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A virgin, very much revered in Belgium, who is said to have been sought in marriage by Charles, afterwards Charlemagne. Continually repulsed, Charles finally attempted to carry her off by force, but though he broke her arm in the struggle he was unable to move her from the altar before which she had prostrated herself. The royal lover was forced to abandon his suit, and left her in peace. Many miracles are attributed to her, among others the cure of Charles, who was stricken with illness because of the rudeness with which he had treated the saint. She died 10 July, in her thirty-first year, five years after Charles had ascended the throne.

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Sámar and Leyte Samar and Leyte The names of two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which include the ...
Sánchez, Alonzo Alonzo Sanchez Born in Mondejar, Guadalajara, Spain, in 1547; died at Alcalá, 27 May, 1593. He entered ...
Sánchez, Alonzo Coello Alonzo Coello Sanchez Born at Benyfayro, Valenciz, Spain, in 1513 or 1515; died at Madrid, 1590. His name Coello is ...
Sánchez, José Bernardo Jose Bernardo Sanchez Born at Robledillo, Old Castile, Spain, 7 September, 1778; d. at San Gabriel, California, 15 ...
São Carlos do Pinhal Sao Carlos Do Pinhal (S. CAROLI PINHALENSIS). Diocese ; suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil, ...
São Luiz de Cáceres Sao Luiz de Ciceres (SANCTI ALOYSII DE CACERES). Diocese in Brazil, suffragan of Cuyabá, from which ...
São Luiz de Maranhão Sao Luiz de Maranhao (SANCTI LUDOVICI DE MARAGNANO). Diocese ; suffragan of Belém de Pará, comprises ...
São Paulo Sao Paulo (Brazil) (S. PAULI IN BRASILIA). The ecclesiastical province of São Paulo, in the Republic of ...
São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos Sao Salvador de Bahia de Todos Os Santos (SANCTI SALVATORIS OMNIUM SANCTORUM). A Brazilian see erected by Julius III, 25 Feb., 1551, ...
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Sao Sebastiao Do Rio de Janeiro (S. SEBASTIAN FLUMINIS JANUARII). The ecclesiastical province of Rio de Janeiro, the third ...
São Thiago de Cabo Verde Sao Thiago de Cabo Verde (SANCTI JACOBI CAPITIS VIRIDIS). This diocese has the seat of its bishopric on the Island ...
Séez Seez (SAGIUM.) Diocese embracing the Department of Orne. Re-established by the Concordat of 1802, ...
Ségur, Louis Gaston de Louis Gaston de Segur Prelate and French apologist, born 15 April, 1820, in Paris ; died 9 June, 1881, in the same ...
Ségur, Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Segur Born 1797; died 1874. Her father was General Rostopchine who ordered the city of Moscow to be ...
Sénanque Senanque Cistercian monastery and cradle of the modern Cistercians of the Immaculate Conception, ...
Sévigné, Madame de Madame de Sevigne (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal). Writer, b. at Paris, 6 Feb., 1626; d. at Grignan, 18 April, 1696. ...
Sa, Manoel de Manoel de Sa (Saa) Portuguese theologian and exegete, b. at Villa do Conde (Province Entre-Minho-e-Douro), 1530; d. ...
Saavedra Remírez de Baquedano, Angel de Angel de Saavedra Remirez de Baquedano Spanish poet and statesman, b. at Cordova, 10 March, 1791; d. at Madrid, 22 June, 1865. He ...
Saavedra, Fajardo Diego de Fajardo Diego de Saavedra Statesman and author, b. at Algezares, Murcia, Spain, in 1584; d. at Madrid in 1648. He made his ...
Saba and Sabeans Saba and Sabeans This Saba (Sheba) must not be confounded with Saba (Seba) in Ethiopia of Is., xliii, 3; xlv, 14. ...
Sabaoth Sabaoth (In Hebrew, plural form of "host" or "army"). The word is used almost exclusively in conjunction ...
Sabbas, Saint St. Sabbas ( Also spelled Sabas). Hermit, born at Mutalaska near Caesarea in Cappadocia, 439; died in ...
Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism (Hebrew Shabot rest). The name, as appears from its origin, denotes those individuals or ...
Sabbath Sabbath ( Hebrew shabbath , cessation, rest; Greek Sabbaton ; Latin Sabbatum ). The seventh day ...
Sabbatical Year Sabbatical Year ( Shenath shabbathon , "Year of rest"; Septuagint eniautos anapauseos ; Vulgate annus ...
Sabbatine Privilege Sabbatine Privilege The name Sabbatine Privilege is derived from the apocryphal Bull "Sacratissimo uti culmine" ...
Sabina, Saint St. Sabina Widow of Valentinus and daughter of Herod Metallarius, suffered martyrdom about 126. According to ...
Sabinianus, Pope Pope Sabinianus The date of his birth is unknown, but he was consecrated pope probably 13 Sept., 604, and ...
Sabran, Louis de Louis de Sabran Jesuit ; born in Paris, 1 March, 1652; died at Rome, 22 Jan., 1732. His father, afterwards a ...
Sabrata Sabrata A titular see in Tripolitana. Sabrata was a Phoenician town on the northern coast of Africa, ...
Sacchoni, Rainerio Raneiro Sacchoni (Reiner.) A learned and zealous Dominican, born at Piacenza about he beginning of the ...
Sacra Jam Splendent Sacra Jam Splendent The opening words of the hymn for Matins of the Feast of the Holy Family. The Holy See ...
Sacrament, Reservation of the Blessed Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament The practice of preserving after the celebration of the Liturgy a portion of the consecrated ...
Sacramentals Sacramentals In instituting the sacraments Christ did not determine the matter and form down to the ...
Sacraments Sacraments Sacraments are outward signs of inward grace, instituted by Christ for our sanctification ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus The treatment of this subject is divided into two parts: I. Doctrinal Explanations;II. Historical ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionaries of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Issoudun). A religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Missionary Sisters of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus A religious congregation having its general mother house at Rome, founded in 1880 by Mother ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Paccanarists) (PACCANARISTS). This society was founded by two young seminarists of Saint-Sulpice who had ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of the The Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus An institution of religious women, taking perpetual vows and devoted to the work of education, ...
Sacred Heart, Brothers of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart A congregation founded in 1821 by Père André Coindre, of the Diocese of Lyons, ...
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Congregation of the Congregation of Picpus Better known as the Congregation of Picpus, was founded by Father Coudrin, b. at Coursay-les-Bois, ...
Sacrifice Sacrifice (Latin sacrificium; Italian sacrificio; French sacrifice .) This term is identical with ...
Sacrifice of the Mass Sacrifice of the Mass The word Mass ( missa ) first established itself as the general designation for the ...
Sacrilege Sacrilege (Latin sacrilegium , robbing a temple, from sacer , sacred, and legere , to purloin.) ...
Sacris Solemniis Sacris Solemniis The opening words of the hymn for Matins of Corpus Christi and of the Votive Office of the ...
Sacristan Sacristan An officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ...
Sacristy Sacristy (Latin sacrastia , vestry). A room in the church or attached thereto, where the vestments, ...
Sadducees Sadducees A politico-religious sect of the Jews during the late post-Exile and New-Testament period. The ...
Sadler, Thomas Vincent Faustus Thomas Vincent Faustus Sadler Born 1604; died at Dieulward, Flanders, 19 Jan., 1680-1. He was received into the Church at the ...
Sadlier, Mary Anne Madden Mary Anne Madden Sadlier Authoress, b. at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 30 Dec., 1820; d. at Montreal, Canada, 5 April, ...
Sadoleto, Jacopo Jacopo Sadoleto Cardinal, humanist, and reformer, b. at Modena, 1477; d. at Rome, 1547. His father, a ...
Sagalassus Sagalassus A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch. Sagalassus was one of the chief towns of ...
Sagard, Théodat-Gabriel Theodat-Gabriel Sagard Recollect lay brother, missionary, and historian, b. in France at the end of the sixteenth ...
Sahagún, Bernardino de Bernardino de Sahagun Missionary and Aztec archeologist, b. at Sahagún, Kingdom of Leon, Spain, in or before ...
Sahaptin Indians Sahaptin Indians A prominent tribe formerly holding a considerable territory in Western Idaho and adjacent ...
Sahara, Vicariate Apostolic of Vicariate Apostolic of Sahara The Sahara is a vast desert of northern Africa, measuring about 932 miles from north to south ...
Sailer, Johann Michael Johann Michael Sailer Professor of theology and Bishop of Ratisbon, b. at Aresing in Upper Bavaria 17 October, ...
Sainctes, Claude de Claude de Sainctes French controversialist, b. at Perche, 1525; d. at Crèvecoeur, 1591. At the age of fifteen ...
Saint Albans, Abbey of Abbey of Saint Albans Located in Hertfordshire, England ; founded about 793 by Offa, king of the Mercians. Venerable ...
Saint Albert Saint Albert (SANCTI ALBERTI). The immense territories, known today as the Provinces of Manitoba, ...
Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (S. A NDREAE ET E DINBURGENSIS ). Archdiocese. The exact date of the foundation of the ...
Saint Andrews, Priory of Priory of Saint Andrews The Priory of Saint Andrews priory was one of the great religious houses in Scotland and ...
Saint Andrews, University of University of Saint Andrews The germ of the university is to be found in an association of learned ecclesiastics, formed in ...
Saint Asaph, Ancient Diocese of Ancient Diocese of Saint Asaph (ASSAVENSIS, originally ELVIENSIS) This diocese was founded by St. Kentigern about the ...
Saint Augustine, Abbey of Abbey of Saint Augustine A Benedictine monastery, originally dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul, founded in 605 outside of ...
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the ...
Saint Benedict, Medal of Medal of Saint Benedict A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of St. Benedict. One ...
Saint Bonaventure, College of Saint College of Saint Bonaventure At Quaracchi, near Florence, Italy, famous as the centre of literary activity in the Order of ...
Saint Boniface St. Boniface (SANCTI BONIFACII) Archdiocese ; the chief ecclesiastical division of the Canadian West, ...
Saint Cloud Saint Cloud (SANCTI CLODOALDI). A suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota , comprises the ...
Saint Francis Mission Saint Francis Mission (Properly Saint François de Sales, Quebec) A noted Catholic Indian mission village ...
Saint Francis Xavier's College, University of University of St. Francis Xavier's College The University of St. Francis, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, was founded in 1885, under the name of ...
Saint Gall Saint Gall (The Diocese of Saint Gall; S ANGALLENSIS ) A Swiss bishopric directly subject to the Holy ...
Saint George's Saint George's (SANCTI GEORGII) Diocese in Newfoundland. Beginning at Garnish it takes in the western ...
Saint George, Orders of Orders of St. George Knights of St. George appear at different historical periods and in different countries as ...
Saint Hyacinthe Saint Hyacinthe (SANCTI HYACINTHI) Diocese in the Province of Quebec, suffragan of Montreal. In answer to a ...
Saint Isidore, College of College of Saint Isidore The College of Saint Isidore, in Rome, was originally founded for the use of Spanish ...
Saint James of Compostela, Order of Order of Saint James of Compostela (SANTIAGO DE LA ESPADA). Founded in the twelfth century, owes its name to the national patron ...
Saint John Saint John (Canada) (SANCTI JOANNIS) Diocese in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. The diocese includes the ...
Saint John's University Saint John's University The legal title of a Catholic boarding-school at Collegeville, Minnesota, conducted by the ...
Saint Joseph's College, University of University of St. Joseph's College (Canada) Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada Founded in 1864 by Rev. Camille Lefebvre, C.S.C. The ...
Saint Joseph, Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri (S ANCTI J OSEPHI ) The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, was founded by Joseph Robidoux, a ...
Saint Louis (Missouri) Saint Louis (Missouri) (SANCTI LUDOVICI) Created a diocese 2 July, 1826; raised to the rank of an archdiocese 20 ...
Saint Louis, University of University of Saint Louis The University of St. Louis, probably the oldest university west of the Mississippi River, was ...
Saint Lucius, Monastery of Monastery of Saint Lucius (LUZI) Located in Chur, Switzerland. The Church of St. Lucius was built over the grave of ...
Saint Mark, University of University of Saint Mark The highest institution of learning in Peru, located at Lima, under the official name of ...
Saint Omer, College of College of Saint Omer The well-known Jesuit college at St. Omer -- oftener spoken of under the anglicized form of ...
