the instruction of the ...
Catechumen Catechumen "Catechumen," in the early Church, was the name applied to one who had not yet been initiated ...
Categorical Imperative Categorical Imperative A term which originated in Immanuel Kant'sethics. It expresses the moral law as ultimately ...
Category Category (Greek kategoría, accusation, attribution). The term was transferred by Aristotle ...
Catenæ Catenae ( Latin catena, a chain) Collections of excerpts from the writings of Biblical commentators, ...
Cathari Cathari (From the Greek katharos , pure), literally "puritans", a name specifically applied to, or used ...
Cathedra Cathedra (1) The chair or throne ( thronos ) of a bishop in his cathedral church, on which he presides ...
Cathedral Cathedral The chief church of a diocese, in which the bishop has his throne ( cathedra ) and close to ...
Cathedraticum Cathedraticum ( Latin cathedra, episcopal seat or throne). A certain sum of money to be contributed ...
Catherick, Venerable Edmund Ven. Edmund Catherick Priest and martyr, born probably in Lancashire about 1605; executed at York, 13 April, 1642. ...
Catherine de' Medici Catherine De' Medici Born 13 April, 1519; died 5 January, 1589. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici (II), Duke ...
Catherine de' Ricci, Saint St. Catherine De' Ricci (In baptism, Alessandra Lucrezia Romola), a Dominican nun, of the Third Order, though enclosed, ...
Catherine of Alexandria, Saint St. Catherine of Alexandria A virgin and martyr whose feast is celebrated in the Latin Church and in the various ...
Catherine of Bologna, Saint St. Catherine of Bologna Poor Clare and mystical writer, born at Bologna, 8 September, 1413; died there, 9 March, 1463. ...
Catherine of Genoa, Saint St. Catherine of Genoa (CATERINA FIESCHI ADORNO.) Born at Genoa in 1447, died at the same place 15 September, 1510. ...
Catherine of Siena, Saint St. Catherine of Siena Dominican Tertiary, born at Siena, 25 March, 1347; died at Rome, 29 April, 1380. She was the ...
Catherine of Sweden, Saint St. Catherine of Sweden The fourth child of St. Bridget and her husband, Ulf Gudmarsson, born 1331 or 1332; died 24 ...
Catherine, Monastery of Saint Monastery of St. Catherine Situated on Mount Sinai, at an altitude of 4854 feet, in a picturesque gorge below the ...
Catholic Catholic The word Catholic ( katholikos from katholou -- throughout the whole, i.e., universal) ...
Catholic Benevolent Legion Catholic Benevolent Legion A fraternal assessment life-insurance society organized in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. 5 ...
Catholic Club of New York The Catholic Club of New York A social organization described by its constitution as a club which "shall consist of Catholic ...
Catholic Epistle Catholic Epistle The name given to the Epistle of St. James , to that of St. Jude, to two Epistles of St. Peter ...
Catholic Knights of America Catholic Knights of America A fraternal life-insurance company chartered under the laws of the State of Kentucky, U.S.A. It ...
Catholic Missionary Union Catholic Missionary Union The corporate name of a society whose directors are chosen from among the bishops of the ...
Catholic University of America Catholic University of America A pontifical institution located in Washington, D.C. It comprises the Schools of the Sacred ...
Catholic University of Ireland Catholic University of Ireland The project of a Catholic University for Ireland was launched at the Synod of Thurles in 1850. ...
Catholicos Catholicos (Greek Katholikos , universal). The ecclesiastical title of the Nestorian and Armenian ...
Catrou, François Francois Catrou French historian, b. at Paris, 28 December, 1659; d. there 12 October, 1737. He was the son of ...
Cattaro Cattaro DIOCESE OF CATTARO (CATARENSIS). Suffragan of Zara. Cattaro, the principal town in one of the ...
Cauchy, Augustin-Louis Augustin-Louis Cauchy French mathematician, b. at Paris, 21 August, 1789; d. at Sceaux, 23 May, 1857. He owed his early ...
Caughnawaga Caughnawaga Or SAULT ST. LOUIS. An Iroquois reservation, situated on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, ...
Caulet, François-Etienne Francois-Etienne Caulet (Also called M. DE FOIX from an abbey of which he was commendatory abbot ). A French bishop ...
Caunus Caunus (K AUNOS ). A titular see of Asia Minor. Kaunos was said to have been founded by Kaunos, ...
Cause Cause CAUSE IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY The Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle scholastic ">THE SCHOLASTIC ...
Caussin, Nicolas Nicolas Caussin A famous Jesuit preacher and moralist; b. at Troyes in France, in 1583; d. at Paris, 2 July, ...
Cavagnis, Felice Felice Cavagnis Canonist, b. in Bordogna, Diocese of Bergamo , Italy, 13 January, 1841; d. at Rome, 29 ...
Cavalieri, Bonaventura Bonaventura Cavalieri Italian mathematician, b. at Milan in 1598; d. at Bologna, 3 December, 1647. At the age of ...
Cavanagh, James James Cavanagh Soldier, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland, 1831; d. in New York, 7 January, 1901. He emigrated ...
Cavazzi, Giovanni Antonio Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi of Montecucolo; a Capuchin friar of the province of Bologna, date of ...
Cavedoni, Celestino Celestino Cavedoni An Italian ecclesiastic, archeologist, and numismatist ; b. 18 May, 1795, at ...
Cavity, Altar Altar Cavity This is a small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are placed, according ...
Cavo, Andres Andres Cavo A writer frequently quoted on Spanish-Mexican history; b. at Guadalajara in Mexico, 21 January, ...
Caxton, William William Caxton Born in the Weald of Kent, c. 1422; died at Westminster, 1491; the first English printer and the ...
Cayes Cayes (Haiti) (CAJESENSIS) Diocese in the republic of Haiti, suffragan to Port-au-Prince. The actual ...
Cayetano, Saint St. Cajetan (GAETANO.) Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; ...
Caylus, Comte de Comte de Caylus ANNE-CLAUDE-PHILIPPE DE TUBIÈRES-GRIMOARD DE PESTELS DE LÉVIS, COMTE DE CAYLUS ...
Cazeau, Charles-Félix Charles-Felix Cazeau A French-Canadian priest, born at Quebec, 24 December, 1807, of Jean-Baptiste Cazeau and ...
Ceadda, Saint St. Ceadda (Commonly known as ST. CHAD.) Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop successively of York and ...
Cebú Cebu DIOCESE OF CEBÚ (CEBUANENSIS); DIOECESIS NOMINIS JESU Located in the Philippine Islands ...
Cecilia, Saint St. Cecilia Virgin and martyr, patroness of church music, died at Rome. This saint, so often glorified ...
Cedar Cedar Tree [ éréz, kedros, cedrus ]. A coniferous tree frequently mentioned in the ...
Cedar Cedar (Son of Ismael) [Hebrew Qedar ; Greek Kedar ]. The name of the second son of Ismael ( Genesis 25:13 ; ...
Cedd, Saint St. Cedd (Cedda) (Or Cedda). Bishop of the East Saxons, the brother of St. Ceadda ; died 26 Oct. 664. There ...
Cedes Cedes (Or C ADES ; Hebrew, Qédésh , sanctuary; Greek, Kades or Kedes ), two cities ...
Cedron, Brook of Brook of Cedron [ Hebrew Náhál Qidhrôn , "Wâdi Qidron"; only once "fields of Qidron"; ...
Cefalù Cefalu DIOCESE OF CEFALÙ (CEPHALUDENSIS); CEPHALOEDIUM. The city of the same name in the ...
Ceillier, Rémi Remi Ceillier Patrologist, b. at Bar-le-Duc, 14 May, 1688; d. at Flavigny, 26 May, 1763. He received his early ...
Celebret Celebret A letter which a bishop gives to a priest, that he may obtain permission in another diocese ...
Celenderis Celenderis A titular see of Asia Minor. Celenderis was a port and fortress in Isauria, founded by the ...
Celestine I, Pope Saint Pope St. Celestine I Nothing is known of his early history except that he was a Roman and that his father's name was ...
Celestine II, Pope Pope Celestine II (GUIDO DEL CASTELLO, DE CASTELLIS) A native of Roman Tuscany, date of birth unknown; d. 8 ...
Celestine III, Pope Pope Celestine III (GIACINTO BOBONE) The first of the Roman Orsini to ascend the Chair of Peter, b. about 1106; ...
Celestine IV, Pope Pope Celestine IV (GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.) A native of Milan, nephew of Urban III, and probably a Cistercian ; ...
Celestine Order Celestine Order (Also called the HERMITS OF ST. DAMIAN or HERMITS OF MURRONE). This Benedictine congregation ...
Celestine V, Pope Saint Pope Celestine V (PIETRO DI MURRONE.) Born 1215, in the Neapolitan province of Moline; elected at Perugia 5 ...
Celestines Celestines The name given to certain extreme "Spiritual" Franciscans of the Marches, because they were ...
Celibacy of the Clergy Celibacy of the Clergy Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect ...
Cella Cella One of the names by which the small memorial chapels sometimes erected in the Christian ...
Cellier, Elizabeth Elizabeth Cellier A noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended "Meal-Tub Plot" of 1680. ...
Cellites Alexians Or CELLITES. A religious institute or congregation, which had its origin at Mechlin, in ...
Celsus and Nazarius, Saints St. Nazarius and Companions In the Roman Martyrology and that of Bede for 12 June mention is made of four Roman martyrs, ...
Celsus the Platonist Celsus the Platonist An eclectic Platonist and polemical writer against Christianity, who flourished towards the end ...
Celtes, Conrad Conrad Celtes (Properly C ONRAD P ICKEL, or M EISEL ; called also in Latin P ROTUSIUS ). A German ...
Celtic Rite, The The Celtic Rite This subject will be treated under the following seven heads: I. History and Origin; II. ...
Cemeteries Cemeteries Name The word coemeterium or cimiterium (in Gr. koimeterion ) may be said in early ...
Cemeteries in Law Cemeteries in Law Cemeteries in Civil Law It would be impossible here to deal in detail with the various ...
Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian Early Roman Christian Cemeteries This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb cemeteries in the vicinity of Rome. For ...
Cenacle, Religious of the Religious of the Cenacle The Society of Our Lady of the Cenacle was founded in 1826, at La Louvesc in France, near the ...
Cenalis, Robert Robert Cenalis (Sometimes written CÉNEAU and COENALIS, whence the nickname, le Soupier ) Bishop, ...
Ceneda Ceneda DIOCESE OF CENEDA (CENETENSIS). The city of Ceneda is situated in the province of Treviso, in ...
Censer Censer A vessel suspended by chains, and used for burning incense at solemn Mass, Vespers, ...
Censorship of Books Censorship of Books ( Censura Librorum .) DEFINITION AND DIVISION In general, censorship of books is a supervision ...
Censures, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Censures Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and ...
Censures, Theological Theological Censures Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings detrimental to faith ...
Census Census A canonical term variously defined by different writers. Zitelli (Appar. Jur. Eccl.) calls it a ...
Central Verein of North America, German Roman Catholic German Roman Catholic Central Verein of North America (Deutscher römisch-katholischer Centralverein von Nordamerika) The origin of the Central ...
Centre (Party), The The Centre Party (THE CENTRE PARTY). This name is given to a political party in the German Reichstag and to a ...
Centuriators of Magdeburg Centuriators of Magdeburg In 1559 there appeared at Basle the first three folio volumes of a work entitled "Ecclesiastica ...
Centurion Centurion (Latin Centurio , Greek kentyrion, ekatontarkos, ekatontarkys ). A Roman officer ...
Ceolfrid, Saint St. Ceolfrid Benedictine monk, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, b. 642, place of birth not known; d. 29 ...
Ceolwulf Ceolwulf (CEOLWULPH or CEOLULPH) King of Northumbria and monk of Lindisfarne, date and place of ...
Cepeda, Francisco Francisco Cepeda (Also called ZEPEDA and ZEPEDAS) Born in the province of La Mancha, 1532; died at Guatemala, ...
Ceramus Ceramus A titular see of Asia Minor. Ceramus (or Keramos) was a city of Caria, subject at first to ...
Cerasus Cerasus A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus in Asia Minor. Cerasus is remembered for the sojourn of ...
Ceremonial Ceremonial The book which contains in detail the order of religious ceremony and solemn worship prescribed ...
Ceremony Ceremony (Sanskrit, karman , action, work; from kar or ker , to make or create; Latin ...
Cerinthus Cerinthus (Greek Kerinthos ). A Gnostic-Ebionite heretic, contemporary with St. John ; against whose ...
Certitude Certitude The word certitude indicates both a state of mind and a quality of a proposition, according ...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra A Spanish author, born at Alcála de Henares, Spain, in 1547; died at Madrid, 23 April, ...
Cervantes, Salazar Francisco Salazar Francisco Cervantes Born at Toledo, Spain, probably in 1513 or 1514; went to Mexico in 1550; died there in 1575. He ...
Cervia Cervia DIOCESE OF CERVIA (CERVIENSIS) Suffragan of Ravenna. Cervia is a city in the province of ...
Cesalpino, Andrea Andrea Cesalpino (Caesalpinus). A physician, philosopher, and naturalist, distinguished above all as a ...
Cesarini, Giuliano Giuliano Cesarini (Also known as CARDINAL JULIAN) Born at Rome, 1398; died at Varna, in Bulgaria 10 November, ...
Cesena Cesena DIOCESE OF CESENA (CAESENATENSIS). The ancient Cæsena is a city of Emilia, in the ...
Ceslaus, Saint St. Ceslaus Born at Kamien in Silesia, Poland (now Prussia ), about 1184; died at Breslau about 1242. He ...
Cestra Cestra A titular see of Asia Minor, Hierocles (709), Georgius Cyprius (ed. Gelzer, p. 836), and ...
Ceva, Thomas Thomas Ceva Mathematician, born at Milan, 21 December, 1648; died there, 23 February, 1737. In 1663 he ...
Ceylon Ceylon An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the south-east of India and separated ...
Châlons-sur-Marne Chalons-Sur-Marne DIOCESE OF CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE (CATALAUNENSIS) The Diocese comprises the department of ...
Chézy, Antoine-Léonard Antoine-Leonard de Chezy A French Orientalist, born at Neuilly, 15 January, 1773; died at Paris, 31 August, 1832. His ...
Chabanel, Noel Noel Chabanel A Jesuit missionary among the Huron Indians, born in Southern France, 2 February, 1613; slain by ...
Chachapoyas Chachapoyas Diocese of Peru created by Pius VII in 1803, under the name of Chachapoyas and Maynas; made a ...
Chad, Saint St. Ceadda (Commonly known as ST. CHAD.) Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop successively of York and ...
Chadwick, James James Chadwick Second Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, born at Drogheda, Ireland, 24 April, 1813; died at ...
Chaignon, Pierre Pierre Chaignon Born at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, 8 October, 1791, entered the Society of Jesus 14 ...
