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Formerly, in most basilicas, cathedrals, and large churches a large structure in the form of a cupola or dome resting on four columns was erected over the high altar, which was called the ciborium . Between the columns ran metal rods, holding rings to which were fastened curtains which according to the rubrics of the individual churches, were drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass. These curtains were styled tetravela altaris and were made of linen, silk, gold cloth, and other precious stuffs. In the lives of many of the Roman pontiffs ( Gregory IV, Leo IV, Nicholas I ) we read that they made presents of such curtains to the churches of Rome. When the ciboria over the altar fell into disuse a curtain was suspended at the back of the altar. called a dossel, or dorsal, and two others, one at each side of it. They were hung to rods fastened in the wall or reredos, or rested on four pillars erected at each end of the altar. The pillars were surmounted by angels holding candelabra, in which candles were burnt on solemn occasions. Probably the sanctuary candelabra of today may trace their origin to these.
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AërAer(Greek aer , "the air"). The largest and outer-most covering of the chalice and paten in ... |
Aërius of PontusAeris of PontusA friend and fellow ascetic of Eustathius, who became Bishop of Sebaste (355), and who ... |
AëtiusAetiusA Roman general, patrician, and consul, b. towards the end of the fourth century; d. 454. He ... |
Añazco, Pedro dePedro de AnazcoBorn at Chachapoyas (Peru) in 1550; died at Asuncion, Paraguay, 1605. His father was Pedro de ... |
AachenAachen(In French, Aix-la-Chapelle , the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquae ... |
Aarhus, Ancient See ofAncient See of Aarhus in Denmark(ARUSIA, ARUSIENSIS). The diocese included the provinces (amter) of Aarhus and Randers, ... |
AaronAaronBrother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law. I. LIFE Altogether different views are ... |
Abachum, Audifax, Martha, and Maris, SaintsSts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and AbachumAll martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who belonged to the Persian nobility, ... |
AbaddonAbaddonA Hebrew word signifying: ruin, destruction ( Job 31:12 ); place of destruction; the ... |
AbandonmentAbandonment(More properly, S ELF -A BANDONMENT ) A term used by writers of ascetical and mystical ... |
Abarca, PedroPedro AbarcaTheologian, born in Aragon in 1619; died 1 October, 1693, at Palencia. He entered the Society ... |
AbarimAbarim( Hebrew har ha'abharim, hare ha'abharim ; Septuagint to oros to Abarim, en to peran tou ... |
AbbéAbbeA French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men. It came ... |
AbbaAbbaAbba is the Aramaic word for "father." The word occurs three times in the New Testament ( Mark ... |
Abbadie, Antoine d'Antoine d'AbbadieAntoine d'Abbadie Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian, born ... |
Abban of Magheranoidhe, SaintSt. Abban of Magheranoidhe(Magheranoidhe is also rendered Murneave or Murnevin). Nephew of St. Ibar, the apostle of ... |
Abban of New Ross, SaintSt. Abban of New RossSt. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, but whose name has been locally ... |
Abban the Hermit, SaintSt. Abban the HermitThough he lived in Abingdon ( England ), he was certainly an Irishman. He is commemorated on ... |
Abbeloos, Jean BaptisteJean Baptiste AbbeloosOrientalist, born 15 January, 1836, at Goyck, Belgium; died 25 February, 1906. He was educated ... |
AbbessAbbessThe female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns. With a few ... |
AbbeyAbbeyA monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve ... |
Abbo CernuusAbbo Cernuus("The crooked"). French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes ... |
Abbon, SaintSt. Abbon(Or ABBO.) Born near Orléans c. 945; died at Fleury, 13 November, 1004, a monk of ... |
AbbotAbbotA title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks. The name is derived from abba ... |
Abbot, CommendatoryCommendatory AbbotAn ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam, that is, who draws its ... |
Abbot, HenryHenry AbbotLayman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597, pronounced Venerable in 1886. His acts are thus related ... |
Abbot, LayLay Abbot( abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles ). A name used to designate a layman on whom a king ... |
Abbreviation, Methods ofMethods of AbbreviationThe use of abbreviations is due, in part, to exigencies arising from the nature of the materials ... |
Abbreviations, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical AbbreviationsThe words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names , titles (official or ... |
AbbreviatorsAbbreviators( Abbreviare = "shorten", "curtail"). Abbreviators are those who make an abridgment or ... |
AbderaAbderaA titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra. ... |
AbdiasAbdias(A Minor Prophet). This name is the Greek form of the Hebrew `Obhádhyah , which means ... |
Abdias of BabylonAbdias of BabylonAn apocryphal writer, said to have been one of the seventy-two Disciples of Christ, and first ... |
AbdicationAbdicationAbdication, ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity. ... |
Abdon and Sennen, SaintsSts. Abdon and Sennan(Variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, Abdus; Sennes, Sennis, Zennen.) ... |
AbductionAbductionAbduction may be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment. Viewed as a ... |
AbecedariaAbecedariaComplete or partial lists of letters of the alphabet, chiefly Greek and Latin, inscribed on ... |
AbecedariansAbecedariansA sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending ... |
AbelAbel (Son of Adam)(From the Hebrew word for Vanity , "probably so called from the shortness of his ... |
AbelAbel (Place Name)("Meadow") Name of several places distinguished by additional words: (1) Abel-Beth-Maacha ... |
Abel, Blessed ThomasBlessed Thomas Abel(Also ABLE, or ABELL.) Priest and martyr, born about 1497; died 30 July, 1540. He was ... |
Abelard, PeterPeter AbelardDialectician, philosopher, and theologian, born 1079; died 1142. Peter Abelard (also spelled ... |
Abelly, LouisLouis AbellyLouis Abelly (1603-91) was Vicar-General of Bayonne, a parish priest in Paris, and ... |
Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-MéirAbraham-Ben-Meir Aben-Ezra(Or IBN 'EZRA). A celebrated Spanish Rabbi, born at Toledo in 1092; died on his journey from ... |
AbenakisAbenakisA confederation of Algonquin tribes, comprising the Penobscots, Passamaquoddies, Norridgewocks, ... |
Abercius, Inscription ofInscription of AberciusA Greek hagiographical text, which has, however, undergone alterations, and a Greek inscription ... |
Abercromby, JohnJohn AbercrombyDied 1561. During the Scottish Reformation we know that the Catholic clergy were treated with ... |
Abercromby, RobertRobert Abercromby(Sometimes known as Sanders and as Robertson). A Jesuit missionary in Scotland in the time ... |
Aberdeen, The Diocese ofAberdeen(Scotland). A see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn. The earliest mention of the old ... |
Aberdeen, The University ofThe University of AberdeenThe founder of this, one of the three universities established in Scotland in Catholic times, ... |
Aberle, Moritz vonMoritz von AberleCatholic theologian, b. at Rottum, near Biberach, in Swabia, 25 April, 1819; d. at Tübingen, ... |
Abgar, The Legend ofThe Legend of AbgarThe historian Eusebius records a tradition (H.E., I, xii), which he himself firmly believes, ... |
Abhan, SaintSt. Abban of New RossSt. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, but whose name has been locally ... |
AbiatharAbiathar( Hebrew ebhyathar , Father of plenty, or, the great one is father). Descendant of ... |
AbilaAbilaA titular see of Phoenicia, in the region of Mt. Libanus, now Suk Wady Barada, near Damascus, ... |
Abingdon, The Abbey ofThe Abbey of AbingdonThis abbey, located in the County of Berkshire, England, was founded A.D. 675, by Cyssa, ... |
Abington, ThomasThomas Abington(Or HABINGTON). An English antiquarian, b. 1560; d. 1647. His father, who was treasurer to ... |
Abiogenesis and BiogenesisBiogenesis and AbiogenesisAccording to their Greek derivation these two terms refer to the origin of life. Biogenesis is ... |
AbiponesAbiponesThis Indian tribe, linguistically of Guaycuru stock, formerly roaming the east side of the ... |
AbisaiAbisai( Abhishay, abhshay ; Septuagint Abessa, Abisai ). Son of David's sister Sarvia, and ... |
AbjurationAbjurationA denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath. In common ecclesiastical language this term ... |
AbnerAbnerA son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army ( 1 Samuel 14:50 ; 17:55 ; ... |
Abomination of Desolation, TheThe Abomination of DesolationThe importance of this Scriptural expression is chiefly derived from the fact that in Matthew ... |
AbortionAbortionAbortion (from the Latin word aboriri , "to perish") may be briefly defined as "the loss of a ... |
Abortion, Physical Effects ofPhysical Effects of AbortionDefinition The expulsion of the human ovum occurring during the first three months of pregnancy, ... |
Abra de Raconis, Charles François d'Charles Francois d'Abra de RaconisA French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family ; died ... |
Abrabanel, Don IsaacDon Isaac Abrabanel(Also: Abravanel, Abarbanel). Jewish statesman, apologist and exegete, born in Lisbon ... |
AbrahamAbrahamThe original form of the name, Abram , is apparently the Assyrian Abu-ramu . It is doubtful ... |
Abraham (in Liturgy)Abraham (In Liturgy)While of peculiar interest to the liturgiologist (especially in the classification of the ... |
Abraham a Sancta ClaraAbraham a Sancta ClaraA Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion, b. at ... |
Abraham EcchelensisAbraham EcchelensisA learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his surname), a village on Mount Lebanon, in ... |
Abraham, The Bosom ofThe Bosom of AbrahamIn the Holy Bible , the expression "the Bosom of Abraham " is found only in two verses of St. ... |
AbrahamitesAbrahamites(1) Syrian heretics of the ninth century. They were called Brachiniah by the Arabs, from the ... |
Abram, NicholasNicholas AbramJesuit theologian, born in 1589, at Xaronval, in Lorraine; died 7 September, 1655. He taught ... |
AbrasaxAbrasaxThe study of Abrasax is, at first sight, as discouraging as it is possible to imagine. The name ... |
AbsalomAbsalom( Abhshalom in Hebrew; Abessalom, Apsalomos in Greek). The name of several distinguished ... |
Absalon of LundAbsalon of LundAlso known as AXEL, a famous Danish prelate, b. in 1128, at Finnestoë in Seeland; d. 21 ... |
AbsintheAbsinthe( Hebrew la'anah .) Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness ( Jeremiah 9:15 ; 23:15 ; ... |
Absolute, TheThe AbsoluteA term employed in modern philosophy with various meanings, but applied generally speaking to ... |
AbsolutionAbsolution( Ab = from; solvere = to free) Absolution is the remission of sin, or of the punishment ... |
AbstemiiAbstemiiAn abstemius is one who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting. As, therefore, the ... |
AbstinenceAbstinenceInasmuch as abstinence signifies abstaining from food, the Bible narrative points to the first ... |
Abstinence, Physical Effects ofPhysical Effects of AbstinenceThe effects on the human system of abstinence from flesh meats divide themselves naturally and ... |
AbstractionAbstraction( Latin abs , from trahere , to draw). Abstraction is a process (or a faculty) by which the ... |
AbthainAbthain(Or ABTHANE). An English or Lowland Scotch form of the middle-Latin word abthania (Gaelic, ... |
Abucara, TheodoreTheodore AbucaraA bishop of Caria in Syria ; d., probably, in 770. In his anti-heretical dialogues (P.G., ... |
AbundiusAbundiusAn Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469. He was the fourth ... |
AbydusAbydus(ABYDOS). A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor , suffragan of Cyzicus in the ... |
AbyssAbyss(Greek abyssos ). Abyss is primarily and classically an adjective, meaning deep, very deep ... |
AbyssiniaAbyssiniaGeography Abyssinia, extending from the sixth to the fifteenth degree of north latitude, and ... |
AcaciaAcacia(In Hebrew shíttah , plural shíttîm ; Theod. pyxos ; Vulgate, spina ... |
Acacians, TheThe AcaciansKnown also as the HOMOEANS, an Arian sect which first emerged into distinctness as an ... |
AcaciusAcacius (Bishop of Beroea)Bishop of Beroea. Born in Syria c. 322; died c. 432. While still very young he became a monk ... |
AcaciusAcacius (Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine)Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, disciple and biographer of Eusebius, the historian, whose ... |
AcaciusAcacius (Patriarch of Constantinople)Patriarch of Constantinople; Schismatic ; d. 489. When Acacius first appears in authentic ... |
Acacius, SaintSt. AcaciusBishop of Melitene in the third century. The Greeks venerate him on different days, but ... |
Academies, RomanRoman AcademiesThe Italian Renaissance at its apogee [from the close of the Western Schism (1418) to the ... |
Academy, The FrenchThe French AcademyThe French Academy was founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635. For several years a number of ... |
AcadiaAcadiaThe precise location and extent of Acadia was a subject of constant dispute and consequent ... |
AcanthusAcanthus (Titular See)A titular see of Macedonia, on the Strymonic Gulf, now known as Erisso. Its inhabitants were ... |
AcanthusAcanthus (Plant)A plant, indigenous to middle Europe, the leaf of which has served in all ages as an ornament, or ... |
AcathistusAcathistus (Akathistos)(Greek akathistos ; a privative, kathizo "sit"; i.e. not sitting; standing). The title ... |
Acca, SaintSt. AccaBishop of Hexham, and patron of learning (c. 660-742). Acca was a Northumbrian by birth and ... |
AccaronAccaron( Ekron ). The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities ( Joshua 13:3 ; 15:11 ... |
Accentus EcclesiasticusAccentus EcclesiasticusThe counterpart of concentus . In the ancient Church music all that portion of the liturgical ... |
AcceptanceAcceptanceAcceptance, in canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or ... |
AcceptantsAcceptantsThose Jansenists who accepted without any reserve or mental restriction the Bull Unigenitus ... |
AccessionAccession(From Latin accedere , to go to; hence, to be added to). Accession is a method of acquiring ... |
AccessusAccessusA term applied to the voting in conclave for the election of a pope, by which a cardinal ... |
AcciajuoliAcciajuoliName of three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family of this name. ANGELO, ... |
AccidentAccident[Latin accidere , to happen what happens to be in a subject; any contingent, or nonessential ... |
AcclamationAcclamation( Latin ad , to, clamare , to cry out). IN CIVIC LIFE The word acclamatio (in the plural, ... |
Acclamation (in Papal Elections)Acclamation (In Papal Elections)One of the forms of papal election . The method of electing the Roman Pontiff is contained in ... |
Accommodation, BiblicalBiblical AccommodationWe shall consider (1) what is meant by biblical accommodation; (2) its use in Sacred Scripture; ... |
AccompliceAccompliceA term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing. An accomplice is one ... |
Accursius, FrancescoFrancesco Accursius( Italian Accorso ). (1)FRANCESCO ACCURSIUS (1182-1260) A celebrated Italian jurisconsult of ... |
AcephaliAcephaliA term applied to the Eutychians who withdrew from Peter Mongus, the Monophysite Patriarch of ... |
AcerenzaAcerenza(ACHERONTIA.) This archdiocese, in the provinces of Lecce and Potenza, Italy, has been ... |
Achéry, Lucas d'Lucas d'AcheryFrench Benedictine (Maurist), born 1609 at Saint Quentin in Picardy; died in the monastery of ... |
AchabAchab( 'A'h'abh, Achaab in Jeremiah 29:22 , 'Ehabh, Achiab ) Son of Amri and King of Israel, ... |
AchaiaAchaia(Ægialeia). The name, before the Roman conquest in 146 B.C., of a strip of land between ... |
AchaicusAchaicusA Corinthian Christian, who, together with Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried a letter from the ... |
AchazAchaz(AHAZ). King of Juda, placed variously, 741-726 B.C., 744-728, 748-727, 724-709, 734-728. It ... |
AchiacharusAchiacharusAchiacharus is mentioned only once in the Vulgate version of Tobias ( 11:20 , under the form ... |
Achilleus and Nereus, Domitilla and Pancratius, SaintsSts. Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and PancratiusThe commemoration of these four Roman saints is made by the Church on 12 May, in common, and ... |
AchimaasAchimaas(1) Father of Achinoam, wife of Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:50 ). (2) Son of Sadoc, the priest. He was ... |
AchimelechAchimelech(1) The priest of Nobe who extended hospitality to David during his flight from the court of ... |
AchitopelAchitopelAchitopel was an able and honoured counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom. ... |
AchonryAchonry(Gaelic, Achadh-Chonnaire , Connary's Field). In Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of ... |
Achor ValleyAchor ValleyThe scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan, with whom its name is associated ( Joshua 7:26 ). ... |
AchridaAchridaA titular see in Upper Albania, the famous metropolis and capital of the medieval kingdom of ... |
Achterfeldt, Johann HeinrichJohann Heinrich AchterfeldtTheologian, b. at Wesel, 17 June, 1788; d. at Bonn, 11 May, 1877. He was appointed professor of ... |
Achtermann, Theodore WilliamTheodore William AchtermannA German sculptor, was born in 1799, at Munster in Westphalia, of poor parents. After working on ... |
Aci-Reale, The Diocese ofAci-Reale(JACA REGALIS). Located in the island of Sicily ; includes fourteen communes in the civil ... |
Acidalius, ValensValens Acidalius( German, Havekenthal ). Philologist, Latin poet, and convert to the Catholic Church, b. ... |
Ackermann, LeopoldLeopold AckermannA Catholic professor of exegesis, b. in Vienna, 17 November, 1771; d. in the same city, 9 ... |
AcmoniaAcmoniaA titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat-Keui. It is mentioned by ... |
AcoemetaeAcoemetae(Greek akoimetai , from privative a and koiman , to rest). Sometimes, an appellation ... |
AcolouthiaAcolouthia(From the Greek akoloutheo , to follow.) In ecclesiastical terminology signifies the ... |
AcolyteAcolyte(Greek akolouthos ; Latin sequens, comes , a follower, an attendant). An acolyte is a ... |
Acosta, JoaquínJoaquin AcostaA native of Colombia in South America, who served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a ... |
Acosta, José deJose de AcostaThe son of well-to-do and respected parents, born at Medina del Campo in Spain, 1540; died at ... |
AcquapendenteAcquapendenteA diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns ... |
AcquavivaAcquaviva (Cardinals)Name of several Italian cardinals. FRANCESCO, b. 1665 at Naples, of the family of the ... |
AcquavivaAcquaviva (Cardinals)Name of several Italian cardinals. FRANCESCO, b. 1665 at Naples, of the family of the ... |
Acquaviva, ClaudiusClaudius AcquavivaFifth General of the Society of Jesus , born October, 1543; died 31 January, 1615. He was the ... |
AcquiAcquiA diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy, which contains ninety-three towns in the Province of ... |
AcreAcre(SAINT-JEAN-D'ACRE). In Hebrew Accho , in the Books of MachabeesPtolemais , in Greek ... |
AcrePtolemais(SAINT-JEAN D'ACRE) Ptolemais, a titular metropolis in Phoenicia Prima, or Maritima. The ... |
AcrosticAcrostic( Akros stichos , "at the end of a verse".) A poem the initial or final letters (syllables or ... |
Act of Settlement (Irish)Act of Settlement (Irish)In 1662 an act was passed by the Irish Parliament, the privileges of which were restored on the ... |
Acta PilatiActa Pilati(Or the Gospel of Nicodemus.) This work does not assume to have written by Pilate, but to have ... |
Acta Sanctæ SedisActa Sanctae SedisA Roman monthly publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, ... |
Acta Sanctorum HiberniæActa Sanctorum HiberniaeThe abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan ... |
Acta Triadis ThaumaturgæActa Triadis Thaumaturgae(THE ACTS OF A WONDER-WORKING TRIAD) The lives of St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Columba; ... |
Acton, Charles JanuariusCharles Januarius ActonAn English cardinal, born at Naples, 6 March, 1803; died at Naples, 23 June, 1847. He was the ... |
Acton, JohnJohn ActonAn English canonist, after 1329 canon of Lincoln; born 1350. His name is spelled variously, ... |
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron ActonLord ActonBaron Acton, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1895-1902, born at Naples, 10 January, ... |
Acton, John Francis EdwardJohn Francis Edward ActonSixth Baronet of the name, son of a Shropshire physician, born at Besançon, 3 June, 1736; ... |
Acts of Roman CongregationsActs of Roman CongregationsA term used to designate the documents (called also decrees) issued by the Roman Congregations in ... |
Acts of the ApostlesActs of the ApostlesIn the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the ... |
Acts of the MartyrsActs of the MartyrsIn a strict sense the Acts of the Martyrs are the official records of the trials of early ... |
Acts, CanonicalCanonical ActsAccording to the old Roman jurisprudence, acts are the registers ( acta ) in which were ... |
Acts, HumanHuman ActsActs are termed human when they are proper to man as man; when, on the contrary, they are ... |
