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Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several times in chapters 38 and 39 of the Book of Ezechiel, and once in the Apocalypse (20:7). In the first passage of Ezechiel we read the command of Yahweh to the prophet : " Son of man , set thy face against Gog the land of Magog...and prophesy of him...Behold, I come against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Mosoch and Thubal" (38:2-3). A similar command is found also at the beginning of chapter 39. These two chapters contain repeated reference to Gog and Magog, but they furnish only vague and uncertain indications as to the identity of the ruler or the location of the country. In chapter 39 Gog is represented (verses 5 and 6) as being accompanied in his invasion of the land of Israel by the Persians, Ethiopians, and Libyans, Gomer, and...the house of Thogorma; and in verse 15 we read: "And thou shalt come out of thy place from the northern parts." From the number and variety of the peoples mentioned in this connection some writers have inferred that the name Gog may be only a generic appellation, or figure, used in Ezechiel to designate the host of the enemies of Israel, and in the Apocalypse to denote the multitude of the foes of the Church. Others conjecture that it may be a local title expressing the royal dignity, such as the name Pharaoh in Egypt. But it seems more probable that both names are historical; and by some scholars Gog is identified with the Lydian king called by the Greeks Gyges, who appears as Gu-gu on the Assyrian inscriptions. If this be true, Magog should be identified with Lydia. On the other hand, as Mosoch and Thubal were nations belonging to Asia Minor, it would seem from the text of Ezechiel that Magog must be in that part of the world. Finally, Josephus and others identify Magog with Scythia, but in antiquity this name was used to designate vaguely any northern population.

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Gédoyn, Nicolas Nicolas Gedoyn A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orléans, 17 June, 1667; d. 10 August, 1744, ...
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Germia Germia A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of Pessinus ; mentioned by Hierocles in the ...
Gerona Gerona DIOCESE OF GERONA (GERUNDENSIS) The Diocese of Geronia in Catalonia, Spain, suffragan of ...
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Gerson, Jean de Charlier de Jean de Charlier de Gerson The surname being the name of his native place; b. in the hamlet of Gerson 14 December, 1363; d. ...
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Gertrude the Great, Saint St. Gertrude the Great Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; died at Helfta, near Eisleben, ...
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Gesta Dei per Francos Gesta Dei Per Francos Gesta Dei per Francos is the title adopted by Guibert de Nogent (died about 1124) for his history ...
Gesta Romanorum Gesta Romanorum A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached. It was compiled ...
Gethsemane Gethsemani Gethsemani (Hebrew gat , press, and semen , oil) is the place in which Jesus Christ ...
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Gfrörer, August Friedrich August Friedrich Gfroerer German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 July, 1861. ...
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Ghent Ghent DIOCESE OF GHENT (GANDENSIS or GANDAVENSIS). The Diocese of Ghent at present comprises the ...
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Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione Lorenzo di Cione Ghiberti Sculptor ; b. at Florence about 1381; d. there, December, 1455. He ushered in the early ...
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Giannone, Pietro Pietro Giannone Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, Naples ; died ...
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Gibault, Pierre Pierre Gibault Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804; son of Pierre Gibault ...
Gibbons, John John Gibbons Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or ...
Gibbons, Richard Richard Gibbons Brother of Father John Gibbons, born at Winchester, 1550 or 1549; died at Douai, 23 June, 1632. ...
Giberti, Gian Matteo Gian Matteo Giberti Cardinal, and Bishop of Verona, the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval ...
Giberti, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Gibert Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at Paris in 1736. He became a cleric at an early ...
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Gideon Gideon Gideon or Gedeon (Hebrew "hewer"), also called JEROBAAL ( Judges 6:32 ; 7:1 ; etc.), and ...
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Giffard, Godfrey Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. 26 Jan., 1301. He was the son of Hugh Giffard of Boyton ...
Giffard, William William Giffard Second Norman Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to 1129. Little is known of his history anterior ...
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Gift, Supernatural Supernatural Gift A supernatural gift may be defined as something conferred on nature that is above all the ...
Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo Alvarez Carillo Gil de Albornoz A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at Cuenca in New Castile ; d. 23 ...
Gil of Santarem, Blessed Blessed Gil of Santarem A Portuguese Dominican : b. at Vaozela, diocese of Viseu, about 1185; d. at Santarem, 14 May, ...
Gilbert de la Porrée Gilbert de la Porree (Gilbertus Porretanus) Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, theologian and general scholar; b. ...
Gilbert Foliot Gilbert Foliot Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century of an Anglo-Norman family and connected ...
Gilbert Islands Gilbert Islands Vicariate apostolic ; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and ...
Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint St. Gilbert of Sempringham Founder of the Order of Gilbertines , b. at Sempringham, on the border of the Lincolnshire fens, ...
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Gildas, Saint St. Gildas Surnamed the Wise; b. about 516; d. at Houat, Brittany, 570. Sometimes he is called "Badonicus" ...
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Gindarus Gindarus A titular see of Syria Prima, in the Patriarchate of Antioch. Pliny (Hist. nat. V, 81) ...
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Giotto di Bondone Giotto di Bondone A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in 1266 ...
Giovanelli, Ruggiero Ruggiero Giovanelli Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625. In 1584 he was ...
Giovanni Dominici, Blessed Blessed Giovanni Dominici (BANCHINI or BACCHINI was his family name). Cardinal, statesman and writer, born at ...
Giraldi, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Giraldi (Surnamed CINTIO) Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at Ferrara, Italy, 1504; d. there, ...
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Giuliani, Veronica St. Veronica Giuliani Born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, 1660; died at Citt` di Castello, 9 July, 1727. ...
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Glaber, Raoul Raoul Glaber Benedictine chronicler; b. in Burgundy before 1000; d. at Cluny about 1050. In early boyhood he ...
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Glagolitic Glagolitic (Or G LAGOLITSA ; Slavonic glagol, a word; glagolati, to speak). An ancient alphabet ...
Glaire, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Glaire Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, ...
Glanville, Ranulf de Ranulf de Glanville Chief Justiciar of England ; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; d. before Acre, ...
Glarean, Henry Henry Glarean (LORITI) The most distinguished of Swiss humanists, poet, philosopher, geographer, ...
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Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Abbey [G LESTINGABURH; called also Y NISWITRIN (Isle of Glass) and A VALON (Isle of Apples)] ...
Glebe Glebe Glebe ( Latin gleba ) originally signified, in common law , any farm, estate, or parcel of ...
Glendalough, School of School of Glendalough Glendalough (the Valley of the Two Lakes) is a picturesque and lonely glen in the heart of the ...
Gloria in Excelsis Deo Gloria in Excelsis Deo The great doxology ( hymnus angelicus ) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". ...
Gloria, Laus et Honor Gloria, Laus Et Honor A hymn composed by St. Theodulph of Orléans in 810, in Latin elegiacs, of which the ...
Glory Glory This word has many shades of meaning which lexicographers are somewhat puzzled to differentiate ...
Glory Be Doxology In general this word means a short verse praising God and beginning, as a rule, with the Greek ...
Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists (IN CANON LAW) A gloss (Gk. glossa , Lat. glossa , tongue, speech) is an interpretation ...
Glosses, Scriptural Scriptural Glosses I. ETYMOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL MEANINGS The modern English word gloss is derived directly from the ...
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Gloves, Episcopal Episcopal Gloves Liturgical gloves ( chirothecœ , called also at an earlier date manicœ , wanti ...
Gluttony Gluttony (From Lat. gluttire , to swallow, to gulp down), the excessive indulgence in food and drink. ...
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Goa Goa (GOANENSIS.) Patriarchate of the East Indies, the chief see of the Portuguese dominions in the ...
Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of Goajira Goajira is the most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean ...
Goar, Jacques Jacques Goar A Dominican and hellenist, b. at Paris, 1601, d. 23 September, 1653. He entered the convent of ...
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Gobat, George George Gobat Moral theologian ; born at Charmoilles, in the Diocese of Basil, now in the Department of the ...
Gobban Saer Gobban Saer Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and ...