Chair of Peter Chair of Peter Under this head will be treated: I. The annual Feast of the Chair of Peter ( Cathedra Petri ) at ...
Chalcedon Chalcedon A titular see of Asia Minor. The city was founded 676 B. C. by the Megarians on the ...
Chalcedon, Council of Council of Chalcedon The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November inclusive, at ...
Chaldean Christians Chaldean Christians The name of former Nestorians now reunited with the Roman Church. Ethnologically they are ...
Chalice Chalice HISTORY The chalice occupies the first place among sacred vessels, and by a figure of speech ...
Challoner, Richard Richard Challoner Bishop of Debra, Vicar Apostolic of the London District, author of spiritual and controversial ...
Cham, Chamites Cham, Chamites (Ham, Hamites) I. CHAM ( A.V. Ham). Son of Noah and progenitor of one of the three great races of men whose ...
Chambéry Chambery ARCHDIOCESE OF CHAMBÉRY (CAMBERIENSIS). The Archdiocese of Chambéry comprises the ...
Chamberlain Camerlengo (Latin camerarius ). The title of certain papal officials. The Low Latin word camera ...
Champlain, Samuel de Samuel de Champlain Founder of Quebec and Father of New France , born at Brouage, a village in the province of ...
Champney, Anthony Anthony Champney A controversialist, born in England c. 1569; died there c. 1643. He studied at Reims (1590) ...
Champollion, Jean-François Jean-Francois Champollion (Called THE YOUNGER to distinguish him from his elder brother, Champollion-Figeac). A French ...
Champs, Etienne Agard de Etienne Agard de Champs A distinguished theologian and author, born at Bourges, 2 September, 1613; died at Paris ...
Chanaan, Chanaanites Cana, Canaanites (Canaan, Canaanites). The Hebrew Kenaan , denoting a person, occurs: in the Old ...
Chanca, Diego Alvarez Diego Alvarez Chanca A physician-in-ordinary to Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile and Aragon ; dates of birth and ...
Chancel Chancel The chancel is part of the choir near the altar of a church, where the deacons or sub-deacons ...
Chancery, Diocesan Diocesan Chancery That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government ...
Chanel, Peter-Louis-Marie, Saint St. Peter-Louis-Marie Chanel The print version of the C ATHOLIC E NCYCLOPEDIA contains two articles on this saint. We ...
Changanacherry Changanacherry VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF CHANGANACHERRY (CHANGANACHERENSIS) Located in Travancore, British India ...
Chant, Gregorian Gregorian Chant The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the Church music of ...
Chant, Plain Plain Chant By plain chant we understand the church music of the early Middle Ages, before the advent of ...
Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de St. Jane Frances de Chantal Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation Convent Moulins, 13 December, ...
Chantelou, Claude Claude Chantelou Patristic scholar, born in 1617, at Vion, in the present Diocese of Le Mans, France ; died 28 ...
Chantry Chantry (Middle English chaunterie ; Old French chanterie , French chanter , to sing; Middle Latin ...
Chapeauville, Jean Jean Chapeauville A Belgian theologian and historian, b. at Liège, 5 January, 1551; d. there 11 May 1617. ...
Chapel Chapel ( Latin capella; French chapelle ). When St. Martin divided his military cloak ( cappa ) ...
Chapelle, Placide-Louis Placide-Louis Chapelle Archbishop of New Orleans, U.S.A. b. at Runes Lozère, France, 28 August, 1842; d. at ...
Chaplain Chaplain (Latin capellanus , from capella , chapel ). The origin of capella has been a ...
Chaplets (Prayer Beads) Use of Beads at Prayers Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of prayers in certain ...
Chaptal, Jean-Antoine Jean-Antoine Chaptal Comte de Chanteloup, technical chemist and statesman; b. Nogaret, Lozère, France, 4 June, ...
Chapter Chapter The name Chapter ( Latin capitulum ), designating certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies, ...
Chapter and Conventual Mass Chapter and Conventual Mass As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly every day must also ...
Chapter House Chapter House A building attached to a monastery or cathedral in which the meetings of the chapter are held. ...
Character Character Quite distinct from the technical meaning which the term character possesses in theological ...
Character, Sacramental Character Character indicates a special effect produced by three of the sacraments, viz. Baptism, ...
Charadrus Charadrus A titular see of Asia Minor. According to Strabo (XIV, 669) and Skylax, 102, it was a harbour ...
Chardon, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Chardon Indian missionary in Canada, and in the Louisian territory, born at Bordeaux, France, 27 April, ...
Chardon, Mathias Mathias Chardon (His name in religion was Charles.) A learned French Benedictine of the Congregation of the ...
Charette de la Contrie, Baron Athanase-Charles-Marie Baron Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie Born at Nantes, 3 Sept., 1832; died at Basse-Motte (Ille-et-Vilaine), 9 Oct., 1911. His father ...
Chariopolis Chariopolis A titular see of Thrace. Nothing is known about this city during antiquity. In 1087 it was ...
Charismata Charismata The Greek term charisma denotes any good gift that flows from God's benevolent love ( ...
Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests The word charity , as employed by the courts and used as descriptive of uses and trusts which ...
Charity and Charities Charity and Charities In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man. The ...
Charity, Congregation of the Brothers of Congregation of the Brothers of Charity Founded in Belgium early in the present century: the rule and constitutions were approved and ...
Charity, Sisters of, (St. John, New Brunswick) Sisters of Charity (St. John, New Brunswick) Founded in 1854 by Bishop, subsequently Archbishop, Connolly. Two years before this the bishop ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Jesus and Mary Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary A congregation founded in 1803 by Canon Triest, who was known as "the St. Vincent de Paul of ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Our Lady Mother of Mercy Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy A congregation founded in Holland in 1832 by the Rev. John Zwijsen, pastor of Tilburg, aided by ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Providence Sisters of Charity of Providence The community of Sisters of xxyyyk.htm">Providence, or, more accurately, Daughters of Charity, ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Elizabeth Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Mother-house at Convent Station, near Morristown, New Jersey). A community founded at Newark, ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Louis Sisters of Charity of St. Louis This congregation was founded at Vannes in Brittany, in 1803, by Madame Molé, ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Paul Sisters of Charity of St. Paul These sisters who now add " OF C HARTRES " to their title to distinguish them from another ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to corporal and ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York) Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (New York) (Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the Sisters of ...
Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary A congregation begun by five young women in Dublin, Ireland, 8 December, 1831, with the purpose ...
Charity, Theological Virtue of Love The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ), ...
Charity, Theological Virtue of Love The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ), ...
Charlemagne Charlemagne (French for Carolus Magnus , or Carlus Magnus ("Charles the Great"); German Karl der Grosse ...
Charlemagne and Church Music Charlemagne and Church Music Charlemagne's interest in church music and solicitude for its propagation and adequate ...
Charles Borromeo, Saint St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo -- Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, ...
Charles Martel Charles Martel Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural son of Pepin of ...
Charles V, Emperor Emperor Charles V (CHARLES I, KING OF SPAIN). Born at Ghent, 1500; died at Yuste, in Spain, 1558; was a ...
Charleston Charleston The Diocese of Charleston (Carolopolitana) now comprises the entire State of South Carolina, ...
Charlevoix, François-Xavier Francois-Xavier Charlevoix Historian, b. at St-Quentin, France, 24 October, 1682, d. at La Flèche, 1 February, 1761. ...
Charlottetown Charlottetown DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTETOWN (CAROLINAPOLITANA) Includes all Prince Edward Island (formerly called ...
Charpentier, François-Philippe Francois-Philippe Charpentier French engraver, inventor, and mechanician, b. at Blois, 1734; d. there 22 July, 1817. His ...
Charron, Pierre Pierre Charron Moralist, b. in Paris, 1541; d. there 6 Nov., 1603. He studied law at Bourges, but after ...
Charterhouse Charterhouse From the fact that St. Bruno founded the first house of his austere order at Chartreux, near ...
Chartier, Alain Alain Chartier A French poet, born about 1390, at Bayeux, died between 1430 and 1440. It is believed he studied ...
Chartres Chartres Comprises the department of Eure-et-Loir. Dismembered by the formation of the new Diocese of ...
Chartreuse, La Grande La Grande Chartreuse The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of Dauphine, at an ...
Chartulary Chartulary ( Cartularium , Chartularium , also called Pancarta and Codex Diplomaticus ), a medieval ...
Chastel, Guigues du Guigues du Chastel (Guigo de Castro) (Guigo de Castro). Fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, legislator of the Carthusian Order ...
Chastellain, Georges Georges Chastellain (Or Chastelain), a Burgundian chronicler, born in the County of Alost, Flanders, in 1403; died ...
Chastellain, Pierre Pierre Chastellain Missionary among the Huron Indians, born at Senlis, France, in 1606; died at Quebec, 14 August, ...
Chastity Chastity In this article chastity is considered as a virtue ; its consideration as an evangelical counsel ...
Chasuble Chasuble Called in Latin casula planeta or pænula , and in early Gallic sources amphibalus , ...
Chateaubriand, François-René Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand French writer, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, 4 September, 1768; d. at Paris, 4 July, 1848. He ...
Chatham Chatham DIOCESE OF CHATHAM (CHATHAMENSIS) The Diocese of Chatham comprises the northern half of the ...
Chaucer, Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer English poet, born in London between 1340 and 1345; died there, 25 October, 1400. John ...
Chaumonot, Pierre-Joseph Pierre-Joseph Chaumonot Jesuit missionary in New York and Canada, Born near Châtillon-sur-Seine in France, 1611; ...
Chauncy, Maurice Maurice Chauncy Prior of the English Carthusians at Bruges, date of birth unknown; died at Bruges, 2 July, ...
Chauveau, Pierre-Joseph-Octave Pierre-Joseph-Octave Chauveau Canadian statesman, born at Quebec, 30 May, 1820; died at Montreal, 4 April, 1890. After a ...
Chelm and Belz Chelm and Belz (CHELMENSIS ET BELTHIENSIS RUTENORUM). A diocese of the Greek-Ruthenian Rite in Russian ...
Cheminais de Montaigu, Timoléon Timoleon Cheminais de Montaigu A pulpit orator, born at Paris, 3 January, 1652; entered the Society of Jesus at fifteen, died ...
Cherokee Indians Cherokee Indians The largest and most important tribe of Iroquoian stock of the southern section of the United ...
Chersonesus Chersonesus (1) A titular see of Crete. The city stood on a little peninsula of the north-east coast, ...
Cherubim Cherubim Angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament ...
Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Mario Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini Composer, born in Florence, 14 September, 1760; died at Paris, 15 March, 1842. His instruction ...
Chester Ancient Diocese of Chester ANCIENT DIOCESE OF CHESTER (CESRENSIS). Located in England. Though the See of Chester, ...
Cheverus, Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus First Bishop of Boston, U.S.A., Bishop of Montauban ; Archbishop of Bordeaux, France, and ...
Chevreul, Michel-Eugène Michel-Eugene Chevreul Chemist, physicist, and philosopher, b. at Angers, France, 31 August, 1786; d. at Paris, 9 ...
Cheyenne Cheyenne DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE (CHEYENNENSIS) The Diocese of Cheyenne, established 9 August, 1887, is ...
Chi-Rho (Labarum) Labarum (Chi-Rho) Labarum is the name by which the military standard adopted by Constantine the Great after his ...
Chiabrera, Gabriello Gabriello Chiabrera A poet, born at Savona, Italy, 8 June, 1552, died there 1638. When nine years of age he went to ...
Chiapas Chiapas The Diocese of Chiapas comprises almost the entire state of that name in the Republic of Mexico. ...
Chiavari Chiavari (CLAVARIUM); DIOCESE OF CHIAVARI (CLAVARENSIS) Suffragan of Genoa. Chiavari is a city of the ...
Chibchas Chibchas (Or MUYSCAS). Next to the Quichuas of Peru and the Aymaras in Bolivia, the Chibchas of ...
Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago (Chicagiensis). Diocese created 28 November, 1842; raised to the rank of an archdiocese, 10 ...
Chichele, Henry Henry Chichele (Or Chicheley) Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, ...
Chichester Chichester Ancient Catholic Diocese of Chichester (Cicestrensis), in England. This see took its rise in ...
Chicoutimi Chicoutimi Diocese created, 28 May, 1878, a part of the civil and ecclesiastical Province of Quebec, which ...
Chieregati, Francesco Francesco Chieregati (C HIEREGATO ) Papal nuncio, b. at Vicenza, 1479; d. at Bologna, 6 December, 1539. Little ...
Chieti Chieti ARCHDIOCESE OF CHIETI (THEATENSIS) Archdiocese with the perpetual administration of Vasto. ...
Chihuahua Chihuahua The Diocese of Chihuahua, in the north of Mexico, comprises the State of Chihuahua, with a ...
Chilapa Chilapa Diocese in Mexico, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico, comprises the State of Guerrero, in ...
Children of Mary Children of Mary The Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate owes its origin to the manifestation of the Virgin ...
Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart, The The Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart A Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, founded by the Venerable Mother Barat of the Society of the ...
Chile Chile (Also written C HILI ). A comparatively narrow strip of coast-land in South America between ...
Chimalpain, Domingo (San Anton y Muñon) Domingo (San Anton y Munon) Chimalpain A Mexican Indian of the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth ...
China China The Chinese Empire, the largest political division of Eastern Asia, extends from 18°10' to ...
China, History of History of China The question of the origin of the Chinese has been discussed by several foreign savants: J. Edkins ...
China, Martyrs in Martyrs in China The first Christian martyrs in China appear to have been the missionaries of Ili Bâliq ...
China, The Church in The Church in China Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to ...
Chinooks Chinooks An aboriginal tribe of the extreme northwest of the United States, which might be adduced as an ...
Chioggia (Chiozza) Chioggia DIOCESE OF CHIOGGIA (CLODIENSIS). Chioggia is a sea-coast city in the province of Venice. It ...
Chios Chios (Greek Chios , Italian Scio , Turkish, Sakiz Adassi ). One of the Sporades in the ...
Chippewa Indians Chippewa Indians The largest and most important tribe north of Mexico, numbering some 30,000 souls, about equally ...
Chiusi-Pienza Chiusi-Pienza DIOCESE OF CHIUSI-PIENZA (CLUSINENSIS ET PIENTINENSIS) Suffragan of Siena. Chiusi is an ...
Chivalry Chivalry Chivalry (derived through the French cheval from the Latin caballus ) as an institution is ...
Choctaw Indians Choctaw Indians An important tribe or confederacy of Muskogean stock formerly holding most of Southern Alabama ...
Choir Choir (In Architecture) There is much ambiguity about the terms choir and presbytery. Strictly speaking, the choir is ...
Choir Choir (In Music) A body of singers entrusted with the musical parts of the Church service, and organized and ...
Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, Gilbert Gilbert Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin French bishop, b. 1613; d. at Paris, 31 December, 1689. He was a descendant of the noble family ...
