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Priest and martyr, born about 1497; died 30 July, 1540. He was chaplain to Queen Catharine, and defender of the validity of her marriage with Henry VIII, for which reason he was eventually put to death. He was a graduate of Oxford, and appears to have taught the queen modern languages and music. After a journey to Spain in her behalf, he received the parochial benefice of Bradwell in Sussex. He soon published (May, 1532?) in defence of the queen's marriage a work entitled: "Invicta Veritas, an answer to the determination of the most famous Universities, that by no manner of law it may be lawful for King Henry to be divorced from the Queen's grace, his lawful and very wife". For this he was thrown (1532) into Beauchamp Tower, and after a year's liberation again imprisoned, in December, 1533, on the charges of disseminating the prophecies of the Maid of Kent, encouraging the queen "obstinately to persist in her wilful opinion against the same divorce and separation", and maintaining her right to the title of queen. He was kept in close confinement until his execution at Tyburn, two days after the execution of Cromwell himself. There is extant a very pious Latin letter written by him to a fellow-martyr, and another to Cromwell, begging for some slight mitigation of his "close prison " -- i.e. "license to go to church and say Mass here within the Tower and for to lie in some house upon the Green". It is signed "by your daily bedeman, Thomas Abell, priest ". His act of attainder states that he and three others "have most traitorously adhered themselves unto the bishop of Rome, being a common enemy unto your Majesty and this your Realm, refusing your Highness to be our and their Supreme Head of this your Realm of England ". There is in Beauchamp Tower a rebus of the Martyr, probably executed by himself; the figure of a bell carved on the wall, the letter A in front and the word "Thomas" above. He is one of the fifty-four English martyrs beatified by Leo XIII 29 Dec., 1886.

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Bartholomew of Lucca Bartholomew of Lucca (Or de Fiadonibus, sometimes abbreviated Ptolomeo or Tolomeo) Historian, b. about 1227 at Lucca ...
Bartholomew of Pisa Bartholomew of Pisa Friar Minor and chronicler. The fact that there were two Friars Minor named Bartholomew living ...
Bartholomew of San Concordio Bartholomew of San Concordio (Also of Pisa ) Canonist, and man of letters, b. at San Concordia, near Pisa about ...
Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Saint Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the ...
Bartholomew, Saint St. Bartholomew One of the Twelve Apostles, mentioned sixth in the three Gospel lists ( Matthew 10:3 ; Mark ...
Bartholomites Bartholomites The name given to Armenian monks who sought refuge in Italy after the invasion of their country ...
Bartoli, Daniello Daniello Bartoli An historian and littérateur , born at Ferrara, 12 February, 1608; died in Rome, 12 ...
Bartolocci, Giulio Giulio Bartolocci A Cistercian monk and learned Hebrew scholar, b. at Celleno in the old kingdom of Naples, 1 ...
Bartolommeo, Fra Fra Bartolommeo An Italian painter and a member of the Dominican Order, b. in 1475 in the territory belonging ...
Bartolozzi, Francesco Francesco Bartolozzi An engraver, etcher, and painter, b. at Florence, 1727; d. at Lisbon, 1815. His father was a ...
Barton, Elizabeth Elizabeth Barton Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of Kent." The career of ...
Baruch Baruch ( Hebrew Barûkh , blessed, Benedict; Septuagint Barouch ). The disciple of ...
Barzynski, Vincent Vincent Barzynski Born at Sulislawice, Sandomir, Russian Poland, 1838; d. at Chicago, 2 May, 1899. The son of ...
Bas-relief Bas-Relief A sculpture executed upon and attached to a flat surface. The usual impression produced by an ...
Basil of Amasea Basil of Amasea (Basileus or Basilius) Bishop and Martyr. In St. Jerome's Latin version of the Chronicle of ...
Basil of Seleucia Basil of Seleucia Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, date of birth uncertain; d., probably, between 458 and 460; ...
Basil the Great, Saint St. Basil the Great Bishop of Caesarea, and one of the most distinguished Doctors of the Church. Born probably 329; ...
Basil, Liturgy of Saint Liturgy of St. Basil Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed to the great ...
Basil, Rule of Saint Rule of St. Basil I. Under the name of Basilians are included all the religious who follow the Rule of St. Basil. ...
Basilians Basilians (Priests of the Community of St. Basil) During the French Revolution, Mgr. D'Aviau, the last ...
Basilica Basilica ( Stoa basilike , or basileios ). The term basilica can indicate either the ...
Basilides Basilides The earliest of the Alexandrian Gnostics ; he was a native of Alexandria and flourished under ...
Basilides Basilides Martyrs bearing the name of Basilides are mentioned in the old martyrologies on three different ...
Basilinopolis Basilinopolis A titular see of Asia Minor. Originally a small village in Bithynia Prima, it obtained the rank ...
Basilissa Basilissa Various female martyrs, attributed to different localities yet bearing the common name of ...
Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of Ecclesiastical Use of Basins Basins were extensively used in the Jewish Ritual and were in early use in Christian churches ...
Basle, Council of Council of Basle Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the ...
Basle-Lugano Basle-Lugano Basle-Lugano is the largest Catholic diocese of Switzerland. It is composed of the two Dioceses ...
Bassein Bassein A town situated twenty-nine miles north of Bombay in British India, and now of much historic ...
Bassett, Joshua Joshua Bassett Convert and controversialist, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England, under James II, ...
Bassi, Matthew of Matthew of Bassi Founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, the principal branch ...
Bassianus Bassianus Bishop of Ephesus (444-448). As a priest of Ephesus the charities of Bassianus so won the ...
Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric Claude-Frederic Bastiat A French economist, b. at Mugron, a small city in the Department of Landes, 29 June, 1801; d. at ...
Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné Guillaume-Andre-Rene Baston A French theologian, b. at Rouen, 29 November, 1741; d. at Saint-Laurent, 26 September, 1825. He ...
Basutoland Basutoland (Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland) Basutoland, a mountainous district of South Africa, is ...
Batavia Batavia (Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia) When the Portuguese took possession of the island of Java, of ...
Bath Abbey Bath Abbey The first religious house in Bath was a monastery of nuns founded by King Osric, A.D. 676. This ...
Bath and Wells Bath and Wells B ADONIENSIS ET W ELLENSIS (Bath, Aquae Solis, Bathonia, Bathensis, Bathoniensis ; Wells, ...
Bathe, William William Bathe Writer on music and education, b. at Dublin, Ireland, 2 April, 1564; d. at Madrid, 17 June, ...
Bathilde, Saint St. Bathilde (Or BATILDE). Wife of Clovis II, King of France, time and place of birth unknown; d. ...
Bathurst Bathurst Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, ...
Battaglini, Marco Marco Battaglini A historian of the councils, b. at Rimini, Italy, 25 March, 1645; d. at Cesena, 19 September, ...
Batteux, Charles Charles Batteux Abbé and writer on philosophy and æsthetics, b. near Vouziers, France, 6 May, ...
Battista, Giovanni Giuda Giona Giovanni Giuda Giona Battista (His original name was Jehuda Jona Ben-Isaac). Born of Jewish parents at Safed in Galilee, ...
Battle Abbey Battle Abbey Founded by William the Conqueror on the site of the Battle of Senlae or Hastings (1066), nearly ...
Bauberger, Wilhelm Wilhelm Bauberger German physician, novelist, and poet, b. at Thannhausen in Swabian Bavaria, 3 March, 1809; d. at ...
Baudeau, Nicolas Nicolas Baudeau Regular Canon and economist, b. at Amboise, France, 25 April, 1730; d. in 1792. He became a ...
Baudouin, Michel Michel Baudouin Italian missionary, born in Quebec, Canada, 8 March, 1692, entered the Society of Jesus in ...
Baumgartner, Alexander Alexander Baumgartner Poet and writer on the history of literature, b. at St. Gall, Switzerland, 27 June, 1841; d. at ...
Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob Gallus Jacob Baumgartner A Swiss statesman, b. 18 October, 1797, at Altstätten, Switzerland ; d. 12 July, 1869, at ...
Baunard, Louis Louis Baunard Educator, b. at Bellgarde (Loiret), France, in 1828. He was one of the clergy of ...
Bauny, Etienne Etienne Bauny Theologian, b. in 1564 at Mouzon, Ardennes, France ; d. 3 December, 1649, at Saint Pol de ...
Bausset, Louis-François de Louis-Francois de Bausset A French cardinal, writers, and statesman, b. in 1748 at Pondichery, where his father held an ...
Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie Louis-Eugene-Marie Bautain Philosopher and theologian, b. at Paris, 17 February, 1796; d. there, 15 October, 1867. After a ...
Bautista, Fray Juan Fray Juan Bautista Born at Mexico, 1555; date of death unknown, but probably between 1606 and 1615. He joined the ...
Bavaria, The Kingdom of The Kingdom of Bavaria I. POLITICAL CONSTITUTION, AREA, POPULATION The present Kingdom of Bavaria -- named after the ...
Bawden, William William Bawden (Or Baldwin). An English Jesuit, born at Cornwall, 1563; died at St.-Omer, 28 September, ...
Bayer, Adèle Adele Bayer ( née Parmentier) Eldest daughter of Andrew Parmentier, b. in Belgium, 4 July, 1814, ...
Bayeu y Subias, Francisco Francisco Bayeu y Subias Born at Saragossa, 9 March, 1734; died Madrid, 4 August, 1795, a distinguished religious and ...
Bayeux Bayeux DIOCESE OF BAYEUX (B AJOCÆ ). Coextensive with the Department of Calvados; suffragan to ...
Bayley, James Roosevelt James Roosevelt Bayley First Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland ; b. ...
Baylon, Saint Pascal St. Pascal Baylon Born at Torre-Hermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, 24 May, 1540, on the Feast of Pentecost, called ...
Bayma, Joseph Joseph Bayma Jesuit mathematician and scientist, b. in Piedmont, Italy, 9 November, 1816; d. at Santa Clara, ...
Bayonne Bayonne (Lapurdum) The Diocese of Bayonne comprises the Department of Basses-Pyrenees. Reorganized in ...
Baysio, Guido de Guido de Baysio (Baisio) An Italian canonist, b. about the middle of the thirteenth century of a noble ...
Bazin, John Stephen John Stephen Bazin Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis ), b. at Duerne, near Lyons, ...
Beads, Use of, at Prayers Use of Beads at Prayers Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of prayers in certain ...
Beards Beard Among the Jews, as among most Oriental peoples, the beard was especially cherished as a symbol of ...
Beardsley, Aubrey Aubrey Beardsley English artist, born at Brighton, 1872; died at Mentone, France, 16 March, 1898. It has been ...
Beatific Vision Beatific Vision The immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits and the souls of the just enjoy in ...
Beatification and Canonization Beatification and Canonization HISTORY According to some writers the origin of beatification and canonization in the Catholic ...
Beatitudes, Mount of Mount of Beatitudes This name is given to the place where Our Saviour delivered the "Sermon on the Mount", beginning ...
Beatitudes, The Eight The Eight Beatitudes The solemn blessings ( beatitudines, benedictiones ) which mark the opening of the Sermon on ...
Beaton, David David Beaton (Or Bethune) Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews, b. 1494; d. 29 May, 1546. He was of an ...
Beaton, James James Beaton (1473-1539) (Or Bethune) A Scottish Archbishop ; b. c. 1473; d. at St. Andrews, 1539, was the sixth and ...
Beaton, James James Beaton (1517-1603) (Or Bethune) Archbishop of Glasgow, b. 1517; d. 24 April, 1603; the son of James Beaton of ...
Beatrix Beatrix (Or B EATRICE ). The name Beatrix has been borne by a certain number of holy persons, but no ...
Beaufort, Lady Margaret Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1443; d. 1509, daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, first ...
Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu Abbey ( Abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus ) Beaulieu Abbey was a Cistercian house in ...
Beaune, Renaud de Renaud de Beaune A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at Tours ; d. 1606 in Paris. Before entering the ecclesiastical ...
Beauregard, Jean-Nicolas Jean-Nicolas Beauregard Celebrated French pulpit orator, born at Metz in Lorraine, 4 December, 1733; died at the ...
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 28 May, 1818; d. there 20 February, 1893. He ...
Beauvais Beauvais (Bellovacum) A suffragan diocese of the archiepiscopal See of Reims. The Dioceses of ...
Beauvais, Gilles-François-de Gilles-Francois-de Beauvais Jesuit writer and preacher, born at Mans, France, 7 July, 1693; died probably at Paris about ...
Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais A French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, 17 October, 1731; d. at Paris, 4 April, 1790. The sermons he ...