Gobelinus, Person Person Gobelinus (Persona.) Born in 1358; died 17 November, 1421. He was a Westphalian and was known as an ...
God God Etymology of the Word "God" Discusses the root-meaning of the name "God", which is derived from ...
God, Existence of Existence of God The topic will be treated as follows: I. As Known Through Natural ReasonA. The Problem Stated1. ...
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Godard, Saint St. Godard (Also spelled GOTHARD, GODEHARD). Bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony ; born about the ...
Godden, Thomas Thomas Godden (True name Tylden.) Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in London, 1 Dec., 1688. His father, ...
Godeau, Antoine Antoine Godeau Bishop, poet and exegete ; b. at Dreux in the diocese of Chartres, 1605; d. at Vence, 21 ...
Godeberta, Saint St. Godeberta Born about the year 640, at Boves, a few leagues from Amiens, in France ; died about the ...
Godelina, Saint St. Godelina (GODELINA.) Born at Hondeforte-lez-Boulogne, c. 1049; died at Ghistelles, 6 July, 1070. The ...
Godet des Marais, Paul Paul Godet Des Marais Bishop of Chartres, France ; b. at Talcy, near Blois, 1647; d. at Chartres, 1709. He studied ...
Godfrey Goodman Godfrey Goodman Born at Ruthin, Denbighshire, 28 February, 1582-3; died at Westminster, 19 January, 1656. He was ...
Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem, son of Eustache II, Count of Boulogne, and ...
Godfrey of Fontaines Godfrey of Fontaines (GODEFRIDUS DE fontIBUS, DOCTOR VENERANDUS) A scholastic philosopher and theologian ; born ...
Godfrey of Viterbo Godfrey of Viterbo German writer of the twelfth century. Nothing is known as to the place or date of his birth, ...
Godinez Michael Wadding (GODINEZ). Mystical theologian, born at Waterford, Ireland, in 1591; died in Mexico, Dec. ...
Godric Godric The name of two Abbots of Croyland. Godric I (870-941) Godrick I was the successor of the Abbot ...
Goesport, John Wessel John Wessel Goesport (Gansfort) (GANSFORT). A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at Gröningen in 1420; died there ...
Goetz, Marie Josephine Marie Josephine Goetz Second superior-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, daughter of Joseph Goetz of ...
Goffe, Stephen Stephen Goffe (Or Gough) Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681. He was the son of Stephen ...
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Gog and Magog Gog and Magog Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several times in chapters 38 ...
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Golden Calf Golden Calf An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in Exodus 32 where ...
Golden Rose Golden Rose A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the popes have ...
Goldoni, Carlo Carlo Goldoni Dramatist; b. at Venice, 25 Feb., 1707; d. at Paris, 6 Jan., 1793. Goldoni is especially ...
Goldwell, Thomas Thomas Goldwell Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient hierarchy of England ; b. probably at ...
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Gomes De Amorim, Francisco Francisco Gomes de Amorim Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist; b. at Avelomar, near Oporto, 13 August, 1827; d. 4 ...
Gondulphus Gondulphus (GUNDULFUS). The name of three saints, of whom one was Bishop of Tongres (Maestricht), the ...
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Gonzalez, Saint Peter St. Peter Gonzalez Popularly known as St. Elmo, b. in 1190 at Astorga, Spain ; d. 15 April, 1246, at Tuy. He was ...
Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242. Born in the closing years on twelfth century, he ...
Good Good "Good" is one of those primary ideas which cannot be strictly defined. In order to fix its ...
Good Faith Good Faith A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively ...
Good Friday Good Friday Definition and etymology Good Friday, called Feria VI in Parasceve in the Roman Missal, he ...
Good Hope, Cape of (Eastern) Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope The Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the ...
Good Hope, Cape of (Western) Western Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are virtually one. ...
Good Samaritan, Sisters of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan A congregation of Tertiaries Regular of St. Benedict, established 2 February, 1857, at Sydney, ...
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Good, Highest, The The Highest Good "We always act with a view to some good. The good is the object which all pursue, and for the ...
Goodman, Ven. John Ven. John Goodman Priest and martyr ; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642. He was educated at ...
