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Linguist and writer, b. in Paris, 1716; d. 1792. He achieved distinction by a peculiar grammar of which he was the author. It bore the title: "La vraie manière d'apprendre une langue quelconque, vivante ou morte, par le moyen de la langue française." It consisted of five grammars: French, Latin, Italian, German, and English. He published another book which he called "Les quatre chapitres", on reason, self-love, love of our neighbour, and love of virtue, writing it in good and bad Latin, and good and bad French. He has also left many translations of classic works, among them, Pope's "Essay on Man", Johnson's "Rasselas", Addison's "Cato", Young's "Night Thoughts", etc. He was a favorite of Choiseul, who sent him as French ambassador to Venice. It is said that he knew all the languages of Europe and possessed a rare gift of communicating his knowledge to others. For many years he had been professor of eloquence at the College of Lisieux.

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Nélaton, Auguste Auguste Nelaton Famous French surgeon; born in Paris, 17 June, 1807, d. there 21 Sept., 1873. He made his ...
Nève, Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Felix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Neve Orientalist and philologist, born at Ath, Belgium, 13 June, 1816; died at Louvain, 23 May, ...
Nîmes Nimes (NEMAUSENSIS) Diocese ; suffragan of Avignon, comprises the civil Department of Gard. By the ...
Nabo Nabo (Nebo) ( Septuagint, Nabau ). A town mentioned in several passages of the Old Testament, v.g., ...
Nabor and Felix, Saints Sts. Nabor and Felix Martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (303). The relics of these holy witnesses to the ...
Nabuchodonosor Nabuchodonosor The Babylonian form of the name is Nabu-kudurri-usur, the second part of which is variously ...
Nacchiante, Giacomo Giacomo Nacchiante (Naclantus). Dominican theologian, born at Florence ; died at Chioggia, 6 May, 1569; he ...
Nacolia Nacolia (Nacoleia). A titular metropolitan see in Phrygia Salutaris. This town, which took its name ...
Nagasaki Nagasaki (Nagasakiensis). Nagasaki, capital of the prefecture ( ken ) of the same name, is situated ...
Nagpur Nagpur (Nagpurensis) Diocese in India, suffragan to Madras. Formerly the north-western portion of ...
Nahanes Nahanes "People of the Setting Sun", a tribe of the great Dene family of American Indians, whose habitat ...
Nahum Nahum One of the Prophets of the Old Testament, the seventh in the traditional list of the twelve ...
Nails, Holy Holy Nails The question has long been debated whether Christ was crucified with three or with four nails. ...
Naim Naim (NAIN). The city where Christ raised to life the widow's son ( Luke 7:11-17 ). The Midrash ...
Name of Jesus, Religious Communities of the Religious Communities of the Name of Jesus (1) Knights of the Name of Jesus, also known as Seraphim, founded in 1334 by the Queens of Norway ...
Name of Mary, Feast of the Holy Feast of the Holy Name of Mary We venerate the name of Mary because it belongs to her who is the Mother of God, the holiest of ...
Names of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary A religious congregation founded at Longueuil, Quebec, 8 December, 1844, under the patronage of ...
Names, Christian Christian Names " Christian names", says the Elizabethan antiquary, Camden, "were imposed for the distinction of ...
Names, Hebrew Hebrew Names To the philosopher a name is an artificial sign consisting in a certain combination of ...
Namur Namur Diocese of Namur (Namurcensis), constituted by the Bull of 12 May, 1559, from territory ...
Nancy Nancy DIOCESE OF NANCY (NANCEIENISIS ET TULLENSIS). Comprises the Departments of Meurthe and Moselle, ...
Nantes Nantes Diocese of Nantes (Nanceiensis). This diocese, which comprises the entire department of Loire ...
Nanteuil, Robert Robert Nanteuil French engraver and crayonist, b. Reims, 1623 (1626, or 1630) d. at Paris, 1678. Little is ...
Naples Naples The capital of a province in Campania, southern Italy, and formerly capital of the Kingdom of the ...
Napoleon I (Bonaparte) Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French, second son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and Maria Lætitia Ramolino, b. ...
Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis-Napoléon). Originally known as Louis-Napoléon-Bonaparte, Emperor ...
Napper, Venerable George Ven. George Napper (Or Napier). English martyr, born at Holywell manor, Oxford, 1550; executed at Oxford 9 ...
Nardò Nardo (NERITONENSIS) Diocese in southern Italy. Nardò was already an episcopal see, when, ...
Nardi, Jacopo Jacopo Nardi Italian historian; born at Florence, 1476; died at Venice, 11 March, 1563. His father, Salvestro ...
Narni and Terni Narni and Terni UNITED DIOCESES OF NARNI AND TERNI (NARNIENSIS ET INTERAMNENSIS) Located in Central Italy. ...