Bec, Abbey of Abbey of Bec The Benedictine Abbey of Bec, or Le Bec, in Normandy, was founded in the earlier part of the ...
Becan, Martin Martin Becan (Verbreck, van der Breck). Controversialist, born at Hilvarenbeck, Brabant, Holland, 6 ...
Beccaria, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Beccaria A physicist, born at Mondovì, 3 October, 1716; died at Turin, 27 May, 1781. At the age ...
Beccus, John John Beccus Patriarch of Constantinople in the second half of the thirteenth century, one of the few Greek ...
Beche, Blessed John John Beche ( Alias THOMAS MARSHALL). English Benedictine abbot and martyr ; date of birth unknown; ...
Beckedorff, George Philipp Ludolf von George Philipp Ludolf von Beckedorff Born at Hanover, 14 April, 1778; died at Grünhof, 27 February, 1858. He first studied ...
Becker, Thomas Andrew Thomas Andrew Becker Sixth Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. b. at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 20 December, 1832; ...
Becket, Saint Thomas St. Thomas Becket Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 December, 1118 (?); died at Canterbury, 29 ...
Beckx, Pierre-Jean Pierre-Jean Beckx Twenty-second General of the Society of Jesus , born at Sichem, Belgium, 8 February, 1795; died ...
Becquerel, Antoine-César Antoine-Cesar Becquerel French physicist, b. at Chatillon-sur-Loing (Loiret), 7 March, 1788; d. at Paris, 18 January, ...
Bede Bede (Or B EAD , whence Bedehouse, Bedesman, Bederoll). The old English word bede (Anglo-Saxon ...
Bede, The Venerable The Venerable Bede Historian and Doctor of the Church , born 672 or 673; died 735. In the last chapter of his great ...
Bedford, Gunning S. Gunning S. Bedford Medical writer and teacher, b. at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. of a distinguished family in ...
Bedford, Henry Henry Bedford Writer, educator, b. in London 1 October, 1816; d. in Dublin, Ireland, 21 May, 1903. With the ...
Bedingfeld, Frances Frances Bedingfeld ( alias Long) Superioress of the English Institute of Mary , b. 1616 of a gentle family ...
Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir Sir Henry Bedingfield Knight; b. 1509; d. 1583. He was the grandson of Sir Edmund Bedingfeld who had served in the Wars ...
Bedini, Cajetan Cajetan Bedini Italian Cardinal and diplomat; born at Sinigaglia, Italy, 15 May, 1806; died at Viterbo, 6 ...
Bedlam Bedlam (An English abbreviation of BETHLEHEM). A London hospital originally intended for the poor ...
Beelen, Ian Theodor Ian Theodor Beelen Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Amsterdam, 12 January 1807; d. at Louvain, 31 March 1884. After a ...
Beelphegor Beelphegor ( Or BAALPEOR.) Beelphegor was the baal of Mt. Phogor, or Peor, a mountain of Moab. ...
Beelzebub Beelzebub 1. Old Testament Beelzebub, or Baalzebûb, the Philistine god of Accaron (Ekron), ...
Beesley, George, Venerable Ven. George Beesley (Also spelled Bisley). Martyr, born at The Hill in Goosnargh parish, Lancaster, England, of an ...
Beethoven, Ludwig van Ludwig van Beethoven Born at Bonn, probably on 16 December, 1770; died at Vienna, 26 March, 1827. The date of his ...
Begnudelli-Basso, Francesco Antonio Francesco Antonio Begnudelli-Basso A canonist who lived at the end of the seventeenth century; died at Freising, 9 October, 1713. ...
Beguines & Beghards Beguines, Beghards The etymology of the names Beghard and Beguine can only be conjectured. Most likely they are ...
Behaim, Albert von Albert von Behaim (Known also as Albertus Bohemus) Born c. 1180, probably at Boheiming, in the Diocese of Passau ...
Behaim, Martin Martin Behaim (Martinus de Bohemia ) A German cartographer and navigator, b. at Nuremberg in 1459; d. at ...
Beirut Beirut In Phoenicia, a titular Latin see, and the residential see of several prelates of Oriental ...
Beja Beja Diocese in Portugal, suffragan of Evora. It was created 10 June, 1770, and numbers 175,000 ...
Belasyse, John John Belasyse B ARON B ELASYSE Born about 1614; died 1689, a loyal Catholic English nobleman, second son ...
Belchiam, Venerable Thomas Venerable Thomas Belchiam A Franciscan martyr in the reign of Henry VIII, date of birth uncertain; d. 3 August 1537. He ...
Belem do Pará, Archdiocese of Belem Do Para In South America, formerly (after 4 March, 1719) a suffragan diocese of Bahia (San Salvador), ...
Belfry Belfry The upper part of the tower or steeple of a church, for the reception of the bells ; or a ...
Belgium Belgium I. THE NAPOLEONIC ERA The victory of Fleurus, gained by the French army over the Austrian forces, ...
Belgrade and Smederevo Belgrade and Smederevo Titular (united) sees of Servia. The history of these sees is as confused as their present plight ...
Belgrado, Giacopo Giacopo Belgrado Italian Jesuit and natural philosopher, born at Udine, 16 November, 1704; died in the same ...
Belial Belial Found frequently as a personal name in the Vulgate and various English translations of the ...
Belief Belief ( be and lyian , to hold dear). That state of the mind by which it assents to ...
Belin, Albert (Jean) Albert (Jean) Belin French prelate and writer, b. in Besançon early in the seventeenth century; d. 29 April, ...
Bell, Altar Altar Bell A small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient place on the epistle side ...
Bell, Angelus Angelus Bell The triple Hail Mary recited in the evening, which is the origin of our modern Angelus, was ...
Bell, Arthur, Venerable Arthur Bell ( alias F RANCIS ) Friar Minor and English martyr, b. at Temple-Broughton near Worcester, 13 ...
Bell, James James Bell Priest and martyr, b. at Warrington in Lancashire, England, probably about 1520; d. 20 April, ...
Bellamy, Jerome Jerome Bellamy Jerome Bellamy of Uxenden Hall, near London, England, d. 1586, a member of an old Catholic family ...
Bellarini, John John Bellarini Barnabite theologian, b. at Castelnuovo, Italy, in 1552; d. at Milan, 27 August, 1630. He was ...
Bellarmine, St. Robert St. Robert Bellarmine (Also, "Bellarmino"). A distinguished Jesuit theologian, writer, and cardinal, born at ...
Bellasius, Edward Edward Bellasis Serjeant-at-Law, b. 14 October, 1800; d. 24 January, 1873; was one of the most able and respected ...
Bellecius, Aloysius Aloysius Bellecius Jesuit ascetic author, born at Freiburg im Breisgau, 15 February, 1704; died at Augsburg, 27 ...
Bellenden, John John Bellenden (Ballenden, or Ballantyne) A Scotch poet, b. at Haddington or Berwick in the latter part of ...
Belleville Belleville The Diocese of Belleville comprises that part of southern Illinois, U.S.A. which lies south of ...
Belley Belley Diocese of Belley (Bellicium) Coextensive with the civil department of Ain and a suffragan of ...
Bellings, Sir Richard Sir Richard Bellings (Or Belling) Irish historian, b. near Dublin early in the seventeenth century; d. in 1677. He ...
Bellini Bellini Giacomo (Jacopo) Bellini Father of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, b. about 1400; d. 1471. ...
Belloy, Jean-Baptiste de Jean-Baptiste de Belloy Cardinal - Archbishop of Paris, b. 9 October, 1709, at Morangles in the Diocese of Beauvais ; ...
Bells Bells The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Origin; II. Benediction; III. Uses; IV. ...
Belluno-Feltre Belluno-Feltre (Diocese of Belluno-Feltre). Belluno, which was anciently called Bellunum, the metropolis of ...
Belmont, François Vachon de Francois Vachon de Belmont Fifth superior of the Sulpicians at Montreal, b. at Grenoble, France, 1645; d. 1732. He went ...
Belshazzar Baltasar (Or, as found in the Septuagint Baltasár .) Baltasar is the Greek and Latin name for ...
Belson, Venerable Thomas Ven. Thomas Belson Martyr, b. at Brill in Oxfordshire, England, dated uncertain; d. 5 July 1589. He was at the ...
Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri François Xavier de Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron Bishop of Marseilles, b. 1671 at the Château de la Force, in Périgord; d. 1755 at ...
Belzoni, Giambattista Giambattista Belzoni An Egyptian explorer, b. at Padua, Italy, in 1778; d. Gato, Africa, 3 Dec., 1823. His father ...
Bembo, Pietro Pietro Bembo A famous Italian scholar and Cardinal, b. of a noble family at Venice, 20 May, 1470; d. at ...
Benadir Benadir Prefecture Apostolic in Africa ; lies between 8° and 12° N. lat., and between 42° ...
Benavides, Fray Alonzo Fray Alonzo Benavides (Benavidez) Archbishop of Goa in the Portuguese Indies. Although a prelate of high rank, the ...
Bench, Communion Communion Bench An adaptation of the sanctuary guard or altar-rail. Standing in front of this barrier, in a ...
Benda Benda A titular see of Albania. Its history is closely connected with that of the Sees of Narenta and ...
Benedict Biscop, Saint St. Benedict Biscop An English monastic founder, born of a noble Anglo-Saxon family, c. 628; died 12 January 690. ...
Benedict I, Pope Pope Benedict I Of the first Pontiff who bore the name of Benedict practically nothing is known. The date of his ...
Benedict II, Saint, Pope Pope St. Benedict II Date of birth unknown; died 8 May, 685; was a Roman, and the son of John. Sent when young to the ...
Benedict III, Pope Pope Benedict III Date of birth unknown; d. 17 April, 858. The election of the learned and ascetic Roman, Benedict, ...
Benedict IV, Pope Pope Benedict IV Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903. The Popes Benedict from the fourth to the ...
Benedict IX, Pope Pope Benedict IX The nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict IX was a man of very different character ...
Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint St. Benedict Joseph Labre Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France ; died in Rome 16 April, 1783. ...
Benedict Levita Benedict Levita Benedict Levita (of Mainz ), or Benedict the Deacon, is the name given to himself by the author ...
Benedict of Aniane, Saint St. Benedict of Aniane Born about 745-750; died at Cornelimünster, 11 February, 821. Benedict, originally known as ...
Benedict of Nursia, Saint St. Benedict of Nursia Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino , 543. The only ...
Benedict of Peterborough Benedict of Peterborough Abbot and writer, place and date of birth unknown; d. 1193. He was educated at Oxford, and was ...
Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint Benedict of San Philadelphio (Or B ENEDICT THE M OOR ) Born at San Philadelphio or San Fradello, a village of the ...
Benedict V, Pope Pope Benedict V Date of birth unknown; died 4 July, 965. Benedict V was elected pope (May, 964) in very ...
Benedict VI, Pope Pope Benedict VI Date of birth unknown; d. August, 974 (see Ricobaldi of Ferrara, Compil. Chron., in Rer. Ital. SS. ...
Benedict VII, Pope Pope Benedict VII Date of birth unknown; d. c. October, 983. Acting under the influence of Sicco (see BENEDICT VI ...
Benedict VIII, Pope Pope Benedict VIII Date of birth unknown; d. 9 April, 1024. The first of the Tusculan popes, being the son of ...
Benedict X Pope Benedict X The bearer of this name was an antipope in the days of Nicholas II, 1056-61.
Benedict XI, Pope Pope Benedict XI (Nicholas Boccasini) Born at Treviso, Italy, 1240; died at Perugia, 7 July, 1304. He entered ...
Benedict XII, Pope Benedict XII (J ACQUES F OURNIER ) Third of the Avignon popes, b. at Saverdun in the province of ...
Benedict XIII, Pope Pope Benedict XIII (PIETRO FRANCESCO ORSINI) Born 2 February, 1649; died 23 February, 1730. Being a son of ...
Benedict XIV, Pope Pope Benedict XIV (P ROSPERO L ORENZO L AMBERTINI .) Son of Marcello Lambertini and Lucretia Bulgarini, b. ...
Benedict, Medal of Medal of Saint Benedict A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict. One ...
Benedict, Rule of Saint Rule of St. Benedict This work holds the first place among monastic legislative codes, and was by far the most ...
Benedictbeurn, Abbey of Abbey of Benedictbeurn Situated in the Bavarian Alps, about thirty miles south of Munich. It was formerly in the ...
Benedicti, Jean Jean Benedicti A Franciscan theologian of the sixteenth century belonging to the Observantine Province of ...
Benedictine Order The Benedictine Order The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known ...