Acts, IndifferentIndifferent ActsA human act may be considered in the abstract ( in specie ) or in the concrete ( in ... |
Actual GraceActual GraceGrace ( gratia, Charis ), in general, is a supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures ... |
Actus et PotentiaActus Et PotentiaA technical expression in scholastic phraseology. I. The terms actus and potentia were ... |
Actus primusActus PrimusA technical expression used in scholastic philosophy. Actus means determination, complement, ... |
Actus PurusActus PurusA term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God. In all ... |
AcuasAcuasOne of the first to spread Manicheism in the Christian Orient. He was probably a Mesopotamian, ... |
Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis ApicemAd Apostolicae Dignitatis ApicemApostolic letter issued against Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV (1243-54), during the ... |
Ad Limina ApostolorumAd Limina ApostolorumAn ecclesiastical term meaning a pilgrimage to the sepulchres of St. Peter and St. Paul at ... |
Ad Limina VisitVisit Ad Limina(Sc. Apostolorum ) The visit ad limina means, technically, the obligation incumbent on ... |
Ad Sanctam Beati Petri SedemAd Sanctam Beati Petri SedemThis letter was issued by Alexander VII , and is dated at Rome, 16 October, 1656, the second ... |
Ad Universalis EcclesiaeAd Universalis EcclesiaeA papal constitution dealing with the conditions for admission to religious orders of men in ... |
Adalard, SaintSt. AdalardBorn c. 751; d. 2 January, 827. Bernard, son of Charles Martel and half-brother of Pepin, was ... |
AdalbertAdalbertArchbishop of Hamburg - Bremen ; born about 1000; died 1072 at Goslar; son of Count Friedrich ... |
Adalbert IAdalbert I(Or ALBERT). Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) 1111 to 1137. He was of the family of the Counts ... |
Adalbert, SaintSt. AdalbertApostle of the Slavs, probably a native of Lorraine, d. 981. He was a German monk who was ... |
Adalbert, SaintSt. AdalbertBorn 939 of a noble Bohemian family ; died 997. He assumed the name of the Archbishop Adalbert ... |
AdamAdamThe first man and the father of the human race. ETYMOLOGY AND USE OF WORD There is not a ... |
Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and LiteratureAdam in Early Christian Liturgy and LiteratureAdam's importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the ... |
Adam of BremenAdam of BremenA German historian and geographer of the eleventh century. The dates of his birth and death are ... |
Adam of FuldaAdam of FuldaBorn about 1450, died after 1537, one of the most learned musicians of his age. He was a monk of ... |
Adam of MurimuthAdam of MurimuthAn English chronicler of about the middle of the fourteenth century. He was a canon of St. ... |
Adam of PerseigneAdam of PerseigneA French Cistercian, Abbot of the monastery of Perseigne in the Diocese of Mans, b. about the ... |
Adam of St. VictorAdam of St. VictorA prominent and prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century, ... |
Adam of UskAdam of UskAn English priest, canonist, and chronicler, born at Usk, in Monmouthshire, between 1360 and ... |
Adam ScotusAdam Scotus(Or THE PREMONSTRATENSIAN). A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the ... |
Adam, JohnJohn AdamA distinguished preacher and a strenuous opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists, born at Limoges ... |
Adam, NicholasNicholas AdamLinguist and writer, b. in Paris, 1716; d. 1792. He achieved distinction by a peculiar grammar of ... |
Adam, The Books ofThe Books of AdamThe Book of Adam, or "Contradiction of Adam and Eve", is a romance made up of Oriental fables. It ... |
Adami da Bolsena, AndreaAndrea Adami Da BolsenaAn Italian musician b. at Bolsena, 1663; d. in Rome, 1742. Through the influence of Cardinal ... |
AdamitesAdamitesAn obscure sect, dating perhaps from the second century, which professed to have regained Adam's ... |
Adamnan, SaintSt. Adamnan (Eunan)(Or Eunan). Abbot of Iona, born at Drumhome, County Donegal, Ireland, c. 624; died at the ... |
Adams, JamesJames AdamsProfessor of humanities at St. Omers , born in England in 1737; died at Dublin, 6 December, ... |
Adams, Ven. JohnVen. John AdamsPriest, martyred at Tyburn, 8 October, 1586. He had been a Protestant minister, but being ... |
AdanaAdanaA diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor (Asiatic Turkey). This ancient Phoenician colony ... |
AdarAdar(1) A frontier town in the South of Chanaan ( Numbers 34:4 ; Joshua 15:3 ). It has not been ... |
Adauctus and Felix, SaintsSts. Felix and AdauctusMartyrs at Rome, 303, under Diocletian and Maximian. The Acts, first published in Ado's ... |
Adda, Ferdinando d'Ferdinando d'AddaCardinal and Papal Legate, b. at Milan, 1649; d. at Rome, 1719. He was made Cardinal-Priest ... |
Addai, Doctrine ofDoctrine of Addai( Latin Doctrina Addoei ). A Syriac document which relates the legend of the conversion ... |
AddasAddasOne of the three original disciples of Manes, who according to the Acts of Archelaus introduced ... |
Addeus and Maris, Liturgy ofLiturgy of Addeus and MarisThis is an Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group because it is written in the ... |
Addresses, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical AddressesIt is from Italy that we derive rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ... |
Adelaide, Archdiocese ofAdelaideCentred in Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It comprises all the territory of South ... |
Adelaide, SaintSt. AdelaideAbbess, born in the tenth century; died at Cologne, 5 February, 1015. She was daughter of ... |
Adelaide, SaintSt. Adelaide(ADELHEID). Born 931; died 16 December, 999, one of the conspicuous characters in the struggle ... |
Adelard of BathAdelard of BathA twelfth-century Scholastic philosopher, b. about 1100. Adelard was probably an Englishman by ... |
Adelham, John PlacidJohn Placid Adelham(Or ADLAND). A Protestant minister, born in Wiltshire, who became a Catholic and joined ... |
AdelmannAdelmannBishop of Brescia in the eleventh century. Of unknown parentage and nationality, he was ... |
AdelophagiAdelophagi( Adelos = secretly, and phalo = I eat). A sect mentioned by the anonymous author known ... |
AdenVicariate Apostolic of Aden(ADANE). It comprises all Arabia, and is properly known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia ... |
AdeodatusAdeodatusSon of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo , b. 372; d. 388. St. Augustine was not converted to ... |
Adeodatus (II), Pope SaintPope St. Adeodatus(Reigned 672-676). A monk of the Roman cloister of St. Erasmus on the Coelian Hill. He was ... |
Adeodatus I, Pope SaintPope St. Deusdedit(Adeodatus I). Date of birth unknown; consecrated pope, 19 October (13 November), 615; d. 8 ... |
Adeste FidelisAdeste FidelisA hymn used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the ... |
AdjurationAdjuration(Latin adjurare , to swear; to affirm by oath ). An urgent demand made upon another to do ... |
AdministratorAdministratorThe term Administrator in its general sense signifies a person who administers some common ... |
Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)Administrator (Of Church Property)One charged with the care of church property . Supreme administrative authority in regard to all ... |
Admonitions, CanonicalCanonical AdmonitionsA preliminary means used by the Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a ... |
AdmontAdmontA Benedictine abbey in Styria, Austro-Hungary, on the river Enns, about fifty miles south of ... |
Ado of Vienne, SaintSt. Ado of VienneBorn about 800, in the diocese of Sens ; d. 16 December, 875. He was brought up at the ... |
AdonaiAdonaiAdonai (Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler") is a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament. It is ... |
AdoniasAdonias(Hebrew: Adoniyah, Adoniyahuh , Yahweh is Lord; Septuagint : Adonias .) Fourth son of ... |
AdoptionAdoptionIN THE OLD TESTAMENT Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible . The incidents ... |
Adoption, CanonicalCanonical AdoptionIn a legal sense, adoption is an act by which a person, with the cooperation of the public ... |
Adoption, SupernaturalSupernatural Adoption( Latin adoptare , to choose.) Adoption is the gratuitous taking of a stranger as one's own ... |
AdoptionismAdoptionismAdoptionism, in a broad sense, a christological theory according to which Christ, as man, is the ... |
AdorationAdorationIn the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme ... |
Adoration, PerpetualPerpetual AdorationA term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed ... |
Adorno, FrancisFrancis AdornoA celebrated Italian preacher, b. 1531; d. at Genoa, 13 January, 1586. He was a member of the ... |
Adoro Te DevoteAdoro Te Devote("I adore Thee devoutly"). A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus , or Oratio, S. Thomæ ... |
AdriaAdriaAn Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice, which comprises 55 towns in the Province of Rovigo, ... |
Adrian I, PopePope Adrian IFrom about 1 February, 772, till 25 December, 795; date of birth uncertain; d. 25 December, 795. ... |
Adrian II, PopePope Adrian II(Reigned 867-872.) After the death of St. Nicholas I , the Roman clergy and people ... |
Adrian III, Pope SaintPope St. Adrian IIIPope St. Adrian III, of Roman extraction, was elected in the beginning of the year 884, and ... |
Adrian IV, PopePope Adrian IVBorn 1100 (?); died 1 September, 1159. Very little is known about the birthplace, parentage, or ... |
Adrian of Canterbury, SaintSt. Adrian of CanterburyAn African by birth, died 710. He became Abbot of Nerida, a Benedictine monastery near ... |
Adrian of CastelloAdrian of CastelloAlso called D E C ORNETO from his birthplace in Tuscany ; an Italian prelate distinguished ... |
Adrian V, PopePope Adrian V(OTTOBUONO FIESCHI). A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He was elected at Viterbo 12 July ... |
Adrian VI, PopePope Adrian VIThe last pontefice barbaro ( Guicciardini, XIV, v), and the only pope of modern times, except ... |
AdrianopleAdrianopleA city of Turkey in Europe. According to legend, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, built this city at ... |
Adrichem, Christian Kruik vanChristian Kruik van Adrichem(Christianus Crucius Adrichomius). Catholic priest and theological writer, b. at Delft, 13 ... |
AdsoAdsoAbbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; one of ... |
Aduarte, Diego FranciscoDiego Francisco AduarteMissionary and historian, b. 1566, at Saragossa, in Spain ; d. at Nueva Segovia, in the ... |
AdullamAdullam(Hebrew Adhullam , Vulgate Odollam , but Adullam in Joshua 15:35 .) (1) A Chanaanite ... |
Adulteration of FoodAdulteration of Food( Latin adulterare , to pollute, to adulterate). This act is defined as the addition of any ... |
AdulteryAdulteryIt is the purpose of this article to consider adultery with reference only to morality. The study ... |
AdventAdvent(Latin ad-venio , to come to). According to present [1907] usage, Advent is a period ... |
AdventistsAdventistsA group of six American Protestant sects which hold in common a belief in the near return of ... |
Advertisements, Book ofBook of AdvertisementsA series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, ... |
Advocates of Roman CongregationsAdvocates of Roman CongregationsAdvocates of Roman Congregations are persons, ecclesiastical or lay, versed in canon and civil ... |
Advocates of St. PeterAdvocates of St. PeterA body of jurists constituting a society whose statutes were confirmed by a brief of Leo ... |
Advocatus DiaboliAdvocatus Diaboli("Advocate of the Devil" or "Devil's Advocate"). A popular title given to one of the most ... |
Advocatus EcclesiæAdvocatus EcclesiaeA name applied, in the Middle Ages , to certain lay persons , generally of noble birth, whose ... |
AdvowsonAdvowson( Latin, advocatio ; Old French, avoëson ). In English law the right of patronage ... |
AdytumAdytum(From adyton ; sc. a privative + dyo =enter). A secret chamber or place of retirement in ... |
Aedan of Ferns, SaintSt. Aedan of Ferns( 'Aedh-og or Mo-Aedh-og ). Bishop and patron of Ferns, in Ireland, b. at Inisbrefny, near ... |
Aedh of KildareAedh of KildareKing of Leinster, and an Irish saint, commemorated by Colgan under date of 4 January; but ... |
Aegidius of Assisi, BlessedBl. Aegidius of AssisiOne of the original companions of St. Francis. He is also known as Blessed Giles, and holds the ... |
Aegidius of ViterboAegidius of ViterboCardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy ; died at Rome, 12 ... |
Aelfred the GreatAlfred the Great( Also Ælfred). King of the West-Saxons, born Wantage, Berkshire, England 849; died ... |
Aelfric, Abbot of EynshamAelfric, Abbot of EynshamAlso known as "the Grammarian", the author of the homilies in Anglo-Saxon, a translator of Holy ... |
AelnothAelnothMonk and biographer, of whom nothing is known except his Life of St. Canute the Martyr, written in ... |
Aelred, SaintSt. AelredAbbot of Rievaulx, homilist and historian (1109-66). St. Ælred, whose name is also written ... |
Aeneas of GazaAenas of GazaA Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the ... |
Aengus, Saint (the Culdee)St. Aengus (The Culdee)An Irish saint who flourished in the last quarter of the eighth century, and is held in ... |
AenonAenon(Greek Ainon ; Vulgate, Ænnon ; Douay, Ennon ). Mentioned in John 3:23 , as the ... |
AeonsAeonsThe term appropriated by Gnostic heresiarchs to designate the series of spiritual powers evolved ... |
AestheticsAestheticsÆsthetics may be defined as a systematic training to right thinking and right feeling in ... |
Aeterni PatrisAeterni PatrisThe Apostolic Letter of Pius IX, by which he summoned the Vatican Council. It is dated Rome, ... |
Aeterni Patris (2nd)Aeterni PatrisAn encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII (issued 4 August, 1879); not to be confused with the ... |
Affinity (in Canon Law)Affinity (In Canon Law)A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the ... |
Affinity (in the Bible)Affinity (In the Bible)Scripture recognizes affinity as an impediment to wedlock. This is evident from the ... |
AffirmationAffirmationA solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath. In England, ... |
AfflighemAfflighemA Benedictine abbey near Alost in Brabant, Belgium. It was founded by a party of six knights ... |
Affre, Denis AugusteDenis Auguste AffreArchbishop of Paris, b. at St. Rome-de-Tam, in the Department of Tam, 27 September, 1793; d. in ... |
Afonzo de AlbuquerqueAfonzo de Albuquerque(Also D ALBOQUERQUE ; surnamed "T HE G REAT "). Died at Goa 16 December, 1515. He was ... |
Afra, SaintSt. AfraMARTYR. The city of Augusta Vindelicorum (the present Augsburg ) was situated in the northern ... |
AfricaAfricaThis name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory ... |
African Church, EarlyEarly African ChurchThe name, Early African Church, is given to the Christian communities inhabiting the region ... |
African LiturgyAfrican LiturgyThis liturgy was in use not only in the old Roman province of Africa of which Carthage was the ... |
African SynodsAfrican SynodsThere was no general council of the entire Church held at any time in North Africa. There ... |
AgabusAgabusMentioned in Acts 11:28 , and 21:10 , as a prophet of the New Testament. Most probably both ... |
AgapeAgapeThe celebration of funeral feasts in honour of the dead dates back almost to the beginnings ... |
AgapetæAgapetae( agapetai , beloved). In the first century of the Christian era, the Agapetae were virgins ... |
AgapetusAgapetusA deacon of the church of Sancta Sophia at Constantinople (about 500), reputed tutor of ... |
Agapetus I, Pope SaintPope St. Agapetus I(Also AGAPITUS.) Reigned 535-536. Date of birth uncertain; died 22 April, 536. He was the son ... |
Agapetus II, PopePope Agapetus IIA Roman by birth, elected to the papacy 10 May, 946; he reigned, not ingloriously, for ten ... |
Agar, William SethWilliam Seth AgarAn English Canon, born at York, 25 December, 1815; died 23 August, 1872. He was educated at ... |
Agatha, SaintSt. AgathaOne of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of Christian antiquity, put to death for her ... |
AgathangelusAgathangelusA supposed secretary of Tiridates II, King of Armenia, under whose name there has come down a ... |
AgathiasAgathiasA Byzantine historian and man of letters, born at Myrina in Asia Minor about 536; died at ... |
Agatho, Pope SaintPope St. AgathoBorn towards the end of the sixth century in Sicily ; died in Rome, 681. It is generally ... |
AgaunumAgaunum(Today ST. MAURICEEN-VALAIS). Agaunum, in the diocese of Sion, Switzerland, owes its fame to ... |
Agazzari, AgostiniAgostini AgazzariA musical composer, born 2 December 1578, of a noble family of Sienna; died probably 10 April, ... |
Agde, Council ofCouncil of AgdeHeld in 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles . ... |
Age of ReasonAge of ReasonThe name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally ... |
Age, CanonicalCanonical AgeThe word age , taken in its widest meaning, may be described as "a period of time ". The ... |
Agen, Diocese ofAgen(AGINNUM.) Comprises the Department of Lot and Garonne. It has been successively suffragan to ... |
Agents of Roman CongregationsAgents of Roman CongregationsPersons whose business it is to look after the affairs of their patrons at the Roman Curia. The ... |
AggeusAggeus (Haggai)Name and personal life Aggeus, the tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament, is ... |
Aggressor, UnjustUnjust AggressorAccording to the accepted teaching of theologians, it is lawful, in the defense of life or limb, ... |
Agiles, Raymond d'Raymond d'Agiles( Or AGUILERS.) A chronicler and canon of Puy-en-Velay, France, toward the close of the ... |
Agilulfus, SaintSt. AgilulfusAbbot of Stavelot, Bishop of Cologne and Martyr, 750. We know but little of this Saint. The ... |
Agios O TheosAgios O Theos(O Holy God). The opening words in Greek of an invocation, or doxology, or hymn –for ... |
Agnelli, Fra. GuglielmoFra. Guglielmo AgnelliSculptor and architect, b. at Pisa, probably in 1238; d. probably in 1313. He was a pupil of ... |
Agnelli, GiuseppeGiuseppe AgnelliChiefly known for his catechetical and devotional works, b. at Naples, 1621; d. in Rome, 17 ... |
Agnellus of Pisa, BlessedBl. Agnellus of PisaFriar Minor and founder of the English Franciscan Province, born at Pisa c. 1195, of the noble ... |
Agnellus, Andreas, of RavennaAndreas Agnellus of RavennaHistorian of that church, b. 805; the date of his death is unknown, but was probably about 846. ... |
Agnes of Assisi, SaintSt. Agnes of AssisiYounger sister of St. Clare and Abbess of the Poor Ladies, born at Assisi, 1197, or 1198; died ... |
Agnes of Bohemia, BlessedSt. Agnes of Bohemia(Also called Agnes of Prague). Born at Prague in the year 1200; died probably in 1281. She was the ... |
Agnes of Montepulciano, SaintSt. Agnes of MontepulcianoBorn in the neighbourhood of Montepulciano in Tuscany about 1268; died there 1317. At the age ... |
Agnes of Prague, BlessedSt. Agnes of Bohemia(Also called Agnes of Prague). Born at Prague in the year 1200; died probably in 1281. She was the ... |
Agnes of Rome, Saint and MartyrSt. Agnes of RomeOf all the virgin martyrs of Rome none was held in such high honour by the primitive church, ... |
Agnesi, Maria GaetanaMaria Gaetana AgnesiBorn at Milan, 16 May, 1718; died at Milan, 9 January, 1799, an Italian woman of remarkable ... |
AgnetzAgnetz(Latin, agnus , lamb), the Slavonic word for the square portion of bread cut from the first ... |
AgnoetaeAgnoetae( agnoetai ) from agnoeo , to be ignorant of) The name given to those who denied the ... |
AgnosticismAgnosticismA philosophical theory of the limitations of knowledge, professing doubt of or disbelief in some ... |
Agnus DeiAgnus DeiThe name Agnus Dei has been given to certain discs of wax impressed with the figure of a lamb ... |
Agnus Dei (in Liturgy)Agnus Dei (In Liturgy)A name given to the formula recited thrice by the priest at Mass (except on Good Friday and ... |
AgonisticiAgonistici( Agon ="struggle"). One of the names given by the Donatists to those of their followers who ... |
Agony of ChristAgony of Christ(From agonia , a struggle; particularly, in profane literature, the physical struggle of ... |
Agony, Archconfraternity of HolyArchconfraternity of Holy AgonyAn association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony ... |
Agostini, PaoloPaolo AgostiniBorn at Vallerano in 1593; died 1629, famous composer and pupil of the celebrated Nanini, whose ... |
Agostino Novello, BlessedBl. Agostino Novello(Matteo Di Termini), born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village of ... |
Agoult, Charles Consstance César Joseph Matthieu d'Charles Constance Cesar Joseph Mattheu d'AgoultA French prelate, born at Grenoble, 1747; died at Paris, 1824. He studied at the Seminary of ... |
AgraAgraArchdiocese ; it is situated in British India, and lies between 25°30' and 32' N. lat., and ... |
AgramAgram (Zagreb)(Also ZAGRAB; Latin Zagrabia ). Archiepiscopal see of the ancient kingdom of Croatia, in ... |
AgraphaAgraphaA name first used, in 1776, by J.G. Körner, for the Sayings of Jesus that have come down to ... |
AgrarianismAgrarianismThe Latin word agrarius was applied historically to laws or their partisans, favoring the ... |
Agreda, Maria deMarie de Agreda(Or, according to her conventual title, Maria of Jesus) A discalced Franciscan nun ; born ... |
AgriaAgria(ERLAU, EGER, JAGER). An archiepiscopal see of Hungary, founded in 1009, and made an ... |