Narthex Narthex In early Christian architecture a portion of the church at the west end, separated from the nave ...
Nashville Nashville The Diocese of Nashville comprises the entire territory of the State of Tennessee. From its inland ...
Nasoræans Nasoraeans Sometimes called M ANDÆANS, S ABIANS, or C HRISTIANS OF S T. J OHN. ...
Natal Natal (Vicariate Apostolic of Natal) The history of the Catholic Church in South Africa goes back ...
Natal Day Natal Day Both the form natalis (sc. Dies ) and natalicium were used by the Romans to denote what we ...
Natalis, Alexander Alexander Natalis (Or NOEL ALEXANDRE). A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic, b. at ...
Natchez Natchez DIOCESE OF NATCHEZ (NATCHESIENSIS) Established 28 July, 1837; comprises the State of ...
Natchitoches Natchitoches Diocese of Natchitoches Former title of the present Diocese of Alexandria (Alexandrinensis), ...
Nathan Nathan Nathan (God-given), the name of several Israelites mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) Nathan, ...
Nathanael Nathanael One of the first disciples of Jesus, to Whom he was brought by his friend Philip ( John ...
Nathinites Nathinites Or N ATHINEANS ( hnthynym , the given ones; Septuagint generally o‘i dedoménoi ...
National Union, Catholic Young Men's Catholic Young Men's National Union This association was organized on 22 February, 1875, at a meeting held in Newark, New Jersey, at ...
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century. St.Romanus, the ...
Natural Law Natural Law I. ITS ESSENCE In English this term is frequently employed as equivalent to the laws of nature, ...
Naturalism Naturalism Naturalism is not so much a special system as a point of view or tendency common to a number of ...
Nature Nature Etymologically (Latin natura from nasci , to be born, like the corresponding Greek physis ...
Naturism Naturism Naturism is the term proposed by Réville to designate the worship of nature. It differs ...
Nausea, Frederic Frederic Nausea (Latinized from the German Grau .) Bishop of Vienna, born c. 1480 at Waischenfeld ( ...
Navajo Indians Navajo Indians Navajo Indians, numbering about 20,000, constitute the largest group of Indians belonging to the ...
Navarre Navarre The territory formerly known as Navarre now belongs to two nations, Spain and France, according ...
Navarrete, Domingo Fernández Domingo Fernandez Navarrete Dominican missionary and archbishop, born c. 1610 at Peñafiel in Old Castile ; died ...
Navarrete, Juan Fernández Juan Fernandez Navarrete Spanish painter, b. at Logrono, 1526 and died at Segovia, 1579 (at Toledo, February, 1579 or 28 ...
Navarrete, Martín Fernández Martin Fernandez Navarrete Spanish navigator and writer, b. at Avalos (Logrono), 8 November, 1765; d. at Madrid, 8 October, ...
Nave Nave Architecturally the central, open space of a church, west of the choir or chancel, and separated ...
Nazarene Nazarene ( Nazarenos, Nazarenus ). As a name applied to Christ, the word Nazarene occurs only ...
Nazareth Nazareth The town of Galilee where the Blessed Virgin dwelt when the Archangel announced to her the ...
Nazareth, Sisters of Charity of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Founded Dec., 1812, by the Rev. B.J.M. David (see D IOCESE OF L OUISVILLE ). Father David, ...
Nazarite Nazarite (Hebrew, " consecrated to God "). The name given by the Hebrews to a person set apart and ...
Nazarius and Celsus, Saints Sts. Nazarius and Celsus The only historical information which we possess regarding these two martyrs is the discovery of ...
Nazarius and Companions, Saint St. Nazarius and Companions In the Roman Martyrology and that of Bede for 12 June mention is made of four Roman martyrs, ...
Nazarius, John Paul John Paul Nazarius Dominican theologian, b. in 1556 at Cremonia; d. in 1645 at Bologna. He entered the order at an ...
Nazarius, Saint St. Nazarius Fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins, probably sometime during the reign of the ...
Nazianzus Nazianzus A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia Tertia. Nazianzus was a small town the history which is ...
Neale, Leonard Leonard Neale Second Archbishop of Baltimore, b. near Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, 15 Oct., 1746; ...
Nebo Nabo (Nebo) ( Septuagint, Nabau ). A town mentioned in several passages of the Old Testament, v.g., ...
Nebo, Mount Mount Nebo ( Septuagint : Nabau ). A mountain of the Abarim range east of Jordan and the Dead Sea, ...
Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska, meaning in English, "shallow water", occupies geographically a central location among ...
Necessity Necessity Necessity, in a general way, denotes a strict connection between different beings, or the ...
Neckam, Alexander of Alexander of Neckam ( Or Necham.) English scholar, born in Hertfordshire, 1157; died at Kempsey, Worcestershire, ...
Necrologies Necrologies Necrologies, or, as they are more frequently called in France, obituaires , are the registers ...