Choiseul, Etienne-François, Duc de Etienne-Francois, Duc de Choiseul French statesman, b. 28 June, 1719; d. in Paris 8 May, 1785. Until his thirty-seventh year he ...
Cholonec, Pierre Pierre Cholonec A biographer and French missionary among the Canadian Indians, born in the Diocese of ...
Chorepiscopi Chorepiscopi (Greek Chorepiskopoi = rural bishops.) A name originally given in the Eastern Church to ...
Choron, Alexandre-Etienne Alexandre-Etienne Choron A French musician and teacher of music, b. at Caen, 21 October, 1772; d. 29 June, 1834. Being ...
Chrism Chrism A mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a bishop in a special manner and used in the ...
Chrismal, Chrismatory Chrismal, Chrismatory Formerly used to designate the sheath, or cloth-covering ( theca ) in which relics were ...
Chrismarium Chrismarium (1) A place in a church set apart for the administration of confirmation. (2) An ampulla or jar, ...
Christ, Agony of Agony of Christ (From agonia , a struggle; particularly, in profane literature, the physical struggle of ...
Christ, Character of Character of Jesus Christ The surpassing eminence of the character of Jesus has been acknowledged by men of the most ...
Christ, Chronology of the Life of Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ In the following paragraphs we shall endeavour to establish the absolute and relative chronology ...
Christ, Early Historical Documents on Early Historical Documents On Jesus Christ The historical documents referring to Christ's life and work may be divided into three classes: ...
Christ, Genealogy of Genealogy of Christ It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of Christ implies a number of exegetical ...
Christ, Holy Name of The Name of Jesus Christ In this article, we shall consider the two words which compose the Sacred Name. JESUS The word ...
Christ, Jesus Jesus Christ Origin of the Name of Jesus In this article, we shall consider the two words -- "Jesus" and ...
Christ, Knowledge of Knowledge of Jesus Christ " Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we know ...
Christ, Order of the Knights of Order of the Knights of Christ A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple (see Knights Templars ). ...
Christ, Temptation of Temptation of Christ In the Catholic translation of the Bible , the word "temptation" is used in various senses, ...
Christ, Virgin Birth of Virgin Birth of Christ The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ was a virgin before, during, ...
Christchurch Christchurch DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (CHRISTOPOLITANA) (Its centre being Christchurch, the Capital of ...
Christendom Christendom In its wider sense this term is used to describe the part of the world which is inhabited by ...
Christendom, Union of Union of Christendom The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most widespread, and the most ancient of ...
Christian Christian (Bishop of Prussia) First Bishop of Prussia, d. 1245. Before becoming a missionary he was a Cistercian monk at ...
Christian Archæology Christian Archaeology Christian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object of which is the ...
Christian Art Christian Art " Christian art" is a term which, while it always applies to the fine arts and their creations ...
Christian Brothers Christian Brothers NATURE AND OBJECT The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a society of male ...
Christian Brothers of Ireland Christian Brothers of Ireland An institute founded at Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, by Edmund Ignatius Rice, a merchant of that ...
Christian Charity, Sisters of Sisters of Christian Charity Also called DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, an institute for teaching poor schools and ...
Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of Confraternity of Christian Doctrine An association established at Rome in 1562 for the purpose of giving religions instruction. Till ...
Christian Instruction, Brothers of Brothers of Christian Instruction A congregation founded in 1817 at Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France, by Jean-Marie-Robert ...
Christian Knowledge, Society for Promoting Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge The greatest and most important society within the Church of England. It was founded 8 March, ...
Christian Retreat, Congregation of Congregation of Christian Retreat There are two branches of this congregation, the Fathers of Christian Retreat and the Sisters. ...
Christianity Christianity In the following article an account is given of Christianity as a religion, describing its origin, ...
Christina Alexandra Christina Alexandra Queen of Sweden, child of Gustavus Adolphhus II of Sweden, born at Stockholm, 8 December, 1626; ...
Christine de Pisan Christine de Pisan A French poetess and historiographer, born at Venice, 1363; died in France, 1430. Although an ...
Christine of Stommeln, Blessed Blessed Christine of Stommeln Born at Stommeln near Cologne, in 1242; died 6 November, 1312. Stommeln, called in the ...
Christmas Christmas ORIGIN OF THE WORD The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse , the Mass of ...
Christology Christology Christology is that part of theology which deals with Our Lord Jesus Christ. In its full extent ...
Christopher Numar of Forli Christopher Numar of Forli Minister general of the Friars Minor and cardinal, date of birth uncertain; d. at Ancona, 23 ...
Christopher, Pope Pope Christopher (Reigned 903-904). Some hold that Christopher, once Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Damasus, ...
Christopher, Saint St. Christopher (Greek christos , Christ, pherein , to bear. Latin Christophorus , i.e. Christbearer). ...
Chrodegang, Saint St. Chrodegang (Called also CHRODEGAND, GODEGRAND, GUNDIGRAN, RATGANG, RODIGANG and SIRIGANG). Bishop of ...
Chromatius, Saint St. Chromatius Bishop of Aquileia, died about 406-407. He was probably born at Aquileia, and in any case grew ...
Chronicle of Eusebius Chronicle of Eusebius Consists of two parts: the first was probably called by Eusebius the "Chronograph" or ...
Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles) ( Paraleipomenon ; Libri Paralipomenon ). Two books of the Bible containing a summary of ...
Chronicon Paschale Chronicon Paschale (P ASCHAL C HRONICLE ). The name ordinarily given to a valuable Byzantine chronicle of the ...
Chronology, Biblical Biblical Chronology Biblical chronology deals with the dates of the various events recorded in the Bible . It ...
Chronology, General General Chronology CHRISTIAN ERA PRE-CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY REGNAL YEARS INDICTIONS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THE ...
Chrysanthus and Daria, Saints Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova, and whose tombs, according to the testimony of ...
Chrysogonus, Saint St. Chrysogonus Martyr, suffered at Aquileia, probably during the persecution of Diocletian, was buried ...
Chrysopolis Chrysopolis A titular see of Roman Arabia, not to be confounded with Chrysopolis (today Scutari), opposite ...
Chrysostom, Saint John St. John Chrysostom ( Chrysostomos , "golden-mouthed" so called on account of his eloquence). Doctor of the ...
Chur Chur (Anciently C URIA R HÆTORUM, in Italian C OIRA, French C OÏRE, in the local ...
Church and State State and Church The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each essentially aiming ...
Church Maintenance Church Maintenance The proper support of church edifices and church institutions, as well as of the clergy who ...
Church, The The Church The term church (Anglo-Saxon, cirice, circe ; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka ) is ...
Churching of Women Churching of Women A blessing given by the Church to mothers after recovery from childbirth. Only a Catholic ...
Chusai Chusai The Arachite, i.e. the native of Archi, a place south of the portion of Ephraim, near Bethel ( ...
Chysoloras, Manuel Manuel Chysoloras First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about the middle of the fourteenth ...
Chytri Chytri A titular see of Cyprus. The Greek see of similar title was suppressed in 1222 by Cardinal ...
Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino Giovanni Giustino Ciampini An ecclesiastical archaeologist, born at Rome, 1633; died there 1698. He graduated from the ...
Ciasca, Agostino Agostino Ciasca (In the world, PASQUALE). An Italian Augustinian and cardinal, born at Polignano a Mare, in ...
Ciborium Ciborium A chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament. The word is of rather doubtful ...
Cibot, Pierre-Martial Pierre-Martial Cibot Missionary, born at Limoges, France, 14 August, 1727; died at Peking, China, 8 August, 1780. He ...
Ciboule, Robert Robert Ciboule Theologian and moralist, born in the Department of Eure, France, at the close of the fourteenth ...
Cibyra Cibyra A titular see of Caria, in Asia Minor. Kibyra, later Kibyrrha, had been founded by the Lycian ...
Ciccione, Andrea Andrea Ciccione An Italian sculptor and architect, born in Naples in the first part of the fifteenth century. ...
Cicognara, Leopoldo, Count Count Leopoldo Cicognara Politician, writer on art, and collector of Italian antiquities, born at Ferara 26 November, 1767; ...
Cid, El El Cid (Rodrigo, or Ruy, Diaz, Count of Bivar). The great popular hero of the chivalrous age of ...
Cidyessus Cidyessus A titular see of Asia Minor. It was a city of some importance, west of Ammonia in West-Central ...
Cienfuegos Cienfuegos The Diocese of Cienfuegos (Centumfocensis), which includes all the Province of Santa Clara in the ...
Cignani Family Cignani Family (Carlo, Felice, Paolo) (1)CARLO, born 1628, the most distinguished of three Bolognese painters of the same name, was a ...
Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Cima Da Conegliano A Venetian painter, born at Conegliano in the province of Treviso in 1459 or 1460; died in ...
Cimabue, Cenni di Pepo Cenni di Petro Cimabue Florentine painter, born 1240; died after 1301; the legendary founder of Italian painting and ...
Cimbebasia Cimbebasia PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF UPPER CIMBEBASIA Cimbebasia was the name given for a long time to the ...
Cincinnati Cincinnati The Archdiocese of Cincinnati (Cincinnatiensis) comprises that part of the State of Ohio lying ...
Cincture Cincture ( Latin Cingulum .) The cincture (or, as it is more commonly called in England, the ...
Cinites Cinites (A.V. Kenites). A tribe or family often mentioned in the Old Testament, personified as ...
Cinna Cinna A titular see of Asia Minor. According to the order of the "Synecdemus" of Hirerocles (p. 696) ...
Circesium Circesium (KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS). A titular see of Osrhoene. Founded ...
Circumcision Circumcision The Hebrew, like the Greek ( peritome ), and the Latin ( circumcisio ), signifies a cutting ...
Circumcision, Feast of the Feast of the Circumcision As Christ wished to fulfil the law and to show His descent according to the flesh from Abraham. ...
Cisalpine Club Cisalpine Club An association of Catholic laymen formed in England to perpetuate the movement which had found ...
Cisamus Cisamus Cisamus, a titular see of Crete. Kisamos, or Kissamos, was a harbour on the north-west coast of ...
Cistercian Sisters Cistercian Sisters The first Cistercian monastery for women was established at Tart in the Diocese of Langres ...
Cistercians Cistercians ( See also CISTERCIAN SISTERS ; CISTERCIANS IN THE BRITISH ISLES .) Religious of the Order ...
Cistercians in the British Isles Cistercians in the British Isles St. Stephen Harding, third Abbot of Cîteaux (1109-33), was an Englishman and his ...
Citation Citation ( Latin citare ). A legal act through which a person, by mandate of the judge, is called ...
Citharizum Citharizum A titular see of Armenia. The city was situated in Asthianene or Balabitene, a region between ...
Città della Pieve, Diocese of Citta Della Pieve (CIVITATIS PLEBIS) A city of obscure origin in the province of Perugia in Umbria, Central ...
Città di Castello, Diocese of Citta di Castello Città di Castello, DIOCESE OF (CIVITATIS CASTELLI), is a town in the province of Perugia, ...
Ciudad Real Ciudad Real (ECCLESIA CLUNIENSIS Bishopric-Priorate of the Military Orders of Spain, directly subject ...
Ciudad Rodrigo Ciudad Rodrigo Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (Civitatensis) Suffragan of the Diocese of Santiago; comprises the ...
Cius Cius (Kios) (Kios.) A titular see of Asia Minor. Kios was a Milesian colony on the Bithynian coast in ...
Civil Allegiance Civil Allegiance By civil allegiance is meant the duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State ...
Civil Authority Civil Authority Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, ...
Civil Marriage Civil Marriage "Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of ...
Cività Castellana, Orte, and Gallese Civita Castellana, Orte, and Gallese Cività Castellana, DIOCESE OF (CIVITATIS CASTELLANÆ, HORTANENSIS ET GALLESINENSIS) is ...
Civitavecchia and Corneto, Diocese of Civitavecchia and Corneto Civitavecchia and Corneto, DIOCESE OF (CENTUMCELLARUM ET CORNETANA) is an important and fortified ...
Clémanges, Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de Clemanges (Or CLAMANGES) A French Humanist and theologian, b. in Champagne about 1360; d. at Paris ...
Clémencet, Charles Charles Clemencet Benedictine historian, b. at Painblanc, in the department of Côte-d'Or, France, 1703; d. ...
Clément, François Francois Clement A member of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur and historian; born at Bèze in the ...
Clairvaux, Abbey of Abbey of Clairvaux The third daughter of Cîteaux and mother in the fourth line of numerous and celebrated ...
Clandestinity (in Canon Law) Clandestinity Strictly speaking, clandestinity signifies a matrimonial impediment introduced by the Council of ...
Clare of Assisi, Saint St. Clare of Assisi Cofoundress of the Order of Poor Ladies , or Clares, and first Abbess of San Damiano; born at ...
Clare of Montefalco, Saint St. Clare of Montefalco Born at Montefalco about 1268; died there, 18 August, 1308. Much dispute has existed as to whether ...
Clare of Rimini, Blessed Blessed Clare of Rimini (Chiara Agolanti), of the order of Poor Clares, born at Rimini in 1282; died there 10 February, ...
Claret y Clará, Saint Antonio María Ven. Antonio Maria Claret y Clara Spanish prelate and missionary, born at Sallent, near Barcelona, 23 Dec., 1807; d. at ...
Clark, William William Clark English priest, date of birth unknown, executed at Winchester, 29 Nov., 1603. He was educated ...
Classical Latin Literature in the Church Classical Latin Literature in the Church I. Early Period This article deals only with the relations of the classical literature, chiefly ...
Claude de la Colombière, Saint St. Claude de la Colombiere Missionary and ascetical writer, born of noble parentage at Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, between ...
Claudia Claudia ( Klaudia ), a Christian woman of Rome, whose greeting to Timothy St. Paul conveys with ...
Claudianus Mamertus Claudianus Mamertus (The name Ecdicius is unauthorized). A Gallo-Roman theologian and the brother of St. ...
Claudiopolis Claudiopolis (Bithynia) A titular see of Asia Minor. It was a city in Cilicia Tracheia or Byzantine Isauria. The old ...
Claudiopolis Claudiopolis A titular see of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. Strabo (XII, 4, 7) mentions a town, Bithynium ...
Claver, Saint Peter St. Peter Claver The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died 8 September, 1654. He ...
Clavigero, Francisco Saverio Francisco Saverio Clavigero Born at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 9 September, 1731; d. at Bologna, Italy, 2 April, 1787. At the age of ...
Clavius, Christopher Christopher Clavius Christoph Clau, mathematician and astronomer, whose most important achievement related to the ...
Clavius, Claudius Claudius Clavus (Or NICHOLAS NIGER.) The latinized form of the name of the old Danish cartographer Claudius ...
Clayton, James James Clayton Priest, confessor of the faith, b. at Sheffield, England, date of birth not know ; d. a ...