Saint Paul (Minnesota) Saint Paul (SANCTI PAULI) Archdiocese comprising the counties of Ramsey, Hennepin, Chisago, Anoka, Dakota, ...
Saint Paul-without-the Walls St. Paul-Without-The-Walls ( San Paolo fuori le mura ). An abbey nullius. As early as 200 the burial place of the ...
Saint Peter, Basilica of Basilica of Saint Peter TOPOGRAPHY The present Church of St. Peter stands upon the site where at the beginning of the ...
Saint Peter, Tomb of Tomb of St. Peter The history of the relics of the Apostles Peter and Paul is one which is involved in ...
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, the imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the mouth of the ...
Saint Sylvester, Order of Order of Saint Sylvester The Order of Saint Sylvester is neither monastic nor military but a purely honorary title ...
Saint Thomas of Guiana Saint Thomas of Guiana (GUAYANA; DE GUAYANA). Diocese ; suffragan of Caracas, erected by Pius VI on 19 Dec., 1791, ...
Saint Thomas of Mylapur Saint Thomas of Mylapur DIOCESE OF SAINT THOMAS OF MYLAPUR (SANCTI THOMAE DE MELIAPOR). Suffragan to the primatial See ...
Saint Thomas, Diocese of Saint Thomas (SANCTI THOMAE IN INSULA) The Diocese of Saint Thomas, comprising the Islands of São ...
Saint Thomas, University of University of Saint Thomas (SANTO TOMÁS) University in Manila, founded in 1619 by the Dominican Miguel de ...
Saint Vincent de Paul, Society of Society of Saint Vincent de Paul An international association of Catholic laymen engaging systematically in personal service of ...
Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (B RIOCUM ) Diocese ; comprises the Department of the Côtes du Nord. Re-established by ...
Saint-Claude Saint-Claude (S ANCTI C LAUDII ). The Diocese of Saint-Claude comprised in the eighteenth century only ...
Saint-Cosme, Jean-François Buisson de Jean-Francois Buisson de Saint-Cosme (Or JEAN-FRANÇOIS BISSON DE SAINT-COSME) Born in Quebec, Canada, February, 1667; ...
Saint-Denis Saint-Denis Diocese erected in 1850 as suffragan of Bordeaux, includes the Island of Réunion in the ...
Saint-Denis, Abbey of Abbey of Saint-Denis The Abbey of Saint-Denis is situated in a small town to which it has given its name, about four ...
Saint-Dié Saint-Die (SANCTI DEODATI) Diocese comprising the Department of the Vosges. Suppressed by the Concordat ...
Saint-Flour Saint-Flour (F LOROPOLIS ) Diocese comprising the Department of Cantal, and is suffragan of the ...
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne (DIOCESE OF MAURAMANENSIS) Includes the arrondissement of Saint Jean-de-Maurienne in the ...
Saint-John, Ambrose Ambrose Saint-John Oratorian; b. 1815; d. at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 24 May, 1875; son of Henry St. John, descended ...
Saint-Ouen, Abbey of Abbey of Saint-Ouen Located in Rouen, France, this abbey was a Benedictine monastery of great antiquity dating ...
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (INSULARUM S. PETRI ET MIQUELONENSIS). Prefecture apostolic comprising the only French ...
Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, was born in Paris, 17 Oct., 1760; died there, 19 ...
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Duc de Saint-Simon Born 16 January, 1675; died in Paris, 2 March, 1755. Having quitted the military service in 1702, ...
Saint-Sulpice, Society of Society of Saint-Sulpice Founded at Paris by M. Olier (1642) for the purpose of providing directors for the seminaries ...
Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Vallier Second Bishop of Quebec, b. at Grenoble, France, 14 Nov. 1653; d. at Quebec, Canada, 26 Dec., ...
Saint-Victor, Abbey of Abbey of Saint-Victor In the year 1108, the famous William of Champeaux , archdeacon of Notre-Dame in Paris, who ...
Saint-Victor, Achard de Achard de Saint-Victor Canon regular, Abbot of St-Victor, Paris, and Bishop of Avranches, b. about 1100; d. 1172. By ...
Sainte Anne d'Auray Sainte Anne d'Auray A little village three miles from the town of Auray (6,500 inhabitants), in the Diocese of ...
Sainte Anne de Beaupré Sainte Anne de Beaupre Devotion to Saint Anne , in Canada, goes back to the beginning of New France, and was brought ...
Sainte-Claire Deville, Charles Charles Sainte-Claire Deville Geologist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 26 February, 1814; d. in Paris 10 October, 1876. Going ...
Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne Henri-Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville Chemist, b. at St. Thomas, West Indies, 11 March, 1818; d. at Boulogne, 1 July, 1881; brother of ...
Sainte-Geneviève, Abbey of Abbey of Sainte-Genevieve The Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, in Paris, was founded by King Clovis who established there ...
Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius (TRIUM FONTIUM AD AQUAS SALVIAS, TRE FONTANE, or THREE FOUNTAINS). Located near Rome. ...
Saints, Canonization of Beatification and Canonization HISTORY According to some writers the origin of beatification and canonization in the Catholic ...
Saints, Communion of Communion of Saints ( communo sanctorum , a fellowship of, or with, the saints). The doctrine expressed in the ...
Saints, Legends of the Legends of the Saints Under the term legend the modern concept would include every untrue tale. But it is not so ...
Sala, George Augustus Henry George Augustus Henry Sala Journalist, b. in London, 24 Nov., 1828; d. at Brighton, 8 Dec., 1895, having been received into ...
Salamanca Salamanca (SALMANTICENSIS, SALMANTINA, SALMANTICAE). Diocese in Spain ; comprises the civil Provinces ...
Salamanca, University of University of Salamanca This university had its beginning in the Cathedral School under the direction, from the ...
Salamis Salamis A titular see in Cyprus. Salamis was a maritime town on the eastern coast of Cyprus, situated ...
Salamis, Epiphanius of Epiphanius of Salamis Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; died in 403. While very young he ...
Salamon, Louis-Siffren-Joseph Louis-Siffren-Joseph Salamon Bishop of Saint-Flour ; b. at Carpentras, 22 Oct., 1759; d. at Saint-Flour, 11 June, 1829. ...
Salazar, Domingo de Domingo de Salazar Born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastida on the banks of the Ebro, 1512; died in Madrid, 4 ...
Sale Sale (SALIENSIS) Diocese in Victoria, Australia, comprises all the territory known as Gippsland. ...
Salem Salem (SALMANSWEILER) Also called Salomonis Villa on account of the resemblance of its primitive ...
Salerno Salerno Diocese in Campania, Southern Italy. The city is situated on the gulf of the same name, backed by ...
Salesian Society, The The Salesian Society The Salesian Society, founded by Saint John Bosco, takes its distinctive name from its patron, ...
Salford Salford (SALFORDIENSIS) The Diocese of Salford comprises the Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn, in ...
Salimbene degli Adami Salimbene Degli Adami (OGNIBENE). Chronicler, b. at Parma, 9 Oct., 1221; d. probably at Montefalcone about 1288. He ...
Salisbury, Ancient Diocese of Salisbury (SARUM, SARISBURIENSIS). The diocese was originally founded by Birinus, who in 634 ...
Saliva Indians Saliva Indians The principal of a small group of tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock (the Salivan), ...
Salle, Saint John Baptist de la St. John Baptist de la Salle Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools , educational reformer, and ...
Salmanticenses and Complutenses Salmanticenses and Complutenses These names designate the authors of the courses of Scholastic philosophy and theology, and of ...
Salmas Salmas A Chaldean see, included in the ancient Archdiocese of Adhorbigan, or Adherbaidjan; we know ...
Salmeron, Alphonsus Salmeron Jesuit Biblical scholar, born at Toledo, 8 Sept., 1515; died at Naples, 13 Feb., 1585. He ...
Salome Salome (1) The daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias ( Matthew 14:6-8 : Mark 6:22 ; cf. Josephus, ...
Salt Salt Salt, always used for the seasoning of food and for the preservation of things from corruption, ...
Salt Lake, Diocese of Salt Lake (LACUS SALSIS). Includes the State of Utah, and slightly more than half of the State of ...
Salta, Diocese of Salta (SALTENSIS). Comprises the civil Provinces of Salta and Jujuy in the northern part of the ...
Saltillo, Diocese of Saltillo (SALTILLENSIS). Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Linares, or Monterey. Its ...
Salto Salto (SALTENSIS). Diocese in Uruguay, suffragan to Montevideo. This diocese with that of Melo ...
Salutati, Coluccio di Pierio di Coluccio di Pierio di Salutati Italian Humanist b. in Tuscany, 1331; d. 4 May, 1406. He studied at Bologna and went to Rome ...
Saluzzo Saluzzo (SALUCLIAE, SALUTIENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Upper Italy. The city of ...
Salvatierra, Juan Maria Juan Maria Salvatierra Born at Milan, 15 November, 1648; died at Guadalajara, 17 July, 1717. His family was of ...
Salvation Salvation (Greek soteria ; Hebrew yeshu'ah ). Salvation has in Scriptural language the general ...
Salve Mundi Salutare Salve Mundi Salutare A poem in honour of the various members of Christ on the Cross. A fifteenth-century manuscript ...
Salve Regina Salve Regina The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the ...
Salvete Christi Vulnera Salvete Christi Vulnera The Roman Breviary hymn at Lauds of the feast of the Most Precious Blood, is found in the ...
Salvianus Salvianus A Latin writer of Gaul, who lived in the fifth century. Born of Christian parents, he married a ...
Salzburg Salzburg (SALISBURGENSIS) The Archdiocese of Salzburg is conterminous with the Austrian crown-land of ...
Salzmann, Joseph Joseph Salzmann Founder of St. Francis Provincial Seminary (St. Francis, Wisconsin ) known as the "Salesianum", ...
Samaria Samaria A titular see, suffragan of Cæsarea in Palestine Prima. In the sixth year of his reign ...
Samaritan Language and Literature Samaritan Language and Literature I. LANGUAGE The original language of the Samaritans was the vernacular of Palestine, that is ...
Sambuga, Joseph Anton Joseph Anton Sambuga Theologian, b. at Walldorf near Heidelberg, 9 June; 1752; d. at Nymphenburg near Munich 5 June, ...
Samoa Samoa (Or NAVIGATORS' ISLANDS). A group of islands situated in latitude 13§30' and 14§30' ...
Samogitia Samogitia (SAMOGITIENSIS) A Russian diocese, also called Telshi (Telshe), including the part of ...
Samos Samos Titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. The island, called in Turkish Soussan-Adassi ...
Samosata Samosata a titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis, capital of Commagenum, whose ...
Sampson, Richard Richard Sampson Bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield ; d. at Eccleshall, ...
Samson Samson (Derived from the Hebrew for "sun"). The last and most famous of the Judges of Israel. The ...
Samson Samson Abbot of St. Edmunds, b. at Tottington, near Thetford, in 1135; d. 1211. After taking his M.A. ...
Samson, Saint St. Samson Bishop and confessor, born in South Wales ; died 28 July, 565 (?). The date of his birth is ...
Samuco Indians Samuco Indians (Zamuco). The collective name of a group of tribes in southwestern Bolivia, speaking dialects ...
Samuel, First and Second Books of First and Second Samuel (Also know as the F IRST AND S ECOND B OOKS OF S AMUEL. For the First and Second Books of ...
San Antonio, Diocese of San Antonio (Sancti Antonii). Comprises all that portion of the State of Texas between the Colorado and ...
San Carlos de Ancud San Carlos de Ancud (Sancti Caroli Ancudiæ). The most southern of the Chilian dioceses. It extends from the ...
San Francisco San Francisco (SANCTI FRANCISCI) Archdiocese established 29 July 1853 to include the Counties of San ...
San Gallo San Gallo A celebrated family of architects, sculptors, painters, and engravers, which flourished in ...
San José de Costa Rica San Jose de Costa Rica (SANCTI JOSEPHI DE COSTARICA). The Republic of Costa Rica , Central America, constitutes this ...
San Juan San Juan (Argentina) (SANCTI JOANNIS DE CUYO). Diocese in the Argentine Republic at the foot of the Cordillera of ...
San León del Amazonas San Leon Del Amazonas Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. Though the section of Peru lying on the eastern side of the Andes ...