Necromancy Necromancy ( nekros , "dead", and manteia , "divination") Necromancy is a special mode of divination ...
Nectarius Nectarius ( Nechtarios ), Patriarch of Constantinople, (381-397), died 27 Sept, 397, eleventh bishop of ...
Negligence Negligence ( Latin nec , not, and legere , to pick out). The condition of not heeding. More ...
Nehemiah, Book of Book of Nehemiah Also called the second Book of Esdras (Ezra), is reckoned both in the Talmud and in the early ...
Neher, Stephan Jakob Stephan Jakob Neher Church historian ; b. at Ebnat, 24 July, 1829; d. at Nordhausen, 7 Oct., 1902. His family were ...
Nemore, Jordanus (Jordanis) de Jordanus de Nemore The name given in manuscripts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to a mathematician who ...
Nemrod Nemrod Also N IMROD ( nmrd of uncertain signification, Septuagint Nebród ). The name of ...
Neo-Platonism Neo-Platonism General survey A system of idealistic, spiritualistic philosophy, tending towards mysticism, ...
Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy The ethico-religious society founded by Pythagoras, which flourished especially in Magna ...
Neo-Scholasticism Neo-Scholasticism Neo-Scholasticism is the development of the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages during the latter ...
Neocæsarea Neocaesarea (Hierapolis) A titular see, suffragan of Hierapolis in the Patriarchate of Antioch sometimes called ...
Neocæsarea Neocaesarea A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus, at first called Cabira, one of the favourite residences ...
Neophyte Neophyte Neophyte ( neophytoi , the newly planted, i.e. incorporated with the mystic Body of Christ), a ...
Nephtali Nephtali (A.V., N APHTALI ) Sixth son of Jacob and Bala ( Genesis 30:8 ). The name is explained ...
Nepi and Sutri Nepi and Sutri Nepi and Sutri (Nepsin et Sutrin), united sees of the province of Rome, central Italy, in the ...
Nepveu, Francis Francis Nepveu Writer on ascetical subjects, b. at St. Malo, 29 April, 1639; entered the novitiate of the ...
Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius, Saints Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius The commemoration of these four Roman saints is made by the Church on 12 May, in common, and ...
Neri, Antonio Antonio Neri Florentine chemist, born in Florence ln the sixteenth century; died 1614, place unknown. We have ...
Neri, Saint Philip Romolo St. Philip Romolo Neri THE APOSTLE OF ROME. Born at Florence, Italy, 22 July, 1515; died 27 May, 1595. Philip's ...
Nerinckx, Charles Charles Nerinckx Missionary priest in Kentucky, founder of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, born ...
Nero Nero Nero, the last Roman emperor (reigned 54-68) of the Julian-Claudian line, was the son of Domitius ...
Nerses I-IV Nerses I-IV Armenian patriarchs. Nerses I Surnamed "the Great". Died 373. Born of the royal stock, he ...
Nerses of Lambron Nerses of Lambron Born 1153 at Lambron, Cilicia; died 1198; son of Oschin II, prince of Lambron and nephew of the ...
Nestorius and Nestorianism Nestorius and Nestorianism I. THE HERESIARCH Nestorius, who gave his name to the Nestorian heresy, was born at Germanicia, ...
Netherlands, The The Netherlands ( German Niederlande ; French Pays Bas ). The Netherlands, or Low Countries, as organized by ...
Netter, Thomas Thomas Netter Theologian and controversialist, b. at Saffron Waldon, Essex, England, about 1375; d. at Rouen, ...
Neugart, Trudpert Trudpert Neugart Benedictine historian, born at Villingen, Baden, 23 February, 1742; died at St Paul's ...
Neum Neum (Latin, neuma, pneuma, or neupma, from Greek pneûma, a nod). A term in medieval ...
Neumann, Johann Balthasar Johann Balthasar Neumann Born 1687 at Eger; died 1753 at Würzburg, master of the rococo style and one of the ...
Neumayr, Franz Franz Neumayr Preacher, writer on theological, controversial and ascetical subjects, and author of many ...
Neusohl Neusohl Diocese of Neusohl (Hung. Beszterczebànya; Lat. Neosoliensis), founded in 1776 by Maria ...
Neutra Neutra (Nitria; Nyitha) -- Diocese of Neutra (Nitriensis). Diocese in Western Hungary, a suffragan of ...
Nevada Nevada A Western state of the United States , bounded on the North by Oregon and Idaho, on the East ...
Neve Neve Titular see of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. Two of its bishops are known: Petronius, who ...
Nevers Nevers (Nivernum) Diocese ; includes the Department of Nièvre, in France. Suppressed by the ...
Neville Neville (1) Edmund Neville ( alias Sales), a Jesuit, born at Hopcut, Lancashire, 1605; died in ...