Agricius, SaintSt. AgriciusBishop of Trier (Trèves), in the fourth century (332 or 335). A local ninth-century ... |
Agricola, AlexanderAlexander AgricolaA celebrated composer of the fifteenth century, and pupil of Okeghem, was, according to some, of ... |
Agricola, GeorgeGeorge Agricola(BAUER, latinized into AGRICOLA). Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist, b. ... |
Agricola, RudolphRudolph AgricolaA distinguished humanist of the earlier period, and a zealous promoter of the study of the ... |
Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa of NettesheimBorn 14 September, 1486, at Cologne ; died at Grenoble or Lyons in 1534 or 1535. One of the ... |
AgrippinusAgrippinusBishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century. During his ... |
Aguas CalientesAguas Calientes(Lat. AQUAE CALIDAE). A Mexican see dependent on Guadalajara; erected by Leo XIII, Decree ... |
Aguirre, Joseph Saenz deJoseph Saenz de AguirreCardinal, and learned Spanish Benedictine ; born at Logro o, in Old Castile, 24 March, 1630; ... |
AhicamAhicam("My brother has risen"). A high court official under Josias and his two sons, who protected ... |
Ahriman and OrmuzdAhriman and Ormuzd(More correctly ORMUZD AND AHRIMAN.) The modern Persian forms of Anro-Mainyus and Ahura ... |
Aiblinger, Johann CasparJohann Caspar AiblingerComposer, born 23 February, 1779, at Wasserburg, Bavaria ; died at Munich, 6 May 1867. In his ... |
Aichinger, GregorGregor AichingerOrganist and composer of sacred music , born probably at Ratisbon in 1565; died at Augsburg, ... |
Aidan of Lindisfarne, SaintSt. Aidan of LindisfarneAn Irish monk who had studied under St. Senan, at Iniscathay (Scattery Island). He is placed as ... |
Aiguillon, Duchess ofDuchess of AiguillonMarie de Vignerot de Pontcourlay, Marquise of Combalet and Duchesse d'Aiguillon; niece of ... |
Aikenhead, MaryMary AikenheadFoundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity, born in Cork, 19 January, 1787; died in Dublin, 22 ... |
Ailbe, SaintSt. AilbeBishop of Emly in Munster ( Ireland ); d. about 527, or 541. It is very difficult to sift out ... |
Aileran, SaintSt. AileranAn Irish saint, generally known as "Sapiens" (the Wise), one of the most distinguished professors ... |
Ailleboust, Family of d'Family of d'Ailleboust(1) Louis d'Ailleboust Sieur de Coulanges, third Governor of Canada, date of birth unknown; ... |
Ailly, Pierre d'Pierre d'Ailly(PETRUS DE ALLACO). French theologian and philosopher, bishop and cardinal, born 1350 at ... |
Aimerich, MateoMateo AimerichA learned philologist, born at Bordil, in Spain, 1715; died at Ferrara, 1799. He entered the ... |
AireAire(Abram). Comprises the territory of the Department of Landes. It was a suffragan of Auch ... |
Airoli, Giacomo MariaGiacomo Maria Airoli( Also Ayroli). A Jesuit Orientalist and Scriptural commentator; born at Genoa, 1660; ... |
AisleAisle( Latin ala ; Old Fr. aile ), sometimes written Isle, Yle, and Alley; in architecture one of ... |
AistulphAistulph(Also Aistulf, Astulph, Astulf, and Astolph). King of the Lombards; died 756. He succeeded his ... |
Aix, Archdiocese ofAix( Aquae Sextiae ). Full title, the Archdiocese of Aix, Arles, and Embrun. Includes the ... |
Aix-en-Provence, Councils ofCouncils of Aix-En-ProvenceCouncils were held at Aix in 1112, 1374, 1409, 1585, 1612, 1838, and 1850. In that of 1612 the ... |
Ajaccio, Diocese ofAjaccio(ADJACENSIS). Comprises the island of Corsica. It was formerly a suffragan of the ... |
AkathistosAcathistus (Akathistos)(Greek akathistos ; a privative, kathizo "sit"; i.e. not sitting; standing). The title ... |
AkhminAkhminA city of Upper Egypt, situated on the banks of the Nile. Of late years it has attained great ... |
Akominatos, Michael & NicetasMichael and Nicetas AkominatosMichael (d. 1215) and Nicetas (d. 1206); also known as Choniates, from their native city, Chonia ... |
AlabamaAlabamaThe twenty-second State admitted into the Federal Union of America. It lies north of the Gulf of ... |
AlabandaAlabandaA titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the present Arab-Hissar. A list of its ... |
AlabasterAlabaster(Greek alabastros , -on ; Latin alabaster , -trum ; of uncertain origin). The ... |
AlagoasAlagoasA South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on Bahia. By a decree of Leo XIII , ... |
Alagona, PietroPietro AlagonaTheologian, born at Syracuse, 1549; died in Rome, 19 October, 1624. He entered the Society of ... |
Alain de l'IsleAlain de l'Isle(Also called ALAIN OF LILLE, ALANUS AB INSULIS, or DE INSULIS, ALAIN VON RYSSEL etc.). Monk, ... |
AlalisAlalis(ALALIUS). A titular see of Phoenicia ( Palmyra ), whose episcopal list is known from 325 ... |
Alaman, LucasLucas AlamanA Mexican statesman and historian of great merit, b. at Guanajuato in Mexico, of Spanish parents, ... |
Alamanni, NiccolòNiccolo AlamanniA Roman antiquary of Greek origin, b. at Ancona, 12 January, 1583; d. in Rome, 1626. He was ... |
Alan of TewkesburyAlan of TewkesburyA Benedictine abbot and writer, d. 1202. Alan is stated by Gervase of Canterbury, a ... |
Alan of WalsinghamAlan of WalsinghamDied c. 1364; a celebrated architect, first heard of in 1314 as a junior monk at Ely, ... |
Alanus de RupeAlanus de Rupe (Alanus de la Roche)( Sometimes DE LA ROCHE). Born about 1428; died at Zwolle in Holland, 8 September, 1475. ... |
Alarcón, Pedro Antonio dePedro Antonio de AlarconNovelist and poet, b. at Guadix, Spain, in 1833; d. at Valdemoro, near Madrid, in 1891. After ... |
AlaskaAlaskaI. HISTORY The first definite knowledge of Alaska was acquired in 1741 through the expedition ... |
AlatriAlatriAn Italian bishopric under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns ... |
AlbAlbA white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching nearly to the ground and secured ... |
Alba Pompeia, Diocese ofAlba PompeiaComprises eighty towns in the province of Cuneo and two in the province of Alexandria, in Italy. ... |
Alban, SaintSt. AlbanFirst martyr of Britain, suffered c. 304. The commonly received account of the martyrdom of ... |
AlbanensesAlbanensesManichæan heretics who lived in Albania, probably about the eighth century, but concerning ... |
AlbaniAlbaniA distinguished Italian family, said to be descended from Albanian refugees of the fifteenth ... |
AlbaniaAlbaniaThe ancient Epirus and Illyria, is the most western land occupied by the Turks in Europe. Its ... |
AlbanoAlbanoA suburban see, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano (derived from Alba Longa ... |
AlbanyAlbanyDiocese comprising the entire counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, ... |
AlbengaAlbengaDiocese comprising seventy-nine towns in the province of Port Maurice and forty-five in the ... |
Albergati, NiccoloNiccolo AlbergatiCardinal and Bishop of Bologna, b. at Bologna in 1357; d. at Sienna, 9 May, 1443. He entered ... |
Alberic of Monte CassinoAlberic of Monte CassinoDied 1088; cardinal since 1057. He was (perhaps) a native of Trier, and became a Benedictine. ... |
Alberic of OstiaAlberic of OstiaA Benedictine monk, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia from 1138-47. Born in 1080, at Beauvais in ... |
Albero de MontreuilAlbero de MontreuilArchbishop of Trier, b. near Toul, in Lorraine, about 1080; d. at Coblenz, 18 January, 1152. ... |
Alberoni, GiulioGiulio AlberoniCardinal and statesman; b. 30 May, 1664, at Firenzuola in the duchy of Parma ; d. 26 June, ... |
Albert Berdini of Sarteano, BlessedBl. Albert Berdini of SarteanoFranciscan Friar and missionary, born at Sarteano, in Tuscany, 1385; died at Milan, 15 August, ... |
Albert II, Archbishop of Magdeburg in SaxonyAlbert II(Albrecht II.) Eighteenth Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony, date of birth unknown; d. ... |
Albert of AachenAlbert of Aachen(ALBERTUS AQUENSIS). A chronicler of the First Crusade . His "Chronicon Hierosolymitanum de ... |
Albert of BrandenburgAlbert of BrandenburgCardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, born 28 June, 1490; died 24 September, 1545. As ... |
Albert of CastileAlbert of CastileHistorian, born about 1460; died 1522. He entered the Order of St. Dominic at an early age in ... |
Albert of SaxonyAlbert of Saxony(Albert of Helmstädt) Fourteenth-century philosopher ; nicknamed Albertus Parvus, ... |
Albert of StadeAlbert of StadeA chronicler of the thirteenth century. He was born before the close of the twelfth century. It is ... |
Albert, Bishop of RigaAlbert (Albrecht), Bishop of Riga(ALBRECHT.) Bishop of Riga, Apostle of Livonia, d. 17 January, 1229. After the inhabitants of ... |
Albert, Blessed (Patriarch of Jerusalem)Blessed AlbertPatriarch of Jerusalem, one of the conspicuous ecclesiastics in the troubles between the Holy ... |
Albert, SaintSt. AlbertCardinal, Bishop of Liège, d. 1192 or 1193. He was a son of Godfrey III, Count of ... |
Alberta and SaskatchewanSaskatchewan and AlbertaThe twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because they were formed on the same day (1 ... |
Alberti, LeandroLeandro AlbertiHistorian, born at Bologna in 1479; died same place, probably in 1552. In early youth he ... |
Alberti, Leone BattistaLeone Battista AlbertiBorn 18 February, 1404; died April, 1472, a Florentine ecclesiastic and artist of the fifteenth ... |
Albertini, NicolòNicolo Albertini(AUBERTINI) Medieval statesman, b. at Prato in Italy, c. ú d. at Avignon, 27 April, ... |
Albertrandi, John BaptistJohn Baptist Albertrandi(Also called Jan Chrzciciel, or Christian.) A Polish Jesuit, of Italian extraction, born at ... |
Albertus Magnus, SaintSt. Albertus MagnusKnown as Albert the Great; scientist, philosopher, and theologian, born c. 1206; died at ... |
Albi (Albia), Archdiocese ofAlbi (Albia)Comprises the Department of the Tarn. An archiepiscopal see from 1678 up to the time of the ... |
Albi, Council ofCouncil of AlbiThe Council of Albi was held in 1254 by St. Louis on his return from his unlucky Crusade, ... |
Albi, Juan deJuan de Albi(Also, Alba ). A Spanish Carthusian of the Convent Val-Christ, near Segovia, date of birth ... |
Albicus, SigismundSigismund AlbicusArchbishop of Prague, a Moravian, born at Mährisch-Neustadt in 1347; died in Hungary, ... |
AlbigensesAlbigenses(From Albi, Latin Albiga , the present capital of the Department of Tarn). A ... |
AlbinusAlbinusA scholarly English monk, pupil of Archbishop Theodore, and of Abbot Adrian of St. Peter's, ... |
Albrechtsberger, Johann G.Johann G. AlbrechtsbergerMaster of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven, b. at Klosterneuburg in Lower ... |
Albright Brethren, TheThe Albright Brethren(Known as the EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION). "A body of American Christians chiefly of German ... |
Alcántara, Military Order ofMilitary Order of AlcantaraAlcántara, a town on the Tagus (here crossed by a bridge-- cantara , whence the name), is ... |
Alcalá, University ofUniversity of AlcalaThis university may be said to have had its inception in the thirteenth century, when Sancho IV, ... |
Alcedo, Antonio deAntonio de AlcedoSoldier, born at Quito ( Ecuador ), 1755, where his father was President of the Royal Audiencia ... |
AlchemyAlchemy(From Arabic al , the, and Greek chemia or chemeia , which occurs first in an edict of ... |
Alciati, AndreaAndrea AlciatiAn Italian jurist, born at Alzano, near Milan, 8 May, 1492; died at Pavia, 12 June 1550. He ... |
AlcimusAlcimus( Alkimos , "brave," probably a Græcized form of the Hebrew Eliacim ). High-priest, ... |
Alcmund, SaintSt. AlcmundBishop of Hexham ; died 781. Though we know practically nothing of the life of St. Alcmund, ... |
Alcock, JohnJohn AlcockBishop of Rochester, Worcester, and Ely, b. at Beverley, 1430; d. at Wisbeach Castle, 1 ... |
AlcoholismAlcoholismThe term alcoholism is understood to include all the changes that may occur in the human ... |
AlcuinAlcuin( Alhwin, Alchoin ; Latin Albinus , also Flaccus ). An eminent educator, scholar, and ... |
Aldegundis, SaintSt. AldegundisVirgin and abbess (c. 639-684), variously written Adelgundis, Aldegonde, etc. She was nearly ... |
AldersbachAldersbachA former Cistercian Abbey in the valley of the Vils in Lower Bavaria. It was founded in 1127 ... |
AldfrithAldfrithA Northumbrian king, son of King Oswin; d. 14 December, 705. He succeeded his brother, Ecgfrith. ... |
Aldhelm, SaintSt. AldhelmAbbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet and ecclesiastical writer (c. ... |
Aldric, SaintSt. AldricBishop of Le Mans in the time of Louis le Debonnaire, born c. 800; died at Le Mans, 7 ... |
Aldrovandi, UlissiUlissi AldrovandiItalian naturalist, b. at Bologna, 11 Sept., 1522; d. there 10 Nov., 1607. He was educated in ... |
Alea, LeonardLeonard AleaA French polemical writer of the early years of the nineteenth century, b. in Paris, date ... |
Alegambe, PhilippePhillipe AlegambeA Jesuit historiographer, born in Brussels, 22 January, 1592; died in Rome, 6 September, ... |
Alegre, Francisco XavierFrancisco Xavier AlegreHistorian, born at Vera Cruz, in Mexico, or New Spain, 12 November, 1729; died at Bologna, 16 ... |
Alemany, Joseph SadocJoseph Sadoc AlemanyFirst Archbishop of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. b. at Vich in Spain, 3 July, 1814; ... |
Alenio, GuilioGiulio AlenioChinese missionary and scholar, born at Brescia, in Italy, in 1582; died at Fou-Tcheou, China, in ... |
AleppoAleppoArmenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria. The city of Aleppo is situated in the plain that stretches ... |
Ales and TerralbaAles and TerralbaDiocese made up of 42 communes in the province of Cagliari, Archbishopric of Oristano, Italy. ... |
Alessandria della PagliaAlessandria Della PagliaDiocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragan of Vercelli. It was made a see in 1175 by Alexander ... |
Alessi, GaleazzoGaleazzo AlessiA famous Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572. He showed an inclination for mathematics and ... |
AlessioAlessio( Lissus, Alexiensis ). Diocese in European Turkey, since 1886 suffragan of Scutari. It is ... |
Alexander (Name of Seven Men)Alexander (Name of Seven Men)(1) ALEXANDER THE GREAT King of Macedon, 336-323 B.C. He is mentioned in 1 Mach., i, 1-10; vi, 2. ... |
Alexander (Name of Several Early Bishops)Alexander (Early Bishops)ALEXANDER OF ANTIOCH Thirty-eighth bishop of that see (413-421), praised by Theodoret (Hist. ... |
Alexander Briant, BlessedBlessed Alexander BriantEnglish Jesuit and martyr, born in Somersetshire of a yeoman family about 1556; executed at ... |
Alexander I, Pope SaintPope St. Alexander ISt. Irenaeus of Lyons, writing in the latter quarter of the second century, reckons him as the ... |
Alexander II, PopePope Alexander IIReigned 1061-1073 As Anselm of Lucca, he had been recognized for a number of years as one of ... |
Alexander III, PopePope Alexander IIIPope from 1159-81 (Orlando Bandinelli), born of a distinguished Sienese family ; died 3 August, ... |
Alexander IV, PopePope Alexander IVPope from 1254-61 (Rinaldo Conti), of the house of Segni, which had already given two illustrious ... |
Alexander NatalisAlexander Natalis(Or NOEL ALEXANDRE). A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic, b. at ... |
Alexander of AbonoteichosAlexander of AbonoteichosThe most notorious imposter of the second century of the Christian era. His life is fully ... |
Alexander of HalesAlexander of HalesFranciscan, theologian, and philosopher, one of the greatest of the scholastics, born at Hales, ... |
Alexander of LycopolisAlexander of LycopolisThe writer of a short treatise, in twenty-six chapters, against the Manichæans (PG., ... |
Alexander Sauli, BlessedBl. Alexander SauliApostle of Corsica, b. at Milan, 1533, of an illustrious Lombard family ; d. at Pavia, 11 ... |
Alexander VAlexander VPietro Philarghi, born c. 1339, on the island of Crete (Candia), whence his appellation, Peter of ... |
Alexander VI, PopePope Alexander VIRodrigo Borgia, born at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, 1 January, 1431; died in Rome, 18 ... |
Alexander VII, PopePope Alexander VIIFabio Chigi, born at Sienna, 13 February, 1599; elected 7 April, 1655; died at Rome, 22 May, ... |
Alexander VIII, PopePope Alexander VIIIPietro Ottoboni, born at Venice, April, 1610; elected 5 October, 1689; died at Rome, 1 February, ... |
Alexander, Saint (Bishop of Comana)St. Alexander (Of Comana)St. Alexander, known as "The charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana, in Pontus. Whether he was ... |
Alexander, Saint (Of Cappadocia and Jerusalem)St. Alexander (Of Cappadocia and Jerusalem)St. Alexander, who died in chains after cruel torments in the persecution of Decius, was first ... |
Alexander, Saint (Patriarch of Alexandria)St. Alexander (of Alexandria)Patriarch of Alexandria, date of birth uncertain; died 17 April, 326. He is, apart from his ... |
Alexandre, Dom JacquesDom Jacques AlexandreA learned Benedictine monk of the Congregation of St. Maur, b. at Orléans, France, 24 ... |
AlexandriaAlexandriaAn important seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile. It was founded by Alexander the ... |
Alexandria, Councils ofCouncils of AlexandriaIn 231 a council of bishops and priests met at Alexandria, called by Bishop Demetrius for the ... |
Alexandria, The Church ofThe Church of AlexandriaThe Church of Alexandria, founded according to the constant tradition of both East and West by ... |
Alexandria, The Diocese ofAlexandriaSuffragan of Kingston, Ontario. It comprises the counties of Glengarry and Stormont, and was ... |
Alexandrian Library, TheThe Alexandrian LibraryThe Great Library of Alexandria, so called to distinguish it from the smaller or "daughter" ... |
Alexandrine Liturgy, TheThe Alexandrine LiturgyThe tradition of the Church of Egypt traces its origin to the Evangelist St. Mark, the first ... |
Alexandrinus, CodexCodex AlexandrinusA most valuable Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, so named because it was ... |
Alexian NunsAlexian NunsEarly in the fifteenth century religious women began to be affiliated to the Alexian Brotherhood. ... |
AlexiansAlexiansOr CELLITES. A religious institute or congregation, which had its origin at Mechlin, in ... |
Alexis Falconieri, SaintSaint Alexis FalconieriBorn in Florence, 1200; died 17 February, 1310, at Mount Senario, near Florence. He was the son ... |
Alexius, SaintSt. AlexiusCONFESSOR. According to the most recent researches he was an Eastern saint whose veneration ... |
Alfield, Venerable ThomasVen. Thomas Alfield(AUFIELD, ALPHILDE, HAWFIELD, OFFELDUS; alias BADGER). Priest, born at Gloucestershire; ... |
Alfieri, Count VittorioCount Vittorio AlfieriThe greatest tragic poet of Italy ; b. at Asti (Piedmont), 17 January, 1749; d. at Florence, 8 ... |
Alfieri, PietroPietro AlfieriA priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk, b. at Rome, June, 1801; d. there 12 June, 1863. ... |
Alfonso de ZamoraAlfonso de ZamoraA converted Spanish Rabbi, baptized 1506; died 1531. He revised the Hebrew text for Ximenes's ... |
Alfonso of BurgosAlfonso of BurgosBorn of a noble family, in the city of that name ; died at Palencia, 8 December, 1489. He was ... |
Alford, MichaelMichael AlfordA Jesuit missionary in England during the persecution, b. in London 1587; d. at St. Omers, ... |
Alfred the GreatAlfred the Great( Also Ælfred). King of the West-Saxons, born Wantage, Berkshire, England 849; died ... |
Alfrida, SaintSt. AlfridaVirgin, and recluse, c. 795. This saint, whose name is variously written Elfthritha, ... |
Alfwold, SaintSt. AlfwoldBishop of Sherborne, in Dorsetshire; d. 1058. Alfwold, or Ælfwold, is a rather obscure ... |
Alger of LiégeAlger of LiegeA learned French priest, b. at Liège, about 1055; d. at Cluny, 1132. He studied at ... |
AlgheroAlgheroAn Italian diocese comprising twenty-two communes in the province of Sassari, and four in that ... |
AlgiersAlgiers(I COSIUM ) Archdiocese comprising the province of Algeria in French Africa. Its suffragans ... |
AlgonquinsAlgonquinsThe Indians known by this name were probably at one time the most numerous of all the North ... |
AlifeAlifeA diocese made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento, ... |
Alighieri, DanteDante AlighieriItalian poet, born at Florence, 1265; died at Ravenna, Italy, 14 September, 1321. His own ... |
AlimentationAlimentationSupport or maintenance. Aliment in a broad sense means whatever is necessary to sustain human ... |
AlimonyAlimony(Latin, alimonia , nutriment, from alere , to nourish) In the common legal sense of the ... |
Aliturgical DaysAliturgical DaysThis term, though not recognized by any English dictionary has lately come into use as a ... |
All Hallows CollegeAll Hallows CollegeAn institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the missions in English-speaking ... |
All Saints' DayAll Saints' Day[ The vigil of this feast is popularly called "Hallowe'en" or "Halloween".] Solemnity ... |
All Souls' DayAll Souls' DayThe commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on 2 November, or, if ... |
AllahAllahThe name of God in Arabic. It is a compound word from the article, 'al , and ilah , ... |
AllahabadAllahabadDiocese ; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India ; is included between 28° and 30° ... |
Allard, PaulPaul AllardArchaeologist and historian, b. at Rouen 15 September, 1841, admitted to the bar and practised ... |
Allatius, LeoLeo Allatius(Alacci). A learned Greek of the seventeenth century, b. on the island of Chios in 1586, and ... |
Allegranza, JosephJoseph AllegranzaA Milanese Dominican who won distinction as a historian, archaeologist, and antiquary, b. 16 ... |
Allegri, AntonioAntonio AllegriBorn in Correggio, a small Lombard town near Mantua, 1494; died 5 March, 1534. His name in ... |