Goossens, Pierre-Lambert Pierre-Lambert Goossens Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin (Belgium), b. at Perck, near Vilvorde, 18 July, 1827; d. at ...
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Goulburn Goulburn (Gulburnensis). One of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Sydney, ...
Gounod, Charles-François Charles-Francois Gounod One of the most distinguished French musicians and composers of the nineteenth century, b. in ...
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Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester St. Sylvester Gozzolini Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 ...
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Gradual Psalms Gradual Psalms Fifteen psalms -- namely, Psalms 119-133 (in Hebrew 120-134) -- bear a Hebrew inscription which ...
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Graffiti Graffiti The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude inscriptions scratched ...
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Gramont, Eugénie de Eugenie de Gramont Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart ; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at ...
Gran Gran ( Hungarian ESZTERGOM; Latin STRIGONIUM, STRIGONIENSIS) Located in Hungary. From the ...
Granada Granada Archdiocese of Granada (Granatensis). Archdiocese in Spain, founded by St. Cecilius about ...
Granada, University of University of Granada The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, which, when the ...
Grancolas, Jean Jean Grancolas Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. near Chateaudun, about 1660; d. at Paris, 1 ...
Grand Rapids Grand Rapids (Grandormensis) Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the diocese of Detroit, and made to ...
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Granderath, Theodor Theodor Granderath Born 19 June, 1839, at Giesenkirchen, Rhine Province; died 19 March, 1902, at Valkenburg, ...
Grandidier, Philippe-André Philippe-Andre Grandidier Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the Abbey of Luntzel ...
Grandmont, Abbey and Order of Grandmont Abbey and Order in the department of Hte-Vienne, France. The exact date of the foundation of the ...
Grant, Thomas Thomas Grant First Bishop of Southwark ; b. at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, 25 Nov., 1816; d. at Rome, ...
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Known in history as CARDINAL DE GRANVELLE (GRANVELLA). Born at Ornans in Franche-Comté, ...
Gras, Venerable Louise de Marillac Le Venerable Louise de Marillac Le Gras Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul , born at Paris, 12 August, 1591, ...
Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul Grasse Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. near Toulon, 1723; ...
Grassis, Paris de Paris de Grassis Master of ceremonies to Julius II and Leo X ; b. at Bologna, about 1470; d. at Rome, 10 June, ...
Gratian Gratian Roman Emperor; son of Valentinian I; born at Sirmium, 359; died at Lyons, 383. Before he had ...
Gratian, Jerome Jerome Gratian Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites ; born at ...
Gratian, Johannes Johannes Gratian (GRATIANUS). The little that is known concerning the author of the "Concordantia discordantium ...
Gratianopolis Gratianopolis A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa. This city does not figure in a list of the ...
Gratius, Ortwin Ortwin Gratius (VAN GRAES) Humanist ; b. 1475 at Holtwick, near Coesfeld, Westphalia ; d. at Cologne, 22 ...
Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse Gratry French priest and writer; b. at Lille, 30 March, 1805; d. at Montreux, Switzerland, 7 February, ...
Gratz, Peter Aloys Peter Aloys Gratz Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria ; d. at ...
Gravier, Jacques Jacques Gravier Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and philosophy under the ...
Gravina and Montepeloso Gravina and Montepeloso DIOCESE OF GRAVINA AND MONTEPELOSO (GRAVINENSIS ET MONTIS PELUSII). Gravina is a town in the ...
Gravina, Dominic Dominic Gravina Theologian ; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643. He entered the ...
Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. at ...
Graz, University of University of Graz The University of Graz, located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark, owes its ...
Great Falls Great Falls DIOCESE OF GREAT FALLS (GREATORMENSIS). Created by Pope Pius X, 18 May, 1904; comprises the ...
Greco, El El Greco One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; d. at Toledo, 7 ...
Greece Greece Greece will be treated in this article under the following heads: I. The Land and the People; II. ...
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Green Bay Green Bay (Wisconsin) (SINUS VIRIDIS) The Diocese of Green Bay — established 3 March, 1868, from the territory ...