New Abbey New Abbey The Abbey of Sweetheart, named New Abbey Pow, or New Abbey, in order to distinguish it, from ...
New Caledonia New Caledonia VICARIATE APOSTOLIC New Caledonia, one of the largest islands of Oceania, lies about 900 miles ...
New Guinea New Guinea The second largest island and one of the least known countries of the world, lies immediately ...
New Hampshire New Hampshire The most northerly of the thirteen original states of the United States, lying between 70°37' ...
New Jersey New Jersey One of the original thirteen states of the American Union. It ratified the Federal Constitution ...
New Mexico New Mexico A territory of the United States now (Jan., 1911) awaiting only the completion of its ...
New Norcia New Norcia A Benedictine abbey in Western Australia, founded on 1 March, 1846, by a Spanish Benedictine, ...
New Orleans New Orleans ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS (NOVÆ AURELIÆ). Erected 25 April, 1793, as the Diocese of ...
New Pomerania New Pomerania New Pomerania, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is separated from New Guinea by ...
New Testament New Testament I. Name ; II. Description ; III. Origin ; IV. Transmission of the Text ; V. Contents, History, ...
New Testament, Canon of the Canon of the New Testament The Catholic New Testament, as defined by the Council of Trent, does not differ, as regards the ...
New Year's Day New Year's Day The word year is etymologically the same as hour (Skeat), and signifies a going, movement ...
New York (Archdiocese) New York ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK (NEO-EBORACENSIS). See erected 8 April, 1808; made archiepiscopal 19 ...
New York (State) State of New York One of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, which on 4 July, 1776, adopted the Declaration of ...
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand—formerly described as a colony—has, since September, 1907, by royal ...
Newark Newark (NOVARCENSIS) Diocese created in 1853, suffragan of New York and comprising Hudson, Passaic, ...
Newbattle Newbattle ( Neubotle , i.e. new dwelling). Newbattle, in the ancient Diocese of St. Andrews, about ...
Newdigate, Blessed Sebastian Blessed Sebastian Newdigate Executed at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. A younger son of John Newdigate of Harefield Place, Middlesex, ...
Newfoundland Newfoundland A British colony of North America (area 42,734 square miles), bounded on the north by the Strait ...
Newhouse, Abbey of Abbey of Newhouse The Abbey of Newhouse, near Brockelsby, Lincoln, the first Premonstratensian abbey in England, ...
Newman, John Henry John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, ...
Newport (England) Newport (England) (NEOPORTENSIS) This diocese takes its name from Newport, a town of about 70,000 inhabitants, ...
Newton, John John Newton A soldier and engineer, born at Norfolk, Virginia, 24 August, 1823; died in New York City, 1 May, ...
Niagara University Niagara University Niagara University, situated near Niagara Falls, New York, is conducted by the Vincentians. It ...
Nicéron, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Niceron A French lexicographer, born in Paris, 11 March, 1685, died there, 8 July, 1738. After his ...
Nicaea Nicaea Titular see of Bithynia Secunda, situated on Lake Ascanius, in a fertile plain, but very ...
Nicaea, First Council of First Council of Nicaea First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 325 on the occasion of the heresy of ...
Nicaea, Second Council of Second Council of Nicaea Seventh Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 787. (For an account of the ...
Nicaragua Nicaragua (REPUBLIC AND DIOCESE OF NICARAGUA; DE NICARAGUA) The diocese, suffragan of Guatemala, is ...
Nicastro Nicastro (NEOCASTRENSIS). A city of the Province of Catanzaro, in Calabria, southern Italy, situated ...
Niccola Pisano Niccola Pisano Architect and sculptor, b. at Pisa about 1205-07; d. there, 1278. He was the father of modern ...
Nice Nice (NICIENSIS) Nice comprises the Department of Alpes-Maritimes. It was re-established by the ...
Nicene Creed Nicene Creed As approved in amplified form at the Council of Constantinople (381), it is the profession of the ...
Nicephorus, Saint St. Nicephorus Patriarch of Constantinople, 806-815, b. about 758; d. 2 June, 829. This champion of the orthodox ...
Nicetas Nicetas (NICETA) A Bishop of Remesiana (Romatiana) in what is now Servia, born about 335; died ...
Nicetius, Saint St. Nicetius A Bishop of Trier, born in the latter part of the fifth century, exact date unknown; died in ...
Niche Niche A recess for the reception of a statue, so designed as to give it emphasis, frame it effectively, ...
Nicholas Garlick, Venerable Ven. Nicholas Garlick Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588. He ...
Nicholas I, Saint, Pope Pope Saint Nicholas I Born at Rome, date unknown; died 13 November, 867. One of the great popes of the Middle ...
Nicholas II, Pope Pope Nicholas II (GERHARD OF BURGUNDY) Nicholas was born at Chevron, in what is now Savoy ; elected at Siena, ...