Allegri, GregorioGregorio AllegriA member of the same family which produced the painter Correggio, born at Rome c. 1580; died ... |
AlleluiaAlleluiaThe liturgical mystic expression is found in the Book of Tobias, xiii, 22; then in the ... |
Allemand, JeanJean AllemandA French priest and Orientalist, born 19 November, 1799; died 9 August, 1833. After his ... |
Allen, Edward PatrickEdward Patrick AllenFifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S. ; born at Lowell, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1853. He made ... |
Allen, FrancesFrances AllenThe first woman of New England birth to become a nun, born 13 November, 1784, at Sunderland, ... |
Allen, GeorgeGeorge AllenEducator, born at Milton, Vermont, 17 December, 1808; died in Worcester, Massachusetts, 28 May, ... |
Allen, JohnJohn Allen(1476-1534) Archbishop of Dublin, canonist, and Chancellor of Ireland. He was educated at ... |
Allen, JohnJohn AllenPriest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538, because he ... |
Allen, WilliamWilliam AllenCardinal ; b. England, 1522; d. Rome, 16 Oct., 1594. He was the third son of John Allen of ... |
Allerstein, AugustAugust Allerstein(Or Hallerstein). Jesuit missionary in China, born in Germany, died in China, probably about ... |
Alliance, HolyHoly AllianceThe Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and the Tsar Alexander I ... |
Allies, Thomas WilliamThomas William AlliesAn English writer b. 12 February, 1813; d. 17 June, 1903. He was one in whom the poetical vein ... |
Allioli, Joseph FranzJoseph Franz AllioliBorn at Sulzbach, 10 August, 1793; died at Augsburg, 22 May, 1873. He studied theology at ... |
Allison, WilliamWilliam AllisonOne of the English priests who were victims of the plots of 1679-80, and died a prisoner in ... |
AllocutionAllocutionAllocution is a solemn form of address or speech from the throne employed by the Pope on ... |
AlloriAllori(1) Angiolo di Cosimo Called I L B RONZINO , an exceptionally able painter and poet, b. at ... |
Allot, WilliamWilliam AllotA student of the University of Cambridge ; retired to Louvain on the accession of Elizabeth ... |
Allouez, ClaudeClaude AllouezOne of the most famous of the early Jesuit missionaries and explorers of what is now the western ... |
AlmaAlmaA Hebrew signifying a "young woman ", unmarried as well as married, and thus distinct from ... |
Alma Redemptoris MaterAlma Redemptoris Mater(Kindly Mother of the Redeemer). The opening words of one of the four Antiphons sung at ... |
Almagro, Diego deDiego de AlmagroD IEGO, THE E LDER Date and place of birth not satisfactorily established as yet, generally ... |
Almedha, SaintSt. ElinedVirgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. According to Bishop Challoner (Britannia Saneta, London, ... |
Almeida, JohnJohn AlmeidaA Jesuit missionary, born in London, of Catholic parents, 1571; died at Rio de Janeiro, 24 ... |
AlmeriaAlmeriaA suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Granada in Spain. It is said to have been founded by ... |
Almici, CamilloCamillo AlmiciA priest of the Congregation of the Oratory, born 2 November, 1714; died 30 December, 1779. He ... |
Almond, JohnJohn AlmondCistercian, Confessor of the Faith; died in Hull Castle, 18 April, 1585. His name has been ... |
Almond, John, VenerableVen. John AlmondEnglish priest and martyr, born about 1577; died at Tyburn, 5 December, 1612. He passed his ... |
Almond, OliverOliver AlmondPriest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is believed by Foley to have been the ... |
Alms and AlmsgivingAlms and Almsgiving(Greek eleemosyne , "pity," "mercy"). Any material favour done to assist the needy, and ... |
Alnoth, SaintSt. AlnothHermit and martyr ; died c. 700. We know very little of St. Alnoth. Neither does he appear to ... |
AlogiAlogi( a privative and logos , "word"; sc. "Deniers of the Word"). St. Irenæus (Adv. ... |
Aloysius Gonzaga, SaintSt. Aloysius GonzagaBorn in the castle of Castiglione, 9 March, 1568; died 21 June, 1591. At eight he was placed in ... |
Alpha and OmegaAlpha and OmegaIn Jewish Theology When God passed before the face of Moses on Sinai the great Law-giver of ... |
Alpha and Omega (in Scripture)Alpha and Omega (In Scripture)Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters, respectively, of the Greek alphabet. They ... |
Alphabet, Christian Use of theChristian Use of the AlphabetThe Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made use of in Christian liturgy. ... |
Alphege, SaintSt. Elphege(Or ALPHEGE). Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, ... |
Alphonsus Liguori, SaintSt. Alphonsus LiguoriBorn at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. ... |
Alphonsus Rodriguez, SaintSt. Alphonsus Rodriguez(Also Alonso). Born at Segovia in Spain, 25 July, 1532; died at Majorca, 31 October, 1617. ... |
Alpini, ProsperoProspero AlpiniPhysician and botanist, born at Marostica, in the Republic of Venice, 23 November, 1553; died at ... |
Alsace-LorraineAlsace-LorraineThe German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State purposes into three civil districts. ... |
Altamirano, Diego FranciscoDiego Francisco AltamiranoJesuit, b. at Madrid, 26 October, 1625; d. Lima, 22 December, 1715. He wrote "Historia de la ... |
Altamura and AcquavivaAltamura and AcquavivaAn exempt archipresbyterate in the province of Bari, in southern Italy. Altamura was ... |
Altar (in Liturgy)Altar (In Liturgy)In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered. Mass may ... |
Altar BellAltar BellA small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient place on the epistle side ... |
Altar BreadboxesAltar BreadboxesThese are made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. In order that the breads may not ... |
Altar BreadsAltar BreadsBread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. It ... |
Altar CandlesAltar CandlesFor mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other ... |
Altar CandlesticksAltar CandlesticksAn altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the ... |
Altar CanopyAltar CanopyThe "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the altar, says that ... |
Altar CardsAltar CardsTo assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, ... |
Altar CarpetsAltar CarpetsThe sanctuary and altar-steps of the high altar are ordinarily to be covered with carpets. If ... |
Altar CavityAltar CavityThis is a small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are placed, according ... |
Altar ClothsAltar ClothsThe use of altar-cloths goes back to the early centuries of the Church. St. Optatus of Mileve ... |
Altar CrucifixAltar CrucifixThe crucifix is the principal ornament of the altar. It is placed on the altar to recall to the ... |
Altar CurtainAltar CurtainFormerly, in most basilicas, cathedrals, and large churches a large structure in the form of a ... |
Altar FrontalAltar FrontalThe frontal ( antipendium, pallium altaris ) is an appendage which covers the entire front of ... |
Altar HornsAltar HornsOn the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each corner, which were called the horns ... |
Altar LampAltar LampIn the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should ... |
Altar LanternsAltar LanternsLanterns are used in churches to protect the altar candles and lamp, if the latter for any ... |
Altar LedgeAltar LedgeOriginally the altar was made in the shape of an ordinary table, on which the crucifix and ... |
Altar LinensAltar LinensThe altar-linens are the corporal, pall, purificator, and finger- towels. The Blessed Sacrament ... |
Altar of Our LadyAltar of Our LadyFrom the beginning of Christianity special veneration was paid to the Mother of God, which in ... |
Altar of ReposeAltar of Repose(Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository). The altar ... |
Altar ProtectorAltar ProtectorA cover made of cloth, baize or velvet which is placed on the table of the altar, during the ... |
Altar RailAltar RailThe railing which guards the sanctuary and separates the latter from the body of the church. It ... |
Altar ScreenAltar ScreenThe Caerem. Episc (I, xii, n. 13) says that if the High Altar is attached to the wall (or is not ... |
Altar SideAltar SideThat part of the altar which faced the congregation, in contradistinction to the side at which ... |
Altar StepsAltar StepsIn the beginning altars were not erected on steps. Those in the catacombs were constructed on the ... |
Altar StoleAltar StoleAn ornament, having the shape of the ends of a stole, which in the Middle Ages was attached to ... |
Altar StoneAltar StoneA solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host ... |
Altar TombAltar TombA tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is covered with a slab or table, having ... |
Altar VaseAltar VaseVase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar. The Cæremoniale Episcoporum (I, xii, ... |
Altar VesselsAltar VesselsThe chalice is the cup in which the wine and water of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is contained. ... |
Altar WineAltar WineWine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid ... |
Altar, DoubleDouble AltarAn altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that Mass may be celebrated on ... |
Altar, HighHigh Altar(ALTARE SUMMUM or MAJUS.) The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar ... |
Altar, History of the ChristianHistory of the Christian AltarThe Christian altar consists of an elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the Sacrifice of ... |
Altar, PortablePortable AltarA portable altar consists of a solid piece of natural stone which must be sufficiently hard to ... |
Altar, PrivilegedPrivileged AltarAn altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ordinary fruits of the Eucharistic ... |
Altar, Stripping of anStripping of an AltarOn Holy Thursday the celebrant, having removed the ciborium from the high altar, goes to the ... |
AltarageAltarageFrom the low Latin altaragium , which signified the revenue reserved for the chaplain ... |
AltarpieceAltarpieceA picture of some sacred subject painted on the wall or suspended in a frame behind the altar, ... |
Altars (in Scripture)Altars (In Scripture)The English word altar , if the commonly accepted etymology be adopted -- alta ara -- does ... |
Altars (in the Greek Churches)Altars (In the Greek Churches)The word altar (sometimes spelled oltar ) is used in the Old Slavonic and Russian ... |
Altmann, BlessedBlessed AltmannThe friend of Gregory VII and Anselm, conspicuous in the contest of the Guelphs and ... |
Alto, SaintSt. AltoRecluse and missionary in Bavaria, c. 750. Alto has been variously described as an Anglo-Saxon ... |
AltonAlton (Illinois)The Diocese of Alton includes that part of Illinois lying south of the northern limits of the ... |
AltoonaAltoonaA suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia. The city of Altoona is situated on the eastern ... |
AltruismAltruismA term formed by Auguste Comte in 1851, on the Italian adjective altrui , and employed by him to ... |
AlumbradosIlluminati(Alumbrados.) The name assumed by some false mystics who appeared in Spain in the sixteenth ... |
AlumnusAlumnus(From Latin alo , "to nurse", or "feed"). Alumnus signifies in ecclesiastical usage, a ... |
Alunno, NiccolòNiccolo Alunno(Real name Niccolò di Liberatore) Notable Umbrian painter in distemper, born c. 1430, ... |
Alva y Astorga, Pedro d'Pedro d'Alva y AstorgaA Friar Minor of the Strict Observance, and a voluminous writer on theological subjects, ... |
Alva, The Duke ofThe Duke of Alva(FERNANDO ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO) Born 1508, of one of the most distinguished Castilian families, ... |
Alvarado, Alonzo deAlonzo de AlvaradoA Knight of Santiago, b. at Secadura de Trasmura, near Burgos, date unknown; d. 1559. He came to ... |
Alvarado, Fray Francisco deFray Francisco de AlvaradoA native of Mexico, where he entered the Dominican order 25 July, 1574. He was vicar of ... |
Alvarado, Pedro dePedro de AlvaradoOf the companions of Cortez, and among the superior officers of his army, Pedro de Alvarado ... |
Alvarez de PazAlvarez de PazA famous mystic of the Society of Jesus , born at Toledo in 1560; died at Potosi, 17 January, ... |
Alvarez, BalthazarBalthazar AlvarezA Spanish mystic, who was the spiritual director of St. Teresa, b. At Cervera, in Spain, in ... |
Alvarez, DiegoDiego AlvarezSpanish theologian, b. At Medina de Rio-Seco, Old Castile, about 1550; d. At Trani, Kingdom of ... |
Alvarez, ManoelManoel AlvarezEducator, b. on the island of Madeira, 1526; d. at Evora, 30 December 1582. In 1546 he entered ... |
Alvarus PelagiusAlvarus Pelagius(ALVARO PELAYO.) Celebrated writer, b. in Spain about 1280; d. at Seville, 25 Jan., 1352. ... |
Alypius, SaintSt. AlypiusThe bosom friend of St. Augustine, though younger than he, was, after studying under Augustine at ... |
Alzate, José AntonioJose Antonio AlzateBorn at Ozumba, Mexico, in 1738; died in 1799. Alzate, who was a priest, was one of the most ... |
Alzog, Johann BaptistJohann Baptist AlzogA Catholic church historian, born 29 June, 1808, at Ohlau in Silesia ; died 1 March, 1878, at ... |
AmaAma( Or Amma.) A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the Copts and the Greeks as a title of ... |
Amadeo, Giovanni AntonioGiovanni Antonio Amadeo( Also spelled Omodeo). An Italian architect and sculptor, born near Pavia in 1447; died ... |
Amadia and AkraAmadia and AkraThis double title designates two Catholic dioceses of the Chaldean Rite in Kurdistan, Turkey in ... |
Amalarius of MetzAmalarius of MetzA liturgical writer, b. at Metz, in the last quarter of the eighth century; d. about 850. He was ... |
Amalberga, SaintSt. AmalbergaSt. Amalberga, otherwise Amelia, was related in some way to Pepin of Landen. Whether she was ... |
Amalberga, SaintSt. AmalbergaA virgin, very much revered in Belgium, who is said to have been sought in marriage by Charles, ... |
AmalecAmalec (Amalek)(A MALECITES in Douay Version ; or A MALEK, A MALEKITES ). A people remembered chiefly ... |
AmalfiAmalfiThe Archdiocese of Amalfi, directly dependent on the Holy See, has its seat at Amalfi, not far ... |
AmalriciansAmalricians( Latin, Almarici, Amauriani ). An heretical sect founded towards the end of the twelfth ... |
Amalricus AugeriiAmalricus AugeriiA church-historian of the fourteenth century, and member of the Augustinian Order. He was a ... |
Amandus, SaintSaint AmandusOne of the great apostles of Flanders ; born near Nantes, in France, about the end of the ... |
AmasiaAmasia(AMASEA.) A titular see and metropolis of Pontus in Asia Minor on the river Iris, now ... |
AmastrisAmastris(Now AMASSERAH or SAMASTRO.) A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula ... |
Amat, ThaddeusThaddeus AmatSecond Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California, U.S., b. 31 December, 1810, at ... |
AmathusAmathusName of two titular sees, one in Syria, suffragan of Apameia, with an episcopal list known from ... |
Amazones, Diocese ofAmazones(Or MANÃOS.) A South American diocese, dependent on San Salvador of Bahia. Amazonas, the ... |
Ambarach, PeterPeter Ambarach(Also called BENEDICTUS and BENEDETTI, these names being the equivalents of the Arabic ambarak ... |
AmbitionAmbitionThe undue craving for honour. Anciently in Rome the candidates for office were accustomed to ... |
AmboAmbo(Pl. Ambos, or Ambones.) A word of Greek origin, supposed to signify a mountain or elevation; ... |
Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church)Ambo (In the Russian and Greek Church)Its use has now practically disappeared in the Roman Rite and the only reminder of it in modern ... |
Amboise, George d'George d'AmboiseFrench cardinal, archbishop, and statesman, b. at Chaumont-sur-Loire in 1460; d. at Lyons, 25 ... |
Ambronay, Our Lady ofOur Lady of AmbronayA sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ambronay, France, regarded as one of the two candles of ... |
Ambros, August WilhelmAugust Wilhelm AmbrosHistorian of music and art critic, one of the greatest in modern times, b. at Mauth, near Prague, ... |
Ambrose of Camaldoli, SaintSt. Ambrose of CamaldoliAn Italian theologian and writer, b. at Portico, near Florence, 16 September, 1386; d. 21 ... |
Ambrose of Sienna, BlessedBl. Ambrose of SiennaBorn at Sienna, 16 April, 1220, of the noble family of Sansedoni; d. at Sienna, in 1286. When ... |
Ambrose, SaintSt. AmbroseBishop of Milan from 374 to 397; born probably 340, at Trier, Arles, or Lyons ; died 4 ... |
Ambrosian BasilicaAmbrosian BasilicaThis basilica was erected at Milan by its great fourth-century bishop, St. Ambrose, and was ... |
Ambrosian ChantAmbrosian ChantThe question as to what constitutes Ambrosian chant in the sense of chant composed by St. ... |
Ambrosian HymnographyAmbrosian HymnographyThe names of St. Hilary of Poitiers (died 367), who is mentioned by St. Isidore of Seville as ... |
Ambrosian LibraryAmbrosian LibraryThe Ambrosian Library is one of the famous libraries of the world, founded between 1603 and 1609 ... |
Ambrosian Liturgy and RiteAmbrosian Liturgy and RiteThe liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its name from St. Ambrose, Bishop of ... |
AmbrosiansAmbrosiansSt. Ambrose cannot be counted among the founders of religious orders, although, like the great ... |
AmbrosiasterAmbrosiasterThe name given to the author of a commentary on all the Epistles of St. Paul , with the ... |
AmbulatoryAmbulatoryA cloister, gallery, or alley; a sheltered place, straight or circular, for exercise in walking; ... |
AmeliaAmeliaThe Diocese of Amelia comprises seven towns in the province of Perugia, Italy, and is under the ... |
Amelote, DenisDenis AmeloteBorn at Saintes, 1609; died in Paris, 7 October, 1678. He was ordained in 1631, was a Doctor of ... |
AmenAmenThe word Amen is one of a small number of Hebrew words which have been imported unchanged into ... |
Amende HonorableAmende HonorableAn obsolete form of honorary satisfaction, customary in the Church in France as late as the ... |
Amerbach, VeitVeit AmerbachBorn at Wembdinden in 1503; died at Ingolstadt, 13 Sept., 1557, humanist, convert from ... |
AmericaAmericaAmerica, also called the Western Continent or the New World, consists of three main divisions: ... |
America, Pre-Columbian Discovery ofPre-Columbian Discovery of AmericaOf all the alleged discoveries of America before the time of Columbus, only the bold voyages of ... |
American College at Louvain, TheThe American College at LouvainAn institution for the education of priests. Its official title is "The American College of the ... |
American College in Rome, TheThe American College at RomeThe American College in Rome, or to give the legal title, "The American College of the Roman ... |
American College in Rome, The SouthThe South American College in Rome(Legal title, COLLEGIO PIO-LATINO-AMERICANO PONTIFICIO). The Rev. Ignatius Victor Eyzaguirre, ... |
American Protective Association, TheThe American Protective AssociationUsually known as "the A.P.A.," a secret proscriptive society in the United States which became ... |
Amerigo VespucciAmerigo VespucciA famous Italian navigator, born at Florence, 9 March, 1451; died at Seville, 22 February, 1512. ... |
Amherst, Francis Kerril, D.D.Francis Kerril AmherstBishop of Northampton ; b. at London, 21 March, 1819; d. 21 August 1883. He was the eldest son ... |
Amias, Ven. JohnVen. John AmiasAn English Martyr ; b. at Wakefield; d. at York, 16 March, 1589. He exercised the trade of a ... |
Amiatinus, CodexCodex AmiatinusThe most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, remarkable as the best witness to ... |
AmiceAmiceA short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the other sacerdotal vestments, needing ... |
Amico, AntonioAntonio AmicoCanon of Palermo, and ecclesiastical historian of Syracuse and Messina, (d. 1641). He wrote ... |
Amico, FrancescoFrancesco AmicoOne of the greatest theologians of his time, b. at Cosenza, in Naples, 2 April, 1578. He entered ... |
AmidaAmida(DIARBEKIR.) An Armenian Rite diocese located in Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey.- The ... |
Amiens, Diocese ofAmiens(AMBIANUM). Comprises the department of Somme. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of ... |
Amiot, Joseph MariaJoseph Maria AmiotA missionary to China, born at Toulon, 8 February, 1718; died at Pekin, 8 or 9 October, 1793. He ... |
AmisusAmisusA titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor . It was a rich commercial centre under the kings of ... |
Ammen, DanielDaniel AmmenAmerican naval officer and author, b. in Brown County, Ohio, 15 May, 1820; d. in Washington, D.C., ... |
AmmonAmmon(Egyptian Amun or Amen , "the hidden one". Hebrew Amon , Greek Ammon ). The ... |
Ammon, SaintSt. AmmonSometimes called AMUN or AMUS, born about 350; an Egyptian who, forced into marriage when ... |
Ammonian SectionsAmmonian SectionsDivisions of the four Gospels indicated in the margin of nearly all Greek and Latin manuscripts ... |
AmmonitesAmmonitesORIGIN AND RACE The Ammonites were a race very closely allied to the Hebrews. One use of their ... |
AmorbachAmorbachFormer Benedictine abbey in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), about twenty-five miles south of ... |
AmoriosAmorios(Also A MORIUM ), a titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, now known as Hergen Kaleh. It was a ... |
AmorrhitesAmorrhitesA name of doubtful origin and meaning, used to designate an ancient people often mentioned in ... |
Amort, EusebiusEusebius AmortPhilosopher and theologian, b. at Bibermuehle in Bavaria, 15 November, 1692; d. at Polling, 5 ... |
AmosAmosI. NAME The third among the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament is called, in the Hebrew ... |