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosi (SANCTI LUDOVICI POTOSIENSIS) Diocese in Mexico, erected by Pius IX in 1854. It includes the ...
San Marco and Bisignano San Marco and Bisignano (SANCTI MARCI ET BISINIANENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. San ...
San Marino San Marino An independent republic lying between the Italian Provinces of Forli, Pasaro, and Urbino, having ...
San Martino al Cimino San Martino Al Cimino A prelature nullius in the territory of the Diocese of Viterbo, Province of Rome. The district ...
San Miniato San Miniato A city and diocese in the Province of Florence, Central Italy. It is first mentioned in the ...
San Salvador San Salvador The name given by Columbus to his first discovery in the New World . It is one of the Bahama ...
San Salvador San Salvador (SANCTI SALVATORIS IN AMERICA CENTRALI) Diocese. The Republic of Salvador, often incorrectly ...
San Sepolcro, Piero da Piero Da San Sepolcro Painter, b. at Borgo San-Sepolcro, about 1420; d. there, 1492. The most usual form of his name is ...
San Severino San Severino (SANCTI SEVERINI) San Severino is a small town and seat of a bishopric in the Province of ...
San Severo San Severo (SANCTI SEVERINI) Diocese in the Province of Foggia (Capitanata), Southern Italy, situated in ...
San Xavier del Bac, Mission of Mission of San Xavier Del Bac One of the eight missions founded by the Spanish Padres between 1687 and 1720 in the Pimeria Alta, ...
Sanchez, Thomas Thomas Sanchez Born at Cordova, 1550; died in the college of Granada , 19 May, 1610. In 1567 he entered the ...
Sanctifying Grace Sanctifying Grace Grace ( gratia, Charis ), in general, is a supernatural gift of God to intellectual ...
Sanction Sanction ( Latin sancire , same root as sanctus ). Sanction signifies primarily the authoritative ...
Sanction, Pragmatic Pragmatic Sanction ( pragmatica sanctio , lex , jussio , also pragmatica or pragmaticum ) Pragmatic ...
Sanctity Sanctity (Mark of the Church) The term " sanctity " is employed in somewhat different senses in relation to God, to ...
Sanctorum Meritis Sanctorum Meritis The hymn at First and Second Vespers in the Common of the Martyrs in the Roman Breviary. Its ...
Sanctuary Sanctuary A consecrated place giving protection to those fleeing from justice or persecution ; or, the ...
Sanctuary Sanctuary The space in the church for the high altar and the clergy. It is variously designated apsis ...
Sanctus Sanctus I. HISTORY The Sanctus is the last part of the Preface in the Mass, sung in practically every ...
Sandals, Episcopal Episcopal Sandals FORM AND PRESENT USE Unlike the ancient sandals, which consisted merely of soles fastened to the ...
Sandemanians Sandemanians An English form of the Scottish sect of Glassites, followers of John Glas (b. 1695; d. 1773) ...
Sandeo, Felino Maria Felino Maria Sandeo Often quoted under the name of Felinus, Italian canonist of the fifteenth century, b. at Felina, ...
Sander, Anton Anton Sander Historian, b. at Antwerp, 1586; d. at Afflighem, Belgium, 10 Jan., 1664. Having become master ...
Sander, Nicholas Nicholas Sander (SANDERS). Born at Charlwood, Surrey, in 1530; died in Ireland, 1581. Educated at ...
Sandhurst Sandhurst (SANDHURSTENSIS). Diocese in Victoria, Australia ; suffragan of Melbourne. The cathedral ...
Sandomir Sandomir (Polish, Sandomierz ; Latin, Sandomiriensis ). The city is very ancient, with still ...
Sands, Benjamin and James Admiral Sands (Benjamin and James) Benjamin F. Sands Rear-admiral United States Navy, b. at Baltimore, Md., 11 Feb., 1812; d. at ...
Sandwich Isands Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) (H AWAII ) Vicariate Apostolic comprising all the islands of the Hawaiian group. They lie ...
Sandys, Venerable John Ven. John Sandys English martyr, born in the Diocese of Chester ; executed at Gloucester, 11 August, 1586. He ...
Sanetch Indians Sanetch Indians A sub-tribe of the Songish Indians . They speak a dialect of the Cowichan language of Salishan ...
Sanhedrin Sanhedrin The supreme council and court of justice among the Jews. The name Sanhedrin is derived ...
Sankt Pölten Sankt Poelten Diocese in Lower Austria, derives its name and origin from Fanum Sancti Hippolyti , a ...
Sannazaro, Jacopo Jacopo Sannazaro (Latin, ACTIUS SINCERUS SANNAZARIUS). Italian and Latin poet, b. at Naples, 28 July, 1458; d. ...
Sanseverino, Gaetano Gaetano Sanseverino Restorer of the Scholastic philosophy in Italy, b. at Naples, 1811; d. there of cholera, 16 ...
Sansovino, Andrea Contucci del Andrea Contucci Del Sansovino Born at Monte San Sovino, Arezzo, 1460; died 1529. He was a sculptor of the transition period at ...
Sant' Angelo de' Lombardi Sant' Angelo De' Lombardi (SANCTI ANGELI LOMBARDORUM ET BISACCIENSIS). Diocese in the Province of Avellino, Southern ...
Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania (SANCTI ANGELI IN VADO ET URBANIENSIS). Diocese ; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, ...
Santa Agata dei Goti, Diocese of Santa Agata Dei Goti (S. AGATHAE GOTHORUM) In the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy ; the city, situated on ...
Santa Casa di Loreto Santa Casa di Loreto (Holy House of Loreto) (The Holy House of Loreto). Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the "Holy ...
Santa Catharina Santa Catharina (FLORIANOPOLIS; FLORIANOPOLITANA). Diocese ; suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ...
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (SANCTAE CRUCIS DE SIERRA). Diocese in Bolivia, erected on 6 July, 1605, as suffragan of ...
Santa Fe (Argentina) Santa Fe (Argentina) (SANCTAE FIDEI). Diocese in the Argentine Republic, suffragan of Buenos Aires, comprising the ...
Santa Fe (New Mexico) Santa Fe (New Mexico) (SANCTAE FIDEI IN AMERICA). Archdiocese in New Mexico, erected by Pius IX in 1850 and ...
Santa Lucia del Mela Santa Lucia Del Mela Prelature nullius within the territory of the Archdiocese of Messina , Sicily, now governed ...
Santa Maria (Brazil) Santa Maria (Brazil) (SANCTAE MARIAE). A Brazilian see, suffragan of Porto Alegre. The latter, formerly known as ...
Santa Maria de Monserrato Santa Maria de Monserrato (BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS DE MONTSERRATO). An abbey nullius in Brazil. When it was ...
Santa Marta Santa Marta (Colombia) (SANCTA MARTHAE). Diocese in Colombia, erected in 1535, its first bishop being Alfonso do ...
Santa Severina Santa Severina (SANCTA SEVERINAE) Diocese in the Province of Catanzaro in Calabria, Southern Italy. Situated ...
Santander Santander (SANCTI ANDERII, SANTANDERIENSIS). This diocese in Spain takes its name not from St. Andrew ...
Santarem Santarem Prelature nullius created in 1903, in the ecclesiastical Province of Belem do Pará, with ...
Santiago del Estero Santiago Del Estero (SANCTI JACOBI DE ESTERO) Diocese in the Argentine Republic, erected 25 March, 1907, ...
Santiago, University of University of Santiago It has been asserted by some historians that as early as the ninth century a course of general ...
Santini, Giovanni Sante Gaspero Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini Astronomer, b. at Caprese in Tuscany, 30 Jan., 1787; d. at Padua, 26 June, 1877. He received his ...
Santo Domingo, Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (SANCTI DOMINICI) Erected on 8 August, 1511, by Julius II who by the Bull "Pontifex ...
Santos, João dos Joao Dos Santos Dominican missionary in India and Africa, b. at Evora, Portugal ; d. at Goa in 1622. His ...
Sappa Sappa (SAPPENSIS, SAPPATENSIS, ZAPPATENSIS). Diocese in Albania, established in 1062, by Alexander ...
Sara Sara Sara (Hebrew for "princess"; another form, Sarai, the signification of which is doubtful, is ...
Sarabaites Sarabaites A class of monks widely spread before the time of St. Benedict. They either continued like the ...
Saragossa Saragossa (CAESARAUGUSTANA) Diocese in Spain ; comprises a great part of the civil Province of ...
Saragossa, University of University of Saragossa This university was not definitively established until 1585 its real founder being Don Pedro ...
Sarajevo, Archdiocese of Serajevo (Sarajevo) (SERAIUM). The healthy growth of the Church in Bosnia was blighted and stunted by ...
Sarayacú Mission Sarayacu Mission The chief Franciscan mission of the Ucavali river country, Department of Loreto, north-east ...
Sarbiewski, Mathias Casimir Mathias Casimir Sarbiewski The Horace of Poland, b. near Plonsk, in the Duchy of Masovia, 24 February, 1595; d. 2 April, ...
Sardes Sardes A titular see of Lydia, in Asia Minor probably the ancient Hyde of Homer (Iliad, II, 844; XX, ...
Sardica Sardica A titular metropolitan see of Dacia Mediterranea. The true name of the city (now Sophia, the ...
Sardica, Council of Council of Sardica One of the series of councils called to adjust the doctrinal and other difficulties caused by ...
Sardinia Sardinia The second largest Italian island in the Mediterranean, lying between 41°15' and 38°51' ...
Sarepta Sarepta A titular see in Phoenicia Prima, suffragan of Tyre. It is mentioned for the first time in ...
Sarkander, Blessed John Bl. John Sarkander Martyr of the seal of confession, born at Skotschau in Austrian Silesia, 20 Dec., 1576; died at ...
Sarnelli, Januarius Maria Januarius Maria Sarnelli One of S. Alphonsus's earliest companions, fourth son of Baron Angelo Sarnelli of Ciorani, b. in ...
Sarpi, Paolo Paolo Sarpi A Servite and anti-papal historian and statesman, b. at Venice, 14 August, 1552; d. there 14 or ...
Sarsfield, Patrick Patrick Sarsfield Born at Lucan near Dublin, about 1650; died at Huy in Belgium, 1693. On his mother's side he ...
Sarsina Sarsina DIOCESE OF SARSINA (SARSINATENSIS) Located in Aemilia, Province of Forli, Italy. Besides ...
Sarto, Andrea del Andrea Del Sarto (ANDREA D'AGNOLO) Born at Florence in 1486; d. there in 1531. He received the surname Sarto ...
Sarum Rite Sarum Rite (More accurately S ARUM U SE ) The manner of regulating the details of the Roman Liturgy ...
Sasima Sasima A titular see in Cappadocia. Sasima is mentioned only in three non-religious documents: "Itiner. ...
Saskatchewan and Alberta Saskatchewan and Alberta The twin provinces of the Canadian West, so called because they were formed on the same day (1 ...
Sassari Sassari (TURRITANA) Archdiocese in Sardinia, Italy, situated on the River Rossello in a fertile ...
Sassoferrato, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Giovanni Battista Salvi Da Sassoferrato Born at Sassoferrato in the Rome, 1689, where he had passed the greater part of his life. His ...
Satala Satala A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sabastia. Satala according to the ancient ...
Satan Devil (Greek diabolos ; Latin diabolus ). The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are ...
Satolli, Francesco Francesco Satolli Theologian, cardinal, first Apostolic delegate to the United States, b. 21 July, 1839, at ...
Saturninus, Saint St. Saturninus St. Saturninus was, says Tillemont, one of the most illustrious martyrs France has given to the ...
Sauatra Sauatra A titular see of Lycaonia, suffragan or Iconium. Nothing is known of the history of this town, ...
Saul Saul Hebrew for postulatus , referring probably to the petition mentioned in 1 Samuel 8:5 . The ...
Sault Sainte Marie Sault Sainte Marie (SANCTAE-MARIAE-ORMENSIS) Diocese erected by Decree of 16 September, 1904. It embraces the ...
Sault St. Louis Caughnawaga Or SAULT ST. LOUIS. An Iroquois reservation, situated on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, ...
Savannah Savannah DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH (SAVANENSIS) The Diocese of Savannah comprises the State of Georgia and ...
Savaric Savaric Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of birth unknown, d. ...
Savary Savary A noble French family of the seventeenth century especially devoted to trade and to the ...
Savigny, Abbey of Abbey of Savigny Situated on the confines of Normandy and Brittany, Diocese of Coutances, France. Founded by ...