Nicholas III, Pope Pope Nicholas III (GIOVANNI GAETANI ORSINI) Born at Rome, c. 1216; elected at Viterbo, 25 November, 1277; died ...
Nicholas IV, Pope Pope Nicholas IV (GIROLAMO MASCI) Born at Ascoli in the Rome, 4 April, 1292. He was of humble extraction, ...
Nicholas Justiniani Nicholas Justiniani Date of birth unknown, became monk in the Benedictine monastery of San Niccoló del Lido ...
Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa German cardinal, philosopher, and administrator, b. at Cues on the Moselle, in the Archdiocese ...
Nicholas of Flüe, Blessed Blessed Nicholas of Flue (D E R UPE ). Born 21 March, 1417, on the Flüeli, a fertile plateau near Sachseln, ...
Nicholas of Gorran Nicholas of Gorran (Or GORRAIN) Medieval preacher, and scriptural commentator; b. in 1232 at Gorron, France ; ...
Nicholas of Lyra Nicholas of Lyra ( Doctor planus et utilis ) Exegete, b. at Lyra in Normandy, 1270; d. at Paris, 1340. The ...
Nicholas of Myra, Saint St. Nicholas of Myra ( Also called NICHOLAS OF BARI). Bishop of Myra in Lycia; died 6 December, 345 or 352. ...
Nicholas of Osimo Nicholas of Osimo (AUXIMANUS). A celebrated preacher and author, b. at Osimo, Italy, in the second half of the ...
Nicholas of Strasburg Nicholas of Strasburg Mystic ; flourished early in the fourteenth century. Educated at Paris, he was later on lector ...
Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint St. Nicholas of Tolentino Born at Sant' Angelo, near Fermo, in the Hermits of St. Augustine -- a star above him or on his ...
Nicholas Owen, Saint St. Nicholas Owen A Jesuit lay-brother, martyred in 1606. There is no record of his parentage, birthplace, date ...
Nicholas Pieck, Saint St. Nicholas Pieck (Also spelled PICK). Friar Minor and martyr, b. at Gorkum, Holland, 29 August, 1534; d. at ...
Nicholas V, Pope Pope Nicholas V (TOMMASO PARENTUCELLI) A name never to be mentioned without reverence by every lover of ...
Nichols, Venerable George Ven. George Nichols (Or NICOLLS). English martyr, born at Oxford about 1550; executed at Oxford, 19 October, ...
Nicholson, Francis Francis Nicholson A controversial writer; b. at Manchester, 1650 ( baptized 27 Oct.); d. at Lisbon, 13 Aug., 1731. ...
Nicodemus Nicodemus A prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned only in the Fourth Gospel . The name is of ...
Nicodemus, Gospel of Acta Pilati (Or the Gospel of Nicodemus.) This work does not assume to have written by Pilate, but to have ...
Nicolò de' Tudeschi Nicolo De' Tudeschi ("abbas modernus" or "recentior", "abbas Panormitanus" or "Siculus") A Benedictine canonist, ...
Nicolaï, Jean Jean Nicolai Celebrated Dominican theologian and controversialist, b. in 1594 at Mouzay in the Diocese of ...
Nicolaites Nicolaites Or Nicolaitans (Also called Nicolaitans), a sect mentioned in the Apocalypse (ii,6,15) as existing in ...
Nicolas, Armella Armella Nicolas Popularly known as "La bonne Armelle", a saintly French serving-maid held in high veneration among ...
Nicolas, Auguste Auguste Nicolas French apologist, b. at Bordeaux, 6 Jan., 1807; d. at Versailles 18 Jan., 1888. He first studied ...
Nicolaus Germanus Nicolaus Germanus (Often called "Donis" from a misapprehension of the title "Donnus" or "Donus" an abbreviated form ...
Nicole, Pierre Pierre Nicole Theologian and controversialist, b. 19 October, 1625, at Chartres, d. 16 November, 1695, at ...
Nicolet Nicolet (NICOLETANA) Diocese in the Province of Quebec, Canada, suffragan of Quebec. It comprises the ...
Nicomedes, Saint Saint Nicomedes Martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September. The Roman Martyrologium and the ...
Nicomedia Nicomedia Titular see of Bithynia Prima, founded by King Zipoetes. About 264 B.C. his son Nicodemes I ...
Nicopolis Nicopolis (Armenia Prima) A titular see, suffragan of Sebasteia, in Armenia Prima. Founded by Pompey after his decisive ...
Nicopolis Nicopolis (NICOPOLITANA) Diocese in Bulgaria. The city of Nicopolis (Thrace or Moesia), situated at the ...
Nicopolis Nicopolis A titular see and metropolis in ancient Epirus. Augustus founded the city (B.C. 31) on a ...
Nicosia Nicosia (Sicily) A city of the Province of Catania, in Sicily situated at a height of about 2800 feet above the ...