AmovibilityAmovibilityA term applied to the condition of certain ecclesiastics in regard to their benefices or ... |
AmoyAmoyLocated in China, created in 1883, and entrusted to the care of the Dominicans. It includes the ... |
Ampè, André-MarieAmperePhysicist and mathematician, b. 22 January, 1775, at Lyons, France ; d. at Marseilles, 10 ... |
Amphilochius of IconiumAmphilochius of IconiumA Christian bishop of the fourth century, son of a Cappadocian family of distinction, b. ... |
Amphilochius of SidaAmphilochius of Sida(Or Side , located in Pamphylia.) A bishop of the first half of the fifth century, member ... |
AmphoræAmphoraeVessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or handles. Amphoræ were used for ... |
Ampleforth, The Abbey ofThe Abbey of AmpleforthAmpleforth, located in the county of Yorkshire, England, belongs to the English Congregation of ... |
AmpullæAmpullaeAmong the smaller objects discovered in the catacombs are a number of fragments of vessels ... |
AmpuriasAmpurias(or CASTELSARDO and TEMPIO) An Italian diocese in Sardinia, suffragan of Sassari. The Right ... |
AmraAmraThe name of certain ancient Irish elegies or panegyrics on native saints. The most famous of ... |
AmrahAmrahCentral Syria has preserved for us an unequalled series of Christian monuments. From an early ... |
AmraphelAmraphelKing of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia, one of the four Mesopotamian kings—the other three ... |
AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam, the capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, lies, in ... |
AmuletAmuletSee also USE AND ABUSE OF AMULETS (Greek, phylakterion Latin, amuleta ). An object ... |
Amulets, Use and Abuse ofUse and Abuse of AmuletsThe origin of the word amulet does not seem to have been definitely established. ( See ... |
AmyclaeAmyclaeA titular see of Peloponnesus in Greece, in the ecclesiastical province of Hellas, a suffragan ... |
Amyot, JacquesJacques AmyotBishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France, and man of letters, b. 30 October, 1513; d. 6 ... |
AnæsthesiaAnaesthesia(From Greek a , privative, and aisthesis , feeling). A term in medicine, and the allied ... |
AnabaptistsAnabaptists(Greek ana , again, and baptizo , baptize ; rebaptizers). A violent and extremely ... |
Anacletus IIAnacletus IIThe title which was taken by Cardinal Pietro Pierleone at the contested papal election of the ... |
Anacletus, Pope SaintPope St. AnacletusThe second successor of St. Peter . Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is also called ... |
AnagniAnagniThe Diocese of Anagni An Italian diocese in the province of Rome under the immediate ... |
AnalogyAnalogyA philosophical term used to designate, first, a property of things; secondly, a process of ... |
AnalysisAnalysisAnalysis ( ana ="up" or "back", and lyein , "to loose") means a separation; it is the taking ... |
AnaphoraAnaphora(Greek, ànaphorá, offering, sacrifice). A liturgical term in the Greek Rite. ... |
AnarchyAnarchy( a privative, and arche , rule) Anarchy means an absence of law. Sociologically it is ... |
Anastasia, SaintSt. AnastasiaThis martyr enjoys the distinction, unique in the Roman liturgy, of having a special ... |
AnastasiopolisAnastasiopolisName of four ancient episcopal sees located respectively in Galatia (suffragan of Ancyra ), in ... |
Anastasius BibliothecariusAnastasius BibliothecariusLibrarian of the Roman Church, b. about 810; d. 879. He was a nephew of Bishop Arsenius of ... |
Anastasius I, Pope SaintPope St. Anastasius IA pontiff who is remembered chiefly for his condemnation of Origenism. A Roman by birth, he ... |
Anastasius II, PopePope Anastasius IIA native of Rome, elected 24 Nov., 496; d. 16 Nov., 498. His congratulatory letter to Clovis, on ... |
Anastasius III, PopePope Anastasius IIIThe one hundred and twenty-third occupant of the Holy See, elected September, 911; d. November, ... |
Anastasius IV, PopePope Anastasius IVCrowned 12 July, 1153; d. in Rome, 3 December of the following year. It was during his ... |
Anastasius Sinaita, SaintSt. Anastasius SinaitaA Greek ecclesiastical writer, b. at Alexandria in the first half of the seventh century; d. ... |
Anastasius, SaintSt. AnastasiusBishop of Antioch, A.D. 559, distinguished for his learning and austerity of life; excited the ... |
Anastasius, SaintSt. AnastasiusSt. Anastasius, once a magician, became a convert of the Holy Cross and was martyred in 628. He ... |
AnathemaAnathema(Greek anathema -- literally, placed on high, suspended, set aside). A term formerly ... |
AnathothAnathothPossibly plural of Anath , a feminine Chaldean deity, worshiped in Chanaan [Enc. Bib. s.v. ... |
Anatolia, SaintSt. AnatoliaSt. Anatolia, Virgin and Martyr in the time of Decius, was put to death in the city of Thyrum, or ... |
Anatolia, SaintSt. AnatoliaSt. Anatolia, Virgin and Martyr in the time of Decius, was put to death in the city of Thyrum, or ... |
Anatolius, SaintSt. AnatoliusBishop of Laodicea in Syria, one of the foremost scholars of his day in the physical sciences ... |
Anatolius, SaintSt. AnatoliusPatriarch of Constantinople in the time of Theodosius the Younger. The heretic Dioscurus had ... |
AnatomyAnatomy(Greek, anatome ). Literally, cutting up, or dissection; now used to signify the science of ... |
AnazarbusAnazarbusA titular metropolitan see of Cilicia (Lesser Armenia), suffragan of Antioch, known also to the ... |
Anchieta, JosephJoseph AnchietaA famous Jesuit missionary, commonly known as the Apostle of Brazil, born on the Island of ... |
Anchor (as Symbol), TheThe Anchor (as Symbol)The anchor, because of the great importance in navigation, was regarded in ancient times as a ... |
AnchoritesAnchorites( `anachoréo, I withdraw), also hermits ( èremîtai, desert -dwellers, ... |
Ancient of DaysAncient of DaysA name given to God by the Prophet Daniel (7:9, 7:13, 7:22), in which he contrasts His eternal ... |
Ancilla DeiAncilla DeiIn early Christian inscriptions the title ancilla Dei is often given to a deceased woman. ... |
Ancona and UmanaAncona and UmanaAn Italian diocese in the Archdiocese of Ancona, comprising ten towns in the province of Ancona. ... |
Ancona, Ciriaco d'Ciriaco d'AnconaAn Italian antiquary whose family name was Pizzicolli, born at Ancona about 1391; died about ... |
Ancren RiwleAncren RiwleOr R EGULA I NCLUSARUM. The name given to a thirteenth-century code of rules for the life of ... |
AncyraAncyraThe modern A NGORA , a titular see of Galatia in Asia Minor, suffragan of Laodicea. It was ... |
Ancyra, Councils ofCouncils of AncyraThree councils were held in the former capital of Galatia (now Angora) in Asia Minor, during the ... |
AndalusiaAndalusiaThis appellative is derived from the Al-Andulus , the name given by the Arabs to the portion ... |
AndechsAndechsA Benedictine monastery and famous place of pilgrimage on a hill about two miles east of the ... |
Anderdon, William HenryWilliam Henry AnderdonEnglish Jesuit and writer, born in London, 26 December, 1816; died 28 July, 1890. After three ... |
Anderledy, Anthony MariaAnthony Maria AnderledyGeneral of the Society of Jesus, b. in Berisal, Canton Valais, Switzerland, 3 June, 1819; d. at ... |
Anderson, Henry JamesHenry James AndersonScientist and educator, b. in New York City, 6 February, 1799; d. at Lahore, India, 19 October, ... |
Anderson, Lionel AlbertLionel Albert AndersonAn English Dominican, b. about 1620; d. 21 October, 1710. The son of a Lincolnshire gentleman, he ... |
Anderson, PatrickPatrick AndersonA Scottish Jesuit, b. at Elgin in Morayshire in 1575; died in London, 24 September, 1624. he ... |
Anderton, JamesJames AndertonAn English Catholic, b. 1557; d. 1618. He belonged to the well-known Catholic family of Lostock ... |
Anderton, RogerRoger AndertonA Catholic layman, son of Christopher Anderton of Lostock, brother of James and uncle of Lawrence ... |
Anderton, ThomasThomas AndertonAn English Benedictine, b. in Lancashire in 1611; d. 9 October, 1671. He as the sixth son of ... |
Anderton, Venerable RobertVen. Robert AndertonEnglish priest and martyr, b. in the Isle of Wight about 1560; d. 25 April, 1586. He ... |
Andlaw, Heinrich Bernhard, Freiherr vonHeinrich Bernhard, Freiherr von AndlawA famous Catholic statesman of the nineteenth century, b. 20 August, 1803, at Freiburg im ... |
Andlaw, Venerable WilliamVen. William AndlebyMartyred at York 4 July, 1597. He was born at Etton in Yorkshire of a well-known gentle family. ... |
André, BernardBernard Andre(Andreas.) Native of Toulouse, Austin friar, poet laureate of England and chronographer of ... |
André, Yves MarieYves Marie AndreMathematician, b. 22 May, 1675, at Chateaulin, in Lower Brittany; d. at Caen, 25 February, 1764. ... |
Andrés, JuanJuan AndresLittérateur and historian, b. at Planes, Valencia, Spain, in 1740; d. in Rome in 1817. ... |
Andrada de Payva, DiegoDiego Andrada de PayvaA celebrated Portuguese theologian of the sixteenth century, b. at Coimbra 26 July 1528; d. 1 ... |
Andrada, AlonsoAlonso AndradaBiographer and ascetic writer, b. at Toledo, Spain, 1590; d. at Madrid, 20 June, 1672. Before ... |
Andrada, Antonio deAntonio de AndradaThe pioneer missionary and explorer of Thibet in the seventeenth century, b. at Oleiros, ... |
Andrea Dotti, BlessedBlessed Andrea DottiBorn 1256, in Borgo San Sepolero, Tuscany, Italy ; d. there 31 August, 1315. He was of noble ... |
Andrea PisanoAndrea PisanoOr ANDREA DA PISA (the name by which Andrea da Pontadera is known). An Italian sculptor and ... |
Andrea, Giovanni d'Giovanni d'AndreaCanonist, b. at Mugello, near Florence, about 1275; d. 1348. He was educated by his father and at ... |
Andreas of CaesareaAndrew of CaesareaBishop of that see in Cappadocia, assigned by Krumbacher to the first half of the sixth ... |
Andreas of RatisbonAndreas of Ratisbon(Or REGENSBURG.) Historian of the later fourteenth and earlier fifteenth century. All that is ... |
Andreas, SaintSt. Andrew of Crete(Sometimes called Andreas in English biography), theologian, homilist, hymnographer, b. at ... |
Andreis, Felix deFelix de AndreisFirst superior of the Congregation of the Mission ( Lazarists ) in the United States and ... |
Andres, JuanJuan AndresA Spanish canonist, born at Xativa, or San Felipe, in Valencia. Of Moorish extraction, he ... |
Andrew Avellino, SaintSt. Andrew AvellinoBorn 1521 at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily ; died 10 November, 1608. His baptismal name ... |
Andrew Bobola, SaintSt. Andrew BobolaMartyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, 1590; ... |
Andrew Corsini, SaintSt. Andrew CorsiniOf the illustrious Corsini family ; born in Florence, in 1302; died 1373. Wild and dissolute in ... |
Andrew of Crete, SaintSt. Andrew of Crete(Sometimes called Andreas in English biography), theologian, homilist, hymnographer, b. at ... |
Andrew of LonjumeauAndrew of LonjumeauDominican missionary and papal ambassador, born in the diocese of Paris ; died c. 1253. He ... |
Andrew of RhodesAndrew of Rhodes(Sometimes, of COLOSSUS) Theologian, d. 1440. He was Greek by birth, and born of schismatic ... |
Andrew the Scot, SaintSaint Andrew the ScotArchdeacon of Fiesole, born probably at the beginning of the ninth century; died about 877. St. ... |
Andrew, Saint (Apostle and Martyr)St. AndrewThe name "Andrew" (Gr., andreia , manhood, or valour), like other Greek names, appears to have ... |
Andrew, Saint (Martyr of Lampsacus)St. AndrewA martyr of the Faith in Lampsacus, a city of Mysia, in the persecution of Decius. He and two ... |
Andrews, William EusebiusWilliam Eusebius AndrewsEditor and author, born at Norwich, England, 6 December, 1773; died London, 7 April, 1837. His ... |
Andria, DioceseAndriaComprises three towns in the Province of Bari and one in the Province of Potenza, Archdiocese of ... |
Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus, SaintsSts. Tarachus, Probus, and AndronicusMartyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304). The "Martyrologium Hieronymian." contains the ... |
AnemuriumAnemuriumNow ESTENMURE, a titular see of Cilicia, situated in antiquity on a high bluff knob that marks ... |
Anerio, FeliceFelice AnerioAn eminent Roman composer, b. c. 1560; d. c. 1630. From 1575 he was for four years a boy-soprano ... |
Anerio, Giovanni FrancescoGiovanni Francesco AnerioBorn in Rome c. 1567; died c. 1620. He spent four years as a chorister at St. Peter's, under ... |
Anfossi, FilippoFilippo AnfossiAn Italian Dominican, b. at Taggia, in the province of Genoa ; d. in Rome, 14 May, 1825. Pius ... |
Ange de Saint JosephAnge de Saint JosephFrench missionary friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, b. at Toulouse, 1636; d. at ... |
Ange de Sainte RosalieAnge de Sainte RosalieFrench genealogist and friar of the house of the Petits-Pères of the Discalced ... |
AngelAngels(Latin angelus ; Greek aggelos ; from the Hebrew for "one going" or "one sent"; messenger). ... |
Angel, GuardianGuardian Angels( See also FEAST OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS .) That every individual soul has a guardian angel ... |
Angela Merici, SaintSt. Angela MericiFoundress of the Ursulines, born 21 March, 1474, at Desenzano, a small town on the southwestern ... |
Angela of Foligno, BlessedBl. Angela of FolignoUmbrian penitent and mystical writer. She was born at Foligno in Umbria, in 1248, of a rich ... |
Angeli, Francesco degliFrancesco Degli Angeli( Also Angelis). Missionary to Ethiopia, born at Sorrento, Italy, 1567; died at Colela in ... |
Angeli, Girolamo degliGirolamo Degli AngeliAn eminent pioneer missionary of Japan ; born at Castro-Giovanni, Sicily, 1567; died 4 December, ... |
Angelicals, TheThe AngelicalsA congregation of women founded at Milan about 1530 by Countess Luigia Torelli of Guastalla ... |
Angelico, FraFra AngelicoA famous painter of the Florentine school, born near Castello di Vicchio in the province of ... |
Angelo Carletti di Chivasso, BlessedBl. Angelo Carletti di ChivassoMoral theologian of the order of Friars Minor ; born at Chivasso in Piedmont, in 1411; and died ... |
Angelo Clareno da CingoliAngelo Clareno Da CingoliOne of the leaders of the so-called Spiritual Franciscans, b. at Fossombrone about 1247; d. at ... |
Angels of the ChurchesAngels of the ChurchesSt. John in the Apocalypse is shown seven candlesticks and in their midst, the Son of Man ... |
Angels, Early Christian Representations ofEarly Christian Representations of AngelsAngels were seldom represented in Christian art before Constantine. The oldest fresco in which ... |
AngelusAngelusPRESENT USAGE The Angelus is a short practice of devotion in honour of the Incarnation ... |
Angelus BellAngelus BellThe triple Hail Mary recited in the evening, which is the origin of our modern Angelus, was ... |
Angelus, SilesiusSilesius Angelus(Johannes Scheffer) Convert, poet, controversialist, the son of a Lutheran Polish Nobleman, ... |
AngerAngerThe desire of vengeance. Its ethical rating depends upon the quality of the vengeance and the ... |
AngersAngers(Andegavum) Comprises the territory embraced in the department of Maine and Loire. It was a ... |
Angers, University ofUniversity of AngersThe University of Angers is, probably, a development of the cathedral school of that city. Early ... |
Anges, Notre Dame deNotre Dame de Anges(OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS) A miraculous shrine near Lur, France, containing a crypt (Sainte ... |
Angilbert, SaintSt. AngilbertAbbot of Saint-Riquier, died 18 February, 814. Angilbert seems to have been brought up at the ... |
Angiolini, FrancescoFrancesco AngioliniA noted scholar, b. at Piacenza, Italy, 1750; d. at Polotsk, 21 February, 1788. He entered the ... |
Anglesea, The Priory ofThe Priory of AngleseaThe Priory of Anglesea, Cambridgeshire, England, was founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin ... |
Anglican OrdersAnglican OrdersIn the creed of the Catholic Church, Holy Order is one of the Seven Sacraments instituted by ... |
AnglicanismAnglicanismA term used to denote the religious belief and position of members of the established Church ... |
Anglin, Timothy WarrenTimothy Warren AnglinCanadian journalist and member of Parliament, born in the town of Cloankilty, County Cork, ... |
Anglo-Saxon Church, TheThe Anglo-Saxon ChurchI. ANGLO-SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN The word Anglo-Saxon is used as a collective name for ... |
Anglona-TursiAnglona-TursiAn Italian diocese comprising twenty-seven towns and three villages in the province of Potenza ... |
Angola and CongoAngola and CongoAlso known as SANTA CRUD DE REINO DE ANGOLA, and as SAO PAOLO DE LOANDA, diocese of Portuguese ... |
AngoraAngoraArmenian rite diocese in Asia Minor (Asiatic Turkey). The Europeans now call Angora, and ... |
AngoulêmeAngouleme(ENGOLIEIMA). Diocese ; comprises the Department of the Charente in France, and has always ... |
AngraAngraThe episcopal see of the Azores, suffragan of Lisbon, known as Angra do Heroismo, created in ... |
Angulo, PedroPedro AnguloNative of Burgos in Spain, came to America in 1524 as a soldier, but joined the Dominican ... |
AnhaltAnhaltVicariate Apostolic comprising the territory of the German Duchy of Anhalt, with an area of 860 ... |
Anicetus, Pope SaintPope St. AnicetusThe Roman Pontiff who succeeded Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till about 168. ... |
Anima ChristiAnima ChristiThis well-known prayer dates its origin from the first half of the fourteenth century and was ... |
Anima, College and Church of the, in RomeCollege and Church of the Anima (In Rome)S. Maria dell' Anima, the German national church and hospice in Rome, received its name, ... |
Animals in Christian ArtAnimals in Christian ArtIn Christian art animal forms have always occupied a place of far greater importance than was ... |
Animals in the BibleAnimals in the BibleThe Bible makes no pretensions to science ; we must not therefore expect to meet in its pages ... |
Animals, Cruelty toCruelty To AnimalsPagan antiquity The first ethical writers of pagan antiquity to advocate the duty of kindness ... |
AnimismAnimism( Latin, Anima, Soul) Animism is the doctrine or theory of the soul. In current language ... |
Animuccia, GiovanniGiovanni AnimucciaAn Italian composer, born at Florence about 1500; died 1571. He was a pupil of Claude Goudimel. ... |
AniseAniseAnise ( Matthew 23:23 ) has been, since Wyclif, the rendering of anethon in the English ... |
AnnaAnna(Septuagint Anna ; some versions have Hannah which is nearer to the original Hebrew. The ... |
Anna ComnenaAnna ComnenaByzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118). ... |
Annals, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical AnnalsThe historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: ... |
AnnasAnnas(According to Blass and Wescott-Hort, Annas ; Josephus, Ananos ). Name (cf. Hebrew ... |
Annat, FrançoisFrancois AnnatFrench Jesuit, theologian, writer, and one of the foremost opponents of Jansenism, b. 5 ... |
AnnatesAnnatesThe first fruits, or first year's revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal ... |
Anne d'Auray, SainteSainte Anne d'AurayA little village three miles from the town of Auray (6,500 inhabitants), in the Diocese of ... |
Anne de Beaupré, SainteSainte Anne de BeaupreDevotion to Saint Anne , in Canada, goes back to the beginning of New France, and was brought ... |
Anne de Xainctonge, VenerableVenerable Anne de XainctongeFoundress of the Society of the Sisters of St. Ursula of the Blessed Virgin , born at Dijon, 21 ... |
Anne Line, SaintSt. Anne LineEnglish martyr, d. 27 Feb., 1601. She was the daughter of William Heigham of Dunmow, Essex, a ... |
Anne, SaintSt. AnneAnne (Hebrew, Hannah , grace; also spelled Ann, Anne, Anna ) is the traditional name of the ... |
Anne-Marie Javouhey, VenerableVen. Anne-Marie JavouheyFoundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, born at Chamblanc, Diocese of Dijon, 11 ... |
AnnecyAnnecy(A NNECIENSIS ) Diocese comprising the Department of Haute-Savoie in France, with the ... |
Annegarn, JosephJoseph AnnegarnCatholic theologian and popular writer, b. 13 October, 1794, at Ostbevern in Westphalia ; d. 8 ... |
Annibaldi, Annibale d'Annibale d'AnnibaldiTheologian, b. of a Roman senatorial family early in the thirteenth century; d. at Rome, 1 ... |
Annibale, Giuseppe d'Giuseppe d'AnnibaleCardinal, theologian, b. at Borbona in the Diocese of Rieti, 22 September, 1815; d. at the same ... |
Annius of ViterboAnnius of Viterbo(Giovanni Nanni). Archeologist and historian, born at Viterbo about 1432; died 13 November, ... |
Anno, SaintSt. Anno(Or HANNO). Archbishop of Cologne in 1055. When very young he entered the ecclesiastical ... |
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Fact of theThe Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin MaryThe fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1:26-38 . The ... |
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast of theThe Feast of the AnnunciationThe Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (25 March), also called in old ... |
Annunciation, The Orders of theThe Orders of the AnnunciationI. ANNUNCIADES A penitential order founded by St. Jeanne de Valois (b. 1464; d. 4 February, ... |
Anointing of the SickExtreme UnctionA sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect ... |
Anquetil, Louis-PierreLouis-Pierre AnquetilA French historian, b. in Paris, 21 Feb., 1723; d. 6 Sept., 1806. He entered the Congregation of ... |
Ansaldi, Casto InnocenzioCasto Innocenzio AnsaldiTheologian and archaeologist, b. at Piacenza, in Italy, 7 March, 1710; d. at Turin, in 1780. ... |
Ansaloni, GiordanoGiordano Ansaloni(Sometimes called GIORDANO DI SAN STEFANO.) Born at San Angelo in Sicily early in the ... |