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament One of the most generally popular of Catholic services is Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, ...
Benedictional Benedictional ( Benedictionale ). A book containing a collection of benedictions or blessings in use in ...
Benedictus Polonus Benedictus Polonus A medieval Friar Minor missionary and traveller (c. 1245) companion of Giovanni da Piancarpino, ...
Benedictus, The The Benedictus The Benedictus, given in Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three great canticles in the opening ...
Benefice Benefice ( Latin Beneficium , a benefit) Popularly the term benefice is often understood to denote ...
Benefit of Clergy Benefit of Clergy The exemption from the jurisdiction of the secular courts, which in England, in the Middle ...
Benettis, Jeremiah Jeremiah Benettis Friar Minor Capuchin and historical writer, d. in 1774. He belonged to the Province of Piedmont ...
Benevento, Archdiocese of Benevento (BENEVENTANA). Benevento, the ancient Beneventum, the principal city of the province of the ...
Bengtsson, Jöns Oxenstjerna Jons Oxenstjerna Bengtsson (JOANNES BENEDICTI). Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, b. 1417; d. in 1467. He was a member of ...
Bengy, Anatole de Anatole de Bengy A martyr of the French Commune, b. at Bourges, 19 September, 1824; d. in Paris, 26 May, 1871. ...
Benignus of Dijon, Saint St. Benignus of Dijon Martyr honoured as the patron saint and first herald of Christianity of Dijon (Divio) an old ...
Benignus, Saint St. Benignus Date of birth unknown; d. 467, son of Sesenen, an Irish chieftain in that part of Ireland which ...
Benin Benin (Vicariate Apostolic of the Coast of Benin. Also called Oræ Benini). Includes an ...
Benjamin Benjamin ( Hebrew binjamin , "son of the right hand"). (1) The youngest son of Jacob born of ...
Benkert, Franz Georg Franz Georg Benkert German theologian and historical writer, b. 25 September, 1790, at Nordheim, near the mountain ...
Benno II Benno II Bishop of Osnabrück, b. at Luningen in Swabia; d. 27 July, 1088, in the Benedictine ...
Benoît, Michel Michel Benoit Born at Autun (or Dijon ), France, 8 October, 1715; died at Peking, 23 October, 1774, a ...
Benthamism Benthamism Jeremy Bentham an English jurist and reformer, born at Houndsditch, London, 15 February, 1748; ...
Bentivoglio, Family of Family of Bentivoglio Originally from the castle of that name in the neighbourhood of Bologna, Italy. They claimed ...
Bentley, John Francis John Francis Bentley English architect, b. at Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1839; d. in London, February, 1902. From early ...
Bentney, William William Bentney ( Alias Bennet). An English Jesuit priest born in Cheshire, 1609; died 30 October, 1692. He ...
Benziger, Joseph Charles Joseph Charles Benzinger Founder of the Catholic publishing house that bears his name, b. at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, ...
Benzoni, Girolamo Girolamo Benzoni Born at Milan about 1519. He went to America in 1541 and successively visited the Antilles and ...
Berach, Saint St. Berach Of Termonbarry, d. 595; a disciple of St. Kevin and a celebrated Irish saint, whose memory is ...
Berard of Carbio, Saint St. Berard of Carbio (Or BERALDUS). Friar Minor and martyr ; d. 16 January, 1220. Of the noble family of ...
Berardi, Carbo Sebastiano Carbo Sebastiano Berardi Canonist, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 26 August, 1719; d. 1768. Having studied theology at Savona ...
Bercharius, Saint St. Bercharius (BERERUS). Abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne, b. 636; d. 28 March, 696. Descended from a ...
Bercheure, Pierre Pierre Bercheure (BERCHOIRE, BERSUIRE). A learned French Benedictine, b. 1290 at St. Pierre du Chemin ...
Berchmans, Saint John St. John Berchmans Born at Diest in Brabant, 13 March, 1599; died at Rome, 13 August, 1621. His parents watched ...
Berchtold, Blessed Blessed Berchtold (BERTHOLD). Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Engelberg in Switzerland ; date of ...
Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed Albert Bl. Albert Berdini of Sarteano Franciscan Friar and missionary, born at Sarteano, in Tuscany, 1385; died at Milan, 15 August, ...
Berengarius of Tours Berengarius of Tours Born at Tours about 999; died on the island of St. Cosme, near that city, in 1088. Having ...
Berenice Berenice A titular see of Egypt which was situated at the end of Major Syrtis where Bengazi stands ...
Bergamo Bergamo (Diocese of Bergamo). The city, called by the ancients Bergonum, is capital of the province of ...
Bergen, Ancient See of Ancient See of Bergen in Norway (BERGA, BERGENSIS.) The diocese included the Provinces of Nordre and Sondre Bergenhus, and ...
Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier French theologian, b. 31 December, 1715 at Darney in Lorraine ; d. at Versailles, 9 April, 1790. ...
Berin, Saint St. Birinus (Berin) Confessor, first Bishop of Dorchester (in what is now the County of Oxford, not Dorchester, ...
Berington, Charles Charles Berington Titular Bishop of Hiero-Caesarea, b. at Stock, Essex, England, 1748; d. 8 June, 1798. His life ...
Berington, Joseph Joseph Berington One of the best known Catholic writers of his day, b. at Winsley, in Herefordshire, 16 January, ...
Berisford, Humphrey Humphrey Berisford Confessor (c. 1588) of whom the only extant account occurs in the manuscript marked "F", ...
Berissa Berissa (Berisa or Verissa) A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus, in Asia Minor which Kiepert and ...
Beristain y Martin de Souza, José Mariano Jose Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza Mexican bibliographer, b. in Puebla, Mexico, 22 May, 1756; d. at Mexico, 23 March, 1817. He went ...
Berlage, Anton Anton Berlage Dogmatic theologian, b. 21 December, 1805, at Münster, Westphalia ; d. there, 6 December, ...
Berland, Pierre Pierre Berland Archbishop of Bordeaux, b. 1375 in Médoc; d. 1457 at Bordeaux. Being of humble ...
Berlanga, Fray Tomás de Fray Tomas de Berlanga Bishop of Panama, b. at Berlanga in Spain, date uncertain; d. there 8 August, 1551. He was ...
Berlin Berlin Capital of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia, and residence of the German ...
Berlioz, Hector Hector Berlioz French composer, b. at La Côte Saint-André, near Grenoble, 11 December, 1803; d. at ...
Bernal, Agostino Agostino Bernal Spanish theologian, born at Magallon in Aragon in 1587; died at Saragossa, 13 September, 1642. ...
Bernard Guidonis Bernard Guidonis Inquisitor of Toulouse against the Albigenses and Bishop of Lodève, b. at ...
Bernard of Besse Bernard of Besse Friar Minor and chronicler, a native of Aquitaine, date of birth uncertain; he belonged to the ...
Bernard of Bologna Bernard of Bologna ( Also Bernardine; Flovitano Toselli). Friar Minor Capuchin and Scotist theologian, born at ...
Bernard of Botone Bernard of Botone Generally called Parmensis from his birthplace, Parma in Italy, a noted canonist of the ...
Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint St. Bernard of Clairvaux Born in 1090, at Fontaines, near Dijon, France ; died at Clairvaux, 21 August, 1153. His ...
Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Cluny (or of Morlaix), a Benedictine monk of the first half of the twelfth century, ...
Bernard of Compostella Bernard of Compostella (1) Bernard of Compostella (Antiquus) A canonist of the early thirteenth century, a native of ...
Bernard of Luxemburg Bernard of Luxemburg Dominican theologian, controversialist, and Inquisitor of the Archdioceses of Cologne, Mainz, ...
Bernard of Menthon, Saint St. Bernard of Menthon Born in 923, probably in the castle Menthon near Annecy, in Savoy ; died at Novara, 1008. He ...
Bernard of Pavia Bernard of Pavia A noted canonist, provost of the cathedral chapter of Pavia, and, in 1190, promoted to the ...
Bernard Tolomeo, Saint St. Bernard Tolomeo Founder of the congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto, born at Siena in Tuscany ...
Bernard, Alexis-Xyste Alexis-Xyste Bernard Bishop of St. Hyacinth, P.Q., Canada. b. at Beloeil, P.Q., 29 December, 1847. He made his ...
Bernard, Claude Claude Bernard A French ecclesiastic known as "the poor priest " ( le pauvre prêtre ), b. at Dijon 23 ...
Bernard, Claude Claude Bernard French physiologist, b. 12 July, 1813 at Saint Julien near Villefranche, France ; d. at Paris, ...
Bernard, Saint St. Bernard (Archbishop of Vienne) (BARNARD.) Archbishop of Vienne, France. Born in 778; died at Vienne, 23 January, 842. His ...
Bernardine of Feltre, Blessed Bl. Bernardine of Feltre Friar Minor and missionary, b. at Feltre, Italy, in 1439 and d. at Pavia, 28 September, 1494. He ...
Bernardine of Fossa, Blessed Bl. Bernardine of Fossa Of the Order of Friars Minor, historian and ascetical writer, b. at Fossa, in the Diocese of ...
Bernardine of Siena, Saint St. Bernardine of Siena Friar Minor, missionary, and reformer, often called the "Apostle ofItaly ", b. of the noblefamily ...
Bernardines, The The Bernardines Title of certain sisters of the order of Cîteaux who at the end of the sixteenth and in ...
Berne Berne The fourth city of Switzerland in population, capital of a canton of the same name which is the ...
Berni, Francesco Francesco Berni An Italian comic poet, b. at Lamporecchio (Florence) 1497 or 1498; d. at Florence, 26 May, ...
Bernier, Etienne-Alexandre Etienne-Alexandre Bernier French Bishop, b. at Daon (Mayenne), 31 October, 1762; d. at Paris, 1 October, 1806. He was a ...
Bernini, Domenico Domenico Bernini Son of the famous artist Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini , lived in the early part of the eighteenth ...
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini One of the most vigorous and fertile of Italian architects and sculptors, b. at Naples in 1598; ...
Bernini, Giuseppe Maria Giuseppe Maria Bernini A Capuchin missionary and Orientalist, b. near Carignan in Piedmont ; d. in Hindustan in 1753. ...
Bernis, François-Joachim-Pierre de Francois-Joachim-Pierre de Bernis A French cardinal and statesman, b. 1715 at Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche; d. at Rome, 1794. ...
Berno Berno (Apostle of the Obotrites) (Apostle of the Obotrites), in the latter half of the twelfth century. The Obotrites were one of ...
Berno (Abbot of Reichenau) Berno (Abbot of Reichenau) Famous as orator, poet, philosopher, and musician, born (date unknown) at Prüm near Trier ...
Bernold of Constance Bernold of Constance Historian and theologian, b. in Swabia about 1054; d. at Schaffhausen, 16 September, 1100. He ...
Bernward, Saint St. Bernward Thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. 20 ...
Beroea Beroea (Later, Berrhoea, Beroie, and Beroe ). A titular see of Macedonia, at the foot of Mount ...
Berosus Berosus ( Berosós or Berossós ) The name of a native historian of Babylonia and a ...
Beroth Beroth (B EEROTH ) A city in Chanaan, one of the confederation of cities under the headship of ...
Berrettini, Pietro Pietro Berrettini (Called Pietro da Cortona) A distinguished Italian painter, architect, and writer, b. at ...
Berruguete, Alonso Alonso Berruguete For his mastery of the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, sometimes called the ...
Berruyer, Isaac-Joseph Isaac-Joseph Berruyer Born at Roueb, 7 November, 1681; died at Paris, 18 February, 1758. He entered the Society of Jesus ...
Berryer, Pierre-Antoine Pierre-Antoine Berryer French advocate, orator, and statesman, son of Pierre-Nicolas Berryer, an advocate, b. at Paris, ...
Bersabee Bersabee ( Bar sb‘ or Beersheba ) A town on the southern extremity of Palestine, one of the ...
Bertha Bertha Of the various holy women bearing the name of Bertha, five are more particularly worthy of ...
Berthier, Guillaume-François Guillaume-Francois Berthier A Jesuit professor and writer, born at Issoudun, 1704; died at Bourges, 1782. He taught ...
Berthold Berthold Bishop, Apostle of the Livonians, killed 24 July, 1198, in a crusade against the pagan ...
Berthold of Chiemsee Berthold of Chiemsee A German bishop and theological writer, b. 1465 at Salzburg, Austria ; d. 19 July, 1543, at ...
Berthold of Henneberg Berthold of Henneberg Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. 1441; d. 21 December, 1504. Having completed his education ...
Berthold of Ratisbon Berthold of Ratisbon A Franciscan of the monastery of that city and the most powerful preacher of repentance in the ...