Clazomenae Clazomenae A titular see of Asia Minor. The city had been first founded on the southern shore of the ...
Clean and Unclean Clean and Unclean The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and uncleanness ...
Cleef, Jan van Jan van Cleef A Flemish painter, b. in Guelderland in 1646, d. at Ghent, 18 December, 1716. He was a pupil of ...
Cleef, Joost van Joost van Cleef (JOSSE VAN CLEVE). The "Madman", a Flemish painter born in Antwerp c. 1520, died c. 1556. ...
Cleef, Martin van Martin van Cleef A Flemish painter, born at Antwerp in 1520; died in 1570; was the son of the painter William ...
Clemens non Papa Clemens Non Papa (Jacques Clement). Representative of the Flemish or Netherland School of music of the ...
Clemens, Franz Jacob Franz Jacob Clemens A German Catholic philosopher, b. 4 October, 1815, at Coblenz; d. 24 February, 1862, at Rome. ...
Clement I, Pope Saint Pope St. Clement I Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian ), is the first ...
Clement II, Pope Pope Clement II (S UIDGER .) Date of birth unknown; enthroned 25 December, 1046; d. 9 October, 1047. In the ...
Clement III, Pope Pope Clement III (Paolo Scolari). Date of birth unknown; elected 19 December, 1187; d. 27 March, 1191. During ...
Clement IV, Pope Pope Clement IV (G UIDO L E G ROS ). Born at Saint-Gilles on the Rhone, 23 November, year unknown; ...
Clement IX, Pope Pope Clement IX (GIULIO ROSPIGLIOSI) Born 28 January, 1600, at Pistoja, of an ancient family originally from ...
Clement Mary Hofbauer, Blessed Blessed Clement Mary Hofbauer (JOHN DVORÁK) The second founder of the Redemptorist Congregation, called "the Apostle ...
Clement of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria (Properly TITUS FLAVIUS CLEMENS, but known in church history by the former designation to ...
Clement of Ireland, Saint St. Clement of Ireland Also known as CLEMENS SCOTUS (not to be confounded with Claudius Clemens). Born in Ireland, ...
Clement V, Pope Pope Clement V (B ERTRAND DE G OT .) Born at Villandraut in Gascony, France, 1264; died at Roquemaure, 20 ...
Clement VI, Pope Pope Clement VI (P IERRE R OGER ) Born 1291 in the castle of Maumont, departmentof Corrèze, France, ...
Clement VII, Pope Pope Clement VII (G IULIO DE’ M EDICI ). Born 1478; died 25 September, 1534. Giulio de' Medici was ...
Clement VIII, Pope Pope Clement VIII (IPPOLITO ALDOBRANDINI). Born at Fano, March, 1536, of a distinguished Florentine family ; ...
Clement X, Pope Pope Clement X (EMILIO ALTIERI). Born at Rome, 13 July, 1590; elected 29 April, 1670, and died at Rome, 22 ...
Clement XI, Pope Pope Clement XI (GIOVANNI FRANCESCO ALBANI). Born at Urbino, 23 July, 1649; elected 23 November, 1700; died ...
Clement XII, Pope Pope Clement XII (LORENZO CORSINI). Born at Florence, 7 April, 1652; elected 12 July, 1730; died at Rome 6 ...
Clement XIII, Pope Pope Clement XIII (C ARLO DELLA T ORRE R EZZONICO ). Born at Venice, 7 March, 1693; died at Rome, 2 ...
Clement XIV, Pope Clement XIV (L ORENZO –or G IOVANNI V INCENZO A NTONIO –G ANGANELLI ). Born at ...
Clement, Cæsar Caesar Clement Date of birth uncertain; died at Brussels 28 Aug., 1626, great-nephew of Sir Thomas More's ...
Clement, John John Clement President of the College of Physicians and tutor to St. Thomas More's children, born in ...
Clementines Clementines (K LEMENTIA ; C LEMENTINE P SEUDO -W RITINGS ) Clementines is the name given to the ...
Clenock, Maurice Maurice Clenock (Or Clynog.) Date of birth unknown; died about 1580. He was b. in Wales and educated at ...
Cleophas Cleophas According to the Catholic English versions the name of two persons mentioned in the New ...
Clerestory Clerestory A term formerly applied to any window or traceried opening in a church, e.g. in an aisle, ...
Cleric Cleric A person who has been legitimately received into the ranks of the clergy. By clergy in the ...
Clericato, Giovanni Giovanni Clericato Canonist, born 1633, at Padua ; died 1717. He was of English descent, and the name is variously ...
Clericis Laicos Clericos Laicos The initial words of a Bull issued 25 Feb., 1296, by Boniface VIII in response to an earnest ...
Clerk, John John Clerk Bishop of Bath and Wells ; date of birth unknown; died 3 January, 1541. He was educated at ...
Clerke, Agnes Mary Agnes Mary Clerke See also ELLEN MARY CLERKE . Astronomer, born at Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, 10 ...
Clerke, Ellen Mary Ellen Mary Clerke Sister of Agnes Mary Clerke, journalist and novelist, b. at Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, ...
Clerks Regular Clerks Regular Canonical Status By clerks regular are meant those bodies of men in the Church who by the very ...
Clerks Regular of Our Saviour Clerks Regular of Our Saviour A religious congregation instituted in its present form in 1851, at Benoite-Vaux in the Diocese ...
Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca, a congregation founded by the Blessed Giovanni ...
Clermont Clermont (CLERMONT-FERRAND; CLAROMONTENSIS) Comprises the entire department of Puy-de-Dôme and is ...
Cletus, Pope Saint Pope St. Anacletus The second successor of St. Peter . Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is also called ...
Cletus, Pope Saint Pope St. Cletus This name is only another form for Anacletus, the second successor of St. Peter. It is true ...
Cleveland Cleveland The Diocese of Cleveland (Clevelandensis), established 23 April, 1847, comprises all that part of ...
Clichtove, Josse Josse Clichtove (Jodocus Clichtovaeus). A theologian, b. 1472 at Nieuport (Flanders); d. 1543 at Chartres ( ...
Clifford, William William Clifford ( Alias Mansell), divine, d. 30 April, 1670; he was the son of Henry Clifford, by his wife ...
Clifton Clifton (Cliftoniensis). Diocese of England, consisting of Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, and ...
Climent, José Jose Climent Spanish bishop, b. at Castellon de la Plana (Valencia), 1706; d. there 25 Nov., 1781. ...
Clitherow, Saint Margaret St. Margaret Clitherow Martyr, called the "Pearl of York", born about 1556; died 25 March 1586. She was a daughter of ...
Clogher Clogher DIOCESE OF CLOGHER (CLOGHERENSIS) A suffragan of Armagh, Ireland, which comprises the County ...
Cloister Cloister The English equivalent of the Latin word clausura (from claudere , "to shut up"). This word ...
Clonard, School of School of Clonard Clonard (Irish, Cluain Eraird , or Cluain Iraird , Erard's Meadow) was situated on the ...
Clonfert Clonfert (Clonfertensis, in Irish Cluain-fearta Brenainn ). The Diocese of Clonfert, a suffragan see ...
Clonmacnoise, Abbey and School of Abbey and School of Clonmacnoise Situated on the Shannon, about half way between Athlone and Banagher, King's County, Ireland, ...
Cloths, Altar Altar Cloths The use of altar-cloths goes back to the early centuries of the Church. St. Optatus of Mileve ...
Clotilda, Saint St. Clotilda ( French CLOTILDE; German CHLOTHILDE). Queen of the Franks, born probably at Lyons, c. ...
Clouet Clouet The family name of several generations of painters. Jean (Jean the Younger) Born at Tours, ...
Clovesho, Councils of Councils of Clovesho Clovesho, or Clofeshoch, is notable as the place at which were held several councils of the ...
Clovio, Giorgio Giorgio Clovio (Also known as Giulio Clovio ) A famous Italian miniaturist, called by Vasari "the unique" ...
Clovis Clovis (CHLODWIG, or CHLODOWECH) Son of Childeric, King of the Salic Franks ; born in the year 466; ...
Cloyne, Diocese of Cloyne (Gaelic Cluain-uania , Cave-meadow. Latin Clonensis or Cloynensis .) Comprises the ...
Cluny, Congregation of Congregation of Cluny (CLUNI, CLUGNI, or CLUGNY) The earliest reform, which became practically a distinct order, ...
Clynn, John John Clynn (Or CLYN). Irish Franciscan and annalist, b. about 1300; d., probably, in 1349. His place of ...
Co-Consecrators Co-Consecrators Co-consecrators are the bishops who assist the presiding bishop in the act of consecrating a ...
Co-education Co-Education The term is now generally reserved to the practice of educating the sexes together; but even in ...
Cobo, Bernabé Bernabe Cobo Born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October, 1657. He went to America in ...
Coccaleo, Viatora Viatora Coccaleo A Capuchin friar, so called from his birthplace, Coccaglio in Lombardy, date of birth unknown; ...
Cochabamba Cochabamba (COCABAMBENSIS). The city from which this diocese takes its name is the capital of the ...
Cochem, Martin of Martin of Cochem A celebrated German theologian, preacher and ascetic writer, born at Cochem, a small town on ...
Cochin, Diocese of Cochin (COCHINENSIS) on the Malabar coast, India. The diocese was erected and constituted a ...
Cochin, Jacques-Denis Jacques-Denis Cochin A preacher and philanthropist, born in Paris, 1 January, 1726; died there 3 June, 1783. His ...
Cochin, Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin Cochin Born in Paris, 12 Dec., 1823; died at Versailles, 13 March, 1872. He took an early interest in ...
Cochlæus, Johann Johann Cochlaeus (Properly Dobeneck), surnamed Cochlæus (from cochlea , a snail shell) after his birthplace ...
Cocussus Cocussus (Cocusus, Cocussus, Cocusus). A titular see of Armenia. It was a Roman station on the road ...
Codex Codex The name given to a manuscript in leaf form, distinguishing it from a roll. The codex seems to ...
Codex Alexandrinus Codex Alexandrinus A most valuable Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, so named because it was ...
Codex Amiatinus Codex Amiatinus The most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, remarkable as the best witness to ...
Codex Bezae Codex Bezae (CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS), one of the five most important Greek New Testament manuscripts, and the ...
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (Symbol C). The last in the group of the four great uncial manuscripts of the Greek Bible, ...
Codex Sinaiticus Codex Sinaiticus (The symbol is the Hebrew character Aleph , though Swete and a few other scholars use the ...
Codex Vaticanus Codex Vaticanus (CODEX B), a Greek manuscript, the most important of all the manuscripts of Holy Scripture . ...
Codrington, Thomas Thomas Codrington (Died 1691?), Catholic divine, chiefly known for his attempt to introduce into England the ...
Coeffeteau, Nicolas Nicolas Coeffeteau Preacher and controversialist, born 1574, at Château-du-Loir, province of Maine, France ; ...
Coelchu Coelchu Also COLGA, COLCU (Latin Colcus ) A distinguished Abbot of the School of Clonmacnoise in ...
Coelde, Theodore Theodore Coelde (THEODORE OF MÜNSTER; THEODORE OF OSNABRÜCK; DERICK, DEDERICK, or DIETERICH, CÖLDE) ...
Coemgen, Saint St. Kevin (Coemgen) Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland, b. about 498, the date being very obscure; d. 3 June, 618; son ...
Coenred Coenred ( Or CENRED, also COENRÆD, COINRED, KENRED, and CHRENRED) King of Mercia (reigned ...
Coeur d'Alêne Indians Coeur d'Alene Indians A small tribe of Salishan stock formerly ranging along the lake and river of the same name in ...
Coffin, Edward Edward Coffin ( Alias HATTON.) An English Jesuit and missionary, born at Exeter, 1570; died 17 April, ...
Coffin, Robert Aston Robert Aston Coffin An ecclesiastical writer and bishop, b. at Brighton, England, 19 July, 1819; d. at Teignmouth, ...
Cogitosus Cogitosus An Irishman, an author, and a monk of Kildare ; the date and place of his birth and of his ...
Cogolludo, Diego López de Diego Lopez de Cogolludo One of the chief historians of Yucatán. His work, the "Historia de Yucatán", which ...
Cohen, Hermann Hermann Cohen A Discalced Carmelite (Augustin-Marie of the Blessed Sacrament, generally known as Father ...
Coimbatore, Diocese of Coimbatore (KOIMBATUR; COIMBATURENSIS). The City of Coimbatore is the capital of the district of ...
Coimbra, Diocese of Coimbra (Conimbricensis). In Portugal, suffragan of Braga, in the province of Beira. The cathedral ...
Coimbra, University of University of Coimbra The earliest certain information concerning a university in Portugal dates from 1288, when the ...
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste Colbert I. JEAN-BAPTISTE COLBERT (1619-1683) Marquis de Seignelay, statesman, b. at Rheims, France, 1619; ...
Cole, Henry Henry Cole A confessor of the Faith, b. at Godshill, Isle of Wight, about 1500; d. in the Fleet Prison, ...
Coleman, Edward Edward Coleman A controversialist, politician, and secretary of the Duchess of York, date of birth unknown; ...
Coleridge, Henry James Henry James Coleridge A writer and preacher, b. 20 September 1822, in Devonshire, England ; d. at Roehampton, 13 April ...
Colet, John John Colet Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and founder of St. Paul's School, London ; b. in London, 1467; d. ...
Coleti, Nicola Nicola Coleti (COLETTI) Priest and historian, b. at Venice, 1680; d. in the same city, 1765. He studied at ...
Colette, Saint St. Colette (Diminutive of NICOLETTA, COLETTA). Founder of Colettine Poor Clares (Clarisses), born 13 ...
Colgan, John John Colgan Hagiographer and historian, b. in County Donegal, Ireland, about the beginning of the seventeenth ...
Colima Colima (COLIMENSIS). The city of Colima, the capital of the State of the same name in Mexico, is ...
Colin, Frédéric-Louis Frederic-Louis Colin Superior of the Sulpicians in Canada, b. at Bourges, France, in 1835; d. at Montreal, 27 ...
Colin, Jean-Claude-Marie Jean-Claude-Marie Colin A French priest, founder of the Marists, b. at Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy, now in the Diocese of ...
Coliseum, The The Coliseum The Coliseum, known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, commenced A.D. 72 by Vespasian, the first of the ...
Collège de France, The The College de France The Collège de France was founded in the interest of higher education by Francis I. He ...
Collado, Diego Diego Collado A missionary, born in the latter part of the sixteenth century at Miajadas, in the province of ...
Colle de Val d'Elsa Colle di Val d'Elsa (Collis Hetruscus) Diocese (Collensis), suffragan to Florence. Colle is situated in the ...
Collect Collect The name now used only for short prayers before the Epistle in the Mass, which occur again at ...
Collectarium Collectarium (Sometimes COLLECTARIUS, COLLECTANEUM, ORATIONALE, CAPITULARE), the book which contains the ...