Anschar, SaintSt. Anschar(Or ANSGARIUS.) Called the Apostle of the North, was b. in Picardy, 8 September, 801; d. 5 ... |
Anse, Councils ofCouncils of AnseSeveral medieval councils were held in this French town (near Lyons ). That of 994 decreed, ... |
AnsegisusAnsegisus (Archbishop of Sens)Archbishop of Sens ; d. 25 November 879, or 883. He was a Benedictine monk, Abbot of St. ... |
Ansegisus, SaintSt. AnsegisusBorn about 770, of noble parentage; died 20 July, 833, or 834. At the age of eighteen he entered ... |
Anselm of LaonAnselm of Laon(ANSELMUS LAUDINENSIS.) Died 15 July, 1117, one of the famous theologians of the Middle ... |
Anselm of LiègeAnselm of LiegeA Belgian chronicler of the eleventh century, b. 1008; d. about 1056. He was educated at the ... |
Anselm of Lucca (the Younger), SaintSt. Anselm of Lucca, the YoungerBorn at Mantua c. 1036; d. in the same city, 18 March, 1086. He was nephew of Anselm of Lucca, ... |
Anselm, SaintSt. AnselmArchbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church ; born at Aosta a Burgundian town on the ... |
Anselm, SaintSt. Anselm (Duke of Forum Julii)Abbot, Duke of Forum Julii, the modern Friuli, in the northeastern part of Italy. Wishing to ... |
Anselme, AntoineAntoine AnselmeA celebrated French preacher, b. at l'Isle-Jourdain in the Comté d'Armagnac, 13 January, ... |
Anslo, ReyerReyer AnsloDutch poet and convert, b. at Amsterdam in 1622; d. at Perugia in 1669. His parents were ... |
Anstey, Thomas ChisholmThomas Chisholm AnsteyLawyer and politician, son of one of the first settlers in Tasmania, b. in London, England, ... |
AntediluviansAntediluvians(From Latin ante =before, and diluvium =flood; people who lived before the Flood ). IN ... |
Anterus, Pope SaintPope St. Anterus(ANTEROS.) (Reigned 21 November, 235-3 January, 236). We know for certain only that he ... |
Anthelmi, JosephJoseph AnthelmiA French ecclesiastical historian , b. at Fréjus, 25 July, 1648; d. in the same city, 21 ... |
AnthemiusAnthemiusA Byzantine official of the fourth and fifth centuries, of high rank and fine character. He was ... |
Anthony of Padua, SaintSt. Anthony of PaduaFranciscan Thaumaturgist, born at Lisbon, 1195; died at Vercelli [actually Arcella -- Ed. ], ... |
Anthony of SiennaAnthony of SiennaA Dominican theologian, so called because of his great veneration for St. Catharine of Sienna, b. ... |
Anthony of the Desert, SaintSt. AnthonyFounder of Christian monasticism . The chief source of information on St. Anthony is a Greek ... |
Anthony of the Mother of GodAnthony of the Mother of God(A. DE OLIVERA). A Spanish Carmelite, b. at Leon in Old-Castile; d. 1641. He taught ... |
Anthony, Orders of SaintOrders of Saint AnthonyReligious communities or orders under the patronage of Anthony the Hermit, father of monasticism, ... |
Anthropomorphism, AnthropomorphitesAnthropomorphism( anthropos , man, and morphe , form). A term used in its widest sense to signify the ... |
AntichristAntichrist(Greek Antichristos ). In composition anti has different meanings: antibasileus denotes ... |
AntidicomarianitesAntidicomarianitesAn Eastern sect which flourished about A. D. 200 to 400, and which was so designated as ... |
AntidoronAntidoron(Greek, anti , instead of; doron , a gift; i.e. a gift instead of) The remains of the ... |
AntigonishAntigonish(Micmac, nalagitkooneech , "where the branches are torn off") Antigonish is the shiretown ... |
AntimensiumAntimensiumAlso ANTIMINSION (Greek antimension , from anti , instead of, and mensa , table, altar). ... |
AntinoeAntinoe(or ANTINOPOLIS) A titular see of the Thebaid, now Esneh or Esench, a city in Egypt, built ... |
AntinomianismAntinomianism( anti , against, and nomos , law ) The heretical doctrine that Christians are ... |
AntiochAntiochI. ANTIOCH OF SYRIA It is difficult to realize that in the modern Antakieh (28,000 inhab.), we ... |
Antioch, The Church ofChurch of Antioch( Antiocheia, Antiochia ) I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE CITY Of the vast empire conquered by ... |
Antiochene LiturgyAntiochene LiturgyThe family of liturgies originally used in the Patriarchate of Antioch begins with that of the ... |
Antiochus of PalestineAntiochus of PalestineA monk of the seventh century, said to have been born near Ancyra ( Asia Minor ), lived first ... |
Antipater of BostraAntipater of Bostra(In Arabia ) in the fifth century, one of the foremost Greek prelates of the Roman Orient ; ... |
AntipatrisAntipatrisA titular see of Palestine, whose episcopal list is known from 449 to 451 ( Gams,( 452). It ... |
AntiphellosAntiphellosNow ANTEPHELO, or ANDIFILO, a titular see of Lycia, on the south coast of Asia Minor, at the head ... |
AntiphonAntiphon(From the Greek antiphonon , sounding against, responsive sound, singing opposite, alternate ... |
Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy)Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy)The Greek Liturgy uses antiphons, not only in the Office, but also in the Mass, at Vespers, and ... |
Antiphon (in the Greek Church)Antiphon (In the Greek Church)( antiphonon ) Socrates, the church historian (Hist. Eccl., VI, viii), says that St. ... |
Antiphon, CommunionCommunion AntiphonThe term Communion ( Communio ) is used, not only for the reception of the Holy Eucharist, but ... |
AntiphonaryAntiphonary(Latin antiphonarium, antiphonarius, antiphonarius liber, antiphonale ; Greek ... |
Antiphonary, GregorianGregorian AntiphonaryIt is no longer possible to reconstruct completely a primitive Christian antiphonary ; by a ... |
AntipodesAntipodesSpeculations concerning the rotundity of the earth and the possible existence of human beings ... |
AntipopeAntipopeA false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected. At various ... |
Antiquities, BiblicalBiblical AntiquitiesThis department of archæology has been variously defined and classified. Some scholars have ... |
AntivariAntivari( Antibarium ) So called from its position opposite to Bari in Italy ; the Catholic ... |
AntofogasteAntofogasteVicariate Apostolic in Chile, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Ecclesiastical Affairs. By ... |
Antoine, Paul GabrielPaul Gabriel AntoineA French theologian, born at Lunéville, 10 January, 1678; died at Pont-à-Mousson, ... |
Anton UlrichAnton UlrichD UKE OF B RUNSWICK — L ÜNEBURG — W OLFENBÜTTEL A convert to the ... |
Antonelli, GiacomoGiacomo AntonelliCardinal ; Secretary of State to Pius IX, b. at Sonnino, in the Papal States, 2 April 1806; d. in ... |
Antonelli, LeonardoLeonardo AntonelliCardinal, b. at Sinigaglia, 6 November 1730; d. 23 January, 1811, nephew of Cardinal ... |
Antonelli, Nicolò MariaNicolo Maria AntonelliCardinal, learned canonist, ecclesiastical historian, and Orientalist, b. at Sinigaglia, 8 July, ... |
Antoniano, GiovanniGiovanni AntonianoPatrologist, b. at Nimeguen, in Holland, early in the sixteenth century; d. same place, in 1588. ... |
Antoniano, SilvioSilvio AntonianoCardinal, writer on education, b. 31 December 1540 in Rome ; d. there 16 August 1603. He was ... |
Antoniewicz, CharlesCharles Antoniewicz(Botoz.) A Polish Jesuit and missionary, born in Lwów (Lemberg), 6 November 1807; ... |
Antoninus PiusAntoninus Pius(T ITUS Æ LIUS H ADRIANUS A NTONINUS P IUS ). Roman Emperor (138-161), born 18 ... |
Antoninus, SaintSt. AntoninusArchbishop of Florence, b. at Florence, 1 March, 1389; d. 2 May, 1459; known also by his ... |
Antonio Maria Zaccaria, SaintSt. Antonio Maria ZaccariaFounder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, commonly known as the Barnabites ; b. in Cremona, ... |
Antonio of Vicenza, MariaMaria Antonio of VicenzaA Reformed Minorite, b. at Vicenza, 1 March, 1834; d. at Rovigno, 22 June, 1884. After his ... |
AntoniusAntoniusA supposed Latin Christian poet of the third century, under whose name there is printed in ... |
Antony, Franz JosephFranz Joseph AntonyBorn 1790, at Muenster, Westphalia ; d. there, 1837. He received Holy Orders, and in 1819 became ... |
AntwerpAntwerp(ANVERS, ANTVERPEN, Spanish AMBERES) A city of Belgium, in the archdiocese of Mechlin, ... |
Anunciación, Fray Domingo de laFray Domingo de la AnunciacionDominican missionary, b. at Fuenteovejuna, 1510; d. in Mexico, 1591. In the world his name was ... |
Anunciación, Fray Juan de laFray Juan de la AnunciacionBorn at Granada in Spain, probably 1514; died 1594. He went to Mexico, where he joined the ... |
AostaAostaAn Italian diocese, suffragan of Turin, and comprising 73 towns in the province of Turin. ... |
ApachesApachesA tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to the Athapascan stock whose ... |
ApameiaApameiaA titular metropolitan see of Syria, in the valley of the Orontes, whose episcopal list dates ... |
Aparisi y Guijarro, AntonioAntonio Aparisi y GuijarroParliamentary orator, jurisconsult, Catholic controversialist, and Spanish litterateur, b. in ... |
ApellesApellesFounder of a Gnostic sect ; died at an advanced age late in the second century. What little is ... |
Aphian, SaintSt. AphianSt. Aphian (or Apian), an illustrious martyr, under the Emperor Maximian, c. 306. He was only ... |
AphraatesAphraates(Greek, Aphraates ; Syriac Aphrahat or Pharhad ). The long list of Syriac writers ... |
Apiarius of SiccaApiarius of SiccaA priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa. Interest attaches to him only ... |
Apocalypse, Book ofApocalypseApocalypse, from the verb apokalypto , to reveal, is the name given to the last book in the ... |
ApocatastasisApocatastasis(Greek, apokatastasis ; Latin, restitutio in pristinum statum , restoration to the original ... |
ApocrisiariusApocrisiarius(Gr. apochrisis , an answer; cf. Lat. responsalis , from responsum ). This term indicates ... |
ApocryphaApocryphaOverview The scope of this article takes in those compositions which profess to have been ... |
ApodosisApodosis(Greek apodosis , a giving back) A usage of the Greek Church corresponding somewhat to the ... |
ApollinarianismApollinarianismA Christological theory, according to which Christ had a human body and a human sensitive ... |
ApollinarisSt. ApollinarisOne of the first great martyrs of the church. He was made Bishop of Ravenna by St. Peter ... |
Apollinaris (the Elder)Apollinaris (The Elder)A Christian grammarian of the fourth century, first at Berytus in Phoenicia, then at Laodicea ... |
Apollinaris Claudius, SaintSt. Apollinaris ClaudiusA Christian apologist, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia in the second century. He became ... |
Apollinaris, SaintSt. ApollinarisThe most illustrious of the Bishops of Valence, b. at Vienne, 453; d. 520. He lived in the ... |
Apollonia, SaintSt. ApolloniaA holy virgin who suffered martyrdom in Alexandria during a local uprising against the ... |
Apollonius of EphesusApollonius of EphesusAnti- Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, between 180 and 210, probably from Asia Minor, ... |
ApologeticsApologeticsA theological science which has for its purpose the explanation and defence of the Christian ... |
ApolysisApolysis(Greek, apolysis , dismissal) The dismissal blessing said by the Greek priest at the end ... |
ApolytikionApolytikionA dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Gree Mass and at other times during ... |
Apophthegmata PatrumApophthegmata( apo , from; phtheggomai , to cry out; pater , father) Sayings of the Fathers of the ... |
Aporti, FerranteAportiAn educator and theologian, born at San Martino dell'Argine, province of Mantua, Italy, 20 ... |
ApostasyApostasy( apo , from, and stasis , station, standing, or position). The word itself in its ... |
Apostle (in Liturgy)Apostle (In Liturgy)The name given by the Greek Church to the Epistle of the Divine Liturgy, which is invariably of ... |
Apostle SpoonsApostle SpoonsA set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of ... |
Apostles of Erin, The TwelveThe Twelve Apostles of ErinBy this designation are meant twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went to study at the ... |
Apostles' CreedApostles' CreedA formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the fundamental tenets of Christian ... |
Apostles, Acts of theActs of the ApostlesIn the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the ... |
Apostles, Portraits of thePortraits of the ApostlesThe earliest fresco representing Christ surrounded by the Apostles dates from the beginning of ... |
Apostles, TheApostlesUnder this title it may be sufficient to supply brief and essential information, I. on the name ... |
Apostleship of Prayer, TheThe Apostleship of PrayerA pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus. It ... |
Apostolic BlessingApostolic BlessingThe solemn blessing ( urbi et orbi ) which, before 1870, the Holy Father himself gave from the ... |
Apostolic CameraApostolic CameraThe former central board of finance in the papal administrative system, which at one time was of ... |
Apostolic Church-OrdinanceApostolic Church-OrdinanceA third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, ... |
Apostolic ChurchesApostolic ChurchesThe epithet Apostolic ( apostolikos ) occurs as far back as the beginning of the second ... |
Apostolic CollegeApostolic CollegeThis term designates The Twelve Apostles as the body of men commissioned by Christ to spread the ... |
Apostolic ConstitutionsApostolic ConstitutionsA fourth-century pseudo-Apostolic collection, in eight books, of independent, though closely ... |
Apostolic ExecutorApostolic ExecutorA cleric who puts into execution a papal rescript, completing what is necessary in order ... |
Apostolic ExpeditorsApostolic Expeditors(Latin Expeditionarius literarum apostolicarum, Datariae Apostolicae sollicitator atque ... |
Apostolic Fathers, TheThe Apostolic FathersChristian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are considered, to have had ... |
Apostolic LettersApostolic Letters( Litterae apostolicae ). 1. The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those ... |
Apostolic MajestyApostolic MajestyA title given to the Kings of Hungary, and used, since the time of Maria Theresa, by the King ... |
Apostolic See, TheThe Apostolic See( Soles apostolica, cathedra apostolica ). This is a metaphorical term, used, as happens in ... |
Apostolic SuccessionApostolic SuccessionApostolicity as a note of the true Church being dealt with elsewhere, the object of the present ... |
Apostolic Union of Secular Priests, TheThe Apostolic Union of Secular PriestsAn association of secular priests who observe a simple rule embodying the common duties of ... |
Apostolicæ Sedis ModerationiApostolicae Sedis ModerationiA Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system of censures and reservations in ... |
Apostolicæ ServitutisApostolicae ServitutisA Bull issued by Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against secular pursuits on the part of the ... |
Apostolicae CuraeApostolicae CuraeNote: An English translation of Apostolicae Curae is available here. A Bull of Leo XIII ... |
ApostoliciApostoliciThe name of four different heretical bodies. I. Heretics of the third century The sect of ... |
Apostolici MinisteriiApostolici MinisteriiA Bull issued 23 May, 1724, by Innocent XIII, for the revival of ecclesiastical discipline in ... |
Apostolici RegiminisApostolici RegiminisA Bull issued 19 December, 1513, by Leo X, in defence of the Catholic doctrine concerning the ... |
ApostolicityApostolicityApostolicity is the mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the ... |
Apostolicum Pascendi MunusApostolicum Pascendi MinisA Bull issued by Clement XIII, 12 January, 1765, in defense of the Society of Jesus against ... |
ApotacticsApotactics(From Greek, apotassomai , to renounce). The adherents of a heresy which sprang up in the ... |
ApotheosisApotheosis(Greek apotheosis , from, and theos , deify). Deification, the exaltation of men to the ... |
ApparitionsVisions and ApparitionsThis article will deal not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to ... |
ApparitorApparitorThe official name given to an officer in ecclesiastical courts designated to serve the summons, ... |
Appeal as from an abuseAppeal As From An Abuse( Appel comme d'abus ) Appeal was originally a recourse to the civil forum against the ... |
AppealsAppealsThe purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive view of the positive legislation of the ... |
AppetiteAppetite( ad , to + petere , to seek) A tendency, an inclination, or direction. As it is used by ... |
ApprobationApprobationApprobation is an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic ... |
AppropriationAppropriationIn general, consists in the attribution to a person or thing of a character or quality which ... |
ApseApse(Latin, apsis or absis , Ionic Greek, apsis , an arch). The semicircular or polygonal ... |
Apse ChapelApse ChapelA chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse, and reached ... |
ApsidioleApsidiole(Also written ABSIDIALE). A small or secondary apse, one of the apses on either side of the ... |
Apt, Council ofCouncil of AptHeld 14 May, 1365, in the cathedral of that city by the archbishops and bishops of the ... |
AquariansAquarians(Greek, Hydroparastatai ; Latin, Aquarii ). A name given to several sects in the ... |
AquilaAquilaAn Italian archdiocese in the Abruzzi, directly dependent on the Holy See. The See of ... |
Aquila and PriscillaAquila and Priscilla( Or Prisca.) Jewish tentmakers, who left Rome (Aquila was a native of Pontus ) in the ... |
AquileiaAquileiaA former city of the Roman Empire, situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the ... |
Aquileia, Councils ofCouncils of AquileiaA council held in 381, presided over by St. Valerian of Aquileia, and attended by thirty-two ... |
Aquileian RiteAquileian RiteThe See of Aquileia fell into schism during the quarrel of the Three Chapters (under Bishop ... |
Aquinas, St. ThomasSt. Thomas AquinasPhilosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church ( Angelicus Doctor ), patron of Catholic ... |
Aquino, Sora, and PontecorvoAquino, Sora, and PontecorvoAn Italian diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. It comprises 29 towns in the province ... |
Arévalo, FaustinoFaustino ArevaloA learned Jesuit hymnographer and patrologist, born 23 July, 1747. at Companario in ... |
Arévalo, Rodríguez Sanchez deRodriguez Sanchez de ArevaloA learned Spanish bishop. b. 1404, in the diocese of Segovia ; d. 4 October, 1470. After ... |
ArabiaArabiaArabia is the cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race. ... |
Arabia, Councils ofCouncils of ArabiaIn 246 and 247 two councils were held at Bostra in Arabia against Beryllus, Bishop of the see, ... |
Arabia, Vicariate Apostolic ofVicariate Apostolic of ArabiaArabia formerly belonged to the mission of Galla ( Africa), but was made a separate prefecture ... |
Arabian School of PhilosophyArabian School of PhilosophyUntil the eighth century the Arabians, although they expressed their religious feelings in a ... |
ArabiciArabiciA small sect of the third century, whose founder is unknown, and which is commonly named from ... |
ArabissusArabissusA titular see of Armenia, suffragan of Melitene ; its episcopal list is known from 381 to ... |
AradAradA titular see of Palestine, said to be identical with the eminence of Tell' Arad on the way from ... |
Aragon and CastileCastile and AragonThe united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of ... |
Aran, The Monastic School ofThe Monastic School of AranThe three islands of Aran stretch across the mouth of Galway Bay, forming a kind of natural ... |
Aranda, Council ofCouncil of ArandaHeld at Aranda in the province of Burgos in Spain, in 1473, by Alfonso Carillo, Archbishop of ... |
Aranda, PhilipPhilip ArandaJesuit theologian, born at Moneva, Aragon, 3 February 1642; died at Saragossa, 3 June, 1695. He ... |
Arason JónArason JonThe last Catholic bishop of Iceland before the introduction of Protestantism, b. 1484; d. 7 ... |
AratorAratorA Christian poet of the sixth century, probably of Ligurian origin. He studied at Milan under ... |
AraucaniaAraucaniaLocated in Chile, established by Leo XIII in 1901, and confided to the Capuchins, It has ... |
AraucaniansAraucanians( Also Araucans, Moluches, Mapuches). The origin of the word is not yet fully ascertained. A ... |
Araujo, Antonio deAntonio de AraujoBrazilian missionary, born at St. Michael's in the Azores ; died 1632. He entered the Society ... |
Araujo, Francisco deFrancisco de AraujoSpanish theologian, b. at Verin, Galicia, 1580; d. Madrid, 19 March, 1664. In 1601, he entered the ... |
ArawaksArawaks( Also Aruacans). The first American aborigines met by Columbus -- not to be confounded ... |
Arbieto, Ignacio deIgnacio de ArbietoJesuit, born at Madrid, February, 1585; died at Lima, Peru, 7 August 1670. He joined the Society ... |
ArbitrationArbitrationArbitration in a general sense, is a method of arranging differences between two parties by ... |
Arbogast, SaintSt. Arbogast(Gaelic Arascach ). St. Arbogast has been claimed as a native of Scotland, but this is ... |
Arbroath, Abbey ofAbbey of ArbroathThis monastery was founded on the east coast of Scotland (1178) by William the Lion, for ... |
Arbuthnott, Missal ofMissal of ArbuthnottA manuscript Scottish missal or mass-book, written in 1491 by James Sibbald, priest of ... |
ArcaArcaA box in which the Eucharist was kept by the primitive Christians in their homes. St. Cyprian ( ... |
Arcachon, Our Lady ofOur Lady of ArcachonA miraculous image venerated at Arcachon, France, and to all appearances the work of the ... |
Arcadelt, JacobJacob Arcadelt(Also ARCHADELT, ARKADELT, HARCADELT) A distinguished musician, b. in Holland at the close of ... |
ArcadiopolisArcadiopolisA titular see of Asia Minor. Its episcopal list (431-879) is given in Gams (p. 444); there is ... |