Berthold of Reichenau Berthold of Reichenau A Benedictine monk and chronicler of the celebrated Abbey of Reichenau on the Lake of ...
Berti, Giovanni Lorenzo Giovanni Lorenzo Berti An Italian theologian, b. 28 May, 1696, at Sarravezza, Tuscany ; d. 26 March, 1766, at Pisa. His ...
Bertin, Saint St. Bertin Abbot of St. Omer, b. near Constance about 615; d. about 709. At an early age he entered the ...
Bertinoro Bertinoro Bertinoro, anciently called Forum Truentinorum, and, at the time of the Gothic war, Petra ...
Bertonio, Ludovico Ludovico Bertonio An Italian missionary, born 1552 at Rocca Contrada near Ancona ; died at Lima, Peru, 3 ...
Bertrand, Louis, Saint St. Louis Bertrand Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His patents were Juan Bertrand and ...
Bertrand, Pierre Pierre Bertrand (1) A French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist, b. 1280 at Annonay in Vivarais; d. 1348 or 1349 ...
Bertulf, Saint St. Bertulf Abbot of Bobbio, date of birth unknown; d. 639 or 640. He was the son of a pagan nobleman in ...
Bervanger, Martin de Martin de Bervanger A French priest, founder of charitable institutions ; b. at Sarrelouis, 15 May, 1795; d. at ...
Besançon Besancon (Vesontio) Archdiocese coextensive with the departments of Doubs, Haute-Saône, and the district of ...
Besange, Jerome Lamy, O.S.B Jerome Lamy Besange Born at Linz, 1726; died 1781. For twenty-four years he taught Scripture at Salzburg. He ...
Beschefer, Theodore Theodore Beschefer Jesuit missionary in Canada, born at Châlons-sur-marne, 25 May, 1630; died at Reims, 4 ...
Beschi, Costanzo Giuseppe Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi Born at Castiglione in the Venetian Republic, 1680; died at Manapar c. 1746. He entered the ...
Beseleel Beseleel (Beçál'el, in the shadow of God). I. The son of Uri and grandson of Hur of the ...
Besoigne, Jérôme Jerome Besoigne A Jansenist writer, b. at Paris, 1686; d. 1763. Ordained in 1715, he received the doctorate of ...
Besoldus, Christopher Christopher Besoldus A German jurist and publicist, b. of Protestant parents in 1577 at Tübingen, ...
Bessarion, Johannes Johannes Bessarion (Or B ASILIUS ). Cardinal ; b. at Trebizond, 1389, or according to others, 1395, but most ...
Bessel, Johann Franz Johann Franz Bessel (In religion Gottfried ) Benedictine, abbot, and historian, b. 5 September, 1672, at ...
Beste, Henry Digby Henry Digby Beste Miscellaneous author, b. at Lincoln, England, 21 October, 1768; d. at Brighton, 28 May, 1836. He ...
Bestiaries Bestiaries Medieval books on animals, in which the real or fabulous characteristics of actually existent or ...
Betanzos, Fray Domingo Fray Domingo Betanzos A Dominican missionary, d. at Valladolid, Sept., 1549. One of the most illustrious Dominicans ...
Betanzos, Fray Pedro de Fray Pedro de Betanzos A Franciscan missionary, b. at Betanzos in Galicia; d. at Chomez, Nicaragua, 1570. He was one ...
Betanzos, Juan de Juan de Betanzos Unfortunately very little is known as yet of this official, who has left such valuable works on ...
Bethany Bethany ( Bethania ). A village of Palestine, fifteen furlongs, or one mile and three-quarters, east ...
Bethany Beyond the Jordan Bethany Beyond the Jordan ( Bethania peran tou Iordanou ). In the text of St. John's Gospel, i, 28, the author locates ...
Betharan Betharan A city of the Amorrhites in the valley-plain east of the Jordan, about twelve miles from ...
Bethdagon Bethdagon Name of two cities in Palestine. (1) A city ( Joshua 15:41 ) of the tribe of Juda "in the plains", ...
Bethel Bethel ( Hebrew word meaning "house of God "). An ancient Cansanitish town, twelve miles north of ...
Bethlehem Bethlehem A titular see of Palestine. The early name of the city was Ephrata; afterwards Bethlehem, "House ...
Bethlehem Bethlehem The old Hebrew name bêth lehem , meaning "house of bread", has survived till the present ...
Bethlehem Bethlehem (In Architecture) An architectural term used in the Ethiopic Church for the oven or bakehouse for baking the ...
Bethlehemites Bethlehemites MILITARY ORDERS There were two military orders dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem and known ...
Bethsaida Bethsaida Bethsaida is: a city, or perhaps two cities, on the shore of the Lake of Genesareth, the ...
Bethsan Bethsan ( Hebrew Beth Shean , or Beth Shan , "place of rest"). A city within Issachar, but assigned to ...
Bethulia Bethulia (Greek Betuloua ). The city whose deliverance by Judith, when besieged by Holofernes, forms ...
Betrothal Betrothal ( Latin sponsalia ). The giving of one's troth — that is, one's true faith or promise. ...
Bettiah Bettiah Prefecture Apostolic in northern India, includes as part of its jurisdiction the entire native ...
Betting Betting A bet may be defined as the backing of an affirmation or forecast by offering to forfeit, in ...
Beugnot, Auguste-Arthur, Count Count Auguste-Arthur Beugnot French historian and statesman, b. at Bar-sur-Aube, 25 March, 1797; d. at Paris, 15 March, 1865. ...
Beuno, Saint St. Beuno Abbot of Clynnog, d. 660(?), was, according to the "Bucced Beuno", born in Powis-land and, after ...
Beverley Minster Beverley Minster A collegiate church at Beverley, capital of the East Riding of Yorkshire, served by a chapter ...
Beyerlinck, Lawrence Lawrence Beyerlinck Belgian theologian and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Antwerp, April, 1578; d. at the same place, ...
Bezae, Codex Codex Bezae (CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS), one of the five most important Greek New Testament manuscripts, and the ...
Bianchi, Giovanni Antonio Giovanni Antonio Bianchi Friar Minor andtheologian, b. at Lucca, 2 October, 1686; d. at Rome, 18 January, 1768. At the age ...
Bianchini, Francesco Francesco Bianchini A student of the natural sciences, and an historian, b. at Verona, Northern Italy, 13 December, ...
Bianchini, Giuseppe Giuseppe Bianchini (Giuseppe Blanchini). Italian Oratorian, Biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar, b. ...
Bianconi, Charles Charles Bianconi Merchant and philanthropist, b. 26 September, 1785, in the duchy of Milan ; d. near Clonmel, ...
Biard, Pierre Pierre Biard Jesuit missionary, born at Grenoble, France, 1576; died at Avignon, 17 November, 1622. In 1608 ...
Bibbiena Bibbiena (Bernardo Dovizi) An Italian Cardinal and comedy-writer, known best by the name of the town ...
Bibiana, Saint St. Bibiana The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority of St. Bibiana (Vibiana), a Roman ...
Bible Societies Bible Societies Protestant Bible Societies, established for the purpose of publishing and propagating the Bible ...
Bible, Authenticity of the Authenticity of the Bible The authenticity or authority of Holy Writ is twofold on account of its twofold authorship. ...
Bible, Coptic Versions of the Coptic Bibles DIALECTS The Coptic language is now recognized in four principal dialects, Bohairic (formerly ...
Bible, Editions of the Editions of the Bible In the present article we understand by editions of the Bible the printed reproductions of its ...
Bible, Inspiration of the Inspiration of the Bible The subject will be treated in this article under the four heads: I. Belief in Inspired books; ...
Bible, Manuscripts of the Manuscripts of the Bible Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the original text or of a version ...
Bible, The The Bible A collection of writings which the Church of God has solemnly recognized as inspired. The ...
Bible, Versions of the Versions of the Bible Synopsis GREEK : Septuagint; Aquila; Theodotion; Symmachus; other versions. VERSIONS FROM THE ...
Bibles, Picture Picture Bibles In the Middle Ages the Church made use of pictures as a means of instruction, to supplement ...
Bibles, Rhymed Rhymed Bibles The rhymed versions of the Bible are almost entirely collections of the psalms. The oldest ...
Biblia Pauperum Biblia Pauperum (BIBLE OF THE POOR). A collection of pictures representing scenes from Our Lord's life with ...
Biblical Accommodation Biblical Accommodation We shall consider (1) what is meant by biblical accommodation; (2) its use in Sacred Scripture; ...
Biblical Antiquities Biblical Antiquities This department of archæology has been variously defined and classified. Some scholars have ...
Biblical Commission, The The Biblical Commission A committee of cardinals at Rome who, with the assistance of consultors, have to secure the ...
Biblical Introduction Biblical Introduction A technical name which is usually applied to two distinct, but intimately connected, things. ...
Bickell, Gustav Gustav Bickell Orientalist, b. at Cassel, 7 July, 1838; d. at Vienna, 15 Jan., 1906. His father, Johann Wilhelm ...
Bickerdike, Robert, Venerable Robert Bickerdike Martyr, a Yorkshire layman, b. at Low Hall, near Knaresborough (date unknown), but residing at ...
Bicknor, Alexander Alexander Bicknor Archbishop of Dublin, date of birth unknown; d. 1349. As his surname suggests he came from a ...
Bidermann, James James Bidermann A poet and theologian of great learning and sanctity, b. at Ebingen, Germany, in 1578; d. at ...
Biel, Gabriel Gabriel Biel Called "the last of the Scholastics ", b. at Speyer, Germany, c. 1425; d. at Tübingen, ...
Biella Biella The city of Biella, the see of the diocese of that name, is an important industrial centre ...
Bielski, Marcin Marcin Bielski (Or Wolski) A Polish chronicler, b. of noble parentage on the patrimonial estate of Biala ...
Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville French Governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans, b. in Montreal, Canada, 24 February, ...
Bigamy (in Canon Law) Bigamy (In Canon Law) According to the strict meaning, the word should signify the marrying of a second after the death ...
Bigamy (in Civil Law) Bigamy (In Civil Jurisprudence) ( French bigamie , from Latin bis , twice, and Greek gamos , marriage) Bigamy, in civil ...
Bigne, Marguerin de la Marguerin de la Bigne (Binius, Bignaeus) French theologian and patrologist, b. about 1546 at ...
Billart, Saint Julie Saint Julie Billiart ( Also Julia). Foundress, and first superior-general of the Congregation of the Sisters of ...
Billick, Eberhard Eberhard Billick ( Also Steinberger, Latin Latomus, Lapicida ). German theologian, opponent of the ...
Billy, Jacques de Jacques de Billy (Billi) A French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, linguist, and a Benedictine abbot, ...
Bilocation Bilocation (Latin bis , twice, and locatio , place.) I. The question whether the same finite being ...
Bination Bination The offering up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass twice on the same day by the same celebrant. ...
Biner, Joseph Joseph Biner Canonist, historian, and theologian, b. at Gluringen, Switzerland, 1697; d. at Torrenburg, ...
Binet, Etienne Etienne Binet Jesuit author, born at Dijon, France, 1569; died at Paris, 1639. He entered the Society of ...
Binet, Jacques-Philippe-Marie Jacques-Philippe-Marie Binet French mathematician and astronomer, b. at Rennes, in Brittany, 2 February, 1786; d. in Paris, ...
Binius, Severin Severin Binius Historian and critic, b. in 1573 in the village of Randerath, Western Germany ; d. 14 February, ...
Binterim, Anton Joseph Anton Joseph Binterim Born at Düsseldorf, 19 September, 1779; died at Bilk, 17 May, 1855, a theologian of repute ...
Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Biogenesis and Abiogenesis According to their Greek derivation these two terms refer to the origin of life. Biogenesis is ...
Biology Biology (From bios , life and logos , reason, account, reasoning) Biology may be defined as the ...
Biondo, Flavio Flavio Biondo A distinguished Italian arch æologist and historian, b. at Forli in 1388; d. at Rome in ...
Biot, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Biot A physicist and mathematician, born at Paris, France, 21 April, 1774; died. there, 3 ...
Birds (in Symbolism) Birds (In Symbolism) Many kinds of birds are used in Christian symbolism. The first to be so employed was the Dove ...
Biretta Biretta A square cap with three ridges or peaks on its upper surface, worn by clerics of all grades from ...
Birinus, Saint St. Birinus (Berin) Confessor, first Bishop of Dorchester (in what is now the County of Oxford, not Dorchester, ...