Savigny, Karl Friedrich Karl Friedrich Savigny Diplomatist, born at Berlin, 19 Sept., 1814; died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 11 Feb., 1875. He ...
Savona and Noli Savona and Noli (SAVONENSIS ET NAULENSIS) Province of Genoa, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small but safe ...
Savonarola, Girolamo Girolamo Savonarola Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498. The Dominican reformer ...
Savoy Savoy (Italian S AVOJA ; French S AVOIE ) A district in the south-eastern part of France that ...
Saxe, Jean de Jean de Saxe For a long time two astronomers of the Middle Ages were confounded under this name. (1) ...
Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg One of the Saxon duchies in the east of Thuringia ; situated on the west frontier of the Kingdom ...
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha One of the Saxon-Thuringian duchies; has an area of 751 sq. miles and two chief divisions, the ...
Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen A Saxon-Thuringian duchy. It has an area of 953 sq. miles, and 278,792 inhabitants (1910). In 1905 ...
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach A grand duchy in Thuringia, also known in recent times as the Grand duchy of Saxony. It has ...
Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus Danish historian of the thirteenth century, author of the "Gesta Danorum". The scanty information ...
Saxony Saxony I. THE SAXON TRIBE There arose in Germany during the third and fourth centuries after Christ ...
Saxony, Albert of Albert of Saxony (Albert of Helmstädt) Fourteenth-century philosopher ; nicknamed Albertus Parvus, ...
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; according to tradition ...
Scaliger, Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Scaliger (It., DELLA SCALA). Humanist, b. at Riva on Lake Garda in 1484; d. at Agen, France, 21 Oct., ...
Scalimoli Scalimoli Theologian, better known by his religious name, ANDREA DI CASTELLANA, from his place of origin in ...
Scammon, Ellakim Parker Ellakim Parker Scammon Educator, b. at Whitefield, Maine, U.S.A. 27 Dec., 1816; d. at New York, 7 Dec., 1894. Having ...
Scandal Scandal I. NOTION OF SCANDAL According to St. Thomas (II-II, Q. liii, a. 1) scandal is a word or action ...
Scannabecchi, Filippo Filippo Scannabecchi [DALMASIO; LIPPO DI DALMASIO; LIPPO DALLE MADONNE; MURATORI(?)]. Bolognese painter, born about ...
Scapular Scapular I. NAME, MEANING, AND ORIGIN The scapular (from Latin, scapula , shoulder) forms a part, and ...
Scaramelli, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Scaramelli Ascetical writer, b. at Rome, 24 Nov., 1687; d. at Macerata, 11 Jan., 1752. He entered the ...
Scarampi, Pierfrancesco Pierfrancesco Scarampi Oratorian, Papal envoy, b. of a noble and ancient family in the Duchy of Monferrato, Piedmont, ...
Scarlatti, Alessandro Alessandro Scarlatti Born in Sicily, either at Trapani or at Palermo, in 1659; died at Naples 24 Oct., 1725; ...
Scarron, Paul Paul Scarron French poet and dramatist, b. in Paris, 4 July, 1610; d. 7 October, 1660. His father was a judge ...
Scepticism Scepticism (Gr. sképsis , speculation, doubt ; sképtesthai, to scrutinize or examine ...
Schäftlarn Schaftlarn Formerly a Premonstratensian, now a Benedictine, abbey, situated on the Isar not far from ...
Schäufelin, Hans Leonhard Hans Leonhard Schaufelin (Known also as Scheuffelin, Schauffelein, and Scheyffelin). A German wood engraver, pupil of ...
Schäzler, Constantine, Baron von Constantine, Baron von Schazler Theologian, b. at Ratisbon, 7 May, 1827; d. at Interlaken, 9 September, 1880. By birth and ...
Schöffer, Peter Peter Schoffer Publisher and printer, b. at Gernsheim on the Rine about 1425; d. at Mainz in 1503. As a cleric ...
Schönborn Schonborn The name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the Church. (1) ...
Schöningh Schoningh The publishing house of Ferdinand Schöningh at Paderborn was founded by Ferdinand Friedrich ...
Schadow, Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow Painter, b. at Berlin, 1789; d. at Düsseldorf, 1862. He was the son of the sculptor, ...
Schaepman, Herman Herman Schaepman Orator, poet, and statesman, b. at Tubbergen, Holland, 2 March, 1844; d. at Rome, 21 Jan., 1903. ...
Schall von Bell, Johann Adam Johann Adam Schall von Bell An especially prominent figure among the missionaries to China, b. of an important family at ...
Schannat, Johann Friedrich Johann Friedrich Schannat German historian, b. at Luxemburg, 23 July, 1683; d. at Heidleberg, 6 March, 1739. He studied at ...
Schatzgeyer, Caspar Caspar Schatzgeyer A foremost opponent of the Protestant Reformers ; b. at Landshut in 1463 or 1464; d. at Munich, ...
Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe A German principality, surrounded by the Prussian province of Westphalia Hanover, and an exclave ...
Schedel, Hartmann Hartmann Schedel German Humanist and historian, b. at Nuremberg, 13 February, 1440; d. there on 28 November, ...
Scheeben, Matthias Joseph Matthias Joseph Scheeben Theological writer of acknowledged merit, born at Meckenheim near Bonn, 1 March, 1835; died at ...
Scheffmacher, John James John James Scheffmacher Jesuit theologian b. at Kientzheim, Alsace, 27 April, 1668; d. at Strasburg, 18 August, 1733. ...
Scheiner, Christopher Christopher Scheiner German astronomer, b. at Wald, near Mindelheim, in Swabia, 25 July, 1575; d. at Niesse, in ...
Schelble, Johann Nepomuk Johann Nepomuk Schelble Musician, b. 16 May, 1789, at Huffingen in the Black Forest; d. there 6 Aug., 1837. At the age of ...
Schelstrate, Emmanuel Emmanuel Schelstrate Theologian, b. at Antwerp, 1649; d. at Rome, 6 April, 1692. While he was a canon of the ...
Schenkl, Maurus von Maurus von Schenkl Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Auerbach in Bavaria, 4 January 1749; d. at Amberg, 14 ...
Schenute Schenute (SCHENUDI, SCHNUDI, SINUTHIUS). A Coptic abbot. The years 332-33-34 and 350 are mentioned as ...
Scherer, Georg Georg Scherer Pulpit orator and controversialist, b. at Schwaz, in the Tyrol, 1540, according to Duhr; d. at ...
Scherer-Boccard, Theodore, Count von Theodore, Count von Scherer-Boccard A Swiss Catholic journalist and politician; b. at Dornach in the canton of Solothurn, 12 May, ...
Schinner, Matthæus Matthaeus Schinner Bishop, cardinal, and statesman, b. at Muhlbach in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, about ...
Schism Schism I. GENERAL IDEAS, MORAL CHARACTER, AND PENAL SANCTIONS Schism (from the Greek schisma , rent, ...
Schism, Eastern Eastern Schism From the time of Diotrephes ( 3 John 1:9-10 ) there have been continual schisms, of which the ...
Schism, Western Western Schism This schism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries differs in all points from the Eastern ...
Schlör, Aloysius Aloysius Schlor Ascetical writer, b. at Vienna, 17 June, 1805; d. at Graz, 2 Nov., 1852. After completing his ...
Schlegel, Friedrich von Friedrich von Schlegel Poet, writer on æsthetics, and literary historian, the "Messias" of the Romantic School, b. ...
Schleswig Schleswig Formerly a duchy and diocese of northwestern Germany, now a part of the Prussian Province of ...
Schlosser, John Frederick Henry John Frederick Henry Schlosser Jurist, b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 30 December, 1780; d. there 22 January, 1851. He studied ...
Schmalzgrueber, Francis Xavier Francis Xavier Schmalzgrueber Canonist, b. at Griesbach, Bavaria, 9 Oct., 1663; d. at Dillingen 7 Nov., 1735. Entering the ...
Schmid, Christoph von Christoph von Schmid Writer of children's stories and educator, b. at Dinkelsbuehl, in Bavaria, 15 Aug., 1768; d. at ...
Schmidt, Friedrich von Friedrich von Schmidt Born at Frickenhofen, 1825; died at Vienna, 1891, After studying at the technical high school ...
Schneeman, Gerard Gerard Schneeman Born at Wesel, Lower Rhine, 12 Feb., 1829; d. at Kerkrade, Holland, 20 Nov., 1885. After studying ...
Schoenberg, Matthias von Matthias von Schoenberg Author, b. at Ehingen, in the Diocese of Constance, 9 Nov., 1732; d. at Munich, 20 Apr., 1792. Of ...
Schola Cantorum Schola Cantorum A place for the teaching and practice of ecclesiastical chant, or a body of singers banded ...
Scholasticism Scholasticism Scholasticism is a term used to designate both a method and a system. It is applied to theology ...
Scholliner, Herman Herman Scholliner Theologian and historian, b. at Freising in Bavaria, 15 January, 1722; d. at Welchenberg, 16 ...
Schols, Charles Mathieu Charles Mathieu Schols Born of Catholic parents at Maastriche, Holland, 28 March, 1849; died at Delft 17 March, 1897. ...
Scholz, John Martin Augustine John Martin Augustine Scholz An erudite German Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kapsdorf, near Breslau, 8 Feb., 1794; d. at ...
Schongauer, Martin Martin Schongauer (Also known as SCHON). German painter and engraver, b. at Colmar between 1445 and 1450; ...
Schools Schools In the Church I. The Christian Church By virtue of her Divine charter, "Going, teach ye all ...
Schools, Apostolic Apostolic Schools Where the Church is normally organized the recruitment of the secular clergy is provided for ...
Schools, Clerks Regular of the Pious Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools Called also Piarists, Scolopli, Escolapios, Poor Clerks of the Mother of God, and the Pauline ...
Schorlemer-Alst, Burghard Freiherr von Burghard Freiherr von Schorlemer-Alst Social reformer, b. at Heringhausen, Westphalia, 21 Oct., 1825; d. at Alst, 17 March, 1895. He ...
Schott, Gaspar Gaspar Schott German physicist, b. 5 Feb., 1608, at Königshofen; d. 12 or 22 May, 1666, at Augsburg. He ...
Schottenklöster Schottenkloster (Scotch Monasteries). A name applied to the monastic foundations of Irish and Scotch ...
Schrader, Clement Clement Schrader Jesuit theologian, b. at Itzum, in Hanover, Nov., 1820; d. at Poitiers 23 Feb., 1875. He studied ...
Schram, Dominic Dominic Schram (SCHRAMM). A Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Bamberg, 24 October 1722; d. in the ...
Schrank, Franz Paula von Franz Paula von Schrank Naturalist, b. at Varnbach near Schärding on the Inn, 21 August, 1747; d. at Munich, 22 ...
Schraudolph, Johann Johann Schraudolph Historical painter, b. at Obersdorf in the Allgau, 1808; d. 31 May, 1879. As pupil and assistant ...
Schubert, Franz Franz Schubert Composer, b. at Vienna, 31 January, 1797; d. there 19 November, 1829. He studied under his ...
Schwane, Joseph Joseph Schwane A theological writer, b. at Dorsten in Westphalia, 2 Aril, 1824; d. at Münster, 6 June, ...
Schwann, Theodor Theodor Schwann German physiologist and founder of the theory of the cellular structure of animal organisms; b. at ...
Schwanthaler, Ludwig von Ludwig von Schwanthaler Founder of the modern Romantic school of sculpture, b. at Munich in 1802; d there, 1848. He ...
Schwarz, Berthold Berthold Schwarz (Schwartz). A German friar, reputed the inventor of gunpowder and firearms. There has been ...
Schwarzburg Schwarzburg Two small principalities of Central Germany, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and ...
Schwarzenberg, Friedrich, Prince of Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg Cardinal and Prince- Archbishop of Prague, b. at Vienna, 6 April, 1809; d. there, 27 March, ...
Schwenckfeldians Schwenckfeldians The name of a Protestant sect founded by the nobleman Caspar von Schwenckfeld (b. at Ossig in ...
Schwind, Moritz von Moritz von Schwind Born at Vienna, 1804; died at Munich, 1871. A painter possessing an inexhaustible wealth of ...
Science and the Church Science and the Church The words "science" and "Church" are here understood in the following sense: Science is not taken ...