Green, Hugh Hugh Green Martyr ; born about 1584; martyred 19 August, 1642. His parents, who were Protestants, sent him ...
Green, Thomas Louis Thomas Louis Green Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at Newport, Shropshire, ...
Greenland Greenland An island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south to about 59 degrees N. latitude, being ...
Gregorian Chant Gregorian Chant The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the Church music of ...
Gregory Bæticus Gregory Baeticus Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname; d. ...
Gregory I, Pope Saint St. Gregory the Great Doctor of the Church ; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of ...
Gregory II, Pope Saint Pope St. Gregory II (Reigned 715-731). Perhaps the greatest of the great popes who occupied the chair of Peter ...
Gregory III, Pope Saint Pope St. Gregory III (Reigned 731-741.) Pope St. Gregory III was the son of a Syrian named John. The date of his ...
Gregory IV, Pope Pope Gregory IV Elected near the end of 827; died January, 844. When Gregory was born is not known, but he was a ...
Gregory IX Pope Gregory IX (UGOLINO, Count of Segni). Born about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; died 22 August, 1241, ...
Gregory of Heimburg Gregory of Heimburg Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth century; d. at ...
Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint St. Gregory of Nazianzus Doctor of the Church, born at Arianzus, in Asia Minor, c. 325; died at the same place, 389. He ...
Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint St. Gregory of Neocaesarea Known at THAUMATURGUS, ( ho Thaumatourgos , the miracle-worker). Born at Neocæsarea in ...
Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Saint Gregory of Nyssa Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian ...
Gregory of Rimini, Saint Gregory of Rimini An Augustinian theologian ; born at Rimini, Italy, in the second half of the thirteenth ...
Gregory of Tours, Saint St. Gregory of Tours Born in 538 or 539 at Arverni, the modern Clermont-Ferrand; died at Tours, 17 Nov., in 593 or ...
Gregory of Utrecht, Saint St. Gregory of Utrecht Abbot; b. about 707 or 708; d. 775 or 780. Gregory was born of a noble family at Trier. His ...
Gregory of Valencia Gregory of Valencia Professor of the University of Ingolstadt , b. at Medina, Spain, March, 1550 (1540, 1551?); d. ...
Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator Born 257?; died 337?, surnamed the Illuminator (Lusavorich). Gregory the Illuminator is the ...
Gregory V, Pope Pope Gregory V Born c. 970; died 4 February, 999. On the death of John XV the Romans sent a deputation to Otto ...
Gregory VI Gregory VI (Antipope) On the death of Sergius IV in June, 1012, "a certain Gregory", opposed the election of ...
Gregory VI, Pope Pope Gregory VI (JOHN GRATIAN). Date of birth unknown; elected 1 May 1045; abdicated at Sutri, 20 December, ...
Gregory VII, Pope Saint Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men ...
Gregory VIII Gregory VIII (Antipope) Antipope. He was Mauritius Burdinus (Bordinho, Bourdin), who was placed upon the papal chair by ...
Gregory VIII, Pope Pope Gregory VIII (ALBERTO DI MORRA). Born about the beginning of the twelfth century, at Benevento ; elected ...
Gregory X Pope Gregory X Born 1210; died 10 January, 1276. The death of Pope Clement IV (29 November, 1268) left the ...
Gregory XI Pope Gregory XI (PIERRE ROGER DE BEAUFORT). Born in 1331, at the castle of Maumont in the Dioceses of Limoges ...
Gregory XII Pope Gregory XII (ANGELO CORRARIO, now CORRER). Legal pope during the Western Schism ; born at Venice, of a ...
Gregory XIII, Pope Pope Gregory XIII (UGO BUONCOMPAGNI). Born at Bologna, 7 Jan., 1502; died at Rome, 10 April, 1585. He studied ...
Gregory XIV, Pope Pope Gregory XIV (N ICCOLÒ S FONDRATI ). Born at Somma, near Milan, 11 Feb., 1535; died at Rome, 15 ...
Gregory XV, Pope Pope Gregory XV (ALESSANDRO LUDOVISI). Born at Bologna, 9 or 15 January, 1554; died at Rome, 8 July, 1623. ...
