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The term Urbi et Orbi (which means "for the city and for the world") signifies that a papal document is addressed not only to the City of Rome but to the entire Catholic world. This phrase is applied especially to the solemn blessing with plenary indulgence which, before the occupation of Rome, the pope was accustomed to impart on certain occasions from the balcony of the chief basilicas of the city. This blessing was given annually at St. Peter's on Holy Thursday, Easter, and the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul; at St. John Lateran on the Ascension ; at St. Mary Major on the Assumption. It was imparted also on extraordinary occasions, as at St. Peter's when the pope was crowned, at St. John's when he was enthroned, at various times during the holy year, or jubilee, for the benefit of pilgrims. The blessing Urbi et Orbi of Ascension Day was sometimes postponed till Pentecost on account of the inclemency of the weather, illness of the pope, etc. Innocent X in the jubilee of 1650 on the Ephiphany, Pentecost, and All Saints, as well as later popes, including Pope Pius IX, for special reasons, gave this solemn blessing from the balcony of the Quirinal Palace.
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Ubaghs, Casimir
Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at Louvain, 15 February, 1875, was for ...Ubaldus, Saint
Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents at Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, towards the ...Ubanghi
(UPPER FRENCH CONGO.) Vicariate Apostolic ; formerly part of the Vicariate of French Congo, ...Ubanghi, Belgian
In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, from the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and ...Ubanghi-Chari
Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa, lies west of the Bahr-el-Ghazal territory and south ...Uberaba
(DE UBERABA.) Suffragan diocese of Marianna, in Brazil, created by the Consistorial ...Ubertino of Casale
Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of Vercelli, 1259; died about 1330. He assumed the ...Ubiquitarians
Also called Ubiquists , a Protestant sect started at the Lutheran synod of Stuttgart, 19 ...Uc 2
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Ucayali
(SAN FRANCISCO DE UCAYALI.) Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. At the request of the Peruvian ...Uccello
Painter, born at Florence, 1397; died there, 1475. His real name was Paolo di Dono, but from his ...Ud 1
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Udine
(UTINENSIS) The city of Udine, the capital of a province and archdiocese in Friuli, northern ...Ug 2
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Ugento
(UXENTIN) The city of Ugento, with its small harbour, is situated in the Province of Leece, in ...Ughelli, Ferdinando
Historian, born at Florence, 21 March, 1595; died 19 May, 1670. Having entered the Cistercian ...Uh 1
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Uhtred
(Also spelled: Uhtred or Owtred ), an English Benedictine theologian and writer, born at ...Uj 1
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Ujejski, Cornelius
Polish poet, born at Beremiany, Galicia, 1823; died at Cholojewie, 1897. His father was a ...Ul 12
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Ulenberg, Kaspar
Convert, theological writer and translator of the Bible , born at Lippstadt on the Lippe, ...Ulfilas
(Also: Ulphilas ), apostle of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible , and inventor ...Ullathorne, William Bernard
English Benedictine monk and bishop, b. at Pocklington, Yorkshire, 7 May, 1806; d. at Oscott, ...Ullerston, Richard
Born in the Duchy of Lancaster, England ; d. in August or September, 1423. Having been ordained ...Ulloa, Antoine de
Naval officer and scientist, born at Seville, Spain, 12 Jan., 1716; died near Cadiz, Spain, 5 ...Ulloa, Francisco de
Died 1540. It is not known when he came to Mexico nor if he accompanied Hernan Cortés in ...Ulrich of Bamberg
(Udalricus Babenbergensis), a cleric of the cathedral church of Bamberg, of whom nothing more ...Ulrich of Richenthal
Chronicler of the Council of Constance , date of birth unknown; died about 1438. Ulrich was ...Ulrich of Zell
(Wulderic; called also of Cluny, and of Ratisbon ), born at Ratisbon, at the beginning of 1029; ...Ulrich, Saint
Bishop of Augsburg, born at Kyburg, Zurich, Switzerland, in 890; died at Augsburg, 4 July, ...Ultan of Ardbracca
St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, Ireland, was the maternal uncle of St. Brigid, and collected a life of ...Ultramontanism
A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism, because it recognizes as its spiritual ...Un 22
Un 22
Unam Sanctam
(Latin the One Holy , i.e. Church ), the Bull on papal supremacy issued 18 November, 1302, ...Unclean and Clean
The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and uncleanness ...Unction, Extreme
A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect ...Ungava
A Canadian territory lying north of the Province of Quebec, detached (1876) from the Great ...Uniformity Acts
These statutes, passed at different times, were vain efforts to secure uniformity in public ...Unigenitus
A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning 101 propositions of Pasquier ...Union of Brest
Brest -- in Russian, Brest-Litovski; in Polish, Brzesc; in the old chronicles, called Brestii, or ...Union of Christendom
The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most widespread, and the most ancient of ...Unions of Prayer
A tendency to form unions of prayer among the faithful has recently manifested itself in the ...Unitarians
A Liberal Protestant sect which holds as it distinctive tenet the belief in a uni-personal ...Unitas Fratrum
(MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or UNITAS FRATRUM). DEFINITION AND DOCTRINAL POSITION "Bohemian Brethren" ...United States of America, The
BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary ...Unitive Way