Scillium Scillium (Titular See) A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Perhaps the name should be ...
Scillium, Martyrs of Martyrs of Scillium In the year 180 six Christians were condemned to death by the sword, in the town of Scillium, ...
Scopia Scopia (SCUPI; SCOPIENSIS). Archdiocese, ancient residence of the early Servian rulers is the modern ...
Scotism and Scotists Scotism and Scotists I. SCOTISM This is the name given to the philosophical and theological system or school ...
Scotland Scotland The term as at present used includes the whole northern portion of the Island of Great Britain, ...
Scotland, Established Church of Established Church of Scotland The religious organization which has for three centuries and a half claimed the adherence of the ...
Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries A convenient term under which to include the monastic institutions which were founded during the ...
Scots College, The The Scots College Clement VIII gave Scotland its college at Rome. The Bull of foundation, dated 5 December, ...
Scott, Ven. Montford Ven. Montford Scott English martyr, b. in Norfolk, England ; martyred at Fleet Street, London, on 2 July, 1591. He ...
Scotus, Blessed John Duns Blessed John Duns Scotus Surnamed DOCTOR SUBTILIS, died 8 November, 1308; he was the founder and leader of the famous ...
Scranton Scranton (Scrantonensis). A suffragan see of Philadelphia, U.S.A. established on 3 March, 1868, ...
Screen, Altar Altar Screen The Caerem. Episc (I, xii, n. 13) says that if the High Altar is attached to the wall (or is not ...
Scribes Scribes (Greek grammateis, nomodidaschaloi , teachers of the law). In the New-Testament period the ...
Scriptorium Scriptorium A scriptorium is commonly a large room set apart in a monastery for the use of the scribes or ...
Scripture Scripture Sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old ...
Scruple Scruple (Latin Scrupulus , "a small sharp, or pointed, stone", hence, in a transferred sense, ...
Scrutiny Scrutiny (Latin scrutinium from scrutari to search, to investigate) A term variously employed in ...
Sculpture Sculpture In the widest sense of the term, sculpture is the art of representing in bodily form men, animals, ...
Scutari, Archdiocese of Scutari (SCUTARENSIS) The first known bishop was Bassus (387). The bishops of Scutari were at ...
Scythopolis Scythopolis A titular metropolitan of Palaestina Secunda. It is the ancient Bethsan so often mentioned in ...
Seña, Balthasar Balthasar Sena Indian missionary and philologist, b. at Barcelona, Spain, about 1590; d. at Guarambare, ...
Señan, José Francisco de Paula Jose Francisco de Paula Senan Born at Barcelona, Spain, 3 March, 1760; died at Mission San Buenaventura on 24 Aug., 1823; ...
Seal Seal The use of a seal by men of wealth and position was common before the Christian era. It was ...
Seal of Confession, the Law of the The Seal of Confession In the "Decretum" of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles ...
Seattle Seattle DIOCESE OF SEATTLE (SEATTLENSIS). The Diocese of Seattle (Seattlensis) comprises the entire ...
Sebaste Sebaste A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. Sebaste is known to us, apart from ...
Sebastia Sebastia (SIVAS). An Armenian Catholic diocese. The city, which existed perhaps under another name in ...
Sebastian Newdigate, Blessed Blessed Sebastian Newdigate Executed at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. A younger son of John Newdigate of Harefield Place, Middlesex, ...
Sebastian, Saint St. Sebastian Roman martyr ; little more than the fact of his martyrdom can be proved about St. Sebastian. ...
Sebastopolis Sebastopolis A titular see in Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebastia. The primitive name of this city was ...
Sebenico Sebenico (SIBINICENSIS). Suffragan of Zara. Sebenico was the seat of a bishop before the ...
Secchi, Angelo Angelo Secchi Astronomer, b. at Reggio in Emilia, Italy, 18 June, 1818; d. 26 Feb., 1878. He was the son of a ...
Sechelt Indians Sechelt Indians (Properly SICIATL). A small tribe speaking a distinct language of Salishan linguistic stock, ...
Sechnall, Saint St. Sechnall (Secundinus) (Secundinus.) Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at Dunshaughlin, 27 Nov., 457. Son of ...
Seckau Seckau DIOCESE OF SECKAU (SECOVIENSIS) Diocese in Styria, Austria, suffragan of Salzburg. The See ...
Secret Secret The Secret ( Latin Secreta, sc. oratio secreta ) is the prayer said in a low voice by the ...
Secret, Discipline of the Discipline of the Secret (Latin Disciplina Arcani ; German Arcandisciplin ). A theological term used to express ...
Sect and Sects Sect and Sects I. ETYMOLOGY AND MEANING The word "sect" is not derived, as is sometimes asserted, from secare , ...
Secular Clergy Secular Clergy ( Latin clerus sæcularis ) In the language of religious the world (sæculum) is ...
Secularism Secularism A term used for the first time about 1846 by George Jacob Holyoake to denote "a form of opinion ...
Secularization Secularization ( Latin sæcularizatio ) Secularization, an authorization given to religious with solemn ...
Sedgwick, Thomas Thomas Sedgwick Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and vicar of ...
Sedia Gestatoria Sedia Gestatoria The Italian name of the portable papal throne used on certain solemn occasions in the pontifical ...
Sedilia Sedilia (Plural of Latin sedile , a seat.) The name given to seats on the south side of the ...
Seduction Seduction ( Latin seducere , to lead aside or astray) Seduction is here taken to mean the inducing of ...
Sedulius Sedulius Christian poet of the fifth century. The name of Cælius, which at times precedes that of ...
Sedulius Scotus Sedulius Scotus An Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator, who lived in the ninth century. ...
Seekers Seekers An obscure Puritan sect which arose in England in the middles of the seventeenth century. They ...
Seelos, Francis X. Francis X. Seelos Born at Füssen, Bavaria, 11 January, 1819; died at New Orleans, La., 4 Oct., 1867. When a ...
Seerth Seerth Seerth, a Chaldean see, appears to have succeeded the See of Arzon in the same province, several ...
Seghers, Charles John Charles John Seghers Bishop of Vancouver Island (today Victoria ), Apostle of Alaska. b. at Ghent, Belgium, 26 ...
Segneri, Paolo Paolo Segneri, the Elder Italian Jesuit, preacher, missionary, ascetical writer, b. at Nettuno, 21 March (cf. Massei) ...
Segni Segni (SIGNINSIS). Located in the Province of Rome. The city, situated on a hill in the Monti ...
Segorbe Segorbe (Also CASTELLÓN DE LA PLANA; SEGOBIENSIS; CASTETELLIONENSIS) Diocese in Spain, bounded ...
Segovia Segovia DIOCESE OF SEGOVIA (SEGOVIENSIS, SEGOVIAE). Diocese in Spain ; bounded on the north by ...
Sehna, Diocese of Sehna (SIHNAH or SEHANENSIS). A Chaldean see, governed by a patriarchal administrator with episcopal ...
Seidl, Johann Gabriel Johann Gabriel Seidl Poet, author of the present Austrian national hymn, b. at Vienna, 21 June 1804; d. there, 17 ...
Seitz, Alexander Maximilian Alexander Maximilian Seitz Painter, b. at Munich, 1811; d. at Rome, 1888. He studied under Cornelius, and two early ...
Sejny, Diocese of Sejny (AUGUSTÓWO; SEJNESIS, or AUGUSTOVIENSIS). A diocese in the northwestern part of ...
Sekanais Sekanais (Or more properly, Tshé-'kéh-ne, "People on the Rocks", i.e., the Rocky Mountains). ...
Seleucia Pieria Seleucia Pieria Titular metropolis of Syria Prima. The city was founded near the mouth of the Orontes, not far ...
Seleucia Trachea Seleucia Trachea Metropolitan see of Isauria in the Patriarchate of Antioch. The city was built by Seleucus I, ...
Seleucians Seleucians A Gnostic sect who are said to have flourished in Galatia. They derived their name from ...
Seleucids Seleucids The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by Seleucus, a general under Alexander ...
Self-Defense Self-Defense Ethically the subject of self-defense regards the right of a private person to employ force ...
Selgas y Carrasco, José Jose Selgas y Carrasco Poet and novelist, b. at Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 1824; d. at Madrid, 5 Feb., 1882, he received his ...
Selge Selge A titular see in Pamphylia Prima, suffragan of Side. Situated in a fertile plain on the south ...
Selinus Selinus A titular see in Isauria, near the Gulf of Adalia. Selinus, mentioned by Ptolemy, V, 8, 2, ...
Selvaggio, Giulio Lorenzo Giulio Lorenzo Selvaggio Canonist and archaeologist, b. at Naples, 10 August, 1728; d. there, November, 1772. He entered ...
Selymbria Selymbria A titular see in Thracia Prima, suffragan of Heraclea. Selymbria, or Selybria, the city of ...
Sem Sem (Shem) ( Hebrew "name", "fame", "renown"; in Septuagint, Sem ; A.V., Shem .) Son of Noah ; ...
Semiarians and Semiarianism Semiarians and Semiarianism A name frequently given to the conservative majority in the East in the fourth century as ...
Seminary, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Seminary I. TERMINOLOGY The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar ) is sometimes used, ...
Semipelagianism Semipelagianism A doctrine of grace advocated by monks of Southern Gaul at and around Marseilles after 428. ...
Semites Semites The term Semites is applied to a group of peoples closely related in language, whose habitat is ...
Semitic Epigraphy Semitic Epigraphy Semitic epigraphy is a new science, dating only from the past fifty years. At the beginning of ...
Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis Physician and discoverer of the cause of puerperal fever, b. Ofen (Buda), 1 July, 1818; d. at ...
Semmes, Raphael Raphael Semmes Naval officer, b. in Charles County, Maryland, U.S.A. 27 September, 1809; d. at Point Clear, ...
Senan, Saint St. Senan Bishop and confessor, b. at Magh Lacha, Kilrush, Co. Clare, c. 488; d. 1 March, 560, his ...
Seneca Indians Seneca Indians The westernmost and largest of the five tribes of the celebrated Iroquois Confederacy of central ...
Senefelder, Aloys Aloys Senefelder Principally known as the inventor of lithography, b. at Prague, 6 Nov., 1771; d. at Munich, 26 ...
Senegambia Senegambia (SENEGAMBLE). Vicariate Apostolic, to which is joined the Prefecture Apostolic of Senegal ...
Sennen and Abdon, Saints Sts. Abdon and Sennan (Variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, Abdus; Sennes, Sennis, Zennen.) ...
Sens Sens (S ENONIS ) Archdiocese comprising the Department of the Yonne. It was suppressed by the ...
Sens, Councils of Councils of Sens A number of councils were held at Sens. The first, about 600 or 601, in conformity with the ...
Sentence Sentence (Latin sententia , judgment). In canon law, the decision of the court upon any issue brought ...
Sept-Fons, Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu Notre-Dame de Saint-Lieu Sept-Fons Located in the Diocese of Moulins in France, it was founded (1132) by Guichard and Guillaume de ...
Septimius Severus Septimius Severus Founder of the African dynasty of Roman emperors, b. at Leptis Magna in Africa, 11 April, 146; d. ...
Septuagesima Septuagesima ( Latin septuagesima , the seventieth). Septuagesima is the ninth Sunday before Easter, ...
Septuagint Version Septuagint Version The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into popular Greek before the Christian ...
Sepulchre, Holy Holy Sepulchre Holy Sepulchre refers to the tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death ...
Sequence or Prose Prose or Sequence I. DEFINITION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Sequence ( Sequentia )–or, more accurately as ...
Serajevo, Archdiocese of Serajevo (Sarajevo) (SERAIUM). The healthy growth of the Church in Bosnia was blighted and stunted by ...
Seraphic Crown Franciscan Crown ( Or Seraphic Rosary.) A Rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the seven ...
Seraphim Seraphim The name, a Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special class of heavenly attendants of ...
Seraphin of Montegranaro, Saint St. Seraphin of Montegranaro Born at Montegranaro, 1540; died at Ascoli, 12 October 1604. Felix de Nicola was born of a poor, ...
Seraphina Sforza, Blessed Blessed Seraphina Sforza Born at Urbino about 1434; died at Pesaro, 8 September, 1478. Her parents were Guido Antonio ...
Serapion, Saint St. Serapion Bishop of Antioch (190-211). Known principally through his theological writings. Of these ...
Serena, Diocese of La La Serena (De Serena, Serenopolitana). Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo provinces (Chile), suffragan of ...