Collections Collections The offerings of the faithful in their special relation to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will ...
Collectivism Collectivism The term Collectivism is sometimes employed as a substitute for socialism . It is of later ...
College College ( French collège , Italian collegio , Spanish colegio ) The word college , ...
College (in Canon Law) College (In Canon Law) A collection ( Latin collegium ) of persons united together for a common object so as to ...
College, Apostolic Apostolic College This term designates The Twelve Apostles as the body of men commissioned by Christ to spread the ...
Colleges, Roman Roman Colleges This article treats of the various colleges in Rome which have been founded under ...
Collegiate Collegiate ( Latin collegiatus , from collegium ) An adjective applied to those churches and ...
Colman Mac Lenine, Saint St. Colman Mac Lenine Saint Colman Mac Lenine, founder and patron of the See of Cloyne, born in Munster, c. 510; died ...
Colman, Saint St. Colman (Patron of Austria) Saint Colman, one of the patrons of Austria, was also an Irish saint, who, journeying to ...
Colman, Saint Elo St. Elo Colman Famed in Irish hagiology. He was founder and first Abbot of Muckamore, and from the fact of ...
Colman, Saint MacCathbad St. MacCathbad Colman Famed in Irish hagiology. He was distinguished as MacCathbad, whence Kilmackevat, County Antrim, ...
Colman, Saint, of Dalaradia St. Colman, Bishop of Dromore Born in Dalaradia, c. 450; date of death uncertain. His feast is celebrated 7 June. He founded ...
Colman, Saint, of Kilmacduagh St. Colman of Kilmacduagh Bishop and patron of Kilmacduagh, born at Kiltartan c. 560; died 29 October, 632. He lived for ...
Colman, Saint, of Mayo St. Colman of Mayo Founder of the Abbey and Diocese of Mayo, born in Connacht, c. 605; died 8 August, 676. He ...
Colman, Saint, of Templeshambo St. Colman of Templeshambo Saint Colman of Templeshambo was a Connacht saint, and has been confounded with the patron of ...
Colman, Walter Walter Colman Friar Minor andEnglish martyr : date of birth uncertain; died in London, 1645. He came of noble ...
Colmar, Joseph Ludwig Joseph Ludwig Colmar Bishop of Mainz ; born at Strasburg, 22 June, 1760; died at Mainz, 15 Dec., 1818. After his ...
Cologne Cologne (German KÖLN or CÖLN), German city and archbishopric. THE CITY Cologne, in size the ...
Cologne, University of University of Cologne Though famous all through the Middle Ages for its cathedral and cloister schools and for ...
Colomba of Rieti, Blessed Blessed Colomba of Rieti Born at Rieti in Umbria, Italy, 1467; died at Perugia, 1501. Blessed Colomba of Rieti is always ...
Colombière, Saint Claude de la St. Claude de la Colombiere Missionary and ascetical writer, born of noble parentage at Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, between ...
Colombia Colombia ( Republic of Colombia ; formerly United States of Colombia ) Colombia forms the ...
Colombo Colombo The Archdiocese of Colombo, situated on the western seaboard of the Island of Ceylon, includes ...
Colombo, Mateo Realdo Mateo Realdo Colombo Italian anatomist and discoverer of the pulmonary circulation, b. at Cremona in 1516; d. at ...
Colona, Blessed Margaret Blessed Margaret Colona Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 September, 1284. Her parents died in ...
Colonia Colonia A titular see of Armenia. Procopius (De Ædif., III, iv) informs us that Justinian ...
Colonia Colonia A titular see in Armenia Prima. Colonia should be identified with Kara Hissar, chief town of a ...
Colonna Colonna A celebrated family which played an important rôle in Italy during medieval and ...
Colonna, Egidio Egidio Colonna (Ægidius a Colonna) A Scholastic philosopher and theologian, b. about the middle of the ...
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo Giovanni Paolo Colonna Born at Bologna, 1637; died in the same city, 28 November, 1695. After studying under Agostino ...
Colonna, Vittoria Vittoria Colonna Italian poet, born at Marino, 1490; died at Rome, February 25, 1547. She was the daughter of ...
Colonnade Colonnade A number of columns symmetrically arranged in one or more rows. It is termed monostyle when of one ...
Colophon Colophon A titular see of Asia Minor. It was one of the twelve Ionian cities, between Lebedos (ruins ...
Colorado Colorado The thirty-fifth, in point of admission, of the United States of America. It lies between the ...
Colossæ Colossae A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, suppressed in 1894. Little is known about its history. ...
Colossians, Epistle to the Epistle to the Colossians One of the four Captivity Epistles written by St. Paul during his first imprisonment in Rome ...
Colours, Liturgical Liturgical Colours By a law of her liturgy the Church directs that the vestments worn by her sacred ministers, ...
Columba of Sens, Saint St. Columba of Sens Suffered towards the end of the third century, probably under the Emperor Aurelian. She is said ...
Columba of Terryglass, Saint St. Columba of Terryglass A son of Crinthainn and a disciple of St. Finnian of Clonard. When the latter was in extremis , ...
Columba, Saint St. Columba Abbot of Iona, b. at Garten, County Donegal, Ireland, 7 December, 521; d. 9 June, 597. He ...
Columba, Saint St. Columba (Of Spain) A Spanish nun, of whom it is related that she was beheaded by the Moors at the monastery of ...
Columbanus, Saint St. Columbanus Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, born in West Leinster, Ireland, in 543; died at Bobbio, Italy, ...
Columbia University (Oregon) Columbia University Portland, Oregon Columbia University, formerly known as Portland University, is located on the ...
Columbus, Christopher Christopher Columbus (Italian C RISTOFORO C OLOMBO ; Spanish C RISTOVAL C OLON .) Born at Genoa, or on ...
Columbus, Diocese of Columbus The Diocese of Columbus comprises that part of the State of Ohio, south of 40§41', lying ...
Columbus, Knights of Knights of Columbus A fraternal and beneficent society of Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, 2 ...
Column Column In architecture a round pillar, a cylindrical solid body, or a many-sided prism, the body of which ...
Comacchio Comacchio (COMACLENSIS) Diocese ; suffragan of Ravenna. Comacchio is a town in the province of Ferrara ...
Comana Comana A titular see of Asia Minor. According to ancient geographers, Comana was situated in ...
Comayagua Comayagua The Diocese of Comayagua, suffragan to Guatemala, includes the entire Republic of Honduras in ...
Combefis, François Francois Combefis Patrologist, b. November, 1605, at Marmande in Guyenne; d. at Paris, 23 March, 1679. He made his ...
Comboni, Daniel Daniel Comboni Missionary, b. 15 March, 1831 in Limone San Giovanni near Brescia, Italy ; d. 10 Oct., 1881, at ...
Comellas y Cluet, Antonio Antonio Comellas y Cluet A philosopher, born at Berga, in the Province of Barcelona, 16 Jan., 1832; died there, 3 June, ...
Comgall, Saint St. Comgall Founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor, flourished in the sixth century. The ...
Commandments of God (The Ten Commandments) The Ten Commandments Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. deka , ten, ...
Commandments of the Church Commandments of the Church We shall consider: I. The nature of the Commandments of the Church in general; II. The history of ...
Commemoration (in Liturgy) Commemoration (In Liturgy) The recital of a part of the Office or Mass assigned to a certain feast or day when the whole ...
Commendatory Abbot Commendatory Abbot An ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam, that is, who draws its ...
Commendone, Giovanni Francesco Giovanni Francesco Commendone Cardinal and Papal Nuncio, born at Venice, 17 March, 1523; died at Padua, 26 Dec., 1584 After ...
Commentaries on the Bible Commentaries on the Bible "To write a full history of exegesis ", says Farrar, "would require the space of many volumes." ...
Commines, Philippe de Philippe de Commines (Also C OMINES or C OMYNES ). French historian and statesman, b. in Flanders probably ...
Commissariat of the Holy Land Commissariat of the Holy Land In the Order of Friars Minor the territory or district assigned to a commissary, whose duty it ...
Commissary Apostolic Commissary Apostolic ( Latin Commissarius Apostolicus ) A commissary is one who has received power from a ...
Commissions, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Commissions Ecclesiastical Commissions are bodies of ecclesiastics juridically established and to whom are ...
Commodianus Commodianus A Christian poet, the date of whose birth is uncertain, but generally placed at about the ...
Commodus Commodus (M ARCUS A URELIUS C OMMODUS A NTONINUS ). Roman Emperor, born 161; died at Rome, 31 ...
Common Life, Brethren of the Brethren of the Common Life A community founded by Geert De Groote , of rich burgher stock, born at Deventer in Gelderland ...
Common Prayer, Book of Book of Common Prayer I. HISTORY On 21 January, 1549, the first Act of Uniformity was passed imposing upon the whole ...
Common Sense, Philosophy of Philosophy of Common Sense The term common sense designates (1) a special faculty, the sensus communis of the ...
Commune, Martyrs of the Paris Martyrs of the Paris Commune The secular priests and the religious who were murdered in Paris, in May 1871, on account of ...
Communicatio Idiomatum Communicatio Idiomatum (Communication of Idioms) ("Communication of Idioms"). A technical expression in the theology of the Incarnation. It ...
Communion Antiphon Communion Antiphon The term Communion ( Communio ) is used, not only for the reception of the Holy Eucharist, but ...
Communion Bench Communion Bench An adaptation of the sanctuary guard or altar-rail. Standing in front of this barrier, in a ...
Communion of Children Communion of Children In order to get some insight into the historical aspect of this subject it will be useful to dwell ...
Communion of Saints Communion of Saints ( communo sanctorum , a fellowship of, or with, the saints). The doctrine expressed in the ...
Communion of the Sick Communion of the Sick This differs from ordinary Communion as to the class of persons to whom it is administered, as to ...
Communion Rail Altar Rail The railing which guards the sanctuary and separates the latter from the body of the church. It ...
Communion under Both Kinds Communion Under Both Kinds Communion under one kind is the reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist under the species ...
Communion, Frequent Frequent Communion Without specifying how often the faithful should communicate, Christ simply bids us eat His Flesh ...
Communion, Holy Holy Communion By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Ascetic writers ...
Communism Communism ( Latin communis .) In its more general signification communism refers to any social system ...
Comnena, Anna Anna Comnena Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118). ...
Como Como DIOCESE OF COMO (COMENSIS). Como is an important town in the province of Lombardy (Northern ...
Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement A Catholic secret society which included among its members many Catholic celebrities of the ...
Compensation Compensation Compensation, as considered in the present article denotes the price paid for human exertion or ...
Compensation, Occult Occult Compensation An extra-legal manner of recovering from loss or damage; the taking, by stealth and on one's ...
Competency, Privilege of Privilege of Competency ( Latin Privilegium Competentiœ ) (1) The competency of a cleric means his right ...
Compiégne, Teresian Martyrs of The Martyrs of Compiegne Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la Nation), Paris, 17 ...
Compline Compline The term Complin (Compline) is derived from the Latin completorium , complement, and has been ...
Compostela Compostela A famous city of Spain, situated on an eminence between the Sar (the Sars of Pomponius Mela) ...
Compromise (in Canon Law) Compromise (In Canon Law) Compromise, in a general sense, is a mutual promise or contract of two parties in controversy to ...
Conal, Saint St. Conal (Or Conall). An Irish bishop who flourished in the second half of the fifth century and ...
Conan, Saint St. Conan Bishop of the Isle of Man, died January, 684; an Irish missionary, also known as Mochonna. He ...
Concelebration Concelebration Concelebration is the rite by which several priests say Mass together, all consecrating the ...
Concepción Concepcion (SANCTISSIMÆ CONCEPTIONIS DE CHILE) Located in the Republic of Chile, suffragan to ...
Conceptionists Conceptionists A branch of the Order of Saint Clare, founded by Beatriz de Silva. Isabel, the daughter of Edward, ...
Conceptualism, Nominalism, Realism Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism These terms are used to designate the theories that have been proposed as solutions of one of the ...
Conciliation, Industrial Industrial Conciliation Industrial Conciliation is the discussion and adjustment of mutual differences by employers and ...
Concina, Daniello Daniello Concina Dominican preacher, controversialist and theologian, b. at Clauzetto or San Daniele, small ...
Conclave Conclave [ NOTE: For current procedures regarding the conclave, see Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic ...
Concordances of the Bible Concordances of the Bible Concordances of the Bible are verbal indexes to the Bible , or lists of Biblical words arranged ...
Concordat Concordat Definition Canonists and publicists do not agree about the nature of a concordat and, ...
Concordat of 1801, The French Concordat of 1801 This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, 1802), whereby Pope ...
Concordia, Diocese of Concordia (Veneta) (CONCORDIA VENETA, or JULIA; CONCORDIENSIS). Suffragan of Venice. Concordia is an ancient ...
Concordia, Diocese of Concordia (In America) (CONCORDIENSIS IN AMERICA.) The Diocese of Concordia was erected 2 August, 1887, and is ...
Concubinage Concubinage At the present day, the state -- more or less permanent -- of a man and woman living together in ...
Concupiscence Concupiscence In its widest acceptation, concupiscence is any yearning of the soul for good; in its strict ...
Concursus Concursus Concursus is a special competitive examination prescribed in canon law for all aspirants to ...
Condamine, Charles-Marie de la Charles-Marie de la Condamine Explorer and physicist, b. at Paris, 28 January, 1701; d. there 4 February, 1774. After a brief ...
Condillac, Ettiene Bonnot de Etienne Bonnot de Condillac A French philosopher, born at Grenoble, 30 September, 1715; died near Beaugency (Loiret), 3 ...
Condition Condition ( Latin conditio , from condo , to bring, or put, together; sometimes, on account of a ...
Conecte, Thomas Thomas Conecte Carmelite reformer, b. at Rennes towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. at Rome, 1433. ...
Conferences, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Conferences Ecclesiastical Conferences are meetings of clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, ...
Confession Confession (Burial Place of a Martyr) ( Latin confessio ). Originally used to designate the burial-place of a confessor or martyr ...
Confession, Lay Lay Confession This article does not deal with confession by laymen but with that made to laymen, for the ...
Confession, Sacrament of The Sacrament of Penance Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins ...
Confession, Seal of The Seal of Confession In the "Decretum" of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles ...
Confessor Confessor (1) Etymology and primitive meaning The word confessor is derived from the Latin confiteri , ...
Confirmation Confirmation A sacrament in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them ...
Confiteor Confiteor The Confiteor.(so called from the first word, confiteor , I confess) is a general confession of ...
Confraternity (Sodality) Confraternity (Sodality) ( Latin confraternitas , confratria ) A confraternity or sodality is a voluntary ...
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Confraternity of Christian Doctrine An association established at Rome in 1562 for the purpose of giving religions instruction. Till ...
Confucianism Confucianism By Confucianism is meant the complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teaching ...
Congo Congo (CONGO INDEPENDENT STATE AND CONGO MISSIONS) [EDITOR'S NOTE: The following account of the Congo ...