Birkowski, Fabian Fabian Birkowski Polish preacher, b. at Lemberg, 1566; d. at Cracow, 1636. He completed his studies at the ...
Birmingham Birmingham (BIRMINGHAMIA, BIRMINGHAMIENSIS) One of the thirteen dioceses erected by the Apostolic ...
Birnbaum, Heinrich Heinrich Birnbaum (Also known as DE PIRO, the latinized form of this German name) A pious and learned ...
Birth, The Defect of The Defect of Birth (Illegitimacy) (ILLEGITIMACY) A canonical impediment to ordination. When used in this connection, the word ...
Birtha Birtha A titular see of Osrhaene, probably identical with Birejik (Zegma) on the left bank of the ...
Bisarchio, Diocese of Bisarchio Situated in Sardinia, in the province of Sassari, district of Nuoro, and suffragan to the ...
Biscop, Saint Benedict St. Benedict Biscop An English monastic founder, born of a noble Anglo-Saxon family, c. 628; died 12 January 690. ...
Bishop Bishop (Anglo-Saxon Biscop, Busceop , German Bischof ; from the Greek episkopos , an overseer, ...
Bishop's Crook Crosier (Or PASTORAL STAFF). The crosier is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops ...
Bishop, Auxiliary Auxiliary Bishop A bishop deputed to a diocesan who, capable of governing and administering his diocese, is ...
Bishop, William William Bishop The first superior in England in episcopal orders since the old hierarchy died out in the ...
Bismarck, Diocese of Bismarck (BISMARCKIENSIS). In North Dakota, this diocese was erected on 31 December, 1909, and is ...
Bisomus Bisomus A tomb large enough to contain two bodies. The ordinary tombs ( loci ) in the galleries of ...
Black Fast, The The Black Fast This form of fasting, the most rigorous in the history of church legislation, was marked by ...
Blackburne, Robert Robert Blackburne An English Catholic who suffered imprisonment in the closing years of the seventeenth, and ...
Blackfoot Indians Blackfoot Indians An important tribe of the Northern Plains, constituting the westernmost extension of the great ...
Blackwood, Adam Adam Blackwood Author, b. at Dunfermline, Scotland, 1539; d. 1613. He was a great-nephew of Robert Reid, Bishop ...
Blaise, Saint St. Blaise Bishop and martyr. The ninth-century martyrologies of Europe in their lists, which are ...
Blanc, Anthony Anthony Blanc Fifth Bishop, and first Archbishop, of New Orleans, La., U.S.A. b. at Sury, near Lyons, ...
Blanchard, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Blanchard (Duchesne). A French Jesuit and educator, born 12 October, 1731, at Tourteron in the ...
Blanchet, Augustin Magloire Augustin Magloire Blanchet Brother of François Norbert Blanchet , first Bishop of Walla Walla-Nesqually, State of ...
Blanchet, Franç Norbert Francois Norbert Blanchet Missionary and first Archbishop of Oregon City, U.S.A. son of Pierre Blanchet, a Canadian ...
Blandina, Saint St. Blandina Virgin and martyr. She belongs to the band of martyrs of Lyons who, after some of their ...
Blane, Saint St. Blane ( Or BLAAN). Bishop and Confessor in Scotland, b. on the island of Bute, date unknown; d. ...
Blasphemy Blasphemy Blasphemy (Greek blaptein , "to injure", and pheme , "reputation") signifies etymologically ...
Blastares, Matthew Matthew Blastares A monk of the Order of St. Basil, living in the fourteenth century, who applied himself to the ...
Blathmac, Saint St. Blathmac A distinguished Irish monk, b. in Ireland about 750. He suffered martyrdom in Iona, about ...
Blemmida, Nicephorus Nicephorus Blemmida (B LEMMYDES ) A learned monk and writer of the Green Church, b. about 1198, at ...
Blenkinsop Blenkinsop Peter Blenkinsop Catholic publisher, b. in Ireland ; married a sister of Archbishop Oliver Kelly ...
Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament An enclosed congregation and a reform of the Dominican Order devoted to the perpetual adoration ...
Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with proper solemnity, to ...
Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament The practice of preserving after the celebration of the Liturgy a portion of the consecrated ...
Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament One of the most recent congregations of religious women in the Catholic Church and one of ...
Blessed Sacrament, The The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament Since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the ...
Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the Visits To the Blessed Sacrament By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the presence of ...
Blessed Virgin Mary, The The Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the ...
Blessed, The The Blessed There are at present two ways in which the Church allows public worship to be paid those who ...
Blessing Blessing In its widest acceptation this word has a variety of meanings in the sacred writings: It has ...
Blessing, Apostolic Apostolic Blessing The solemn blessing ( urbi et orbi ) which, before 1870, the Holy Father himself gave from the ...
Blind, Education of the Education of the Blind Although the education of the blind as a class dates back no further than the year 1784, ...
Blois Blois DIOCESE OF BLOIS (BLESENSIS). Coextensive with the civil department of Loir-et-Cher and a ...
Blomevenna, Peter Peter Blomevenna (PETER A LEYDIS) Carthusian, b. at Leyden, in Holland in 1466; d. 30 September, 1536. Owing to ...
Blood Indians Blood Indians A group of North American aborigines forming part of the Blackfeet Tribe, which, with the ...
Blosius, François-Louis Francois-Louis Blosius (Also called de Blois ). A Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer, born at Donstienne, ...
Bluetooth, Harold Harold Bluetooth (B LAATAND ) Born 911; died 1 November, 985 or 986. He was the son of King Gorm the Old of ...
Blyssen, Heinrich Heinrich Blyssen Born at Cologne or Bonn, Germany in 1526; died at Graz, 24 April, 1586. He entered the Society ...
Blyth, Francis Francis Blyth English Carmelite, reviser of the Douay Bible, born c. 1705; d. in London, 11 December 1772. ...
Bobadilla, Nicolaus Nicolaus Bobadilla Born at Valencia, Spain, 1511; died at Loretto, Italy, 23 September, 1590. After having taught ...
Bobbio, Abbey and Diocese of Abbey and Diocese of Bobbio The diocese ( Ebovium , or Bobium ; Dioecesis Eboviensis , or Bobiensis ), which is ...
Bobola, Saint Andrew St. Andrew Bobola Martyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, 1590; ...
Boccaccino Boccaccino Boccaccio Boccaccino An eminent Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1460, and d. probably in 1525 ...
Boccaccio, Giovanni Giovanni Boccaccio Italian novelist, b. in Paris, 1313; d. in Certaldo, 21 December, 1375. His father, a merchant ...
Bocking, Edward Edward Bocking (or B OKKYNG ). English Benedictine, b. of East Anglian parentage, end of fifteenth century; ...
Bodey, Ven. John Venerable John Bodey Martyr, b. at Wells, Somerset: 1549; d. at Andover, Wilts., 2 November, 1583. He studied at ...
Bodin, Jean Jean Bodin Born at Angers, 1520, probably of Jewish origin: died at Laon, 1596. He studied and taught ...
Bodone Bodone A titular see of Albania. The name is a dialectic form of Dodone, in Epirus, near Janina at the ...
Boece, Hector Hector Boece (Also BOYCE and BOETHIUS) Chronicler and one of the founders of the University of Aberdeen, b. ...
Boeri, Petrus Petrus Boeri (BOHIER) A french benedictine canonist and bishop, b. during the first quarter of the ...
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Bohemia Bohemia (Germ. Böhmen , or formerly Böheim ; Latin Bohemia or Bojohemum ), a cisleithan ...
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Boiano Boiano Diocese in the province of Benevento, Italy, suffragan to the Archbishopric of Benevento. The ...
Boiardo, Matteo Maria Matteo Maria Boiardo An Italian poet, b. about 1434, at, or near, Scandiano (Reggio-Emilia); d. at Reggio, 20 ...
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicholas Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux French poet, b. at Paris, 1 November, 1636; d. there, 13 March, 1711. He was educated at the ...
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Boise Boise Diocese of Boise ( Xylopolitana ) Created by Leo XIII, 25 August, 1893, embraces the ...
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Boisil, Saint St. Boisil Superior of Melrose Abbey , d. 664. Almost all that is known of St. Boisil is learnt from Bede ...
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Bolivia Bolivia A South American republic which lies between longitudes west of Greenwich 57 deg. 30' and 74 deg., ...
Bollandists, The The Bollandists An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a ...
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Bologna, University of The University of Bologna A tradition of the thirteenth century attributed the foundation of this university to Theodosius ...
Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès Jerome-Hermes Bolsec A theologian and physician, b. probably at Paris, date unknown; d. at Lyons c. 1584. He ...
Bolton, Edmund Edmund Bolton Historian, antiquary, and poet, born c. 1575; died c. 1633. The genuine loyalty in the Catholic ...
Bolzano, Bernhard Bernhard Bolzano Austrian mathematician and philosopher, b. at Prague, 5 October, 1781; d. 18 December, 1848. As ...
Bombay Bombay (BOMBAYENSIS) The Archdiocese of Bombay comprises the Island of Bombay with several outlying ...
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Bona Mors Confraternity, The The Bona Mors Confraternity (Bona Mors = "Happy Death"). The Bona Mors Confraternity was founded 2 October, 1648, in the ...
Bona, Giovanni Giovanni Bona A distinguished cardinal and author, b. of an old French family at Mondovì, in ...
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Bonal, François de Francois de Bonal Bishop of Clermont, b. 1734 at the castle of Bonal, near Agen ; d. at Munich, 1800. He had ...
Bonal, Raymond Raymond Bonal French theologian and founder of the Congregation of the Priests of St. Mary (Bonalists), b. ...
Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicompte de Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicompte de Bonald French statesman, writer, and philosopher, b. at Monna, near Millau, in Rouergue (Aveyron) 2 ...
Bonald, Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald Cardinal, b. at Millau, in Rouergue (now Aveyron), 30 October, 1787, d. at Lyons, 25 Feb., 1870. ...
Bonaparte, Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent Charles-Lucein-Jules-Laurent Bonaparte Prince of Canino and Musignano, ornithologist, b. in Paris, 24 May, 1803; d. in the same city 29 ...
Bonaventure, College of Saint College of Saint Bonaventure At Quaracchi, near Florence, Italy, famous as the centre of literary activity in the Order of ...
Bonaventure, Saint St. Bonaventure Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Minister General of the Friars Minor, born at ...
Boncompagni, Balthasar Balthasar Boncompagni Italian mathematician, b. at Rome, 10 May, 1821; d. 13 April, 1894. He was a member of the ...
Bonet, Juan Pablo Juan Pablo Bonet A Spanish priest and one of the first to give attention to the education of the deaf and dumb ...
Bonet, Nicholas Nicholas Bonet Friar Minor, theologian, and missionary,date of birth uncertain; d. 1360. Probably a Frenchman by ...
Bonfrère, Jacques Jacques Bonfrere Biblical scholar, born at Dinant, Belgium, 12 April, 1573; died at Tournai, 9 May, 1642. He ...
Boni Homines Boni Homines (Or BONSHOMMES). This name was popularly given to at least three religious orders in the ...
Boniface Association Boniface Association (B ONIFATIUSVEREIN ). The Boniface Association, one of the most successful Catholic ...
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Boniface II, Pope Pope Boniface II Elected 17 September, 530; died October, 532. In calling him the son of Sigisbald, the "Liber ...
Boniface III, Pope Boniface III Pope Boniface III, of Roman extraction and the son of John Cataadioce, was elected to succeed ...
Boniface IV, Pope Saint Boniface IV Son of John, a physician, a Marsian from the province and town of Valeria; he succeeded Boniface ...
Boniface IX, Pope Pope Boniface IX Elected at Rome, 2 November, 1389, as successor of the Roman Pope, Urban VI ; d. there, 1 ...
Boniface of Savoy Boniface of Savoy Forty-sixth Archbishop of Canterbury and son of Thomas, Count of Savoy, date of birth ...
Boniface V, Pope Boniface V A Neapolitan who succeeded Deusdedit after a vacancy of more than a year; consecrated 23 ...
Boniface VI, Pope Boniface VI A Roman, elected in 896 by the Roman faction in a popular tumult, to succeed Formosus. He ...
Boniface VII, Antipope Boniface VII (Previously B ONIFACE F RANCO ) A Roman and son of Ferrucius; was intruded into the ...
Boniface VIII, Pope Pope Boniface VIII (B ENEDETTO G AETANO ) Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He ...
Boniface, Saint St. Boniface (WINFRID, WYNFRITH). Apostle of Germany, date of birth unknown; martyred 5 June, 755 (754); ...