ArcaeArcaeAlso ARCA, now TEL-ARKA. A titular see on the coast of Phoenicia, between Tripolis and ... |
ArcanumArcanumAn Encyclical Letter on Christian marriage, issued 10 February, 1880, by Leo XIII. Its scope ... |
ArchArchA structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated ... |
Archæology, ChristianChristian ArchaeologyChristian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object of which is the ... |
Archæology, The Commission of SacredArchaeologyAn official pontifical board founded in the middle of the nineteenth century for the purpose of ... |
Archange de LyonArchange de LyonA preacher of the Capuchin order whose name was Michael Desgranges, b. at Lyons, 2 March, 1736; ... |
ArchbishopArchbishop( Archiepiskopos , archiepiscopus ). I. IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH An archbishop or ... |
ArchconfraternityArchconfraternityA confraternity empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and ... |
ArchdeaconArchdeacon( Latin archidiaconos ; Greek archidaikonos ). The incumbent of an ecclesiastical ... |
Archdeacon, RichardRichard ArchdeaconAn Irish Jesuit, whose name is sometimes given as Archdekin or Arsdekin, b. at Kilkenny, 30 ... |
ArchdioceseArchdiocese( Archidioikesis , archidioecesis ). This term does not designate an ecclesiastical ... |
ArchelaisArchelaisA titular see of Palestine, twelve miles west of the Jordan. Its episcopal list is given in ... |
Archeology, ChristianChristian ArchaeologyChristian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object of which is the ... |
Archer, JamesJames ArcherAn English missionary priest, born in London, 17 November, 1751; died 22 August, 1832. While ... |
Arches, The Court ofThe Court of ArchesThe Court of Arches, so called from the fact that it was anciently held in the Church of St. ... |
ArchiereusArchiereus(Russian, arkhierei ). A Greek word for bishop, when considered as the culmination of the ... |
ArchimandriteArchimandrite(Greek archo , I command, and mandra , a sheepfold). In the Greek Rite the superior of ... |
Archinto, FilipoFilipo ArchintoAn Italian theologian and diplomatist, born 1500 at Milan of the distinguished family of that ... |
Architecture, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical ArchitectureThe best definition of architecture that has ever been given is likewise the shortest. It is "the ... |
Architecture, GothicGothic ArchitectureThe term Gothic was first used during the later Renaissance, and as a term of contempt. Says ... |
Archives, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical ArchivesEcclesiastical archives may be described as a collection of documents, records, muniments, and ... |
ArchonticsArchontics(From archon , prince, ruler). A Gnostic sect which existed in Palestine and Armenia ... |
ArchpriestArchpriestJust as among the deacons of the bishop's church one stood out as the special assistant and ... |
Archpriest ControversyArchpriest ControversyThis controversy arose in England on the appointment of George Blackwell as archpriest with ... |
ArcosoliumArcosoliumThis word is derived from arcus "arch" and solium , a term sometimes used by Latin writers ... |
ArculfArculfA Frankish Bishop of the latter part of the seventh century. According to some, e.g. Alexis de ... |
ArdaghArdagh(High Field). Ardagh, an Irish diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, takes its ... |
ArdbraccanArdbraccan(Hill of Braccan, or Brecan) Site of an ancient abbey, now a parish and village in the county ... |
Ardchatten, The Priory ofThe Priory of ArdchattanAn Argyllshire house, one of the three in Scotland belonging to the Order of Vallis Caulium, or ... |
Arden, EdwardEdward ArdenAn English Catholic, executed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, b. 1542 (?); d. 1583. He was ... |
Ardilliers, Notre Dame desNotre Dame Des Ardilliers(Latin argilla , French argile , colloquial ardille , clay). A statue, fountain, and ... |
Aremberg, Prince Charles d'Prince Charles d'ArembergDefinitor-general and Commissary of the Capuchins ; died at Brussels, 5 June, 1669. He is the ... |
AreopolisAreopolis(Rabbath-Moab). A titular see of Palestine. Its episcopal list (449-536) is given in Gams ... |
Arequipa, Diocese ofArequipaSuffragan of the Archdiocese of Lima, Peru , was erected by Gregory XIII , 15 April, 1577, at ... |
Arethas of CaesareaArethas of CaesareaBorn at Patrae, Greece, about 860; was, like all the eminent men of that time, a disciple of ... |
ArethusaArethusaA titular see of Syria near Apameia. Its episcopal list (325-680) is given in Gams (p. ... |
ArezzoArezzoA diocese of Tuscany, in Italy, which is directly dependent on the Holy See. It has 40 towns in ... |
Argüello, Luis AntonioLuis Antonio ArguelloGovernor of California, born at San Francisco, 1784; died there in 1830. His family was one of ... |
Argenson, Pierre de Voyer d'Pierre de Voyer d'ArgensonCalled the vicomte d'Argenson, chevalier, vicomte de Mouzé, seigneur de Chastres, was the ... |
ArgentinaArgentina(Argentine Republic). A South American confederation of fourteen provinces, or States, united ... |
ArgosArgosA titular see of Peloponnesian Greece, from the fifth to the twelfth century, about twenty miles ... |
Argyll and the Isles, Diocese ofArgyll and the IslesThe Diocese of Argyll, founded about 1200, was separated from the Diocese of Dunkeld ; it ... |
Argyropulos, JohnJohn ArgyropulosHumanist, and translator of Aristotle, born at Constantinople, 1416; died at Rome about 1486. It ... |
Arialdo, SaintSt. ArialdoMartyred at Milan in 1065, for his attempt to reform the simoniacal and immoral clergy of ... |
ArianismArianismA heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. ... |
ArianoArianoDiocese in the Archdiocese of Beneventum, comprising seven towns in the province of Avellino, ... |
Arias de Avila, PedroPedro Arias de Avila(Also known as Pedrarias Davila). A Spanish knight from Segovia, b. about the middle of the ... |
Arias Montanus, BenedictusBenedictus Arias MontanusOrientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la Sierra in ... |
Arias, FrancisFrancis AriasWriter of ascetical treatises, born at Seville in Spain, 1533, died in that place, 15 May, ... |
AriassusAriassusA titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor, whose episcopal list (381-458) is given in Gams (p. ... |
AriboAriboArchbishop of Mainz ; date of birth unknown; d. 6 April, 1032; son of Arbo, Count Palatine in ... |
ArindelaArindelaA titular see of Palestine, whose episcopal list (431-536) is given in Gams (page 454). |
Ariosto, LudovicoLudovico AriostoCalled "The Italian Homer". He was the son of Nicolo Ariosto, Governor of Reggio, and Daria ... |
AristeasAristeasA name given in Josephus (Ant. XII, ii passim ) to the author of a letter ascribing the Greek ... |
AristidesAristidesA Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century. According to Eusebius, the ... |
AristotleAristotleThe greatest of heathen Philosophers, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian ... |
AriusAriusAn heresiarch, born about A.D.ú died 336. He is said to have been a Libyan by descent. His ... |
ArizonaArizonaSaid to have been, probably in the original form of the word, Arizonac , and in this form a Pima ... |
Ark of the CovenantArk of the CovenantThe Hebrew aron , by which the Ark of the Covenant is expressed, does not call to the mind, as ... |
Ark, Noah'sNoah's ArkThe Hebrew name to designate Noah's Ark, the one which occurs again in the history of Moses' ... |
ArkansasArkansasOne of the United States of America , bounded on the north by the State of Missouri, on the ... |
Arlegui, Fray JoséFray Jose ArleguiA Spaniards from Biscay, first attached to the Franciscan province of Cantabria, then ... |
Arles, The Synods ofThe Synods of ArlesThe first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the Donatist ... |
Armada, The SpanishThe Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada ( infra ), and more correctly La Armada ... |
ArmaghArmaghArchdiocese founded by St. Patrick about 445, as the primatial and metropolitan see of ... |
Armagh, The Book ofThe Book of ArmaghTechnically known as LIBER AR(D)MACHANUS. A celebrated Irish-Latin manuscript preserved in ... |
Armagh, The School ofThe School of ArmaghThe School of Armagh seems to have been the oldest, and down to the time of the Anglo-Norman ... |
Armagnac, Georges d'Georges d'ArmagnacFrench cardinal and diplomatist, b. c. 1501; d. 2 June, 1585. He belonged to the illustrious ... |
Armellino, MarianoMariano ArmellinoBenedictine historian, b. in Rome (according to others, at Ancona ) in 1657; d. at Foligno in ... |
ArmeniaArmeniaA mountainous region of Western Asia occupying a somewhat indefinite area to the southeast of ... |
ArmenierstadtArmenierstadt( Hungarian, Szamos-Ujvar , Latin, Armenopolis ). A city in the Transylvanian county of ... |
Armentia, Fray NicolásFray Nicolas ArmentiaBishop of La Paz (capital of Bolivia, South America), appointed 22 October, 1901; b. at ... |
ArmidaleArmidaleA diocese situated in New South Wales (Australia), with its cathedral at Armidale, 335 miles ... |
ArminianismArminianismThe popular designation of the doctrines held by a party formed in the early days of the ... |
ArnauldArnauld(A RNAUT, or A RNAULT .) A celebrated family, the history of which is intimately ... |
Arne, Thomas AugustineThomas Augustine ArneEnglish composer, b. 12 March 1710, at London ; d. 5 March, 1778. Although of Catholic ... |
Arni ThorlakssonArni ThorlakssonAn Icelandic bishop, b. in Iceland, 1237; d. at Bergen, 1297. While a deacon, he visited ... |
ArnobiusArnobiusA Christian apologist, flourished during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). St. Jerome says, in ... |
ArnoldArnoldName of several medieval personages. Arnold Amalricus Cistercian monk, Abbot of ... |
Arnold of BresciaArnold of Brescia(ARNALDUS, ARNOLDUS, ERNALDUS) Born at Brescia towards the end of the eleventh century, ... |
Arnoldi, AlbertoAlberto Arnoldi(Or di Arnoldo). Italian sculptor and architect, b. at Florence, fourteenth century. In 1364, ... |
Arnoldi, BartholomaeusBartholomaeus ArnoldiUsually called Usingen, after his birthplace, an Augustinian friar, teacher of Luther, and with him ... |
Arnolfo di CambioArnolfo di CambioSometimes called di Lapo, the principal master of Italian Gothic, b. at Florence, about 1232; d. ... |
Arnoudt, Peter JosephPeter Joseph Arnoudt( Also: Aernoudt, Arnold). Jesuit writer on spiritual subjects, born at Moere Belgium, 17 ... |
Arnpeck, VeitVeit ArnpeckBavarian historian, b. at Landshut in 1440; d. at the same place about the year 1505. He was ... |
Arnulf of BavariaArnulf of BavariaSon of Luitpold of the Agilulfing family and of Kunigunde, and Duke of Bavaria from 907 to 937. ... |
Arnulf of LisieuxArnulf of Lisieux(Lexoviensis or Luxoviensis). In France ; d. 31 August, 1184. He was educated by his ... |
Arnulf of Metz, SaintSt. Arnulf of MetzStatesman, bishop under the Merovingians, born c. 580; died c. 640. His parents belonged to a ... |
ArrasArras(Atrebatum). Diocese comprising the Department of Pas-de-Calais in France. On the occasion of ... |
Arras, Councils ofCouncils of ArrasIn 1025 a council was held at Arras against certain (Manichaean) heretics who rejected the ... |
Arriaga, Pablo JoséPablo Jose ArriagaBorn at Vergara, in Biscay, 1564, entered the Society of Jesus in 1579, and in 1585 went to ... |
Arricivita, JuanJuan ArricivitaA native of Mexico in the eighteenth century. Little more is known of his life than that he was ... |
Arrighetti, NicolòNicolo ArrighettiA professor of natural philosophy at Spoleto, Prato, and Sienna, b. at Florence, 17 March, 1709; ... |
Arrighetti, NicolaNicola ArrighettiMathematician, b. at Florence and died there in 1639. He was distinguished as a litterateur, but ... |
Arrowsmith, Venerable EdmundVen. Edmund ArrowsmithEnglish martyr, born in 1585 at Haddock; executed at Lancaster, 23 August, 1628. He is of great ... |
ArsacidæArsacidaeIt was under the Dynasty of the Arsacids, who ruled the Persian empire from the year 256 B.C. ... |
Arsenius AutorianosArsenius AutorianosPatriarch of Constantinople, in the thirteenth century; died 1273. He entered a monastery in ... |
Arsenius, SaintSt. ArseniusAnchorite; born 354, at Rome ; died 450, at Troe, in Egypt. Theodosius the Great having ... |
ArsinoeArsinoeA titular see of Egypt, now Medinet el Fayum, capital of the district of that name, and ... |
Art, ChristianChristian Art" Christian art" is a term which, while it always applies to the fine arts and their creations ... |
Art, EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical ArtBefore speaking in detail of the developments of Christian art from the beginning down to the ... |
ArtemonArtemon(Or Artemas). Mentioned as the leader of an Antitrinitarian sect at Rome, in the third ... |
Arthur, JamesJames Arthur(Didacus Arturus). A Dominican friar, and a theologian of note, b. at Limerick, Ireland, ... |
Arthur, ThomasThomas ArthurA celebrated Catholic physician of the seventeenth century, born at Limerick, 1593, died c. ... |
Articles of FaithArticles of Faith(Greek, arthron ; Latin, articulus , joint). Certain revealed supernatural truths such ... |
Articles, The OrganicThe Organic ArticlesA name given to a law regulating public worship, comprising 77 articles relative to Catholicism, ... |
ArtoklasiaArtoklasia(Greek artos = bread, klao = to break; the breaking of bread). A peculiar service in the ... |
Arts, Bachelor ofBachelor of ArtsA degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college. In the medieval ... |
Arts, Master ofMaster of ArtsAn academic degree higher than that of Bachelor. The conferring of the degree of Master of Arts, ... |
Arts, The Faculty ofThe Faculty of ArtsOne of the four traditional divisions of the teaching body of the university. It is impossible to ... |
Arts, The Seven LiberalThe Seven Liberal ArtsThe expression artes liberales , chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we ... |
ArtvinArtvinArtvin, a Russian city in the trans-Caucasian province of Kutais, is situated near Turkish ... |
Arundel, ThomasThomas ArundelSixtieth Archbishop of Canterbury, second son of Robert, Earl of Arundel and Warren, b. 1353; ... |
ArundellArundell (Family)Thomas, first Lord Arundell of Wardour Born 1560; died at Oxford, 7 November, 1639. He was the ... |
Asaph, SaintSt. Asaph(Or Asa). First Bishop of the Welsh See of that name (second half of the sixth century). ... |
AscalonAscalonA titular see of Palestine whose episcopal list (351-930 or 40) is given in Gams (p. 453). It ... |
AscelinAscelinAmbassador of Innocent IV (1243-54) to the Tartars. He entered the Dominican Order, probably at ... |
Ascendente DominoAscendente DominoA Bull issued by Gregory XIII, 24 May, 1584, in favor of the Society of Jesus, to confirm the ... |
AscensionAscensionSee also The Feast of the Ascension . The elevation of Christ into heaven by His own power ... |
Ascension, Feast of theFeast of the AscensionSee also The Fact of the Ascension . The fortieth day after Easter Sunday , commemorating ... |
Ascetical TheologyAscetical TheologyAscetics, as a branch of theology, may be briefly defined as the scientific exposition of ... |
AsceticismAsceticismThe word asceticism comes from the Greek askesis which means practice, bodily exercise, and ... |
Aschbach, Joseph, Ritter vonJoseph, Ritter von AschbachGerman historian, b. at Hochst, in Hesse-Nassau, 29 April, 1801; d. at Vienna, 25 April, 1882. In ... |
Ascoli, Satriano, and CirignolaAscoli, Satriano, and CirignolaAn Italian diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Beneventum, comprising six towns and two ... |
Ascoli-PicenoAscoli-PicenoDiocese comprising sixteen towns in the Province of Ascoli-Piceno, two in that of Aquila, and two ... |
AseityAseityAseity (Latin a , from; se , itself: ens a se ) is the property by which a being exists ... |
AsenethAsenethThe daughter of Putiphare (Poti-phera), priest of On. The Pharaoh of Egypt gave her to wife ... |
AserAserThough the form Aser uniformly appears in the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Douay versions, an ... |
AsgaardAsgaardAsgaard (from As , plural Aeser , or in English, "Ases"--Norwegian for the gods--and gaard ... |
Ash WednesdayAsh WednesdayThe Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday , which is the first day of the Lenten fast. The ... |
Ashby, GeorgeGeorge AshbyMonk of the Cistercian Monastery of Jervaulx in Yorkshire, executed after the Pilgrimage of ... |
Ashby, ThomasThomas AshbySuffered at Tyburn, 29 March, 1544. His name was originally contained in the process of the ... |
AshesAshesIt is not easy to arrive at the fundamental conception of the liturgical use of ashes. No doubt ... |
Ashley, Venerable RalphVenerable Ralph AshleyMartyr and Jesuit lay-brother; first heard of, it seems, as cook at Douay College, which he ... |
Ashton, JohnJohn AshtonAn early Jesuit missionary in Maryland ; born in Ireland, 1742; died in Maryland, 1814, or ... |
Ashton, Venerable RogerVen. Roger AshtonMartyr, third son of Richard Ashton of Croston, in Lancashire. He was hanged, drawn, and ... |
AsiaAsiaIn the present article it is intended to give a rapid survey of the geography, ethnography, ... |
Asia MinorAsia MinorThe peninsular mass that the Asiatic continent projects westward of an imaginary line running ... |
AsiongaberAsiongaber (Ezion-Geber)More properly Ezion-geber, a city of Idumea, situated on the northern extremity of the ... |
Aske, RobertRobert AskeAn English gentleman, and nominal leader of the 30,000 Northern Catholics who rose in defence ... |
AsmodeusAsmodeusThe name of the demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias (iii, 8). The name is most probably ... |
AspendusAspendusA titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor, situated along the Eurymedon, on a lofty hill that ... |
AspergesAsperges(Latin, aspergere, to wash, sprinkle). The rite of sprinkling the congregation with holy ... |
Aspilcueta, MartinMartin Aspilcueta(Also AZPILCOETA.) Generally known as Navarrus, or Doctor Navarrus, a famous Spanish canonist ... |
Ass, The, in Caricature of ChristiansThe Ass (In Caricature of Christians)The calumny of onolatry, or ass-worship, attributed by Tacitus and other writers to the Jews, ... |
AssamAssamA Prefecture Apostolic in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta, India, established in 1889. ... |
AssemaniAssemani(Arabic, Sam'an , i.e. Simeon ) The name of an illustrious Maronite family of Mount ... |
Assemblies of the French ClergyAssemblies of the French ClergyQuinquennial representative meetings of the Clergy of France for the purpose of apportioning ... |
Asser, JohnJohn Asser(Or Asserius Menevensis). A learned monk of St David's, Menevia, b. in Pembrokeshire; d. ... |
Asses, Feast ofFeast of AssesThe celebration of the "Festum Asinorum" in medieval and ecclesiastical circles was a pastime ... |
Assessor of the Holy OfficeAssessor of the Holy OfficeAn official of the Congregation of the Inquisition. The Holy Office is better known as the ... |
AssessorsAssessorsAssessors, in ecclesiastical law, are learned persons who function is to counsel a judge with ... |
Assicus, SaintSt. AssicusBishop and Patron of Elphin, in Ireland, one of St. Patrick's converts, and his worker in ... |
AssideansAssideansAssideans (Hebrew, chasidim , saints; Greek, Asidaioi ), men endowed with grace ( Psalm 39:5 ; ... |
Assimilation, PhysiologicalPhysiological AssimilationIn this sense the word may be defined as that vital function by which an organism changes nutrient ... |
Assimilation, PsychologicalPsychological AssimilationAs applied to a mental process, assimilation derives all its force and meaning from the analogy ... |
AssisiAssisiDiocese located in the civil province of Umbria, Italy. The town of Assisi ( Assisium ), ... |
Assistant at the Pontifical ThroneAssistant at the Pontifical Throne(ASSISTENS THRONO PONTIFICIO.) Bishops-assistant at the pontifical throne are those prelates ... |
Assizes of JerusalemAssizes of JerusalemThe signification of the word assizes in this connection is derived from the French verb ... |
Assmayer, IgnazIgnaz AssmayerAn Austrian musician, born at Salzburg, 11 February, 1790; died in Vienna, 31 August, 1862. ... |
Association of IdeasAssociation of Ideas(1) A principle in psychology to account for the succession of mental states; (2) the basis ... |
Association of Priestly PerseveranceAssociation of Priestly PerseveranceA sacerdotal association founded in 1868 at Vienna, and at first confined to that Archdiocese. ... |
Association, Right of VoluntaryRight of Voluntary AssociationI. LEGAL RIGHT A voluntary association means any group of individuals freely united for the ... |
Associations, PiousPious AssociationsUnder this term are comprehended all those organizations, approved and indulgenced by Church ... |
AssuerusAssuerusThe name of two different persons in the Bible : I. In Ezra 4:6 , and Esther 1:17 , it ... |
Assumption of MaryAssumption of MaryThe Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August; also called in old liturgical ... |
Assumption, Augustinians of theAugustinians of the Assumption (The Assumptionists)(Also called the Assumptionists .) This congregation had its origin in the College of the ... |
Assumption, Little Sisters of theLittle Sisters of the AssumptionA congregation whose work is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes. This labour they ... |
Assumption, Sisters of theSisters of the AssumptionA congregation of French nuns devoted to the teaching of young girls. It was founded in 1839 by ... |
AssumptionistsAugustinians of the Assumption (The Assumptionists)(Also called the Assumptionists .) This congregation had its origin in the College of the ... |