Congregatio de Auxiliis Congregatio de Auxiliis A commission established by Pope Clement VIII to settle the theological controversy regarding ...
Congregational Singing Congregational Singing In his Instruction on sacred music , commonly referred to as the Motu Proprio (22 Nov., 1903), ...
Congregationalism Congregationalism The retention by the Anglican State Church of the prelatical form of government and of many ...
Congregations, Roman The Roman Congregations Certain departments have been organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the ...
Congresses, Catholic Catholic Congresses One of the remarkable and important manifestations of the social and religious life of the ...
Congrua Congrua Congrua (i.e. CONGRUA PORTIO), a canonical term to designate the lowest sum proper for the yearly ...
Congruism Congruism ( congrua , suitable, adapted) Congruism is the term by which theologians denote a theory ...
Conimbricenses Conimbricenses (Or Collegium Conimbricenses). The name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra in ...
Coninck, Giles de Giles de Coninck (Also called Regius). Jesuit theologian, b. 20 Dec., 1571, at Bailleul in French Flanders ; ...
Connecticut Connecticut This State, comprising an area of substantially 5000 square miles, was one of the thirteen ...
Connolly, John John Connolly Second Bishop of New York, U.S.A. b. at Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland, 1750; d. New York, 6 ...
Conon, Pope Pope Conon Date of birth unknown; d., after a long illness, 21 September, 687. The son, seemingly, of an ...
Conrad of Ascoli, Blessed Blessed Conrad of Ascoli Friar Minor and missionary, b. at Ascoli in the family of Milliano and from his earliest years ...
Conrad of Hochstadt Conrad of Hochstadt (CONRAD OF HOSTADEN) Archbishop of Cologne and Imperial Elector (1238-1261), and son of ...
Conrad of Leonberg Conrad of Leonberg (Leontorius) A Cistercian monk and Humanist, b. at Leonberg in Swabia in 1460; d. at ...
Conrad of Marburg Conrad of Marburg Confessor of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and papal inquisitor, b. at or near Marburg, ...
Conrad of Offida, Blessed Blessed Conrad of Offida Friar Minor, b. at Offida, a little town in the Order of Friars Minor at Ascoli, and was making ...
Conrad of Piacenza, Saint St. Conrad of Piacenza Hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, date of birth uncertain; died at Noto in Sicily, ...
Conrad of Saxony Conrad of Saxony (Also called CONRADUS SAXO, CONRAD OF BRUNSWICK, or CONRADUS HOLYINGER). Friar Minor and ...
Conrad of Urach Conrad of Urach Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina ; born about 1180; d. 1227. At an early age he became ...
Conrad of Utrecht Conrad of Utrecht Bishop; born in Swabia at an unknown date ; killed at Utrecht, 14 April, 1099. Before becoming ...
Conradin of Bornada Conradin of Bornada (Or CONRADIN OF BRESCIA) Dominican preacher, b. in the latter part of the fourteenth century; ...
Conry, Florence Florence Conry Or Florence Conroy; in Irish Flaithri O'Maolconaire (O'Mulconry). Archbishop of Tuam, ...
Consalvi, Ercole Ercole Consalvi Cardinal and statesman, b. in Rome, 8 June, 1757; d. there, 24 January, 1824. Family His ...
Consanguinity (in Canon Law) Consanguinity Consanguinity is a diriment impediment of marriage as far as the fourth degree of kinship ...
Conscience Conscience I. THE NAME In English we have done with a Latin word what neither the Latins nor the French have ...
Conscience, Examination of Examination of Conscience By this term is understood a review of one's past thoughts, words and actions for the purpose of ...
Conscience, Hendrik Hendrik Conscience A Flemish novelist, b. at Antwerp, 3 December, 1812; d. at Brussels, 10 September, 1883. His ...
Consciousness Consciousness ( Latin conscientia ; Ger. Bewusstsein ) cannot, strictly speaking, be defined. In its widest ...
Consecration Consecration Consecration, in general, is an act by which a thing is separated from a common and profane to a ...
Consent (in Canon Law) Consent (In Canon Law) Consent is the deliberate agreement required of those concerned in legal transactions in order to ...
Consentius Consentius The name of a fifth-century Gallo-Roman family, three of whose representatives are known in ...
Conservator Conservator (From Latin conservare ) A Conservator is a judge delegated by the pope to defend certain ...
Consistory, Papal Papal Consistory I. DEFINITION During the Roman imperial epoch the term consistorium ( Latin con-sistere , to ...
Constable, Cuthbert Cuthbert Constable (Formerly TUNSTALL) Date of birth uncertain; d. 27 March, 1746. He was the son of Francis ...
Constable, John John Constable ( Alias Lacey). Controversialist (pen-name Clerophilus Alethes), b. in Lincolnshire, 10 ...
Constance Constance (Latin Constantia , German Konstanz or Constanz , Czechic name Kostnitz ). ...
Constance, Council of Council of Constance A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 ...
Constantia Constantia A titular see of Arabia and suffragan of Bostra. It figures in Hierocles' "Synecdemus" about ...
Constantine (Cirta) Constantine (Cirta) DIOCESE OF CONSTANTINE (CONSTANTINIANA). Comprises the present arrondissement of Constantine in ...
Constantine Africanus Constantine Africanus A medieval medical writer and teacher; born c. 1015; died c. 1087. His name, Africanus, comes ...
Constantine the Great Constantine the Great Life His coins give his name as M., or more frequently as C., Flavius Valerius Constantinus. ...
Constantine, Donation of Donation of Constantine ( Latin, Donatio Constantini ). By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle ...
Constantine, Pope Pope Constantine Consecrated 25 March, 708; d. 9 April, 715; a Syrian, the son of John, and "a remarkably affable ...
Constantinople Constantinople (Greek Konstantinoupolis ; city of Constantine) Capital, formerly of the Byzantine, now of ...
Constantinople, Council of Council of Constantinople (382) In the summer of 382 a council of the oriental bishops, convoked by Theodosius, met in the ...
Constantinople, Council of Council of Constantinople (754) In 754 the Iconoclast Emperor Constantine V called in the imperial city a council of 338 ...
Constantinople, Council of, in Trullo Council in Trullo This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under Justinian II, is generally known as ...
Constantinople, Councils of Councils of Constantinople (861, 867, 879) For the three Photian synods of 861 (deposition of Ignatius), 867 (attempted deposition of ...
Constantinople, Councils of Councils of Constantinople (1639, 1672) In 1639 and 1672 councils were held by the Orthodox Greeks at Constantinople condemnatory of the ...
Constantinople, First Ecumenical Council of First Council of Constantinople (SECOND GENERAL COUNCIL.) This council was called in May, 381, by Emperor Theodosius, to ...
Constantinople, Fourth Ecumenical Council of Fourth Council of Constantinople (EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL.) The Eighth General Council was opened, 5 October, 869, in the ...
Constantinople, Second Ecumenical Council of Second Council of Constantinople (FIFTH GENERAL COUNCIL). This council was held at Constantinople (5 May-2 June, 553), having ...
Constantinople, The Rite of The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) ( Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of ...
Constantinople, Third Ecumenical Council of Third Council of Constantinople (SIXTH GENERAL COUNCIL.) The Sixth General Council was summoned in 678 by Emperor Constantine ...
Constantius, Flavius Julius Flavius Julius Constantius Roman emperor (337-361), born in Illyria, 7 Aug., 317; died at the Springs of Mopsus (Mopsokrene ...
Constitutions, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Constitutions The term constitution denotes, in general, the make-up of a body, either physical or moral. ...
Constitutions, Papal Papal Constitutions (Latin constituere , to establish, to decree.) Papal Constitutions are ordinations issued ...
Consubstantiation Consubstantiation This heretical doctrine is an attempt to hold the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy ...
Consultors, Diocesan Diocesan Consultors Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each diocese of the United States who ...
Contant de la Molette, Philippe du Philippe du Contant de la Molette Theologian and Biblical scholar, born at Côte-Saint-André, in Dauphiné, ...
Contarini, Gasparo Gasparo Contarini Venetian statesman and cardinal, born 16 October, 1483, of an ancient and noble family in ...
Contarini, Giovanni Giovanni Contarini Italian painter of the Venetian School, born at Venice about 1549; died in 1605. Contarini ...
Contemplation Contemplation The idea of contemplation is so intimately connected with that of mystical theology that one ...
Contemplative Life Contemplative Life A life ordered in view of contemplation ; a way of living especially adapted to lead to and ...
Contenson, Vincent Vincent Contenson Dominican theologian and preacher, born at Altivillare (Gers), Diocese of Condon, France, 1641; ...
Continence Continence Continence may be defined as abstinence from even the licit gratifications of marriage. It is a ...
Contingent Contingent ( Latin contingere , to happen) Aside from its secondary and more obvious meaning (as, for ...
Contract Contract (Latin contractus ; Old French contract ; Modern French contrat ; Italian contratto ). ...
Contract, The Social The Social Contract Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique , is the title of a work written by J.J. ...
Contractus, Hermann Hermann Contractus (Herimanus Augiensis, Hermann von Reichenau ). Chronicler, mathematician, and poet; b. 18 ...
Contrition Contrition ( Latin contritio --a breaking of something hardened). In Holy Writ nothing is more common ...
Contrition, Imperfect Attrition Attrition or Imperfect Contrition (Latin attero , "to wear away by rubbing"; p. part. ...
Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (In Canon Law) Contumacy, or contempt of court, is an obstinate disobedience of the lawful orders of a court. ...
Contzen, Adam Adam Contzen Economist and exegete, b. in 1573 (according to Sommervogel in 1575), at Montjoie in the Dutchy ...
Convent Convent ( Latin conventus ). Originally signified an assembly of Roman citizens in the provinces for ...
Convent Schools (Great Britain) Convent Schools (Great Britain) Convent education is treated here not historically but as it is at the present day, and, by the ...
Conventual and Chapter Mass Chapter and Conventual Mass As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly every day must also ...
Conventuals, Order of Friars Minor Order of Friars Minor Conventuals This is one of the three separate bodies, forming with the Friars Minor and the Capuchins what ...
Conversano Conversano DIOCESE OF CONVERSANO (CUPERSANENSIS) Suffragan to Bari. Conversano, situated in the province ...
Conversi Conversi Lay brothers in a religious order. The term was originally applied to those who, in adult life, ...
Conversion Conversion (From the classical Latin converto, depon. convertor , whence conversio , change, etc.). ...
Convocation of the English Clergy Convocation of the English Clergy The technical name given in the Church of England to what corresponds in some respects to a ...
Conwell, Henry Henry Conwell Second Bishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A. b. at Moneymore, County Derry, Ireland, in 1745; d. at ...
Conza Conza (C OMPSANA ) Archdiocese with the perpetual administration of Campagna ( Campaniensis ). ...
Cooktown Cooktown The Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown comprises North Queensland, Australia, from 16°30' ...
Coombes, William Henry William Henry Coombes Born 8 May, 1767; died 15 November, 1850. He passed his early years at Meadgate, Somersetshire, ...
Copacavana Copacavana (Also called COPACABANA) A village of about four hundred people, Indians chiefly, on the shore ...
Cope Cope (Known in Latin as pluviale or cappa ), a vestment which may most conveniently be described ...
Copenhagen, University of University of Copenhagen It was founded by a Bull which Sixtus IV issued 19 June, 1475, at the request of King Christian ...
Copernicus, Nicolaus Nicolaus Copernicus Latinized form of Niclas Kopernik, the name of the founder of the heliocentric planetary theory; ...
Coppée, François Edouard Joachim Francois Edouard Joachim Coppee Poet, dramatist and novelist, b. at Paris, 26 January, 1842; d. 23 May, 1908. His father, a clerk ...
Coptic Literature Coptic Literature Since the publication of the article EGYPT, under which Coptic literature was treated, important ...
Coptic Persecutions Coptic Persecutions (ACCORDING TO GREEK AND LATIN SOURCES) During the first two centuries the Church of Alexandria ...
Coptic Versions of the Bible Coptic Bibles DIALECTS The Coptic language is now recognized in four principal dialects, Bohairic (formerly ...
Coptos Coptos A titular see of Upper Egypt. It was the chief town of the Nomos of Harawî (Two Hawks), ...
Coquart, Claude-Godefroi Claude-Goefroi Coquart Missionary and army chaplain, b. in Pays de Caux, France, 20 February, 1706; d. at Chicoutini, ...
Coracesium Coracesium A titular see of Asia Minor. According to Ptolemy (V, 5, 3), this town was not in Cilicia ...
Corbie, Ambrose Ambrose Corbie (Corby or Corbington). Born near Durham, 7 Dec., 1604; d. at Rome, 11 April, 1649. He was ...
Corbie, Monastery of Monastery of Corbie (Also CORBEY) A Benedictine abbey in Picardy, in the Diocese of Amiens, dedicated to Sts. ...
Corbie, Venerable Ralph Venerable Ralph Corbie (Called at times Corrington). Brother of Ambrose Corbie ; martyr - priest, b. 25 March, ...
Corbinian St. Corbinian Bishop of Freising, in Bavaria, born about 680 at Chatres near Melun, France ; died 8 ...
Corcoran, James Andrew James Andrew Corcoran Theologian, editor, and Orientalist, b. at Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. 30 March, 1820; ...
Corcoran, Michael Michael Corcoran Soldier, b. at Carrowkeel, County Sligo, Ireland, 21 September, 1827; d. at Fairfax Court House, ...
Cord, Confraternities of the Confraternities of the Cord Pious associations of the faithful, the members of which wear a cord or cincture in honour of ...
Cordara, Guilo Cesare Guilo Cesare Cordara Historian and littérateur , b. at Alessandra in Piedmont, Italy, 14 Dec., 1704; died ...
Cordell, Charles Charles Cordell English missionary priest, b. 5 October, 1720; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 January, 1791. He was ...
Cordier, Balthasar Balthasar Cordier (Corderius) Exegete and editor of patristic works, b. at Antwerp, 7 June, 1592; d. at Rome, ...
Cordova Cordova DIOCESE OF CORDOVA (CORDUBENSIS) Diocese in Spain, formerly suffragan of Toledo, since 1851 ...
Cordova Cordova (CORDUBENSIS IN AMERICA). Diocese in the Argentine Republic, suffragan of Buenos Aires. It was ...
Cordova, Juan de Juan de Cordova Born 1503, at Cordova in Andalusia, Spain, of noble parents ; d. 1595 at Oaxaca, Mexico. It ...
Cordova, Pedro de Pedro de Cordova Born at Cordova, Andalusia, Spain, about 1460; died on the Island of Santo Domingo, 1525. He ...
Core, Dathan, and Abiron Core, Dathan, and Abiron Leaders of a revolt against Moses and Aaron ( Numbers 16 ). Core was the son of Isaar, of ...