Bonizo of Sutri Bonizo of Sutri (Or BONITHO). Bishop of Sutri in Central Italy, in the eleventh century, an adherent of ...
Bonn, University of University of Bonn (RHEINSCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT). An academy was founded at Bonn in 1777 by Max ...
Bonnard, Ven. Jean Louis Jean Louis Bonnard A French missionary and martyr, b. 1 March, 1824 at Saint-Christôt-en-Jarret ( Diocese of ...
Bonne-Espérance, The Abbey of The Abbey of Bonne-Esperance Situated near Binche, province of Hainault, Diocese of Tournai, Belgium. It owes its foundation ...
Bonnechose, Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose Cardinal and senator, b. at Paris, 1800; d. 1883. Entering the magistracy, he became ...
Bonner, Edmund Edmund Bonner Bishop of London, b. about 1500; d. 1569. He was the son of Edmund Bonner, a sawyer of Potter's ...
Bonnetty, Augustin Augustin Bonnetty A French writer, b. at Entrevaux (dept. of Basses-Alpes) 9 May, 1798, d. at Paris, 26 March, ...
Bonosus Bonosus Bishop of Sardica, a heretic in the latter part of the fourth century. Against the common ...
Bonvicino, Alessandro Alessandro Bonvicino (Called Il Moretto, or Moretto da Brescia). One of the finest North Italian painters of the ...
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Book of Kells Book of Kells An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian ...
Book of Martyrs, Foxe's Foxe's Book of Martyrs John Foxe was born at Boston in Lincolnshire, England, in 1516, and was educated at Magdalen ...
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Boré, Eugène Eugene Bore Orientalist, b. at Angers, 15 Aug., 1809; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1878. From the college of Angers ...
Bordeaux Bordeaux (BURDIGALA). Archdiocese ; comprises the entire department of the Gironde and was established ...
Bordeaux, University of University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux was founded during the English domination, under King Henry VI , in ...
Bordone, Cavaliere Paris Cavaliere Paris Bordone An eminent painter of the Venetian school, b. at Treviso, 1500 d. at Venice, 1570. A member of ...
Borgess, Caspar Henry Caspar Henry Borgess Third Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. b. at Kloppenburg, Hanover, Germany, 1 August, ...
Borgia, Stefano Stefano Borgia Cardinal, born at Velletri, 3 December, 1731; died at Lyons, 1804; Italian theologian, ...
Borgo San-Donnino Borgo San-Donnino Diocese in the province of Parma, Italy. The city takes its name from St. Domninus, who fled to ...
Borgo San-Sepolcro Borgo San-Sepolcro Diocese situated in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. The city is believed by some to ...
Borgognone, Ambrogio Ambrogio Borgognone (Real name AMBROGIO STEFANI DA FOSSANO). A distinguished Italian painter and architect, b. ...
Borie, Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borie Bishop-elect of Acanthus, Vicar Apostolic of Western Tongking and Martyr ; b. 20 February, ...
Borneo Borneo I. DUTCH BORNEO The former Vicariate of Bavaria was composed of Sumatra, Java, and the other ...
Borras, Francisco Nicolás Francisco Nicolas Borras A distinguished Spanish painter, born at Cocentaina, 1530; died at Gandia, 1610. Going to ...
Borromeo, Andrea Andrea Borromeo An Italian missionary, born on the first half of the seventeenth century, at or near Milan ; ...
Borromeo, Federico Federico Borromeo Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, cousin and successor of St. Charles Borromeo, born at Milan ...
Borromeo, Saint Charles St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo -- Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, ...
Borromeo, Society of Saint Charles Society of St. Charles Borromeo (Borro-Mäusverein). A German Catholic association for the encouragement and diffusion ...
Borromini, Francesco Francesco Borromini Architect and sculptor ; born 25 September, 1599, at Bissone; died ( by his own hand ) 1 ...
Borrus, Christopher Christopher Borrus (Borri, Burrus) Missionary, mathematician, and astronomer, born at Milan in 1583; died at ...
Bosa, Diocese of Bosa In the province of Cagliari, The city numbers about 35,000 inhabitants. St. Gregory the Great, ...
Bosch, Peter van der Peter van Der Bosch Bollandist, born at Brussels, 19 October, 1686; died 14 November, 1736. After studying the ...
Bosco, Saint Giovanni (John) St. John Bosco (Don Bosco) ( Or St. John Bosco; Don Bosco.) Founder of the Salesian Society. Born of poor parents in ...
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich A Dalmatian Jesuit and well-known mathematician, astronomer, and natural philosopher, b. at ...
Bosio, Antonio Antonio Bosio Known as "The Columbus of the Catacombs ", b. in the island of Malta about the year 1576; d. ...
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Boso Boso First Bishop of Merseburg, in the present Prussian Province of Saxony, and Apostle of the ...
Boso (Breakspear) Boso (Breakspear) Third English Cardinal, date of birth uncertain, d. at Rome, about 1181. He was a Benedictine ...
Bossu, Jacques le Jacques Le Bossu French theologian and Doctor of the Sorbonne, born at Paris 1546; died at Rome 1626. He ...
Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne Jacques-Benigne Bossuet A celebrated French bishop and pulpit orator, born at Dijon, 27 September, 1627, died at ...
Boste, Saint John St. John Boste (Or JOHN BOAST.) Priest and martyr, b. of good Catholic family at Dufton, in Westmoreland, ...
Boston Boston Archdiocese ; comprises Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties in the State ...
Bostra Bostra Titular see of Syria. Bostra, "The fortress", is neither Bosor of Reuben and Moab ( ...
Bothrys Bothrys A titular see situated in Phoenicia. Bothrys is the Greek name of a city founded by Ithobaal, ...
Botticelli, Sandro Sandro Botticelli A famous Florentine painter. Born at Florence about 1447; died in the same city, 1510. ...
Botulph, Saint St. Botulph (Or BOTOLPH.) Abbot, date of birth unknown; died c. 680. St. Botulph, the saint whose name ...
Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci A native of Milan in Lombardy who went to Mexico in 1736 by permission of the Spanish ...
Boucher, Pierre Pierre Boucher Born at Lagny, a village near Mortagne in the Perche, France, 1622, died at Boucherville, 1717. ...
Bougaud, Louis-Victor-Emile Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud Bishop of Laval in France, b. at Dijon, 28 February 1823, d. at Laval 7 November, 1888. He ...
Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant Born at Quimper in Brittany, in 1690; died at Paris, 1743. He entered the Society of Jesus ...
Bouhours, Dominique Dominique Bouhours French Jesuit author, born at Paris, 15 May, 1632; died 27 May, 1702. Entering the Society of ...
Bouillart, Jacques Jacques Bouillart A Benedictine monk of the Congregation of St.-Maur, b. in the Diocese of Chartres, 1669; ...
Bouillon, Cardinal de Cardinal de Bouillon (Emmanuel Thédore de la Tour d'Auvergne) French prelate and diplomat, b. 24 August, 1643, ...
Bouix, Marie Dominique Marie Dominique Bouix One of the best known and most distinguished of modern French canonists, b. 15 May, 1808, at ...
Boulainvilliers, Henri, Count of Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers Born at Saint-Saire (Seine-Inférieure) France, 11 October, 1658; died at Paris, 23 ...
Boulanger, André de Andre de Boulanger (PETIT-PÈRE ANDRÉ). A French monk and preacher, b. at Paris in 1578; d. 27 ...
Boulay, César-Egasse du Cesar-Egasse du Boulay (BULÆUS). A French historian, b. in the beginning of the seventeenth century at ...
Boulogne, Etienne-Antoine Etienne-Antoine Boulogne French bishop, b. at Avignon, 26 December 1747; d. at Troyes, 13 March, 1825. He was the son of ...
Bouquet, Martin Martin Bouquet A learned Benedictine of the Congregation of St.-Maur, b. at Amiens, France, 6 August, 1685; ...
Bouquillon, Thomas Thomas Bouquillon Born at Warneton, Belgium, 16 May, 1840; died at Brussels, 5 November, 1902; a Belgian ...
Bourassé, Jean-Jacques Jean-Jacques Bourasse Archæologist and historian, b. at Ste.-Maure (Indre-et-Loire), France, 22 December, 1813; ...
Bourchier, Thomas Thomas Bourchier Born 1406; died 1486, Cardinal, was the third son of William Bourchier, Earl of Eu, and of Lady ...
Bourdaloue, Louis Louis Bourdaloue Born at Bourges, 20 August, 1632; died at Paris, 13 May, 1704. He is often described as the ...
Bourdeilles, Hélie de Helie de Bourdeilles Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal, b., probably, towards 1423, at the castle of Bourdeilles ...
Bourdon, Jean Jean Bourdon Born at Rouen, France, 1612; died at Quebec, 1668. In 1634 he went to Canada and became the ...
Bourgade, François Francois Bourgade A French missionary and philosopher, b. 7 July, 1806, at Gaujan, department of Gers; d. 21 May, ...
Bourges Bourges ARCHDIOCESE OF BOURGES (BITURICÆ). Coextensive with the departments of Cher and Indre. ...
Bourget, Ignace Ignace Bourget First Bishop of Montreal, P.Q., Canada, and titular Archbishop of Martianopolis, b. at Point ...
Bourgoing, François Francois Bourgoing Third Superior general of the Congregation of the Oratory in France and one of the early ...
Bourke, Ulick Joseph Ulick Joseph Bourke Irish scholar and writer, b. 29 Dec., 1829, at Castlebar, Co. Mayo ; d. there, 22 Nov., 1887; ...
Bourne, Gilbert Gilbert Bourne Last Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells , England, son of Philip Bourne of Worcestershire, ...
Bouvens, Charles de Charles de Bouvens French pulpit orator, b. at Bourg in 1750; d. in 1830. At an early age he embraced the ...
Bouvet, Joachim Joachim Bouvet Jesuit missionary, born at Le Mans, France (date unknown), died at Peking, China, 28 June, 1732. ...
Bouvier, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Bouvier Bishop of Le Mans, theologian, b. At St. Charles-la-Forêt, Mayenne, 16 January, 1783; d. ...
Bouvier, Jeanne-Marie, de La Motte-Guyon Madame Guyon A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the Orléanais, ...
Bova Bova DIOCESE OF BOVA. Situated in the civil province of Reggio, in Calabria, Italy, suffragan to ...
Bovino Bovino Diocese in the province of Foggia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Benevento. The city, ...
Bowyer, Sir George Sir George Bowyer Baronet, an eminent English writer on jurisprudence, as well as a prominent defender of the Holy ...
Boy-Bishop Boy-Bishop The custom of electing a boy-bishop on the feast of St. Nicholas dates from very early ...
Boyce, John John Boyce Novelist, lecturer, and priest, well known under the assumed name of "Paul Peppergrass", born in ...
Boycotting Boycotting The name of boycotting was first aplied to a practice which had its origin in Ireland during the ...
Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey A celebrated Cistercian house situated on the River Boyle, nine miles northwest of Elphin, in ...
Brébeuf, Jean de Jean de Brebeuf Jesuit missionary, born at Condé-sur-Vire in Normandy, 25 March, 1593; died in Canada, ...
Bréhal, Jean Jean Brehal A French Dominican theologian of the convent of Evreux ; died c. 1479. He was made Doctor of ...
Brück, Heinrich Heinrich Bruck Ecclesiastical historian and bishop, born at Bingen, 25 October, 1831; died 4 November, 1903. He ...
Brünn Bruenn Suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Olmutz, embracing the south-western part of Moravia, an ...
Bracken, Thomas Thomas Bracken Poet, journalist, politician, b. in Ireland 21 December, 1843; d. at Dunedin, New Zealand , 16 ...
Bracton, Henry de Henry de Bracton Also called HENRY OF BRACTON. A famous English juridical writer, the Blackstone of the ...
Bradley, Denis Mary Denis Mary Bradley First Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire , U.S.A. b. 25 February, 1846, at Castle-island, ...
Bradshaigh, Edward Edward Bradshaigh An English Carmelite friar known in religion as Elias à Jesu; b. in Lancashire, ...
Bradshaw, Henry Henry Bradshaw English Benedictine and poet, b. in the City of Chester, England, date unknown; d. 1513. From ...
Brady, William Maziere William Maziere Brady Ecclesiastical writer, b. in Dublin, 8 January, 1825; d. in Rome, 19 March, 1894. He was nephew ...
Braga, Archdiocese of Braga (Bracara Augusta, Civitas Bracarensis). Braga is situated in a flat fertile tract of land ...
Braga, Councils of Councils of Braga Many councils were held in Braga, some of them important. The authenticity of the so-called ...