Nicosia Nicosia (Cyprus) Titular archdiocese in the Province of Cyprus. It is now agreed (Oberhummer' "Aus Cypern" in ...
Nicotera and Tropea Nicotera and Tropea (NICOTERENSIS ET TROPEIENSIS) Suffragan diocese of Reggio di Calabria. Nicotera, the ancient ...
Nider, John John Nider Theologian, b. 1380 in Swabia; d. 13 August, 1438, at Colmar. He entered the Order of Preachers ...
Nieremberg y Otin, Juan Eusebio Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Otin Noted theologian and polygraphist, b. of German parents at Madrid, 1595; d. there, 1658. ...
Niessenberger, Hans Hans Niessenberger An architect of the latter part of the Middle Ages, whose name is mentioned with comparative ...
Niger, Peter George Peter George Niger (NIGRI, German SCHWARTZ) Dominican theologian, preacher and controversialist, b. 1434 at ...
Nigeria Upper and Lower Nigeria A colony of British East Africa extending from the Gulf of Guinea to Lake Chad (from 4° 30' ...
Nihilism Nihilism The term was first used by Turgeniev in his novel, "Fathers and Sons" (in "Russkij Vestnik", Feb., ...
Nihus, Barthold Barthold Nihus Convert and controversialist, b. at Holtorf in Hanover, 7 February, 1590 (according to other ...
Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl Nikolaus von Dinkelsbuhl Theologian, b. c. 1360, at Dinkelsbühl; d. 17 March, 1433, at Mariazell in Styria. He ...
Nikon Nikon Patriarch of Moscow (1652-1658; d. 1681). He was of peasant origin, born in the district of ...
Nilles, Nikolaus Nikolaus Nilles Born 21 June, 1828, of a wealthy peasant family of Rippweiler, Luxemburg ; died 31 January, ...
Nilopolis Nilopolis A titular see and a suffragan of Oxyrynchos, in Egypt. According to Ptolemy (IV, v, 26) the ...
Nilus the Younger Nilus the Younger Of Rossano, in Calabria; born in 910, died 27 December, 1005. For a time he was married (or ...
Nilus, Saint St. Nilus ( Neilos ) Nilus the elder, of Sinai (died c. 430), was one of the many disciples and ...
Nimbus Nimbus (Latin, related to Nebula, nephele , properly vapour, cloud), in art and archaeology signifies ...
Nimrod Nemrod Also N IMROD ( nmrd of uncertain signification, Septuagint Nebród ). The name of ...
Ninian, Saint Saint Ninian (NINIAS, NINUS, DINAN, RINGAN, RINGEN) Bishop and confessor ; date of birth unknown; died ...
Nirschl, Joseph Joseph Nirschl Theologian and writer, b. at Durchfurth, Lower Bavaria, 24 February, 1823; d. at ...
Nisibis Nisibis A titular Archdiocese of Mesopotamia, situated on the Mygdonius at the foot of Mt. Masius. It is ...
Nithard Nithard Frankish historian, son of Angilbert and Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne ; died about 843 or ...
Noah Noah [Hebrew Nôah , "rest"; Greek Noah ; Latin Noah ]. The ninth patriarch of the ...
Noah's Ark Noah's Ark The Hebrew name to designate Noah's Ark, the one which occurs again in the history of Moses' ...
Noailles, Louis-Antoine de Louis-Antoine de Noailles Cardinal and bishop, b. at the Château of Teyssiére in Auvergne, France, 27 May, ...
Nobili, Robert de' Robert De' Nobili Born at Montepulciano, Tuscany, September, 1577; died at Mylapore, India, in 1656. He entered the ...
Noble, Daniel Daniel Noble Physician, b. 14 Jan., 1810; d. at Manchester, 12 Jan, 1885. He was the son of Mary Dewhurst and ...
Nocera Nocera DIOCESE OF NOCERA (NUCERINENSIS) Diocese in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, near the sources of the ...
Nocera dei Pagani Nocera Dei Pagani (NUCERIN PAGANORUM; dei Pagani ="of the Pagans") Diocese in Salermo, Italy, at the foot of ...
Nocturns Nocturns ( Nocturni or Nocturna ). A very old term applied to night Offices. Tertullian speaks of ...
Nogaret, Guillaume de Guillaume de Nogaret Born about the middle of the thirteenth century at St. Felix-en-Lauragais; died 1314; he was one ...
Nola Nola (NOLANA) Diocese ; suffragan of Naples. The city of Nola in the Italian Province of Caserta, ...
Nola, Giovanni Marliano da Giovanni Marliano da Nola Sculptor and architect, b., it is said, of a leather merchant named Giuseppe, at Nola, near ...
Nolasco, Saint Peter St. Peter Nolasco Born at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, near Castelnaudary, France, in 1189 (or 1182); died at ...