Corea Corea Vicariate apostolic, coextensive with the Empire of Corea; it was created a distinct vicariate ...
Corfu Corfu ARCHDIOCESE OF CORFU. Corfu is one of the Ionian Islands, at the entrance of the Adriatic, ...
Coria Coria (C AURIA ; C AURIENSIS ) Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Toledo; it includes nearly the ...
Corinth Corinth (CORINTHUS) A titular archiepiscopal see of Greece. The origin of Corinth belongs to ...
Corinthians, Epistles to the Epistles to the Corinthians INTRODUCTORY St. Paul Founds the Church at Corinth St. Paul's first visit to Europe is ...
Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave de Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis French mathematician, born at Paris, in 1792; died in the same city, 1843. He entered the Ecole ...
Cork, Diocese of Cork (Corcagia, Corcagiensis). In Ireland, suffragan of Cashel. St. Finbarr was the founder and ...
Cork, School of School of Cork The monastic School of Cork had a wide reputation, especially in the seventh and eighth ...
Corker, Maurus Maurus Corker An English Benedictine, born in 1636 in Yorkshire; died 22 December, 1715, at Paddington near ...
Cormac MacCuilenan Cormac MacCuilenan (836-908). An Irish bishop and King of Cashel, Cormac MacCquilenan was of the race of ...
Cornaro, Elena Lucrezia Piscopia Elena Lucrezia Piscopia Cornaro A learned Italian woman of noble descent, born at Venice, 5 June, 1646; died at Padua, 26 July, ...
Corneille, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Corneille French painter, etcher, and engraver, b. at Paris between 1646 and 1649; d. there, 12 April, ...
Corneille, Michel, the Elder Michel Corneille (The Elder) French painter, etcher, and engraver, b. in Orléans about 1601; d. at Paris, 1664. He was ...
Corneille, Michel, the Younger Michel Corneille (The Younger) French painter, etcher and engraver, b. in Paris in 1642; d. at the Gobelins manufactory at ...
Corneille, Pierre Pierre Corneille A French dramatist, b. at Rouen, 6 June, 1606; d. at Paris, 1 October, 1684. His father, Pierre ...
Cornelisz, Jacob Jacob Cornelisz Also called Jacob van Amsterdam or van Oostzann, and at times confounded with a Walter van ...
Cornelius Cornelius ( Kornelios ) A centurion of the Italic cohort, whose conversion at Cæsarea with his ...
Cornelius and Companions, Ven. John Ven. John Cornelius and Companions John Cornelius (called also Mohun) was born of Irish parents at Bodmin, in Cornwall, on the ...
Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide (Cornelis Cornelissen van den Steen) Flemish Jesuit and exegete, b. at Bocholt, in Flemish ...
Cornelius, Peter Peter Cornelius Later when ennobled, VON C ORNELIUS Born at Düsseldorf, 23 September, 1783; died at ...
Cornelius, Pope Pope Cornelius Martyr (251 to 253). We may accept the statement of the Liberian catalogue that he reigned two ...
Cornely, Karl Josef Rudolph Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely German biblical scholar and Jesuit, b. 19 April, 1830, at Breyell in Germany ; d. at Treves, 3 ...
Corner Stone Corner Stone (Foundation Stone) A rite entitled "De benedictione et impositione Primarii Lapidis pro ...
Cornet, Nicolas Nicolas Cornet French theologian, born at Amiens, 1572; died at Paris, 1663. He studied at the Jesuit college ...
Cornice Cornice A cornice is the uppermost division of the entablature, the representative of the roof, of an ...
Cornillon, Abbey of Abbey of Cornillon Founded by Albero, Bishop of Liège, in 1124, three years after St. Norbert had formed ...
Cornoldi, Giovanni Maria Giovanni Maria Cornoldi Professor, author, and preacher, born at Venice, 29 Sept., 1822; d. at Rome, 18 Jan., 1892. He ...
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Explorer, b. at Salamanca, Spain, 1510; d. in Mexico, 1553. He went to Mexico before 1538, and is ...
Coronation Coronation The subject will be treated under the following headings: (I) The Emperors at Constantinople; ...
Coronel, Gregorio Nuñez Gregorio Nunez Coronel A distinguished theologian, writer, and preacher, b. in Portugal, about 1548; d. about 1620. At ...
Coronel, Juan Juan Coronel Born 1569, in Spain ; died 1651, at Mérida, Mexico. He made his academic studies at the ...
Corporal Corporal (From Latin corpus , body). A square white linen cloth, now usually somewhat smaller than ...
Corporation Corporation ( Latin corpus , a body) A corporation is an association recognized by civil law and ...
Corporation Act of 1661 Corporation Act of 1661 The Corporation Act of 1661 belongs to the general category of test acts, designed for the ...
Corpus Christi, Feast of Feast of Corpus Christi (Feast of the Body of Christ) This feast is celebrated in the Latin Church on the Thursday ...
Corpus Juris Canonici Corpus Juris Canonici I. DEFINITION The term corpus here denotes a collection of documents; corpus juris , a ...
Correction, Fraternal Fraternal Correction Fraternal correction is here taken to mean the admonishing of one's neighbor by a private ...
Correctories Correctories Correctories are the text-forms of the Latin Vulgate resulting from the critical emendation as ...
Corrigan, Michael Michael Augustine Corrigan Third Archbishop of New York, b. 13 August, 1839, at Newark, New Jersey , d. at New York, 5 ...
Corrigan, Sir Dominic Sir Dominic Corrigan Physician, b. 1802, in Dublin, Ireland ; d. there, 1880; distinguished for his original ...
Corsica Corsica The third island of the Mediterranean in point of size, only Sicily and Sardinia being of ...
Corsini, Saint Andrew St. Andrew Corsini Of the illustrious Corsini family ; born in Florence, in 1302; died 1373. Wild and dissolute in ...
Cortés, Hernando Hernando Cortes Conqueror of Mexico, born at Medellin in Spain c. 1485; died at Castilleja de la Cuesta near ...
Cortese, Giovanni Andrea Giovanni Andrea Cortese (His name in the Benedictine Order was Gregorio). Cardinal and monastic reformer, b. 1483 ...
Cortona Cortona DIOCESE OF CORTONA (CORTONENSIS) Immediately subject to the Holy See . Cortona is a small ...
Corvey, Abbey of Abbey of Corvey (Also called N EW C ORBIE ) A Benedictine monastery in the Diocese of Paderborn, in ...
Corycus Corycus A titular see of Cilicia Trachæa in Asia Minor. It was the port of Seleucia, where, in ...
Corydallus Corydallus A titular see of Asia Minor. Korydallos, later also Korydalla, was a city in Lycia. In Roman ...
Cosa, Juan de la Juan de la Cosa Navigator and cartographer, according to tradition b. in 1460 at Sta. Maria del Puerto (Santona), ...
Cosenza Cosenza (COSENTINA). An archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See. Cosenza is a city in the ...
Cosgrove, Henry Henry Cosgrove Second Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. born 19 December, 1834, at Williamsport, ...
Cosin, Edmund Edmund Cosin (The name is also written COSYN.) Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University , England. The ...
Cosmas Cosmas (Called HAGIOPOLITES or COSMAS OF JERUSALEM). A hymn-writer of the Greek Church in the eighth ...
Cosmas and Damian, Saints Sts. Cosmas and Damian Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September. They were ...
Cosmas Indicopleustes Cosmas Indicopleustes (COSMAS THE INDIAN VOYAGER) A Greek traveller and geographer of the first half of the sixth ...
Cosmas of Prague Cosmas of Prague Bohemian historian, b. about 1045, at Prague, Bohemia ; d. there, 21 October, 1125. He belonged ...
Cosmati Mosaic Cosmati Mosaic (Greek kosmos ) A peculiar style of inlaid ornamental mosaic introduced into the ...
Cosmogony Cosmogony By this term is understood an account of how the universe ( cosmos ) came into being ( gonia ...
Cosmology Cosmology ORIGIN OF COSMOLOGY METHOD DIVISION OF COSMOLOGY The first cause of the material ...
Cossa, Francesco Francesco Cossa Known sometimes as DEL COSSA, Italian painter of the school of Ferrara, b. about 1430; d. ...
Costa Rica Republic of Costa Rica A narrow isthmus between Panama in the east and the Republic of Nicaragua in the north, the ...
Costa, Lorenzo Lorenzo Costa Ferrarese painter, b. at Ferrara in 1460; d. at Mantua in 1535. He is believed to have been a ...
Costadoni, Giovanni Domenico Giovanni Domenico Costadoni Frequently known as Dom Anselmo, his name in religion, an Italian Camaldolese monk, historian, and ...
Coster, Francis Francis Coster Theologian, born at Mechlin, 16 June, 1532 (1531); died at Brussels, 16 December, 1619. He was ...
Costume, Clerical Clerical Costume To discuss the question of ecclesiastical costume in any detail would be impossible in an ...
Cosway, Maria Maria Cosway Miniature-painter, born in Florence, Italy, 1759; died at Lodi, 5 January, 1838. Her maiden name ...
Cotelier, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Cotelier (COTELERIUS) Patristic scholar and theologian, born December, 1629, at Nîmes ; died 19 ...
Cotenna Cotenna A titular see of Asia Minor. Strabo (XII, 570) mentions the Katenneis in Pisidia adjoining ...
Cotiæum Cotiaeum A titular see of Asia Minor. Kotiaion according to its coins, better Cotyaion, the city of ...
Coton, Pierre Pierre Coton A celebrated French Jesuit, born 7 March, 1564, at Néronde in Forez; died 19 March, 1626, ...
Cotrone Cotrone (COTRONENSIS) Cotrone is a suffragan diocese of Reggio. Cotrone is a city of the province of ...
Cottam, Blessed Thomas Bl. Thomas Cottam Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582. His parents, Laurence cottam ...
Coucy, Robert De Robert de Coucy A medieval French master-builder and son of a master-builder of the same name, born at Reims ...
Coudert, Frederick René Frederick Rene Coudert Born in New York, 1 March, 1832; died at Washington, D. C., 20 December, 1903. He graduated from ...
Councils, Ecumenical General Councils This subject will be treated under the following heads: Definition Classification ...
Councils, General General Councils This subject will be treated under the following heads: Definition Classification ...
Councils, Plenary Plenary Council A canonical term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods. The word itself, derived from ...
Counsels, Evangelical Evangelical Counsels ( Or COUNSELS OF PERFECTION). Christ in the Gospels laid down certain rules of life and ...
Counter-Reformation, The The Counter-Reformation The subject will be considered under the following heads: I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb ...
Counterpoint Counterpoint (Latin contrapunctum ; German Kontrapunkt ; French contrepoint ; Italian contrapunto ). ...
Court (in Scripture) Court (In Scripture) I. OPEN SPACE The word court , in the English Bible, corresponds to the Hebrew haçer ...
Courtenay, William William Courtenay Archbishop of Canterbury, born in the parish of St. Martin's, Exeter, England, c. 1342; died ...
Courts, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Courts I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from ...
Cousin, Germain, Saint St. Germaine Cousin Born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten miles from Toulouse ; died in ...
Cousin, Jean Jean Cousin French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician, born at Soucy, near Sens, 1500; ...
Coussemaker, Charles-Edmond-Henride Charles-Edmond-Henride Coussemaker French historian of music, b. at Bailleul, department of Nord, France, 19 April, 1805; d. at ...
Coustant, Pierre Pierre Coustant A learned Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Compiègne, France, 30 ...
Coustou, Nicholas Nicholas Coustou French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733. He was the son of a ...
Coutances Coutances Diocese of Coutances (Constantiensis) The Diocese of Coutances comprises the entire department of ...
Couturier, Louis-Charles Louis-Charles Couturier Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Pierre at Solesmes and President of the French ...
Covarruvias, Diego Diego Covarruvias (Or COVARRUBIAS Y LEYVA) Born in Toledo, Spain, 25 July, 1512; died in Madrid, 27 Sept., ...
Covenant, Ark of the Ark of the Covenant The Hebrew aron , by which the Ark of the Covenant is expressed, does not call to the mind, as ...
Covenanters Covenanters The name given to the subscribers (practically the whole Scottish nation) of the two Covenants, ...
Covetousness Covetousness Generally, an unreasonable desire for what we do not possess. In this sense, it differs from ...
Covington Covington (COVINGTONENSIS) Comprises that part of Kentucky, U. S. A., lying east of the Kentucky ...
Cowl Cowl ( koukoulion, cucullus, cuculla, cucullio. -- Ducange, "Gloss.", s.v.). A hood worn in ...
Coxcie, Michiel Michiel Coxcie Flemish painter, imitator of Raphael, known as the Flemish Raphael ; b. at Mechlin, 1499; d. ...
Coysevox, Charles-Antoine Charles-Antoine Coysevox A distinguished French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 29 Sept., 1640; d. at Paris, 10 Oct., 1720; he ...
Cozza, Lorenzo Lorenzo Cozza Friar Minor, cardinal, and theologian, b. at San Lorenzo near Bolsena, 31 March, 1654; d. at Rome, ...
Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi Italian savant, Abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome ; b. 24 Dec., ...
Crépieul, François Francois Crepieul Jesuit missionary in Canada and vicar Apostolic for the Montagnais Indians; b. at Arras, ...
Crétin, Joseph Joseph Cretin First Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. b. at Montluel, department of Ain, France, 19 ...
Crétineau-Joly, Jacques Jacques Cretineau-Joly Journalist and historian; b. at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendee, France, 23 Sept., 1803; d. at Vincennes ...
Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de Hector St. John de Crevecoeur A French agriculturist, b. at Caen, France, 1731; d. at Sarcelles, near Paris, 1813. At the age of ...
Cracow Cracow ( Polish Krakow ; Latin Cracoviensis ). The Prince-Bishopric that comprises the western ...
Cracow, The University of The University of Cracow The first documentary evidence regarding the scheme that King Casimir the Great conceived of ...
Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Better known, under the pseudonym which first won her fame, as JOHN OLIVER HOBBES. English ...
Crashaw, Richard Richard Crashaw Poet, Cambridge scholar and convert ; d. 1649. The date of his birth is uncertain. All that ...
Crasset, Jean Jean Crasset Ascetical writer, b. at Dieppe, France, 3 January, 1618; d. at Paris, 4 January, 1692. He entered ...
Craven, Augustus, Mrs. Mrs. Augustus Craven (PAULINE-MARIE-ARMANDE-AGLAE-FERRON DE LA FERRONNAYS). Born 12 April, 1808, in London ; died ...
Crawford, Francis Marion Francis Marion Crawford Novelist, b. of American parents at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, 2 Aug., 1854; died at his home near ...
Crayer, Gaspar de Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp, 1582; d. at Ghent, 1669. He was a pupil of Raphael van Coxcie, ...
Creagh, Richard Richard Creagh Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, b. at Limerick early in the sixteenth century; d. in the Tower ...
Creation Creation (Latin creatio .) I. DEFINITION Like other words of the same ending, the term creation ...