Gregory XVI, Pope Pope Gregory XVI (MAURO, or BARTOLOMEO ALBERTO CAPPELLARI). Born at Belluno, then in the Venetian territory, 8 ...
Greifswald, University of University of Greifswald The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456. Even before this, Greifswald had, for a short ...
Greith, Karl Johann Karl Johann Greith Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 ...
Gremiale Gremiale A square or oblong cloth which the bishop, according to the "Cæremoniale" and ...
Grenoble Grenoble DIOCESE OF GRENOBLE (GRATIANOPOLITANA) Now comprises the Department of Isère and the Canton ...
Gresemund, Dietrich Dietrich Gresemund German humanist ; b. in 1477, at Speyer ; d. 1512, at Mainz. His father, also named Dietrich, ...
Greslon, Adrien Adrien Greslon French missionary; b. at Perigueux, in 1618; entered the Society of Jesus at Bordeaux, 5 ...
Gresset, Jean Baptiste Jean Baptiste Gresset Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens. Having finished his studies at the college ...
Gretser, Jacob Jacob Gretser A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance in 1562; d. at ...
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Greuze French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805. His ...
Grey Nuns Grey Nuns The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, commonly ...
Grey Nuns of the Cross Grey Nuns of the Cross A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey Sisters, or Grey ...
Griffin, Gerald Gerald Griffin A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick, Ireland ; d. at Cork, 12 ...
Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin Journalist, historian, b. at Philadelphia, 23 Oct., 1842; d. there, 10 Nov., 1911. In early ...
Griffiths, Thomas Thomas Griffiths Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the ...
Grillparzer, Franz Franz Grillparzer An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872. After desultory ...
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria Francesco Maria Grimaldi Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., 1663. He entered ...
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school ; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, 1680. He was a ...
Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von Johann Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen The greatest German novelist of the seventeenth century. What we know of his life is largely ...
Groote, Gerard Gerard Groote ( Or Geert De Groote; Gerhardus Magnus.) Founder of the "Brethren of the Common Life" , b. ...
Gropper, John John Gropper An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest, Westphalia ; d. at Rome, 13 March, ...
Grosseteste, Robert Robert Grosseteste Bishop of Lincoln and one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages ; b. about 1175; d. 9 ...
Grosseto Grosseto (Grossetana) Grosseto, suffragan diocese of Siena, has for its episcopal city the capital ...
Grosswardein Grosswardein ( Hungarian Nagy-Várad; Magno-Varadinensis) A diocese of the Latin Rite in ...
Grottaferrata, Abbey of Abbey of Grottaferrata ( Latin Crypta ferrata .) A Basilian monastery near Rome, sometimes said to occupy the site ...
Grueber, Johann Johann Grueber A German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century; b. at Linz, ...
Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal Prosper Louis Pascal Gueranger Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 ...
Guérard, Robert Robert Guerard Born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715. For some time he ...
Guérin Guerin (1) Eugénie de Guérin A French writer; b. at the château of La Cayla, in ...
Guérin, Anne-Thérèse Anne-Therese Guerin (In religion, Mother Theodore) Born at Etables (Côte du Nord), Brittany, France, 2 ...
Guadalajara Guadalajara (Guadalaxara) Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the Diocese of Michoacan by Paul III, 31 ...
Guadalupe, Shrine of Shrine of Guadalupe Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the ...
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (Or Basse Terre; Guadalupensis; Imæ Telluris) Diocese in the West Indies, comprises the ...
Guadix, Diocese of Guadix (GUADICENSIS) The Diocese of Guadix, in Spain, comprises the greater part of the Province of ...
Guaicuri Indians Guaicuri Indians (Pronounced Waikuri .) A group of small tribes, speaking dialectic forms of a common ...
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Guaraní Indians Guarani Indians (Pronounced Waraní .) One of the most important tribal groups of South America, ...
Guarantees, Law of Law of Guarantees (LA LEGGE DELLE GUARENTIGIE) A name given to the law passed by the senate and chamber of the ...