Sergeant, John John Sergeant Born at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; died in 1710, not, as Dodd asserts, in 1707 ...
Sergeant, Ven. Richard Ven. Richard Sergeant English martyr, executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1586. He was probably a younger son of Thomas ...
Sergiopolis Sergiopolis A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis. Under its native name Rhesapha, ...
Sergius and Bacchus Sergius and Bacchus Martyrs, d. in the Diocletian persecution in Coele-Syria about 303. Their martyrdom is well ...
Sergius I, Pope Saint Pope St. Sergius I (Reigned 687-701), date of birth unknown; consecrated probably on 15 Dec., 687; d. 8 Sept., ...
Sergius II, Pope Pope Sergius II Date of birth unknown; consecrated in 844, apparently in January; d. 27 Jan., 847. He was of ...
Sergius III, Pope Pope Sergius III Date of birth unknown; consecrated 29 Jan., 904; d. 14 April, 911. He was a Roman of noble birth ...
Sergius IV, Pope Pope Sergius IV Date of birth unknown; consecrated about 31 July, 1009; d. 12 May, 1012. Peter Pig's Snout ( ...
Seripando, Girolamo Girolamo Seripando Italian theologian and cardinal, b. at Troja (Apulia), 6 May, 1493; d. at Trent 17 March, ...
Seroux d'Agincourt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George Seroux d'Agincourt Born at Beauvais, 5 April, 1730; died at Rome, 24 September, 1814. He was a descendant of the ...
Serpieri, Alessandro Alessandro Serpieri Born at S. Giovanni in Marignano, near Rimini, 31 Oct., 1823; died at Fiesole, 22 Feb., 1885. His ...
Serra, Junípero Junipero Serra Born at Petra, Island of Majorca, 24 November, 1713; died at Monterey, California, 28 August, ...
Serrae Serrae Titular metropolitan see in Macedonia, more correctly Serrhae, is called Siris by Herodotus ...
Servants of Mary (Order of Servites) Servants of Mary (Order of Servites) This order was founded on the feast of the Assumption, 1233 when the Blessed Virgin appeared to ...
Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament An order of nuns, founded by the Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in 1858, assisted by Mother ...
Servia Servia (Serbia) (S ERBIA ) A European kingdom in the north-western part of the Balkan peninsula. I. ...
Servites, Order of Order of Servites (SERVANTS OF MARY). The Order of Servites is the fifth mendicant order, the objects of which ...
Servus servorum Dei Servus Servorum Dei (SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD.) A title given by the popes to themselves in documents of ...
Sessa-Aurunca Sessa-Aurunca (SUESSANA). Diocese in Campania, Province of Caserta (Southern Italy ). The city is situated ...
Sestini, Benedict Benedict Sestini Astronomer, mathematician, b. at Florence, Italy, 20 March, 1816; d. at Frederick, Maryland, 17 ...
Setebo Indians Setebo Indians A considerable tribe of Panoan linguistic stock formerly centering about the confluence of the ...
Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States ; born in New York ...
Seton, William William Seton Author, b. in New York, 28 Jan., 1835; d. there, 15 Mar., 1905. His father was William Seton, ...
Settignano, Desiderio da Desiderio Da Settignano Born at Settignano, Tuscany, 1428; died at Florence, 1463. He is said to have been the son of a ...
Settlement, Act of (Irish) Act of Settlement (Irish) In 1662 an act was passed by the Irish Parliament, the privileges of which were restored on the ...
Seven Deacons Seven Deacons The seven men elected by the whole company of the original Christian community at Jerusalem and ...
Seven Robbers Seven Robbers (Septem Latrones), martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) in the second century. Their ...
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, The The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a man who falls asleep and years after ...
Seven-Branch Candlestick Seven-Branch Candlestick One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the Tabernacle and the Temple ( Exodus ...
Severian Severian Bishop of Gabala in Syria, flourished in the fourth and fifth centuries. Concerning his life ...
Severinus, Pope Pope Severinus The date of his birth is not known. He was consecrated seemingly on 28 May, 640, and died 2 ...
Severus Sanctus Endelechus Severus Sanctus Endelechus Christian rhetorician and poet of the fourth century. It is possible that his true name was ...
Severus, Alexander Alexander Severus Roman emperor, b. at Acco in Palestine, 208, murdered by his mutinous soldiers at Sicula on the ...
Seville Seville ARCHDIOCESE OF SEVILLE (HISPALENSIS). Archdiocese in Spain, is bounded on the north by ...
Seville, University of University of Seville In the middle of the thirteenth century the Dominicans, in order to prepare missionaries for work ...
Sexagesima Sexagesima ( Latin sexagesima , sixtieth) is the eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before ...
Sexburga, Saint St. Sexburga Died about 699. Her sisters, Sts. Ethelburga and Saethrid, were both Abbesses of Faremontier in ...
Sext Sext I. MEANING, SYMBOLISM, AND ORIGIN The hora sexta of the Romans corresponded closely with our ...
Sexton Sexton (Old English Sexestein, sextein , through the French sacristain from Latin sacrista ). ...
Sfondrati, Celestino Celestino Sfondrati Prince-abbot of St. Gall and cardinal, b. at Milan, 10 January, 1644, d. at Rome, 4 September, ...
Sforza, Blessed Seraphina Blessed Seraphina Sforza Born at Urbino about 1434; died at Pesaro, 8 September, 1478. Her parents were Guido Antonio ...
Shakespeare, Religion of The Religion of Shakespeare (Was Shakespeare Catholic?) Of both Milton and Shakespeare it was stated after their deaths, upon Protestant authority, that ...
Shamanism Shamanism (From Shaman or Saman , a word derived by Bantzaroff from Manchu saman , i.e., an excited ...
Shammai Shammai (Called ha-Zekan , "the Elder"). A famous Jewish scribe who together with Hillel made ...
Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shan-Si The Faith was carried for the first time into the Province of Shan-si. Norhter China, by the ...
Shan-si, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shan-Si Erected in 1890; there are about 6,000,000 inhabitants; the mission is entrusted to the Franciscan ...
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Shan-Tung This mission was separated in 1894 from Northern Shan-Tung and erected into a vicariate ...
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shan-Tung Erected by Gregory XVI in 1839. The first vicar Apostolic was Louis de Besi, formerly ...
Shan-tung, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shan-Tung On 2 Jan., 1882, the then vicar Apostolic of Shan-tung, Rt. Rev. Mgr. D. Cosi, elected as ...
Sharpe, James James Sharpe (Alias POLLARD). Born at York, 1577; died at Lincoln, 1630. Converted when young, he made ...
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary John Dawson Gilmary Shea Historian, born in New York, 22 July, 1824; died at Elizabeth, New Jersey , 22 February, 1892. ...
Shea, Sir Ambrose Sir Ambrose Shea Born in Newfoundland, 17 Sept., 1815; d. in London, 30 July, 1905. At the age of twenty-two he ...
Sheil, Richard Lalor Richard Lalor Sheil Dramatist, prose writer, and politician, b. at Drumdowny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 17 August, ...
Sheldon, Edward Edward Sheldon Translator, b. at Beoley, 23 April, 1599; d. in London, 27 March, 1687. He was the third son of ...
Shelley, Richard Richard Shelley English confessor ; d. in Marshalsea prison, London, probably in February or March, 1585-6. ...
Shem Sem (Shem) ( Hebrew "name", "fame", "renown"; in Septuagint, Sem ; A.V., Shem .) Son of Noah ; ...
Shen-si, Northern Northern Shen-Si (V ICARIATE A POSTOLIC ). In 1640 the Christian religion was preached for the first time ...
Shen-si, Southern Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shen-Si The southern part of Shen-si was entrusted in 1885 to the Seminary of Sts. Peter and Paul, ...
Shepherd, John John Shepherd Musical composer, born about 1512; died about 1563; one of the great English musicians who rank ...
Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Abbey Located in Dorsetshire, England ; founded in 998. Sherborne ( scir-burne , clear brook) was ...
Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (S HERBROOKIENSIS ). Diocese in the Province of Quebec, suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
Sheridan, Philip Henry Philip Henry Sheridan Born at Albany, N.Y., U.S.A. 6 March, 1831; died at Nonquitt, Mass, 5 August, 1888. His family ...
Sherson, Martin Martin Sherson English priest and confessor, one of the Dilati (see ENGLISH MARTYRS), b. 1563; d. 1588. A ...
Shert, Blessed John Bl. John Shert A native of Cheshire; took the degree of B.A. at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1566. Successively ...
Sherwin, Blessed Ralph Bl. Ralph Sherwin English martyr, born 1550 at Rodesley, near Longford, Derbyshire; died at Tyburn, 1 December, ...
Sherwood, Blessed Thomas Bl. Thomas Sherwood Martyr, born in London, 1551; died at Tyburn, London, 7 February, 1578. His parents also ...
Sherwood, William William Sherwood Bishop of Meath, d. at Dublin, 3 Dec. 1482. He was an English ecclesiastic who obtained the ...
Shewbreads Loaves of Proposition Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of Yahweh )" ( Exodus 35:13 ; 39:35 , ...
Shi-koku Shi-Koku One of the four great islands of Japan, has all area of 7009 square miles, not counting the ...
Shields, James James Shields Military officer, b. in Dungannon County Tyrone, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1810; d. at Ottumwa, Iowa, 1 ...
Shire Shire (SHIRENENSIS). Vicariate apostolic in Nyassaland Protectorate, Africa. The Nyassaland ...
Shirley, James James Shirley Poet and dramatist, b. in London, 18 Sept., 1596; d. there Oct., 1666. As a boy he attended the ...
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury (SALOPIENSIS). One of the thirteen English dioceses created by Apostolic Letter of Pius IX ...
Shrines of Our Lady and the Saints in Great Britain and Ireland Shrines in Great Britain and Ireland I. SANCTUARIES OF OUR LADY A. England (1) Abingdon -- St. Edward the Martyr and St. Dunstan, ...
Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin This name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that ...
Shrovetide Shrovetide Shrovetide is the English equivalent of what is known in the greater part of Southern Europe as ...
Shuswap Indians Shuswap Indians (Properly SU-KHAPMUH, a name of unknown origin and meaning). A tribe of Salishan linguistic ...
Siam Siam (Thailand) Siam, "the land of the White Elephant" or the country of the Muang Thai (the Free), is situated ...
Sibbel, Joseph Joseph Sibbel Sculptor, b. at Dulmen, 7 June, 1850; d. in New York, 10 July, 1907. As a boy he evinced the ...
Siberia Siberia A Russian possession in Asia forming the northern third of that continent; it extends from the ...
Sibour, Marie-Dominique-Auguste Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour Born at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux (Drome, France ), 4 August, 1792; died in Paris, 3 January, ...
Sibylline Oracles Sibylline Oracles The name given to certain collections of supposed prophecies, emanating from the sibyls or ...
Sicard Sicard Bishop of Cremona ( Italy ) in the twelfth century, a member of one of the principal families ...
Sicca Veneria Sicca Veneria A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Sicca was an ancient important ...
Sichem Sichem (A.V. Shechem ). An Israelite city in the tribe of Ephraim, the first capital of the ...
Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vespers The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 ...
Sicily Sicily The largest island in the Mediterranean. It is triangular in shape and was on that account called ...
Sick, Anointing of the Extreme Unction A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect ...
Side, Altar Altar Side That part of the altar which faced the congregation, in contradistinction to the side at which ...
Sidon Sidon The seat of a Melchite and a Maronite see in Syria. Sidon is the oldest city of the ...
Sidon Sidon Titular metropolis of Pamphylia Prima. Sidon, situated on the coast of Pamphylia, was a colony ...
Sidonius Apollinaris Sidonius (CAIUS SOLLIUS MODESTUS APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS). Christian author and Bishop of Clermont, b. ...
Sidyma Sidyma A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra ; mentioned by Ptolemy, V, 3, 5; Pliny, V, 28; ...
Siena Siena (SENENSIS) Archdiocese in Tuscany (Central Italy ). The city is situated on three gently ...
Siena, University of University of Siena The earliest notices of an advanced school (of grammar and medicine ) at Siena go back to ...
Sieni, Cyril Cyril Sieni (Better known as CYRIL OF BARCELONA). Missionary bishop, b. in Catalonia, date of birth ...
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (SIERRAE LEONIS, SIERRA-LEONENSIS). Comprises the English colony of that name and the ...