Creation, Six Days of Hexaemeron Hexaemeron signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of ...
Creationism Creationism ( Latin creatio ). (1) In the widest sense, the doctrine that the material of the universe ...
Credence Credence (Or Credence-Table). A small table of wood, marble, or other suitable material placed within ...
Credi, Lorenzo di Lorenzo di Credi Florentine painter, b. at Florence, 1459; d. there, 1537. Vasari gives his family name as ...
Cree Cree (A contraction of Cristino or Kenisteno, their Ojibwa name, of uncertain meaning; they commonly ...
Creed Creed (Latin credo , I believe). In general, a form of belief. The work, however, as applied to ...
Creed, Apostles' Apostles' Creed A formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the fundamental tenets of Christian ...
Creed, Liturgical Use of Liturgical Use of Creeds The public use of creeds began in connection with baptism, in the Traditio and Redditio ...
Creed, Nicene Nicene Creed As approved in amplified form at the Council of Constantinople (381), it is the profession of the ...
Creeks Creeks An important confederacy of Indian tribes and tribal remnants, chiefly of Muskogian stock, ...
Creighton University Creighton University An institution located at Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. and conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. It ...
Crelier, Henri-Joseph Henri-Joseph Crelier Swiss Catholic priest, Hebrew scholar and Biblical exegete ; b. at Bure, 16 October, 1816; d. at ...
Crema, Diocese of Crema (CREMENSIS.) Suffragan to Milan. Crema is a ciy of the province of Cremona, Lombardy, ...
Cremation Cremation I. HISTORY The custom of burning the bodies of the dead dates back to very early times. The ...
Cremona Cremona DIOCESE OF CREMONA (CREMONENSIS) Suffragan of Milan. Cremona is a city (31,661 in 1901) in ...
Crescens Crescens Crescens, a companion of St. Paul during his second Roman captivity, appears but once in the New ...
Crescentia, Modestus, and Vitus, Saints Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian ; feast, 15 June. The earliest testimony for ...
Crescentius Crescentius The name of several leaders of the Roman aristocracy in the tenth century, during their ...
Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b. in Macerata, 9 Oct., 1663; d. 8 March ...
Cresconius Cresconius (Or CRISCONIUS) A Latin canonist of uncertain date and place, flourished probably in the ...
Cressy, Hugh Paulinus Serenus Hugh Paulinus Serenus Cressy Doctor of Theology and English Benedictine monk, b. at Thorpe-Salvin, Yorkshire, about 1605; d. ...
Creswell, Joseph Joseph Creswell ( vere Arthur) Controversialist, b. 1557 of Yorkshire stock in London ; d. about 1623. His ...
Crib Crib (Greek phatne ; Latin praesepe, praesepium .) The crib or manger in which the Infant ...
Crime, Impediment of Impediment of Crime An Impediment of Crime nullifies marriage according to ecclesiastical law, and arises from ...
Crisium Crisium A Græco-Slavonic Rite diocese in Croatia. Crisium is the Latin name of a little town some ...
Crispin and Crispinian, Saints Sts. Crispin and Crispinian Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian ; the date of ...
Crispin of Viterbo, Blessed Blessed Crispin of Viterbo Friar Minor Capuchin ; b. at Viterbo in 1668; d. at Rome, 19 May, 1750. When he was five years ...
Crispin, Milo Milo Crispin Monk, and cantor of the Benedictine Abbey of Bec ; wrote the lives of five of its abbots : ...
Crispina, Saint St. Crispina A martyr of Africa who suffered during the Diocletian persecution ; b. at Thagara in the ...
Criticism, Higher Biblical Criticism (Higher) Overview Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the examination of the literary ...
Criticism, Historical Historical Criticism Historical criticism is the art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of ...
Criticism, Textual Biblical Criticism The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as possible the original text of a work ...
Crivelli, Carlo Carlo Crivelli Italian painter. Little is known of his life, and his b. and d. are usually reckoned by his ...
Croagh Patrick Croagh Patrick A mountain looking out on the Atlantic ocean from the southern shore of Clew Bay, in the County ...
Croatia Croatia With Slavonia, an autonomous state. It is bounded on the north by the Danube and the Drave; on the ...
Croce, Giovanni Giovanni Croce Composer, b. at Chioggia near Venice in 1557; d. 15 May, 1609. Under the tutelage at Venice ...
Crockett, Venerable Ralph Ven. Ralph Crockett English martyr, b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire; executed at Chichester, 1 October, 1588. ...
Croia Croia A titular see of Albania. Croia (pronounced Kruya, Albanian, "Spring") stands on the site of ...
Croke, Thomas William Thomas William Croke Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, b. near Mallow, Co. Cork, 24 May, 1824; d. at Thurles, 22 July, ...
Crolly, William William Crolly Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Ballykilbeg, near Downpatrick, 8 June, 1780; d. 6 April, 1849. At ...
Cronan Sts. Cronan Name of several Irish saints. St. Cronan Mochua Founder of the See of Balla, subsequently ...
Crosier Crosier (Or PASTORAL STAFF). The crosier is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops ...
Crosiers, The The Crosiers ( Or Canons Regular of the Holy Cross). A religious order, founded by Théodore de ...
Cross and Crucifix in Archæology Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a ...
Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy (1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use ; (2) Liturgical Forms connected with Them ; (3) ...
Cross of Jesus, Brothers of the Brothers of the Cross of Jesus A congregation founded in 1820 at Lyons, France, by Father C.M. Bochard, Doctor of the Sorbonne, ...
Cross, Daughters of the Daughters of the Cross A Belgian religious congregation founded in 1833 at Liège, by Jean-Guillaume Habets, ...
Cross, Daughters of the Daughters of the Holy Cross (Also called the Sisters of St. Andrew). The aim of this congregation is to instruct poor ...
Cross, Daughters of the Holy Daughters of the Cross A French institute. The first steps towards the foundation of this society were taken in 1625 ...
Cross, Sign of the Sign of the Cross A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at ...
Cross, The True The True Cross (AND REPRESENTATIONS OF IT AS OBJECTS OF DEVOTION). (1) Growth Of the Christian Cult ; (2) ...
Cross-Bearer Cross-Bearer The cleric or minister who carries the processional cross, that is, a crucifix provided with a ...
Crotus, Johann Johann Crotus (Properly Johannes Jäger, hence often called VENATOR, "hunter", but more commonly, in ...
Crown of Thorns Crown of Thorns Although Our Saviour's Crown of Thorns is mentioned by three Evangelists and is often alluded ...
Crown of Thorns, Feast of the Feast of the Crown of Thorns The first feast in honour of the Crown of Thorns ( Festum susceptionis coronae Domini ) was ...
Crown, Franciscan Franciscan Crown ( Or Seraphic Rosary.) A Rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the seven ...
Croyland, Abbey of Abbey of Croyland (Or Crowland.) A monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshire, sixteen miles from ...
Crucifix and Cross in Archæology Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a ...
Crucifix and Cross in Liturgy The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy (1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use ; (2) Liturgical Forms connected with Them ; (3) ...
Crucifix, Altar Altar Crucifix The crucifix is the principal ornament of the altar. It is placed on the altar to recall to the ...
Cruelty to Animals Cruelty To Animals Pagan antiquity The first ethical writers of pagan antiquity to advocate the duty of kindness ...
Cruet Cruet A small vessel used for containing the wine and water required for the Holy Sacrifice of the ...
Crusade, Bull of the Bull of the Crusade A Bull granting indulgences to those who took part in the wars against the infidels. These ...
Crusades Crusades The Crusades were expeditions undertaken, in fulfilment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy ...
Crutched Friars Crutched Friars (Or Crossed Friars). An order of mendicant friars who went to England in the thirteenth ...
Cruz, Ramón de la Ramon de la Cruz Poet, b. at Madrid, Spain, 28 March, 1731; d. in the same city, 4 November, 1795. He was for a ...
Crypt Crypt (Or LOWER CHURCH). The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable ...
Csanád Csanad The Diocese of Csanád includes the counties of Temes, Torontál, ...
Cuba Cuba Cuba, "The Pearl of the Antilles", is the largest and westernmost island of the West Indies. Its ...
Cuenca Cuenca DIOCESE OF CUENCA (CONCA IN INDIIS). A suffragan of Quito, in the Republic of Ecuador, South ...
Cuenca Cuenca (Conca) Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Toledo. The episcopal city (10,756) is also the ...
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca DIOCESE OF CUERNAVACA (CUERNAVACENSIS). The Diocese of Cuernavaca, erected 23 June, 1891, ...
Cueva, Juan de la Juan de la Cueva Poet and dramatist, b. of a noble family at Seville, Spain, in 1550, d. in 1607. Little is ...
Culdees Culdees A word so frequently met with in histories of the medieval Churches of Ireland and Scotland, ...
Cullen, Paul Paul Cullen Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, born at Prospect, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 29 April, 1803; died at ...
Culm Culm A bishopric in the north-eastern part of Prussia, founded in 1234, suffragan to Gnessen. The ...
Cult, Disparity of Disparity of Worship ( Disparitas Cultus ) A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the ...
Cummings, Jeremiah Williams Jeremiah Williams Cummings Publicist, b. in Washington, U.S.A. , April, 1814; d. at New York , 4 January, 1866. His ...
Cuncolim, Martyrs of Martyrs of Cuncolim On Monday, 25 July, 1583 (N.S.), the village of Cuncolim in the district of Salcete, territory of ...
Cunegundes, Blessed Blessed Cunegundes Poor Clare and patroness of Poland and Lithuania ; born in 1224; died 24 July, 1292, at ...
Cuneo, Diocese of Cuneo (CUNEENSIS). Suffragan to Turin. Cuneo is the capital of the province of that name in ...
Cuoq, André-Jean Andre-Jean Cuoq Philologist, b. at LePuy, France, 1821; d. at Oka near Montreal, 1898. Jean Cuoq entered the ...
Cupola Cupola A spherical ceiling, or a bowl-shaped vault, rising like an inverted cup over a circular, square, ...
Curé d'Ars St. John Vianney Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 ...
Cura Animarum Cure of Souls ( Latin cura animarum ), technically, the exercise of a clerical office involving the ...
Curaçao Curacao Vicariate apostolic ; includes the islands of the Dutch West Indies: Curaçao, Bonaire, ...
Curate Curate ( Latin curatus , from cura , care) Literally, one who has the cure (care) or charge of ...
Curator Curator ( Latin curare ). A person legally appointed to administer the property of another, who ...
Cure of Souls Cure of Souls ( Latin cura animarum ), technically, the exercise of a clerical office involving the ...
Curia, Roman Roman Curia Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the sovereign pontiff ...
Curityba do Parana Curityba Do Parana (CURYTUBENSIS DE PARANA) Diocese ; suffragan of São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro), ...
Curium Curium A titular see of Cyprus, suppressed in 1222 by the papal legate, Pelagius. Koureus, son of ...
Curley, James James Curley An astronomer, b. at Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland, 26 October, 1796; d. at Georgetown, ...
Curr, Joseph Joseph Curr A priest, controversialist and martyr of charity, b. at Sheffield, England, in the last quarter ...
Curry, John John Curry Doctor of medicine and Irish historian, b. in Dublin in the first quarter of the eighteenth ...
Cursing Cursing In its popular acceptation cursing is often confounded, especially in the phrase "cursing and ...
Cursor Mundi Cursor Mundi (THE RUNNER OF THE WORLD) A Cursor Mundi is a Middle-English poem of nearly 30,000 lines ...
Cursores Apostolici Cursores Apostolici Cursores Apostolici is the Latin title of the ecclesiastical heralds or pursuivants pertaining ...
Curtain, Altar Altar Curtain Formerly, in most basilicas, cathedrals, and large churches a large structure in the form of a ...
Curubis Curubis A titular see of Africa Proconsularis. The town was fortified about 46 B.C. by P. Attius ...
Cusæ Cusae A titular see of Egypt. The Coptic name of this town was Kõskõ; in Greek it ...
Cush Cush ep>(Son of Cham; Douay Version, Chus ) Cush, like the other names of the ethnological table ...
Cuspinian, Johannes Johannes Cuspinian (Properly SPIESHAYM or SPIESHAM) Distinguished humanist and statesman, born at Schweinfurt, ...
Custom (in Canon Law) Custom (In Canon Law) A custom is an unwritten law introduced by the continuous acts of the faithful with the consent ...
Custos Custos (1) An under-sacristan. (See S ACRISTAN .) (2) A superior or an official in the Franciscan ...
Cuthbert Cuthbert Abbot of Wearmouth ; a pupil of the Venerable Bede (d. 735). He was a native of Durham, but ...
Cuthbert Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury Date of birth not known; died 25 October, 758. He is first heard of as Abbot of Liminge, Kent. ...
Cuthbert, Saint St. Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His emblem is the ...
Cuyabá Cuyaba (CUYABENSIS) Diocese ; suffragan of São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro) , Brazil. ...
Cuyo, Virgin of Virgin of Cuyo (At Mendoza, Argentine Republic ). Historians tell us that the statue of the Virgin of ...
Cuzco, Diocese of Cuzco (Cuzcensis). Suffragan of Lima, Peru. The city of Cuzco, capital of the department of the same ...
Cybistra Cybistra A titular see of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. Ptolemy (5, 7, 7) places this city in Lycaonia; ...
Cyclades Cyclades A group of islands in the Ægean Sea. The ancients called by this name only Delos and eleven ...
Cydonia Cydonia A titular see of Crete. According to old legends Cydonia (or Kydonia) was founded by King ...
Cyme Cyme A titular see of Asia Minor. Kyme (Doric, Kyma) was a port on the Kymaios Kolpos (Tchandarli ...
Cynewulf Cynewulf That certain Anglo-Saxon poems still extant were written by one Cynewulf is beyond dispute, for ...
Cynic School of Philosophy Cynic School of Philosophy The Cynic School, founded at Athens about 400 B.C., continued in existence until about 200 B.C. ...
Cyprian and Justina, Saints Sts. Cyprian and Justina Christians of Antioch who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Diocletian at ...
Cyprian of Carthage, Saint St. Cyprian of Carthage (Thaschus Cæcilius Cyprianus). Bishop and martyr. Of the date of the saint's birth ...
Cyprian of Toulon, Saint St. Cyprian Bishop of Toulon, born at Marseilles in 476; died 3 October, 546. He was the favourite pupil of ...
Cyprus Cyprus An island in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the entrance of the Gulf of Alexandretta. It was ...
Cyrenaic School of Philosophy Cyrenaic School of Philosophy The Cyrenaic School of Philosophy, so called from the city of Cyrene, in which it was founded, ...
Cyrene Cyrene A titular see of Northern Africa. The city was founded early in the seventh century B.C. by a ...
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Cyril of Alexandria, Saint St. Cyril of Alexandria Doctor of the Church. St. Cyril has his feast in the Western Church on the 28th of January; in ...
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