Guarda, Diocese of Guarda (EGITANIENSIS.) Province of Beira, Portugal. Near the episcopal city are the ruins of Idanha, ...
Guardi, Francesco Francesco Guardi Venetian painter ; born at Venice, 1712; died in the same city, 1793. He was a pupil of ...
Guardian Angels Guardian Angels ( See also FEAST OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS .) That every individual soul has a guardian angel ...
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Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence Guardianship is "the condition or fact of being a guardian; the office or position of guardian" ...
Guarini, Battista Battista Guarini An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612. His father, Francesco ...
Guarino da Verona Guarino Da Verona A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona, Italy ; d. 1460, at Ferrara. He studied Latin in the school ...
Guastalla, Diocese of Guastalla (GUASTELLENSIS). In the province of Reggio Emilia (Central Italy ) on the left bank of the Po ...
Guastallines Guastallines Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), widowed for ...
Guatemala, Santiago de Santiago de Guatemala (Sancti Jacobi majoris de Guatemala) Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, ...
Guayaquil Guayaquil A RCHDIOCESE OF G UAYAQUIL (G UAYAQUILENSIS ). Guayaquil, the capital of the Ecuadorian ...
Gubbio Gubbio Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of Perugia in Umbria (Central Italy ). The city ...
Gudenus, Moritz Moritz Gudenus A German convert to the Catholic faith from the Protestant ministry; b. 11 April, 1596, at ...
Gudula, Saint Saint Gudula (Latin, Guodila ). Born in Brabant, Belgium, of Witger and Amalberga, in the seventh ...
Guelphs and Ghibellines Guelphs and Ghibellines Names adopted by the two factions that kept Italy divided and devastated by civil war during the ...
Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Guglielmini Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817. He is known as ...
Guiana Guiana (Or Guayana .) Guiana was the name given to all that region of South America which extends ...
Guibert of Ravenna Guibert of Ravenna An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at Parma about 1025; died at ...
Guicciardini, Francesco Francesco Guicciardini An historian and statesman; born at Florence, 1483; died there, 23 May, 1540. His parents, Piero ...
Guido of Arezzo Guido of Arezzo (Guido Aretinus). A monk of the Order of St. Benedict, b. (according to Dom Morin in the ...
Guigues du Chastel Guigues du Chastel (Guigo de Castro) (Guigo de Castro). Fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, legislator of the Carthusian Order ...
Guijon, André Andre Guijon Bishop and orator; born in November, 1548, at Autun ; died in September, 1631. He was the son ...
Guilds Guilds Guilds were voluntary associations for religious, social, and commercial purposes. These ...
Guiney, Patrick Robert Patrick Robert Guiney Second and eldest surviving son of James Roger Guiney and Judith Macrae; born at Parkstown, Co. ...
Guiscard, Robert Robert Guiscard Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; ...
Guise, House of House of Guise The House of Guise, a branch of the ducal family of Lorraine, played an important part in the ...
Guitmund Guitmund A Bishop of Aversa, a Benedictine monk, theologian, and opponent of Berengarius ; born at an ...
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Gunpowder Plot, The The Gunpowder Plot (Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605). Robert Catesby, the originator of the ...
Gunther, Blessed Blessed Gunther A hermit in Bohemia in the eleventh century; b. about 955; d. at Hartmanitz, Bohemia, 9 ...
Gurk Gurk (GURCENSIS) A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to Salzburg, erected by Archbishop ...
Gury, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Gury Moral theologian ; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône, 23 January, 1801; d. at Merc ur, ...
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Gutenberg, Johann Johann Gutenberg (Henne Gänsfleisch zur Laden, commonly called Gutenberg). Inventor of printing; born about ...
Guthlac, Saint St. Guthlac Hermit; born about 673; died at Croyland, England, 11 April, 714. Our authority for the life ...
Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte- Madame Guyon A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the Orléanais, ...
Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de Fernando Perez de Guzman Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458). He belonged to a family ...
Györ Gyor ( German RAAB; Latin JAURINENSIS). A Hungarian see, suffragan to the Archdiocese of ...

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