Assur (multiple definitions)Assur(Septuagint Assour .) (1) The name used in the Old Testament to designate the Assyrian land ... |
Assur (titular see)Assur(Or Assuræ.) A titular see of Proconsular Africa, now Henchir-Zenfour. Its episcopal ... |
AssyriaAssyriaIn treating of Assyria it is extremely difficult not to speak at the same time of its sister, ... |
Assyrian RiteEast Syrian RiteAlso known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. History and Origin This rite is used by ... |
AsteriskAsterisk(From the Greek aster , a star). This is a utensil for the Liturgy according to the Greek ... |
AsteriusAsteriusName of several prominent persons in early Christian history. (1) Asterius of Petra, a ... |
AstiAstiOne of the divisions of the province of Alexandria, and suffragan of Turin. Asti is a very old ... |
AstonAstonThe name of several English Catholics of prominence. Sir Arthur, member of an ancient and ... |
AstorgaAstorga(ASTURIGA AUGUSTA.) Suffragan of Valladolid in Spain, dates it is said, from the third ... |
AstrologyAstrologyThe supposed science which determines the influence of the stars, especially of the five older ... |
AstronomyAstronomy(From Greek astron , star; nemein , to distribute). A science of prehistoric antiquity, ... |
Astronomy in the BibleAstronomy in the BibleNo systematic observations of the heavenly bodies were made by the Jews. Astral worship was rife ... |
Astros, Paul-Thérèse-David d'Paul-Therese-David d'AstrosA French cardinal, b. At Tourves (Var.) in 1772; d. 29 September, 1851. He was a nephew of ... |
Astruc, JeanJean AstrucBorn At Sauves, 19 March, 1684; died At Paris, 5 May, 1766. He was the son of a converted ... |
AtahuallpaAtahuallpaProperly ATAU-HUALLPA (etymology usually given as from huallpa , the name of some indigenous ... |
Atahualpa, Jean SantosJuan Santos AtahualpaAn Indian from Cuzco who, being in the service of a Jesuit, went to Spain with his master. ... |
AtavismAtavism(Latin, atavus , a great-grandfather's grandfather, an ancestor). Duchesne introduced the ... |
AthabascaVicariate Apostolic of Athabasca(Northwest Territories). Suffragan of Saint Boniface ; erected 8 April, 1862, by Pius IX. ... |
Athanasian Creed, TheThe Athanasian CreedOne of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and given a place in her liturgy, is a ... |
Athanasius, SaintSt. AthanasiusBishop of Alexandria ; Confessor and Doctor of the Church ; born c. 296; died 2 May, 373. ... |
AtheismAtheism( a privative, and theos , God, i.e. without God ). Atheism is that system of thought ... |
Athelney, The Abbey ofThe Abbey of AthelneyThe Abbey of Athelney, established in the County of Somerset, England, was founded by King Alfred, ... |
AthenagorasAthenagorasA Christian apologist of the second half of the second century of whom no more is known than ... |
AthenryAthenryA small inland town in the county Galway, Ireland, anciently called Athnere, from Ath-na-Riagh ... |
Athens, ChristianChristian AthensChristianity was first preached in Athens by St. Paul. He came to Athens from Berœa of ... |
Athens, Modern Diocese ofModern Diocese of AthensThe Greeks have long regarded their religion as a national affair. This notion is so deep-rooted ... |
Athias, JosephJoseph AthiasBorn in Spain, probably in Cordova, at the beginning of the seventeenth century; died at ... |
Athos, MountMount AthosAthos is a small tongue of land that projects into the Aegean Sea, being the eastern-most of the ... |
Atienza, Juan deJuan de AtienzaBorn at Tordehumos, near Valladolid, in Spain, in the year 1546, eldest son of the royal ... |
Atkinson, JamesJames AtkinsonCatholic confessor, tortured to death in Bridewell prison in 1595. His pathetic and romantic ... |
Atkinson, NicholasNicholas AtkinsonPriest and martyr, probably to be identified with Venerable Thomas Atkinson. Dodd, who mentions ... |
Atkinson, Paul, of St. FrancisPaul Atkinson of St. FrancisOne of the notable confessors of the English Church during the age which succeeded the ... |
Atkinson, SarahSarah AtkinsonPhilanthropist and biographer, born at Athlone, Ireland, 13 October, 1823; died Dublin 8 July ... |
Atkinson, Ven. ThomasVen. Thomas AtkinsonMartyred at York, 11 March, l6l6. He was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was ordained ... |
AtomAtom(Gr. a privative, and temno , cut; indivisible). Primarily, the smallest particle of ... |
AtomismAtomismAtomism [ a privative and temnein to cut, i.e. indivisible] is the system of those who hold ... |
Atonement, Day ofDay of Atonement (Yom Kippur)( Hebrew Yom Hakkippurim . Vulgate, Dies Expiationum , and Dies Propitiationis — ... |
Atonement, Doctrine of theDoctrine of the AtonementThe word atonement , which is almost the only theological term of English origin, has a ... |
AtribAtribA titular see of Lower Egypt (Athribites) whose episcopal list (325-479) is given in Gams ... |
AtriumAtriumI. An open place or court before a church. It consisted of a large quadrangle with colonnaded ... |
AttainderAttainderA bill of attainder may be defined to be an Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for ... |
Attala, SaintSt. AttalaBorn in the sixth century in Burgundy ; died 627. He first became a monk at Lérins, but, ... |
AttaliaAttalia(Also ATTALEIA.) A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor. Its episcopal list ... |
Attaliates, MichaelAttaliatesByzantine statesman and historian, probably a native of Attalia in Pamphylia, whence he seems ... |
AtticusAtticusPatriarch of Constantinople (406-425), born at Sebaste in Armenia ; died 425. He was ... |
Attigny, Councils ofCouncils of AttignyIn 765, St. Chrodegang of Metz and thirty-seven other bishops mutually promised in an ... |
Attila the HunAttila the HunKing and general of the Huns; died 453. Succeeding in 433 to the kingship of Scythian hordes ... |
Attiret, Jean DenisJean Denis AttiretPainter, born at Dole, France, 31 July, 1702; died at Pekin, 8 December, 1768. He made serious ... |
AttoAttoA faithful follower of Gregory VII in his conflict with the simoniac clergy, born probably at ... |
Atto of PistoiaAtto of PistoiaBorn at Badajoz in Spain, 1070; died 22 May, 1155. He became Abbot of Vallombrosa, (Tuscany) in ... |
Atto of VercelliAtto of VercelliA learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century, son of the Viscount Aldegarius and ... |
Attracta, SaintSt. Attracta(Or ST. ARAGHT). A contemporary of St. Patrick from whom she received the veil. She is known ... |
Attributes, DivineDivine AttributesIn order to form a more systematic idea of God, and as far as possible, to unfold the ... |
AttritionAttritionAttrition or Imperfect Contrition (Latin attero , "to wear away by rubbing"; p. part. ... |
AttudaAttudaA titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor whose episcopal list (431-879) is given in Gams (446). |
Aubarède, Jean-Michel-d'AstorgJean-Michel-d'Astorg AubaredeCanon regular, and Vicar Capitular of Pamiers, born 1639; died 4 August, 1692. He was educated ... |
Aubermont, Jean-Aontoine d'Jean-Antoine d'AubermontTheologian of Bois-le-Duc ; died 22 November, 1686. He joined the Dominicans in 1633, taught ... |
Aubery, JosephJoseph AuberyJesuit missionary in Canada, born at Gisors in Normandy, 10 May, 1673; died at St. ... |
Aubignac, François Hédelin, Abbé d'Francois Hedelin, Abbe d'AubignacGrammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. Born at Paris, 4 August, 1604; died at ... |
Aubusson, Pierre d'Pierre d'AubussonGrand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem , born 1423; died 1503. He made his first ... |
AuchAuch(Augusta Auscorum). Archdiocese ; comprises the Department of Gers in France. Before the ... |
AucklandAucklandDiocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the ... |
Auctorem FideiAuctorem FideiA Bull issued by Pius VI, 28 August, 1794, in condemnation of the Gallican and Jansenist acts ... |
Audiences, PontificalPontifical AudiencesPontifical Audiences are the receptions given by the pope to cardinals, sovereigns, princes, ... |
Audifax, Abachum, Martha, and Maris, SaintsSts. Maris, Martha, Audifax, and AbachumAll martyred at Rome in 270. Maris and his wife Martha, who belonged to the Persian nobility, ... |
AudiffrediGiovanni Battista AudiffrediBorn at Saorgio, near Nice, in 1734; died at Rome, July, 1794. He entered the Dominican Order, ... |
Audin, J.-M.-VincentJ.-M.-Vincent AudinBorn at Lyons in 1793; died in Paris, 21 February, 1851. He first studied theology in the ... |
Audisio, GuglielmoGuglielmo AudisioBorn at Bra, Piedmont, Italy, 1801; died in Rome, 27 September, 1882. He was professor of ... |
AuditorAuditorThe designation of certain officials of the Roman Curia, whose duty it is to hear ( Latin ... |
AudranAudranThe family name of four generations of distinguished French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons, ... |
Auenbrugger, LeopoldLeopold Auenbrugger( Or von Auenbrugg). An Austrian physician, born 19 November, 1722; died 17 May, 1807. He ... |
Aufsees, Jobst Bernhard vonJobst Bernhard von AufseesCanon of Bamberg and Würzburg, born 28 March, 1671, on the family estate of Mengersdorf; ... |
Auger, EdmondEdmond AugerBorn 1530, near Troyes ; died at Como, Italy, 31 January, 1591, one of the great figures in ... |
AugilæAugilae( Or Augila). A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa. It was situated in an oasis ... |
AugsburgAugsburgDiocese in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising, ... |
Augsburg, Synods ofSynods of AugsburgFrom the time of St. Boniface (d. 754), especially during periods of earnest revival of ... |
AugustaAugustaA titular see of Cilicia in Asia Minor, whose episcopal list (363-434) is given in Gams (435). ... |
Augustin von AlfeldAugustin von Alfeld(Alveldt, or Alveldianus) One of the earliest and most aggressive opponents of Luther, born in ... |
Augustine of Canterbury, SaintSt. Augustine of CanterburyFirst Archbishop of Canterbury, Apostle of the English; date of birth unknown; d. 26 May, ... |
Augustine of Hippo, Life of SaintSt. Augustine of Hippo( See also WORKS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE and TEACHING OF SAINT AUGUSTINE .) The great St. ... |
Augustine of Hippo, Teaching of SaintTeaching of St. Augustine of HippoSt. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is "a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, ... |
Augustine of Hippo, Works of SaintWorks of St. Augustine of HippoSt. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was one of the most prolific geniuses that humanity has ever ... |
Augustine, Rule of SaintRule of St. AugustineThe title, Rule of Saint Augustine , has been applied to each of the following documents: ... |
Augustinian CanonsCanons and Canonesses Regular(Also called REGULAR CLERICS, RELIGIOUS CLERICS, CLERIC-CANONS, AUGUSTINIAN CANONS, BLACK CANONS, ... |
AugustiniansHermits of St. Augustine(Generally called Augustinians and not to be confounded with the Augustinian Canons ). A ... |
Augustinians of the AssumptionAugustinians of the Assumption (The Assumptionists)(Also called the Assumptionists .) This congregation had its origin in the College of the ... |
Augustinus, AntoniusAntonius AugustinusHistorian of canon law and Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, born at Saragossa 26 February, ... |
Augustinus-Verein, TheThe Augustinus-VereinAn association organized in 1878 to promote the interests of the Catholic press, particularly the ... |
AugustopolisAugustopolisA titular see of Palestine, suffragan of Petra. Its episcopal list (431-536) is given in Gams ... |
AugustusAugustusThe name by which Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor, in whose reign Jesus ... |
Augustus Abbey, FortFort Augustus AbbeySt. Benedict's Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, is at present the only monastery for ... |
Aulne AbbeyAulne Abbey(Alna). A former Cistercian monastery near Landelies on the Sambre in the Diocese of ... |
AumbryAumbryVariously written AMBRY, or AUMBRYE, is a derivative through the French of the classical ... |
Aunarius, SaintSt. Aunarius(Or Aunacharius). Bishop of Auxerre in France, born 573, died 603. Being of noble birth, he ... |
AureaAurea(Golden). A title given to certain works and documents: Bulla, the charter of emperor ... |
AurelianAurelian(Lucius Dominius Aurelianus). Roman Emperor, 270-275, born of humble parents, near Sirmium in ... |
AureliopolisAureliopolisA titular see of Lydia in Asia Minor, whose episcopal list (325-787) is given in Gams (p. 447). |
AureliusAureliusArchbishop of Carthage from 388 to 423. From the title of St. Cyprian, Carthage was one of the ... |
Aurelius Antoninus, MarcusMarcus Aurelius AntoninusRoman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died 17 March, 180. HIS EARLY LIFE ... |
Aureoli, PetrusPetrus Aureoli(Aureolus, D'auriol, Oriol). A Franciscan philosopher and theologian, called on account of ... |
AuriesvilleAuriesvilleThe site of the Mohawk village, Montgomery County, New York, U.S.A. in which Father Issac Jogues, ... |
Aurispa, GiovanniGiovanni AurispaA famous ltalian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts, born about 1369 at Noto, in ... |
Aurora Lucis RutilatAurora Lucis RutilatThis is one of the Ambrosian hymns , but its author is unknown. It has been revised and ... |
Ausculta FiliAusculta FiliA letter addressed 5 December 1301, by Pope Boniface VIII to Philip the Fair, King of France. ... |
Ausonius, Decimus MagnusDecimus Magnus AusoniusA professor and poet born about A. D. 310; died, probably, about A.D. 394. The son of a physician ... |
Austin, JohnJohn AustinAn English lawyer and writer, born 1613 at Walpole, in Norfolk; died London, 1669. He was a ... |
AustraliaAustralia(Also known as N EW H OLLAND till about 1817). Australia is geographically the world's ... |
Austremonius, SaintSt. AustremoniusApostle and Bishop of Auvergne (c. 314). All that is certainly known of Austremonius is deduced ... |
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, TheAustro-Hungarian MonarchyBy this name is designated the European monarchy whose dominions have for their main ... |
AuthenticAuthenticThe term is used in two senses. It is applied first to a book or document whose contents are ... |
Authenticity of the BibleAuthenticity of the BibleThe authenticity or authority of Holy Writ is twofold on account of its twofold authorship. ... |
Authority, CivilCivil AuthorityCivil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, ... |
Authorized Version, TheThe Authorized VersionName given to the English translation of the Bible produced by the Commission appointed by James ... |
AutocephaliAutocephali(Greek, autokephaloi , independent). A designation in early Christian times of certain ... |
Autos SacramentalesAutos Sacramentales(Spanish auto , act or ordinance; sacramental , sacramental, pertaining to a sacrament) ... |
Autpert, AmbroseAmbrose AutpertAn early medieval writer and abbot of the Benedictine Order, born in France, early in the ... |
Autran, JosephJoseph AutranFrench poet, born at Marseilles 20 June, 1813; died in the same city, 6 March, 1877. He pursued ... |
AutunAutunTHE DIOCESE OF AUTUN (Augustodonum). Comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire in ... |
Auxentius of MilanAuxentius of MilanNative of Cappadocia, ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of ... |
Auxentius of MopsuestiaAuxentius of Mopsuestia(360) Baronius places this bishop in the Roman martyrology, because of the story told by ... |
Auxentius, JuniorAuxentius, JuniorAuxentius, Junior — originally Mercurinus, a Scythian, and a disciple of Ulfilas, or ... |
Auxerre, Councils ofCouncils of AuxerreIn 585 (or 578) a Council of Auxerre held under St. Annacharius formulated forty-five canons, ... |
Auxiliary BishopAuxiliary BishopA bishop deputed to a diocesan who, capable of governing and administering his diocese, is ... |
Auxilius of NaplesAuxilius of NaplesThe name (probably fictitious, according to Hefele ) of an ecclesiastic to whom we owe a series ... |
AvaAvaA German poetess, the first woman known to have written in German and probably identical with a ... |
Avancini, NicolaNicola AvanciniChiefly known as an ascetical writer, born in the Tyrol, 1612; died 6 December, 1686. He entered ... |
AvariceAvariceAvarice (from Latin avarus , "greedy"; "to crave") is the inordinate love for riches. Its ... |
AvatarAvatarAn Anglicized form of the Sanskrit, avatara , "descent", from the root tr , "pass" (cf. ... |
Avaugour, Pierre du Bois, Baron d'Pierre du Bois, Baron d'AvaugourThe Baron d'Avaugour (d. 1664) was sixth Governor General of Canada. Born of an ancient family in ... |
Ave MariaHail MaryThe Hail Mary (sometimes called the "Angelical salutation", sometimes, from the first words in its ... |
Ave Maris StellaAve Maris Stella(Hail, thou Star of Ocean.) The first verse of an unrhymed, accentual hymn, of seven stropes of ... |
Ave ReginaAve ReginaAn antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven ). It ... |
AvellinoAvellinoAn Italian diocese in the Province of Naples, suffragan to Benevento. Avellino was founded by ... |
Avellino, Saint AndrewSt. Andrew AvellinoBorn 1521 at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily ; died 10 November, 1608. His baptismal name ... |
AvempaceAvempace(Ibn Badsha, or Ibn Badja, called by the Scholastics Aven-Pace and Avempace). Arabian ... |
Avendano, FernandoFernando AvendanoPriest born at Lima, Peru, either towards the end of sixteenth or in the beginning of the ... |
AverbodeAverbodeA Premonstratensian abbey belonging to the circary of Brabant and situated near Diest in the ... |
AverroesAverroes(Abul Walid Mahommed Ibn Achmed, Ibn Mahommed Ibn Roschd). Arabian philosopher, astronomer, ... |
Aversa, Diocese ofAversaComprising twenty-one towns in the Province of Caserta and twelve in the Province of Naples, it ... |
Avesta, TheThe AvestaThe sacred books of Parsees, or Zoroastrians, and the main source of our knowledge concerning ... |
Avesta, Theological Aspects of theTheological Aspects of the AvestaI. GOD The name of the Supreme God of the Avestic system is Ahura Mazda (in the Achaemenid ... |
AvicebronAvicebronSalamo Ben Jehuda Ben Gebirol (or Gabirol), whom the Scholastics, taking him for an Arabian, ... |
AvicennaAvicenna(ABN ALI AL HOSAIN IBN ABDALLAH IBN SINA, called by the Latins AVICENNA). Arabian physician ... |
AvignonAvignonAvignon, written in the form of Avennio in the ancient texts and inscriptions, takes its name ... |
Avignon, Councils ofCouncils of AvignonNothing is known of the council held here in 1060. In 1080 a council was held under the ... |
Avignon, University ofUniversity of AvignonThe University of Avignon (1303-1792), developed from the already existing schools of the city, ... |
AvilaAvila(ABULA) Diocese ; suffragan of Valladolid in Spain. Its episcopal succession dates at least ... |
Avila, Francisco deFrancisco de AvilaCurate or vicar in the province of Huarochiri of Peru, later curate at Huánaco, ... |
Avila, Sancho deSancho de AvilaBorn at Avila of the Kings, in Old Castile, 1546, and named after the place of his birth; died at ... |
Avitus, SaintSt. Avitus(Alcimus Ecdicius). A distinguished bishop of Vienne, in Gaul, from 490 to about 518, ... |
Aviz, Order ofOrder of AvizA military body of Portuguese knights. The Kingdom of Portugal, founded in 1128, was not ... |
Avranches, Council ofCouncil of AvranchesIn 1172 (September 27-28) a Council was held at Avranches in France, apropos of the troubles ... |
Avril, PhilippePhilippe AvrilJesuit, born at Angoulême, France, 16 September, 1654; died in a shipwreck in 1698. He was ... |
AxumAxum(A UXUME .) A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia. Its episcopal ... |
Ayacucho, Diocese ofAyacucho( Or Guamanga). A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima. The See of Guamanga was erected by ... |
Ayeta, Fray Francisco deFray Francisco de AyetaA Spanish Franciscan of the seventeenth century, and (while time and place of his birth and ... |
Ayllón, Lucas Vésquez deLucas Vasquez de AyllonSpanish discoverer of Chesapeake Bay, and the first of those daring navigators who tried to find a ... |
Aylward, James Ambrose DominicJames Ambrose Dominic AylwardTheologian and poet, born at Leeds, 4 April, 1813; died at Hinckley (England), 5 October, 1872. ... |
AymaráAymaraAlso Aymara (etymology unknown as yet). A numerous tribe of sedentary Indians inhabiting the ... |
Aymeric of PiacenzaAymeric of PiacenzaA learned Dominican, b. at Piacenza, Italy ; d. at Bologna, 19 August, 1327. Soon after his ... |
Azara, Féliz deFeliz de AzaraSpanish naturalist, b. at Barbunales in Aragon, 18 May, 1746; d. 1811. He first embraced the ... |
Azaria, AristacesAristaces AzariaA Catholic Armenian abbot and archbishop, b. at Constantinople, 18 July, 1782; d. at Vienna, 6 ... |
Azarias, BrotherBrother Azarias(Patrick Francis Mullany). Educator, essayist, littérateur, and philosopher, b. near ... |
Azevedo, Luiz deLuiz de AzevedoAn Ethiopic missionary and scholar, born, according to probable narration of Franco (Imogem da ... |
Azor, JuanJuan AzorBorn at Lorca, province of Murcia, Southern Spain, in 1535; entered the Society of Jesus, 18 ... |
AzoresAzores(Portuguese Acores , "Falcons") An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean ... |
AzotusAzotus( Hebrew Ashdodh ; in Septuagint Azotos ) (1) One of the five great cities of the ... |
AztecsAztecsProbably from Aztatl (heron), and Tlacatl (man),"people of the heron", in the Nahuatl, or ... |
AzymesAzymes(Greek azymos , without leaven; Hebrew maççoth ). Unfermented cakes used by ... |
AzymitesAzymites(A privative, and zyme , leaven). A term of reproach used by the schismatic Greeks since ... |
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