Sigüenza Siguenza (SEGUNTINA, SEGONTIAE). Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Toledo; bounded on the north by Soria, ...
Sigebert of Gembloux Sigebert of Gembloux Benedictine historian, b. near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, Belgium, about ...
Siger of Brabant Siger of Brabant Indisputably the leader of Latin Averroism during the sixth and seventh decades of the ...
Sigismund Sigismund King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, b. 15 February, 1361, at Nuremberg ; d. ...
Sign of the Cross Sign of the Cross A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at ...
Signorelli, Luca Luca Signorelli Italian painter, b. at Cortona about 1441; d. there in 1523. He was a son of Egidio Signorelli, ...
Sikhism Sikhism The religion of a warlike sect of India, having its origin in the Punjab and its centre in the ...
Silandus Silandus A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. It is not mentioned by any ancient geographer or ...
Silence Silence All writers on the spiritual life uniformly recommend, nay, command under penalty of total ...
Silesia Silesia I. PRUSSIAN SILESIA Prussian Silesia, the largest province of Prussia, has an area of 15,557 ...
Siletz Indians Siletz Indians The collective designation for the rapidly dwindling remnant of some thirty small tribes, ...
Siloe Siloe (SILOAH, SILOAM). A pool in the Tyropoean Valley, just outside the south wall of Jerusalem, ...
Silveira, Ven. Goncalo da Silveira Pioneer missionary of South Africa, b. 23 Feb, 1526, at Almeirim, about forty miles from Lisbon ...
Silverius, Pope Saint Pope St. Silverius (Reigned 536-37). Dates of birth and death unknown. He was the son of Pope Hormisdas who had ...
Silvester, Francis Francis Silvester (F ERRARIENSIS ). Theologian, b. at Ferrara about 1474; d. at Rennes, 19 Sept., 1526. At ...
Silvia, Saint St. Silvia (Also spelled "Sylvia"). Mother of Pope St. Gregory the Great , born about 515 (525?); died ...
Simeon Simeon The second son of Jacob by Lia and patronymic ancestor of the Jewish tribe bearing that name. ...
Simeon of Durham Simeon of Durham (Symeon). Chronicler, d. 14 Oct., between 1130 and 1138. As a youth he had entered the ...
Simeon Stylites the Elder, Saint St. Simeon Stylites the Elder St. Simeon was the first and probably the most famous of the long succession of stylitoe , or ...
Simeon Stylites the Younger, Saint St. Simeon Stylites the Younger Born at Antioch in 521, died at the same place 24 May, 597. His father was a native of Edessa, ...
Simeon, Canticle of Nunc Dimittis (The Canticle of Simeon). Found in St. Luke's Gospel (2:29-32) , is the last in historical ...
Simeon, Holy Holy Simeon The "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who according to the narrative of St. Luke, greeted the ...
Simla Simla Archdiocese in India, a new creation of Pius X by a Decree dated 13 September, 1910 formed ...
Simon Magus Simon Magus According to the testimony of St. Justin ("First Apolog.", xxvi), whose statement as to this ...
Simon of Cascia Bl. Simon of Cascia (SIMEONE FIDATI) Italian preacher and ascetical writer, b. at Cascia, Italy ; d at ...
Simon of Cramaud Simon of Cramaud Cardinal, b. near Rochechouart in the Diocese of Limoges before 1360; d. at Poitiers 14 Dec., ...
Simon of Cremona Simon of Cremona A theological writer and celebrated preacher belonging to the Order of St. Augustine, date of ...
Simon of Sudbury Simon of Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Sudbury, Suffolk, England, of middle-class parents, date of ...
Simon of Tournai Simon of Tournai Professor in the University of Paris at the beginning of the thirteenth century, dates of birth ...
Simon Peter St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles The life of St. Peter may be conveniently considered under the following heads: I. Until the ...
Simon Stock, Saint St. Simon Stock Born in the County of Kent, England, about 1165; died in the Carmelite monastery at Bordeaux, ...
Simon the Apostle, Saint St. Simon the Apostle The name of Simon occurs in all the passages of the Gospel and Acts, in which a list of the ...
Simone da Orsenigo Simone Da Orsenigo A Lombard architect and builder of the fourteenth century whose memory is chiefly connected with ...
Simonians Simonians A Gnostic, Antinomian sect of the second century which regarded Simon Magus as its founder and ...
Simony Simony (From Simon Magus ; Acts 8:18-24 ) Simony is usually defined "a deliberate intention of ...
Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice Martyrs at Rome during the Diocletian persecution (302 or 303). The brothers Simplicius and ...
Simplicius, Pope Saint Pope St. Simplicius Reigned 468-483; date of birth unknown; died 10 March, 483. According to the "Liber ...
Simpson, Richard Richard Simpson Born 1820; died near Rome, 5 April, 1876. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and took ...
Sin Sin The subject is treated under these heads: I. Nature of sin II. Division III. Mortal Sin IV. Venial ...
Sinai Sinai The mountain on which the Mosaic Law was given. Horeb and Sinai were thought synonymous by ...
Sinaiticus, Codex Codex Sinaiticus (The symbol is the Hebrew character Aleph , though Swete and a few other scholars use the ...
Sinaloa Sinaloa DIOCESE OF SINALOA (SINALOENSIS) Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the ...
Singing, Congregational Congregational Singing In his Instruction on sacred music , commonly referred to as the Motu Proprio (22 Nov., 1903), ...
Sinigaglia Sinigaglia (SENIGALLIA), DIOCESE OF SINIGAGLIA (SENOGALLIENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Ancona in the ...
Sinis Sinis A titular see in Armenia Secunda, suffragan of Melitene. The catalogue of titular bishoprics ...
Sinope Sinope A titular see in Asia Minor, suffragan of Amasea in Helenopontus. It is a Greek colony, ...
Sion Sion A titular see in Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus. No civil document mentions it. It is ...
Sion Sion (Sedunensis) A Swiss bishopric, depending directly on the Holy See. HISTORY The Diocese of ...
Sioux City Sioux City DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY (SIOPOLITAN). Erected 15 Jan., 1902, by Leo XIII . The establishment of ...
Sioux Falls Sioux Falls DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS (SIOUXORMENSIS). Suffragan of St. Paul , comprises all that part of ...
Sioux Indians Sioux Indians The largest and most important Indian tribe north of Mexico, with the single exception of the ...
Sipibo Indians Sipibo Indians A numerous tribe of Panoan linguistic stock, formerly centring about the Pisqui and Aguaitia ...
Sirach, Book of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) (Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.) The longest of the deuterocanonical books ...
Siricius, Pope Saint Pope St. Siricius (384-99). Born about 334; died 26 November, 399, Siricius was a native of Rome ; his father's ...
Sirleto, Gugliemo Gugliemo Sirleto Cardinal and scholar, born at Guardavalle near Stilo in Calabria, 1514; died at Rome, 6 October, ...
Sirmium Sirmium (SZERÉM, SIRMIENSIS) Sirmium, situated near the modern town of Mitrovitz in Slavonia; ...
Sirmond, Jacques Jacques Sirmond One of the greatest scholars of the seventeenth century, born at Riom in the Department of ...
Sisinnius, Pope Pope Sisinnius Date of birth unknown; died 4 February, 708, Successor of John VII, he was consecrated probably ...
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati On 27 October, 1829, at the request of Bishop Fenwick of Cincinnati, several sisters from Mother ...
Sisters of the Little Company of Mary Sisters of the Little Company of Mary A congregation founded in 1877 in England to honour in a particular manner the maternal Heart ...
Sistine Choir Sistine Choir Although it is known that the Church, from her earliest days, employed music in her cult, it was ...
Sitifis Sitifis (Sitifensis). Titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis. Sitifis, situated in Mauretania ...
Sitjar, Buenaventura Buenaventura Sitjar Born at Porrera, Island of Majorca, 9 December, 1739; died at San Antonio, California, 3 Sept., ...
Siunia Siunia A titular see, suffragan of Sebastia in Armenia Prima. Siunia is not a town, but a province ...
Six Days of Creation Hexaemeron Hexaemeron signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of ...
Sixtus I, Pope Saint Pope St. Sixtus I Pope St. Sixtus I (in the oldest documents, Xystus is the spelling used for the first three ...
Sixtus II, Pope Saint Pope St. Sixtus II (XYSTUS). Elected 31 Aug., 257, martyred at Rome, 6 Aug., 258. His origin is unknown. The ...
Sixtus III, Pope Saint Pope St. Sixtus III (XYSTUS). Consecrated 31 July, 432; d. 440. Previous to his accession he was prominent among ...
Sixtus IV, Pope Pope Sixtus IV (FRANCESCO DELLA ROVERE) Born near Abisola, 21 July, 1414; died 12 Aug., 1484. His parents ...
Sixtus V, Pope Pope Sixtus V (FELICE PERETTI). Born at Grottamare near Montalto, 13 December, 1521; elected 24 April, ...
Skara, Ancient See of Ancient See of Skara (SCARAE; SKARONENSIS, SCARENSIS). Located in Sweden ; suffragan to Hamburg (990-1104), to ...
Skarga, Peter Peter Skarga Theologian and missionary, b. at Grojec, 1536; d. at Cracow, 27 Sept., 1612. He began his ...
Skoda, Josef Josef Skoda Celebrated clinical lecturer and diagnostician and, with Rokitansky, founder of the modern ...
Slander Slander Slander is the attributing to another of a fault of which one knows him to be innocent. It ...
Slavery and Christianity Slavery and Christianity How numerous the slaves were in Roman society when Christianity made its appearance, how hard ...
Slavery, Ethical Aspect of Ethical Aspect of Slavery In Greek and Roman civilization slavery on an extensive scale formed an essential element of the ...
Slaves Slaves (Dene Indians) (Déné "Men"). A tribe of the great Déné family of American ...
Slavonic Language and Liturgy Slavonic Language and Liturgy Although the Latin holds the chief place among the liturgical languages in which the Mass is ...
Slavs in America The Slavs in America The Slavic races have sent large numbers of their people to the United States and Canada, and ...
Slavs, The The Slavs I. NAME A. Slavs At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav . This name ...
Slomšek, Anton Martin Anton Martin Slomsek Bishop of Lavant, in Maribor, Styria, Austria, noted Slovenian educator, born 1800; died 24 ...
Slotanus, John John Slotanus (SCHLOTTANUS, VAN DER SLOOTIEN), (JOHN GEFFEN) Polemical writer; born at Geffen, Brabant; died ...
Sloth Sloth One of the seven capital sins. In general it means disinclination to labour or exertion. As a ...
Slythurst, Thomas Thomas Slythurst English confessor, born in Berkshire; died in the Tower of London, 1560. He was B.A. Oxon, ...
Smalkaldic League Smalkaldic League A politico-religious alliance formally concluded on 27 Feb., 1531, at Smalkalden in Hesse-Nassau, ...
Smaragdus, Ardo Ardo Smaragdus Hagiographer, died at the Benedictine monastery of Aniane, Herault, in Southern France, March, ...
Smith, James James Smith Journalist, b. at Skolland, in the Shetland Isles, about 1790; d. Jan., 1866. He spent his boyhood ...
Smith, Richard Richard Smith Bishop of Chalcedon, second Vicar Apostolic of England ; b. at Hanworth, Lincolnshire, Nov., ...
Smith, Richard Richard Smith Born in Worcestershire, 1500; died at Douai, 9 July, 1563. He was educated at Merton College, ...
Smith, Thomas Kilby Thomas Kilby Smith Born at Boston, Mass., 23 Sept., 1820; died at New York, 14 Dec., 1887; eldest son of Captain ...
Smits, William William Smits Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kevelaer in the Duchy of Geldern, 1704; d. 1 Dec., 1770. He ...
Smyrna Smyrna LATIN ARCHDIOCESE OF SMYRNA (SMYRNENSIS), in Asia Minor. The city of Smyrna rises like an ...
Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson Historian, born at Hvammr, 1178; died 1241. Snorri, who was the son of Sturla Thortsson (d. 1182), ...
Snow, Venerable Peter Ven. Peter Snow English martyr, suffered at York, 15 June, 1598. He was born at or near Ripon and arrived at the ...
Sobaipura Indians Sobaipura Indians Once an important tribe of the Piman branch of the great Shoshonean linguistic stock, occupying ...