Bragança-Miranda, Diocese of Braganca-Miranda (Brigantiensis.) This diocese is situated in the northeastern part of the Kingdom of ...
Brahminism Brahminism By Brahminism is meant the complex religion and social system which grew out of the ...
Braille, Louis Louis Braille French educator and inventor, born 4 January 1809, at Coupvray, Seine-et-Marne, France ; died 6 ...
Bralion, Nicolas de Nicolas de Bralion French Oratorian and ecclesiastical writer, born at Chars-en-Vexin, France, c. 1600; died at ...
Bramante, Donato Donato Bramante (Also called D 'A GNOLO after his father Angelo) Italian architect and painter, b. about ...
Brancaccio Brancaccio An ancient and illustrious Neapolitan family, from which the "Brancas" of France were descended. ...
Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria Cardinal, Minor conventual, and theologian, b. at Lauria in the then Kingdom of Naples, 10 ...
Brancati, Francesco Francesco Brancati Born in Sicily in 1607; he entered the Society of Jesus in 1624 and went to the Chinese ...
Branch Sunday Branch Sunday One of the medieval English names for Palm Sunday. The difficulty of procuring palms for that ...
Brandenburg Brandenburg Formerly an electoral principality (the Mark of Brandenburg), and a diocese in the heart of the ...
Branly, Edouard Edouard Branly French physicist and inventor of the coherer employed in wireless telegraphy, born at Amiens, 23 ...
Brantôme, Seigneur de Bourdeille, Pierre de Pierre de Brantome, Seigneur de Bourdeille One of the most famous of French writers of memoirs, b. in 1539, or a little later; d. 15 July, ...
Brant, Sebastian Sebastian Brant A German humanist and poet, born at Stasburg in 1457 or 1458; died at the same place, 1521. He ...
Brasses, Memorial Memorial Brasses Just when memorial brasses first came into use is not known; the earliest existing dated ...
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Brassicanus, Johann Alexander Johann Alexander Brassicanus A German humanist, born probably at Cannstatt, 1500; died at Vienna, 25 November, 1539. He was ...
Brassicanus, Johann Ludwig Johann Ludwig Brassicanus Younger brother of Johann Alexander (b. at Tübingen, 1509; d. at Vienna, 3 June, 1549) went ...
Braulio, Saint St. Braulio Bishop of Saragossa, date of birth unknown, d. at Saragossa c. 651. In 631 he succeeded his ...
Braun, Placidus Placidus Braun A Bavarian historian, b. at Peiting near Schongau in Upper Bavaria, 11 February, 1756; d. at ...
Braunschweig Brunswick (Braunschweig) A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising the region of the ...
Bravo, Francisco Francisco Bravo As far as known, author of the first book on medicine printed in America. His "Opera Medicinalia ...
Brazil Brazil (T HE U NITED S TATES OF B RAZIL ) A vast republic of central South America covering an ...
Bread, Liturgical Use of Liturgical Use of Bread In the Christian liturgy bread is used principally as one of the elements of the Eucharistic ...
Breadboxes, Altar Altar Breadboxes These are made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. In order that the breads may not ...
Breads, Altar Altar Breads Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. It ...
Breast, Striking of the Striking of the Breast Striking of the breast as a liturgical act is prescribed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass ...
Breda Breda (BREDANA) Diocese situated in the Dutch province of Brabant and suffragan of Utrecht. The ...
Brehon Laws, The The Brehon Laws Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost ...
Bremen Bremen Formerly the seat of an archdiocese situated in the north-western part of the present German ...
Brenach, Saint St. Brenach An Irish missionary in Wales, a contemporary of St. Patrick, and among the earliest of the ...
Brenan, Michael John Michael John Brenan An ecclesiastical historian, born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1780; died at Dublin, February, ...
Brendan, Saint St. Brendan St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was born in Ciarraighe ...
Brentano, Klemens Maria Klemens Maria Brentano A German poet, one of the most prominent members of the Romantic School. He was born at ...
Brescia Brescia The Diocese of Brescia takes its name from the principal city in the province of the same name in ...
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Bressani, Francesco Giuseppe Francesco Giuseppe Bressani An Indian missionary, born in Rome, 6 May, 1612; died at Florence, 9 September, 1672. He entered ...
Brest, Union of Union of Brest Brest -- in Russian, Brest-Litovski; in Polish, Brzesc; in the old chronicles, called Brestii, or ...
Brethren of the Lord, The The Brethren of the Lord A group of persons closely connected with the Saviour appears repeatedly in the New ...
Breton, Raymond Raymond Breton A noted French missionary among the Caribbean Indians, b. at Baune, 3 September, 1609; d. at Caen, ...
Bretton, Venerable John Ven. John Britton (Or Bretton). A layman and martyr, of all ancient family of Bretton near Barnsley in ...
Breviary Breviary This subject may be divided, for convenience of treatment, as follows: I. DEFINITION; II. ...
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Brewer, Heinrich Heinrich Brewer A German historian, born at Puffendorf in Germany, 6 September, 1640; died at the same place ...
Briçonnet Briconnet (1) Guillaume Briçonnet A French cardinal, b. at Tours, date of birth unknown; d. at ...
Briand, Joseph Olivier Joseph Olivier Briand Seventh Bishop of Quebec, b. in 1715 at Plérin, Brittany; d. 25 June, 1794. He studied ...
Briant, Saint Alexander Blessed Alexander Briant English Jesuit and martyr, born in Somersetshire of a yeoman family about 1556; executed at ...
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Bridaine, Jacques Jacques Bridaine Preacher, b. at Chusclan, France, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 December, 1767. Having ...
Bridge-Building Brotherhood, The The Bridge-Building Brotherhood During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, we hear of the existence of various religious ...
Bridget of Sweden, Saint St. Bridget of Sweden (Also Birgitta). The most celebrated saint of the Northern kingdoms, born about 1303; died 23 ...
Bridgett, Thomas Edward Thomas Edward Bridgett Priest and author, b. at Derby, England, 20 January, 1829, of Protestant parents ; d. at St. ...
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Bridgewater, John John Bridgewater Known also as AQUAPONTANUS, historian of the Catholic Confessors under Queen Elizabeth, b. in ...
Briefs and Bulls Bulls and Briefs A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in ...
Brieuc, Saint St. Brieuc (Briocus, Brioc, or Bru). A Celtic saint of Brittany who received his education in Ireland ...
Brigid of Ireland, Saint St. Brigid of Ireland (Incorrectly known as BRIDGET). Born in 451 or 452 of princely ancestors at Faughart, near ...
Brigidines, Institute of the Institute of the Brigidines (SISTERS OF ST. BRIGID.) The Institute of the Brigidines was established by Most Rev. Dr. ...
Brigittines Brigittines The Brigittine Order (also, ORDER OF ST. SAVIOUR) was founded in 1346 by St. Brigit, or Bridget, ...
Brignon, John John Brignon Born at St. Malo in 1629; died at Paris, 12 June, 1712. He was a member of the Society of Jesus ...
Bril, Paulus Paulus Bril A brilliant Flemish painter and engraver, born at Antwerp, 1556; died in Rome, 7 October, 1626. ...
Brillmacher, Peter Michael Peter Michael Brillmacher Born at Cologne in 1542, died at Mainz, 25 August, 1595. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1558, ...
Brindholm, Ven. Edmund Ven. Edmund Brindholm (Or B RYNDEHOLME .) Martyr and parish priest of Our Lady's Church at Calais, accused of ...
Brindisi Brindisi Brindisi—called by the Romans Brundusium or Brundisium , by the Greeks Brentesion ...
Brinkley, Stephen Stephen Brinkley Confessor of the Faith, imprisoned and tortured as manager of a secret press for the ...
Brisacier, Jacques-Charles de Jacques-Charles de Brisacier Orator and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Bourges in 1641, d. at Paris, 23 March, 1736. At the ...
Brisacier, Jean de Jean de Brisacier Controversialist, b. at Blois, France, 9 June, 1592; entered the Society of Jesus in 1619, d. at ...
Brisbane Brisbane Comprises that part of the State of Queensland, Australia, which lies south of the 24th parallel ...
Brischar, Johann Nepomucene Johann Nepomucene Brischar Church historian, born at Horb in Würtemberg in 1819, studied theology at the University ...
Bristol, Ancient Diocese of Ancient Diocese of Bristol (BRISTOLIA, BRISTOLIENSIS). This English diocese, which takes its very origin from measures ...
Bristow, Richard Richard Bristow Born at Worcester, 1538, died at Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1581. He went to the University of Oxford ...
British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost province of the Dominion of Canada. Territorially, it is also ...
Britius, Francis Francis Britius An orientalist, and a monk of Rennes in Brittany; date of birth and death unknown. He entered ...
Brittain, Thomas Lewis Thomas Lewis Brittain Born near Chester, England, 1744; died at Hartpury Court, 1827. His parents were Protestants, ...
Britto, Blessed John de St. John de Britto Martyr ; born in Lisbon, 1 March, 1647, and was brought up in court; martyred in India 11 ...
Britton, Venerable John Ven. John Britton (Or Bretton). A layman and martyr, of all ancient family of Bretton near Barnsley in ...
Brixen Brixen A Prince-Bishopric of Austria, suffragan of Salzburg, embracing the greater part of Northern ...
Brogan, Saint St. Brogan Flourished in the sixth or seventh century. Several persons in repute for holiness seem to have ...
Broglie, Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Auguste-Theodore-Paul de Broglie Abbé, professor of apologetics at the Institut Catholique at Paris, and writer on ...
Broglie, Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Broglie French statesman and historian, b. at Paris, 13 June, 1821; d. there 19 January, 1901. After a ...
Broglie, Maurice-Jean de Maurice-Jean de Broglie Born in Paris, 5 September, 1766; d. there, 20 June, 1821. He was the son of the Field-Marshal, ...
Brogny, Jean-Allarmet de Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (Or JEAN-ALOUZIER). A French Cardinal, b. in 1342 at Brogny, in Savoy ; d. at Rome, 1426. ...
Bromyard, John John Bromyard Theologian, d. about 1390. He takes his name from his birthplace in Herefordshire, England. He ...
Brondel, John Baptist John Baptist Brondel First Bishop of Helena, Montana, U.S.A. b. at Bruges, Belgium, 23 February, 1842; d. at ...
Brookby, Anthony Anthony Brookby ( Or Brorbey). Friar Minor and English martyr, died 19 July 1537. Brookby was lecturer in ...
Brookes, James James Brookes Last Catholic Bishop of Gloucester, England, b. May, 1512, in Hampshire, d. 1560. Proceeding to ...
Brooklyn Brooklyn Comprises the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, or all of Long Island, in the State ...
Brosse, Jean-Baptiste de la Jean-Baptiste de la Brosse A Jesuit missionary, born 1724 at Magnac, Angoumois, France ; died 1782. He studied classics ...
Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God St. John of God, the founder of this religious institution, was born 8 March, 1495, at Montemor ...
Broughton, Richard Richard Broughton ( alias Rouse) Born about 1558 at Great Stukeley, Huntingdonshire; died according to ...
Brouwer, Christoph Christoph Brouwer (Browerius). Historian, born 12 March, 1559, at Arnheim, Holland ; died in 1617, at Trier, ...
Brown, William William Brown A naval officer of the Republic of Argentina, b. 1777, in the County Mayo, Ireland ; d. 3 May, ...
Browne, Charles Farrar Charles Farrar Browne (ARTEMUS WARD). Humorist, b. at Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. 26 April, 1834; d. ...
Brownson, Orestes Augustus Orestes Augustus Brownson Philosopher, essayist, reviewer, b. at Stockbridge, Vermont, U.S.A., 16 September, 1803; d. at ...
Brownson, Sarah Sarah M. Brownson Daughter of Orestes A. Brownson, b. at Chelsea, Massachusetts, 7 June, 1839; married William ...
Brownsville Brownsville Vicariate Apostolic, erected 1874. Previous to this date the entire State of Texas was under ...
Bru, Saint St. Brieuc (Briocus, Brioc, or Bru). A Celtic saint of Brittany who received his education in Ireland ...
Bruel, Joachim Joachim Bruel (Brulius). A theologian and historian, born early in the seventeenth century at Vorst, a ...
Brueys, David-Augustin de David-Augustine de Brueys A French theologian and dramatic author, born at Aix in 1640; died 25 November, 1723, at ...
Brugère, Louis-Frédéric Louis-Frederic Brugere Professor of apologetics and church history, born at Orléans, 8 October 1823; died at ...
Bruges Bruges The chief town of the Province of West Flanders in the Kingdom of Belgium. Pope Nicholas I in ...