The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. It may be ...Unity
The marks of the Church are certain unmistakeable signs, or distinctive characteristics which ...Universalists
A Liberal Protestant sect -- found chiefly in North America -- whose distinctive tenet is the ...Universals
The name refers on the one hand to the inclination towards uniformity ( uni-versus ) existing in ...Universe
Universe (or "world") is here taken in the astronomical sense, in its narrower or wider ...Universe, Relation of God to the
1. Essential Dependence of the Universe on God (Creation and Conservation) In developing the ...Universities
The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in special articles; here the general ...University College (Dublin)
A constitutional college of the National University of Ireland. By its charter, granted 2 Dec., ...Unjust Aggressor
According to the accepted teaching of theologians, it is lawful, in the defense of life or limb, ...Unyanyembe
Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa, separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Nyanza ...Up 4
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Upper Nile
Vicariate apostolic ; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 July, 1894, comprises the eastern ...Upper Rhine
Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of ...Upsala, Ancient See of
When St. Ansgar, the Apostle of the North, went to Sweden in 829 the Swedes were still heathen ...Upsala, University of
The oldest and most celebrated university of Sweden. Even today the arrangement of its ...Ur 26
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Uranopolis
A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in Galatia Prima. It is vainly sought in any ...Urban I, Pope Saint
Reigned 222-30, date of birth unknown; died 23 May, 230. According to the "Liber Pontificalis," ...Urban II, Pope Blessed
(Otho, Otto or Odo of Lagery), 1088-1099, born of a knightly family, at Châtillon-sur-Marne ...Urban III, Pope
Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan ; died at Ferrara, 19 October, 1187. Uberto, of the noble ...Urban IV, Pope
Reigned 1261-64 (Jacques Pantaléon), son of a French cobbler, born at Troyes, probably in ...Urban V, Pope Blessed
Guillaume de Grimoard, born at Grisac in Languedoc, 1310; died at Avignon, 19 December, 1370. ...Urban VI, Pope
Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western Schism, born at Naples, about ...Urban VII, Pope
Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected pope, 15 September, 1590; died at ...Urban VIII, Pope
Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 ...Urbi et Orbi
The term Urbi et Orbi (which means "for the city and for the world") signifies that a papal ...Urbino
(URBINATENSIS) Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy. The city of Urbino is situated on a ...Urbs beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio
The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh or eighth century, comprising eight stanzas ...Urdaneta, Andrés
Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 1498; died in the City of Mexico, ...Urgel
(U RGELLENSIS ). Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Tarragona ; bounded on the N. by France ...Urim and Thummim
The sacred lot by means of which the ancient Hebrews were wont to seek manifestations of the ...Urmiah
A residential see in Chaldea, in the Province of Adherbaidjan, Persia. The primitive name of this ...Urráburu, Juan José
Scholastic philosopher, born at Ceanuri, Biscay, 23 May, 1844; died at Burgos, 13 August, 1904. ...Ursperger Chronicle
A history of the world in Latin that begins with the Assyrian King Ninius and extends to the year ...Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, Society of the Sisters of Saint
Religious congregation of women founded in 1606 at Döle (then a Spanish possession), ...Ursula, Saint, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
The history of these celebrated virgins of Cologne rests on ten lines, and these are open to ...Ursulines of Quebec, The
The Ursuline monastery of Quebec is the oldest institution of learning for women in North ...Ursulines, The
A religious order founded by St. Angela de Merici for the sole purpose of educating young ...Ursus, Saint
Patron of the principal church of Solothurn (Soleure) in Switzerland, honoured from very early ...Urubamba
(MISIONES DE SANTO DOMINGO DE URUBAMBA Y MADRE DE DIOS) This prefecture apostolic was created ...Uruguay
(REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY). The smallest independent state in South America, extending ...Uruguayana
(URUGUAYANESIS) Diocese ; suffragan of Porto Alegre, Brazil. By a Decree dated 15 August, ...Us 4
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Ushaw College
(College of St. Cuthbert) A combined college and seminary for the six dioceses that were ...Usilla
A titular see of Byzacena in Africa. Nothing is known of the history of this city; it is ...Usuard, Martyrology of
Usuard was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prxs, Paris. He seems to have ...Usury
In the article INTEREST we have reserved the question of the lawfulness of taking interest on ...Ut 8
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Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris
The first line of a hymn in honour of St. John the Baptist. The Roman Breviary divides it ...Utah
Utah, the thirty-second state admitted to the Union, takes its name from an Indian tribe known ...Uthina
A titular see of Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Uthina is mentioned by Ptolemy ...Utica
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis. The city was founded by Tyrian colonists at the mouth ...Utilitarianism
( Latin utilis , useful). Utilitarianism is a modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory ...Utopia
(Greek ou no or not, and topos place), a term used to designate a visionary or an ideally ...Utraquism
The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or Hussites . It was first ...
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