Nollet, Jean-Antoine Jean-Antoine Nollet Physicist, b. at Pimpré, Oise, France, 19 November, 1700; d. at Paris, 25 April, 1770. His ...
Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism Nominalism, Realism, Conceptualism These terms are used to designate the theories that have been proposed as solutions of one of the ...
Nomination Nomination The various methods of designating persons for ecclesiastical benefices or offices have been ...
Nomocanon Nomocanon (From the Greek nomos , law, and kanon , a rule) A collection of ecclesiastical law, the ...
Non Expedit Non Expedit ("It is not expedient"). Words with which the Holy See enjoined upon Italian Catholics the ...
Non-Jurors Non-Jurors The name given to the Anglican Churchmen who in 1689 refused to take the oath of allegiance to ...
Nonantola Nonantola A former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius , six miles north-east of Modena ...
Nonconformists Nonconformists A name which, in its most general acceptation, denotes those refusing to conform with the ...
None None This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Origin of None; II. None from the ...
Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien Claude-Adrien Nonnotte Controversialist; b. in Besançon, 29 July, 1711; d. there, 3 September, 1793. At nineteen ...
Nonnus Nonnus Nonnus, of Panopolis in Upper Egypt (c. 400), the reputed author of two poems in hexameters; ...
Norbert, Saint St. Norbert Born at Kanten on the left bank of the Rhine, near Wesel, c. 1080; died at Magdeburg, 6 June, ...
Norbertines Premonstratensian Canons (C ANONICI R EGULARES P RÆMONSTRATENSES ). Founded in 1120 by St. Norbert at ...
Norcia Norcia (NORSIN). A diocese and city in Perugia, Italy, often mentioned in Roman history. In the ...
Norfolk, Catholic Dukes of Post-Reformation Catholic Dukes of Norfolk (Since the Reformation) Under this title are accounts only of the prominent Catholic Dukes of ...
Noris, Henry Henry Noris Cardinal, b. at Verona, 29 August, 1631, of English ancestry; d. at Rome, 23 Feb., 1704. He ...
Normandy Normandy An ancient French province, from which five "departments" were formed in 1790: ...
Norris, Sylvester Sylvester Norris ( Alias SMITH, NEWTON). Controversial writer and English missionary priest ; b. 1570 or ...
Norsemen Northmen (Vikings) The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts of Western ...
North Carolina North Carolina One of the original thirteen States of the United States, is situated between 33° 53' and ...
North Dakota North Dakota One of the United States of America , originally included in the Louisiana Purchase. Little was ...
Northampton Northampton (NORTANTONIENSIS) Diocese in England, comprises the Counties of Northampton, Bedford, ...
Northcote, James Spencer James Spencer Northcote Born at Feniton Court, Devonshire, 26 May, 1821; d. at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, 3 March, ...
Northern Territory Northern Territory (Prefecture Apostolic) The Northern Territory, formerly Alexander Land, is that part of ...
Northmen Northmen (Vikings) The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts of Western ...
Norton, Christopher Christopher Norton Martyr ; executed at Tyburn, 27 May, 1570. His father was Richard Norton of Norton Conyers, ...
Norway Norway Norway, comprising the smaller division of the Scandinavian peninsula, is bounded on the east by ...
Norwich, Ancient Diocese of Ancient Diocese of Norwich (NORDOVICUM; NORVICUM). Though this see took its present name only in the eleventh century, ...
Notaries Notaries ( Latin notarius ). Persons appointed by competent authority to draw up official or authentic ...
Notburga Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Jean-Baptiste Belgian statesman, b. 3 July, 1805, at Messancy, Luxemburg ; d. at Berlin, 16 ...
Notburga, Saint St. Notburga Patroness of servants and peasants, b. c. 1265 at Rattenberg on the Inn; d. c. 16 September, 1313. ...
Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Jean-Baptiste Belgian statesman, b. 3 July, 1805, at Messancy, Luxemburg ; d. at Berlin, 16 ...
Notitia Dignitatum Notitia Dignitatum (Register of Offices). The official handbook of the civil and military officials in the later ...
Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae Notitia Provinciarum Et Civitatum Africae (List of the Provinces and Cities of Africa). A list of the bishops and their sees in the ...
Notitiae Episcopatuum Notitiae Episcopatuum The name given to official documents that furnish for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical ...
Notker Notker Among the various monks of St. Gall who bore this name, the following are the most important: ...
Noto Noto (NETEN). Noto, the ancient Netum and after the Saracen conquest the capital of one of the ...
Notoriety, Notorious Notoriety ( Latin Notorietas, notorium , from notus , known). Notoriety is the quality or the ...
Notre Dame de Montreal, Congregation of Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal Marguerite Bourgeoys, the foundress, was born at Troyes, France, 17 April, 1620. She was the ...