Brugière, Pierre Pierre Brugiere A French priest, Jansenist, and Juror, born at Thiers, 3 October, 1730; died at Paris, 7 ...
Brugman, John John Brugman A renowned Franciscan preacher of the fifteenth century, b. at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, ...
Brumidi, Constantino Constantino Brumidi An Italian-American historical painter, celebrated for his fresco work in the Capitol at ...
Brumoy, Pierre Pierre Brumoy Born at Rouen in Normandy, 1688; entered the Society of Jesus in 1704; died in Paris, 1742. ...
Brunellesco, Filippo Filippo Brunellesco (Or Brunelleschi) An architect and sculptor, born at Florence, 1377; died there 16 April, ...
Brunetière, Ferdinand Ferdinand Brunetiere A French critic and professor, born at Toulon, 19 July, 1849; died at Paris, 9 December, 1906. ...
Brunforte, Ugolino Ugolino Brunforte Friar Minor and chronicler, born c. 1262; died c. 1348. His father Rinaldo, Lord of Sarnano in the ...
Bruni, Leonardo Leonardo Bruni An eminent Italian humanist, b. of poor and humble parents at Arezzo, the birthplace of ...
Brunner, Francis de Sales Francis de Sales Brunner The founder of the Swiss-American congregation of the Benedictines, b. 10 January, 1795, at ...
Brunner, Sebastian Sebastian Brunner A versatile and voluminous writer, b. in Vienna, 10 December, 1814; d. there, 27 November, 1893. ...
Bruno of Querfurt, Saint St. Bruno of Querfurt (Also called BRUN and BONIFACE). Second Apostle of the Prussians and martyr, born about ...
Bruno the Saxon Bruno the Saxon (SAXONICUS.) A German chronicler of the eleventh Century and author of the "Historia de Bello ...
Bruno, Giordano Giordano Bruno Italian philosopher, b. at Nola in Campania, in the Kingdom of Naples, in 1548; d. at Rome, ...
Bruno, Saint St. Bruno (1048-1123) Bishop of Segni, in Italy, born at Solero, Piedmont, about 1048; died 1123. He received his ...
Bruno, Saint St. Bruno (1030-1101) Confessor, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of the Carthusian Order. He was born at Cologne ...
Brunswick Brunswick (Braunschweig) A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising the region of the ...
Brus, Anton Anton Brus Archbishop of Prague, b. at. Muglitz in Moravia, 13 February, 1518; d. 28 August, 1580. After ...
Brusa Brusa A titular see of Bithynia in Asia Minor. According to Strabo, XII, iv, the city was founded by ...
Brussels Brussels (From Bruk Sel , marsh-castle; Flemish Brussel , German Brussel , French Bruxelles ). ...
Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel Simon William Gabriel Brute de Remur First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A. (now Indianapolis ), b. at Rennes, France, 20 March ...
Bruyas, Jacques Jacques Bruyes Born at Lyons, France, 13 July, 1635; died at Sault St. Louis, Canada, 15 June 1712. He ...
Bryant, John Delavau John Delavau Bryant Physician, poet, author, and editor, b. in Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1811; d. 1877. He was the son of ...
Bubastis Bubastis A titular see of Lower Egypt, on the right bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the ...
Bucelin, Gabriel Gabriel Bucelin (Buzlin). A Benedictine historical writer, born at Diessenhofen in Thurgau, 29 December, ...
Bucer, Martin Martin Bucer (Also called BUTZER.) One of the leaders in the South German Reformation movement, b. 11 ...
Bucharest Bukarest (B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI "City of enjoyment") Comprises the ...
Buck, Victor De Victor de Buck Bollandist, born at Oudenarde, Flanders, 21 April, 1817; died 28 June, 1876. His family was one ...
Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey The date of the foundation of the monastery of Our Lady of Buckfast, two miles from ...
Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley A soldier, lawyer, stateman, judge, born near Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland, in 1841; died ...
Buckley, Venerable John Ven. John Buckley ( Alias John Jones; alias John Griffith; in religion, Godfrey Maurice). Priest and martyr, ...
Budé, Guillaume Guillaume Bude (Budaeus). A French Hellenist, born at Paris, 1467; died there 22 August, 1540. He studied at ...
Buddhism Buddhism The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the basis of pantheistic Brahminism. The ...
Budweis Budweis (Czech, BUDEJOVICE; Latin BUDOVICIUM; BOHEMO-BUDVICENSIS). A diocese situated in Southern ...
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires The federal capital of the Argentine Republic , and the second city of the Latin races in the ...
Buffalo Buffalo Diocese established 23 April, 1847, now comprises the counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, ...
Buffier, Claude Claude Buffier A philosopher, and author, born in Poland, of French parents, 25 May, 1661; died in Paris, 17 ...
Buglio, Louis Louis Buglio A celebrated missionary in China, mathematician, and theologian, born at Mineo, Sicily, 26 ...
Buil, Bernardo Bernardo Buil (Also Boil or Boyal.) A Friar Minor. The fact that there were two religious of the name of ...
Buildings, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Buildings This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever ...
Bukarest Bukarest (B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI "City of enjoyment") Comprises the ...
Bulgaria Bulgaria A European kingdom in the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, bounded by the Black Sea, ...
Bull-Fight, The Spanish The Spanish Bull-Fight Overview Neither the English term nor the German ( Stiergefecht ) used to designate this ...
Bulla Aurea Bulla Aurea (Golden Bull) (Golden Bull ). A fundamental law of the Holy Roman Empire; probably the best known of all ...
Bullaker, Ven. Thomas Ven. Thomas Bullaker ( Also John Baptist). A Friar Minor and English martyr, born at Chichester about the ...
Bullarium Bullarium Bullarium is a term commonly applied to a collection of bulls and other analogous papal ...
Bullion, Angélique Angelique Bullion Born in Paris, at commencement of the seventeenth century, her parents being Guichard Favre and ...
Bulls and Briefs Bulls and Briefs A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in ...
Bulstrode, Sir Richard Sir Richard Bulstrode A soldier, diplomatist, and author, born 1610; died 1711, was the second son of Edward Bulstrode ...
Bunderius, Joannes Joannes Bunderius (VAN DEN BUNDERE). A Flemish theologian and controversialist, born of distinguished parents ...
Buonarroti, Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, b. at Caprese in the valley of the upper Arno, 6 March, ...
Burchard of Basle Burchard of Basle (Also of HASENBURG or ASUEL, from his ancestral castle in Western Berne, Switzerland ). ...
Burchard of Würzurg, Saint St. Burchard of Wurzburg First bishop of Würzurg, b. in England of Anglo-Saxon parents, date unknown; d. in ...
Burchard of Worms Burchard of Worms Bishop of that see, b. of noble parents in Hesse, Germany, after the middle of the tenth ...
Burckmair, Hans Hans Burckmair (Or Burgkmair). A painter of the Swabian school, b. at Augsburg in 1473; d. in 1531. He was ...
Burgis, Edward Ambrose Edward Ambrose Burgis A Dominican historian and theologian, b. in England c. 1673; d. in Brussels, 27 April, 1747. ...
Burgoa, Francisco Francisco Burgoa Born at Oaxaca about 1600; d. at Teopozotlan in 1681. He entered the Dominican Order 2 August, ...
Burgos Burgos (B URGENSIS ) The Archdiocese of Burgos (from burgi, burgorum , signifying a ...
Burgundy Burgundy (Latin Burgundia , German Burgund , French Bourgogne ). In medieval times ...
Burial, Christian Christian Burial The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites in consecrated ground. The Jews ...
Buridan, Jean Jean Buridan French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in the district of ...
Burigny, Jean Lévesque de Jean Levesque de Burigny Historian, b. at Reims, 1692; d. at Paris, 1785. In 1713, with his brothers, Champeaux and ...
Burkard, Franz Franz Burkard The name of two celebrated German jurists. One died suddenly at Rain, 9 December 1539. He began to ...
Burke, Edmund Edmund Burke First Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia, b. in the parish of Maryborough, County Kildare, Ireland, ...
Burke, Thomas Thomas Burke (THOMAS DE BURGO) Bishop of Ossory, b. at Dublin, Ireland, about 1709; d. at Kilkenny, 25 ...
Burke, Thomas Nicholas Thomas Nicholas Burke A celebrated Dominican orator, b. 8 September, 1830, in Galway ; d. 2 July, 1882, at ...
Burleigh, Walter Walter Burleigh (Also: Walter Burley; Burlæus). Friar Minor and medieval philosopher, b. in 1275 and d. in ...
Burlington Burlington (Burlingtonensis). Diocese established 14 July, 1853; comprises the whole State of Vermont , ...
Burma Burma Before its annexation by the British Burma consisted of the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu. In 1548 St. ...
Burnett, Peter Hardeman Peter Hardeman Burnett First American Governor of California, U.S.A. b. in Nashville, Tennessee, 15 Nov., 1807, of ...
Burns, James James Burns Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1808; d. in London, 11 April, ...
Burse Burse ( Bursa , "hide", "skin"; whence "bag" or "purse"). A receptacle in which, for reasons of ...
Bursfeld, The Abbey of The Abbey of Bursfeld In the Middle Ages on of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries in Germany was the ...
Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of The Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's The first religious foundation there was established by Sigebert, King of the East Angles, who ...
Busée, Pierre Pierre Buse (Busæus or Buys). A Jesuit theologian, born at Nimwegen in 1540; died at Vienna in ...
Bus, Venerable César de Venerable Caesar de Bus A priest and founder of two religious congregations, b. 3 February, 1544, at Cavaillon, Comtat ...
Busembaum, Hermann Hermann Busembaum Moral theologian, born at Notteln, Westphalia, 1600; died at Münster, 31 January, 1668. He ...
Busiris Busiris A titular see taking its title from one of the many Egyptian cities of the same name. This ...
Buskins Buskins (Caligæ). Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes interwoven with gold threads, and even ...
Buss, Franz Joseph, Ritter von Franz Joseph, Ritter von Buss Jurist, b. 23 March, 1803 at Zell in Baden ; d. 31 January, 1878, at Freiburg im Breisgau. He ...
Bustamante, Carlos María Carlos Maria Bustamante Mexican statesman and historian, b. at Oaxaca, Mexico, 4 November, 1774; d. in Mexico, 29 ...
Buston, Thomas Stephen Thomas Stephen Buston (or Busten) A Jesuit missionary and author, born 1549, in the Diocese of Salisbury , ...
Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of Bute Born at Mountstuart, Bute, 12 September, 1847; d. at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 9 October, 1900, ...
Buteux, Jacques Jacques Buteux French missionary in Canada. Born at Abbeville, in Picardy, 11 April, 1600; slain by the ...
Butler, Alban Alban Butler Historian, b. 10 October, 1710, at Appletree, Northamptonshire, England ; d. at St-Omer, ...
Butler, Charles Charles Butler One of the most prominent figures among the English Catholics of his day, b. in London, 1750, d. ...
Butler, Mary Joseph Mary Joseph Butler First Irish Abbess of the Irish Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Grace, at Ypres, Flanders, ...
Butler, Sir William Francis General Sir William Francis Butler Born at Suirville, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 31 October, 1838; died 7 June, 1910, was the son of ...
Buttress Buttress A pilaster, pier, or body of masonry projecting beyond the main face of the wall and intended to ...
Buxton, Ven. Chrisopher Ven. Christopher Buxton Priest and martyr, b. in Derbyshire; d. at Canterbury, 1 October, 1588. He was a scholar of ...
Byblos Byblos A titular see of Phoenicia. Byblos is the Greek name of Gebal "The Mountain", one of the oldest ...
Bye-Altar Bye-Altar An altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar. The term is generally applied to ...
Byllis Byllis A titular see of Epirus Nova (Albania), whose title is often added to that of Apollonia among ...
Byrd, William William Byrd English composer, born in London in 1542 or 1543; died 4 July, 1623. He was the son of a ...
Byrne, Andrew Andrew Byrne Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A. b. at Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland, 5 December, 1802; ...
Byrne, Richard Richard Byrne Brevet brigadier general, United States Army, b. in Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1832; d. at Washington, ...
Byrne, William William Byrne Missionary and educator, born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1780; died at Bardstown, Kentucky, ...
Byzantine Architecture Byzantine Architecture A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier ...
Byzantine Art Byzantine Art The art of the Eastern Roman Empire and of its capital Byzantium, or Constantinople. The term ...
Byzantine Empire, The The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern ...
Byzantine Literature Byzantine Literature To grasp correctly the essential characteristics of Byzantine literature, it is necessary first ...
Byzantine Rite The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) ( Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of ...

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