Notre Dame, School Sisters of School Sisters of Notre Dame A religious community devoted to education. In the United Sates they have conducted parish ...
Notre Dame, Sisters of (of Cleveland, Ohio) Sisters of Notre Dame (Cleveland, Ohio) A branch of the congregation founded by Blessed Julie Billiart. In 1850, Father Elting of ...
Notre Dame, University of University of Notre Dame (Full name is the University of Notre Dame du Lac ). Notre Dame is located in Northern ...
Notre-Dame de Namur, Institute of Institute of Notre-Dame de Namur Founded in 1803 at Amiens, France, by Bl. Julie Billiart (b. 1751 d. 1816) and ...
Notre-Dame de Sion, Congregation of Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion Religious institute of women, founded at Paris in May 1843, by Marie-Théodore and ...
Nottingham Nottingham (NOTTINGHAMIEN) One of the original twelve English dioceses created at the time of the ...
Nourrisson, Jean-Felix Jean-Felix Nourrisson Philosopher, b. at Thiers, Department of Puy-de-Dôme, 18 July, 1825; d. at Paris, 13 June, ...
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia I. GEOGRAPHY Nova Scotia is one of the maritime provinces of Canada. It forms part of what was ...
Novara Novara (NOVARIENSIS). A diocese and the capital of the province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy, noted ...
Novatianism Novatian and Novatianism Novatian was a schismatic of the third century, and founder of the sect of the Novatians; he ...
Novatus, Saint St. Novatus St. Novatus, who is mentioned on 20 June with his brother, the martyr Timotheus, was the son of ...
Novello, Blessed Agostino Bl. Agostino Novello (Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village of ...
Novena Novena (From novem , nine.) A nine days' private or public devotion in the Catholic Church to ...
Novice Novice I. DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS The word novice , which among the Romans meant a newly acquired ...
Nubia Nubia Located in North-eastern Africa, extending from Sennar south to beyond Khartoum and including the ...
Nueva Cáceres Nueva Caceres (NOVA CACERES) Diocese created in 1595 by Clement VIII ; it is one of the four suffragan ...
Nueva Pamplona Nueva Pamplona (NEO-PAMPILONENSIS). Diocese in Colombia, South America, founded in 1549 and a see erected by ...
Nueva Segovia Nueva Segovia (NOVAE SEGOBIAE) Diocese in the Philippines, so called from Segovia, a town in Spain. The town ...
Nugent, Francis Francis Nugent Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin Order, founder of the Irish and the Rhenish Provinces of said ...
Nugent, James James Nugent Philanthropist, temperance advocate and social reformer b. 3 March, 1822 at Liverpool ; d. 27 ...
Numbers, Use of, in the Church Use of Numbers in the Church No attentive reader of the Old Testament can fail to notice that a certain sacredness seems to ...
Numismatics Numismatics (From the Greek nomisma , "legal currency") Numismatics is the science of coins and of ...
Nun of Kent Elizabeth Barton Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of Kent." The career of ...
Nunc Dimittis Nunc Dimittis (The Canticle of Simeon). Found in St. Luke's Gospel (2:29-32) , is the last in historical ...
Nuncio Nuncio An ordinary and permanent representative of the pope, vested with both political and ...
Nunez, Pedro Pedro Nunez (Nonius) (Pedro Nonius). Mathematician and astronomer, b. at Alcacer-do-Sol, 1492; d. at Coimbra, ...
Nuns Nuns I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY The institution of nuns and sisters, who devote themselves in various ...
Nuptial Mass Nuptial Mass "Missa pro sponso et sponsa", the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of ...
Nuremberg Nuremberg (NÜRNBERG) The second largest city in Bavaria, situated in a plain on both sides of the ...
Nusco Nusco (N USCANA ) Diocese in the province of Avellino, Italy, suffragan of Salerno ; dates from ...
Nussbaum, Johannn Nepomuk von Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum German surgeon, b. at Munich 2 Sept., 1829; d. there 31 Oct., 1890. He made his studies in the ...
Nutter, Robert, Ven. Ven. Robert Nutter English martyr ; b. at Burnley, Lancashire, c. 1550; executed at Lancaster, 26 July, 1600. He ...
Nuyens, Wilhelmus Wilhelmus Nuyens Historian, b. 18 August, 1823, at Avenhorn in Holland ; d. 10 December, 1894, at Westwoud near ...
Nyassa Nyassa Vicariate Apostolic in Central Africa, bounded north by the Anglo-German frontier, east by Lake ...
Nympha, Tryphon, and Respicius Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 November. Tryphon is said to have ...
Nyssa Nyassa Vicariate Apostolic in Central Africa, bounded north by the Anglo-German frontier, east by Lake ...
Nyssa Nyssa (Cappadocia Prima) A titular see in Cappadocia Prima, suffragan of Caesarea. It is mentioned by Ptolemy (V, vii, ...

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