Sobieski, John John Sobieski Born at Olesko in 1629; died at Wilanow, 1696; son of James, Castellan of Cracow and descended by ...
Social Contract, The The Social Contract Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique , is the title of a work written by J.J. ...
Socialism Socialism A system of social and economic organization that would substitute state monopoly for private ...
Socialistic Communities Socialistic Communities This title comprehends those societies which maintain common ownership of the means of ...
Societies, Catholic Catholic Societies Catholic societies are very numerous throughout the world; some are international in scope, some ...
Societies, Catholic, American Federation of American Federation of Catholic Societies An organization of the Catholic laity, parishes, and societies under the guidance of the ...
Societies, Secret Secret Societies A designation of which the exact meaning has varied at different times. I. DEFINITION "By a ...
Society Society Society implies fellowship, company, and has always been conceived as signifying a human relation, ...
Society of Foreign Missions of Paris Society of Foreign Missions of Paris The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris was established in 1658-63, its chief founders being ...
Society of Jesus, The The Jesuits (The Society of Jesus) (Company of Jesus, Jesuits) See also DISTINGUISHED JESUITS , JESUIT APOLOGETIC, EARLY JESUIT ...
Society of the Blessed Sacrament, The The Society of the Blessed Sacrament A congregation of priests founded by Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard in Paris, 1 June, 1856. ...
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The The Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus An institution of religious women, taking perpetual vows and devoted to the work of education, ...
Society, The Catholic Church Extension Society IN THE UNITED STATES The first active agitation for a church extension or home mission society ...
Socinianism Socinianism The body of doctrine held by one of the numerous Antitrinitarian sects to which the ...
Sociology Sociology The claims of sociology ( socius , companion; logos , science ) to a place in the hierarchy ...
Socorro Socorro (DE SUCCURSU.) Established in 1895 as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bogota, in the ...
Socrates Socrates A historian of the Early Church, b. at Constantinople towards the end of the fourth century. ...
Socrates Socrates Greek philosopher and educational reformer of the fifth century B.C.; born at Athens, 469 ...
Sodality Sodality I The sodalities of the Church are pious associations and are included among the ...
Sodality (Confraternity) Confraternity (Sodality) ( Latin confraternitas , confratria ) A confraternity or sodality is a voluntary ...
Sodom and Gomorrha Sodom and Gomorrha Sodom, a city of Pentapolis ( Wisdom 10:6 ; Genesis 14:2 ): Sodom, Gomorrha, Adama, Seboim, and ...
Sodoma Sodoma (GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, or DE'BAZZI, often miscalled RAZZI, more usually known by his nickname, ...
Sodor and Man Ancient Diocese of Sodor and Man (SODORENSIS). The early history of this see is extremely obscure. The Scandinavian diocese, ...
Soissons Soissons Diocese of Soissons (Suessionensis) Includes, with the exception of two hamlets, the entire ...
Solanus, Saint Francis St. Francis Solanus South American missionary of the Order of Friars Minor ; b. at Montilla, in the Diocese of ...
Solari Solari (SOLARIO) A family of Milanese artists, closely connected with the cathedral and with the ...
Solemnity Solemnity (From Latin solet and annus -- a yearly celebration). The word solemnity is here used ...
Solesmes Abbey of St. Solesmes A Benedictine monastery in Department of Sarthe, near Sablé, France. It was founded in ...
Soli Soli A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis. Soli was an important port on the Clarius, on ...
Solicitation Solicitation ( Latin sollicitare ) Technically in canon law the crime of making use of the Sacrament of ...
Solimôes Superiore Solimoes Superiore A prefecture Apostolic in the State of Amazonas, Brazil, erected by a decree of the Sacred ...
Solomon Solomon Our sources for the study of the life, reign, and character of Solomon are 1 Kings 1-9 ; and 2 ...
Solomon Islands, Northern Solomon Islands (Northern) (PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF THE NORTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS) Established on 23 May, 1898, by ...
Solomon Islands, Southern Southern Solomon Islands PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF THE SOUTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS (INSULARUM SOLOMONIARUM). The Solomon ...
Solomon, Psalms of Psalms of Solomon Eighteen apocryphal psalms, extant in Greek, probably translated from a Hebrew, or an Aramaic ...
Solsona Solsona DIOCESE OF SOLSONA (CELSONENSIS). Diocese in Lérida, Spain, suffragan of Tarragona, ...
Somaliland Somaliland A triangular-shaped territory in the north-eastern extremity of Africa, projecting into the ocean ...
Somaschi Somaschi Name of a charitable religious congregation of regular clerics, founded in the sixteenth century ...
Somerset, Thomas Thomas Somerset Confessor, born about 1530; died in the Tower of London, 27 May, 1587; second son of Henry, second ...
Son of God Son of God IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The title "son of God" is frequent in the Old Testament. The word "son" was ...
Son of Man Son of Man In the Old Testament "son of man " is always translated in the Septuagint without the article ...
Song, Religious Religious Song (Sacred Song) Religious song is the general designation given to the numerous poetical and ...
Songish Indians Songish Indians A tribe of some importance formerly holding the south coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., in the ...
Sonnius, Franciscus Franciscus Sonnius Theologian, b. at Zon in Brabant, 12 August, 1506; d. at Antwerp, 30 June, 1576. His real name ...
Sonora Sonora (DE SONORA) Diocese in the Republic of Mexico ; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango. Its ...
Sophene Sophene A titular see, suffragan of Melitene in Armenia Secunda. In the sixth century "Notitiæ ...
Sophists Sophists A group of Greek teachers who flourished at the end of the fifth century B.C. They claimed to be ...
Sophonias Sophonias (Zephaniah) The ninth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Canon of the Old Testament ; preached and wrote ...
Sophronius Sophronius Sophronius, Bishop of Constantina or Tella in Osrhoene, was a relative of Ibas, Bishop of ...
Sora Sora A titular see in Paphlagonia, suffragan of Gangra. Sora must have been an insignificant town; ...
Sorbait, Paul de Paul de Sorbait Physician, b. in Hainault, 1624; d. at Vienna, 19 April, 1691. He went to school at Paderborn, ...
Sorbonne Sorbonne This name is frequently used in ordinary parlance as synonymous with the faculty of theology of ...
Sorin, Edward Edward Sorin The founder of Notre Dame, Indiana ; b. 6 Feb., 1814, at Ahuillé, near Laval, France ; ...
Sorrento Sorrento Archdiocese in the Province of Naples, with one suffragan, Castellamare. The city is situated on ...
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Seven Feasts of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary There are two such days: Friday before Palm Sunday, major double; third Sunday in ...
Soter and Caius, Saints Caius and Soter They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of the ...
Soto, Dominic Dominic Soto Dominican, renowned theologian, b. at Segovia, 1494; d. at Salamanca, 15 Nov., 1560. His first ...
Soul Soul (Greek psyche ; Latin anima ; French ame ; German Seele ). The question of the ...
Soul, Faculties of the Faculties of the Soul I. MEANING Whatever doctrine one may hold concerning the nature of the human soul and its ...
South American College in Rome, The The South American College in Rome (Legal title, COLLEGIO PIO-LATINO-AMERICANO PONTIFICIO). The Rev. Ignatius Victor Eyzaguirre, ...
South Carolina South Carolina One of the thirteen original colonies of the United States, has an area of 30,570 square miles ...
South Dakota South Dakota The thirty-ninth state, admitted to the Union on 2 November, 1889, is officially bounded as ...
Southerne, Venerable William Ven. William Southerne English martyr, suffered at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 April, 1618. An alumnus and priest of the ...
Southwark Southwark DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK (SOUTHWARCENSIS) Suffragan of Westminster, England, comprises the ...
Southwell, Venerable Robert Venerable Robert Southwell Poet, Jesuit, martyr ; born at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, England, in 1561; hanged at ...
Southworth, Saint John St. John Southworth English martyr, b. in Lancashire, 1592, martyred at Tyburn, 28 June, 1654. A member of a junior ...
Sovana and Pitigliano Sovana and Pitigliano DIOCESE OF SOVANA AND PITIGLIANO (SUANENSIS ET PITILIANENSIS). The two towns, Sovana and ...
Sozomen, Salaminius Hermias Salminius Hermias Sozomen One of the famous historians of the early Church, born at Bethelia, a small town near Gaza in ...
Sozopolis Sozopolis Titular see in the Balkans, suffragan of Adrianopolis. The town, at first called Antheia, was ...
Sozusa Sozusa A titular see of Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. The town, at first called ...
Space Space ( Latin spatium ). The idea of space is one of the most important in the philosophy of ...
Spagni, Andrea Andrea Spagni Educator and author, born at Florence, 8 Aug., 1716; died at Rome, 16 Sept., 1788. He entered the ...
Spain Spain This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south-western extremity of ...
Spalato-Macarsca (Salona) Spalato-Macarsca DIOCESE OF SPALATO-MACARSCA (SPALATENSIS ET MACARSCENSIS). Suffragan of Zara. Salona is the ...
Spalding, Martin John Martin John Spalding Seventh Archbishop of Baltimore, b. Bardstown, Kentucky, 23 May, 1810; d., at Baltimore, 7 ...
Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani A distinguished eighteenth-century scientist, b. at Scadiano in Modena, Italy, 10 January, 1729; ...
Spanish Armada, The The Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada ( infra ), and more correctly La Armada ...
Spanish Language and Literature Spanish Language and Literature Spanish, a Romance language, that is, one of the modern spoken forms of Latin, is the speech of ...
Spanish-American Literature Spanish-American Literature The literature produced by the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and ...
Spanish-American Universities Spanish-American Universities The University of St. Mark's at Lima enjoys the reputation of being the oldest in America; ...
Sparta Sparta A celebrated town of the Peloponnesus, mentioned several times under this name or under that of ...
Species Species In scholastic terminology, Species is the necessary determinant of every cognitive process. ...
Speckbacher, Josef Josef Speckbacher A Tyrolean patriot of 1809, born at Gnadenwald, near Hall, in the Tyrol, 13 July, 1767; died at ...
Speculation Speculation A term used with reference to business transactions to signify the investing of money at a risk of ...
Spedalleri, Nicola Nicolas Spedalieri A priest, theologian, and philosopher, born at Bronte in the Province of Catania, Sicily, 6 ...
Spee, Friedrich Von Friedrich Von Spee A poet, opponent of trials for witchcraft, born at Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, 25 February, 1591; ...
Speed, Blessed John Blessed John Speed [ alias Spence] English martyr, executed at Durham, 4 Feb., 1593-4, for assisting the ...
Spencer, The Hon. George The Hon. George Spencer ( In religion , Ignatius of St. Paul). Passionist, b. at the Admiralty, London, 21 Dec., ...
Spenser, John John Spenser ( alias HATCLIFFE and TYRRWHIT) John Spenser, born in Lincolnshire, 1601; died at Grafton, ...
Spenser, Venerable William Venerable William Spenser English martyr, b. at Ghisburn, Yorkshire; executed at York, 24 September, 1589. His maternal ...
Speyer Speyer DIOCESE OF SPEYER (SPIRA) Diocese in Bavaria. The city dates back to the stronghold of ...
Speyer, Johann and Wendelin von Johann and Wendelin Von Speyer German printers in Venice from 1468 to 1477. They were among the first of those who, after 1462, ...
Spillmann, Joseph Joseph Spillman Author, b. at Zug, Switzerland, 22 April, 1842; d. at Luxembourg, 20 February, 1905. He attended ...
Spina, Alphonso de Alphonso de Spina Spanish Franciscan, date of birth unknown; died about 1491. A convert from Judaism, he was for ...
Spina, Bartolommeo Bartolommeo Spina Scholastic theologian, born at Pisa about 1475; died at Rome, 1546. He joined the Dominican ...
Spinola, Christopher Royas de Christopher Royas de Spinola Bishop of Wiener-Neustadt, born of a noble Spanish family, near Roermond in Gelderland in ...
Spinoza, Benedict Spinoza (d'Espinosa, Despinoza). Born at Amsterdam, 24 Nov., 1632; died at The Hague, 21 Feb., ...
Spire Spire (From the Anglo-Saxon word spir , meaning "a stalk" or "shoot"). A tapering construction ...
Spirit Spirit ( Latin spiritus , spirare , "to breathe"; Gk. pneuma ; Fr. esprit ; Ger. Geist ). As ...
Spirit, Holy Holy Ghost I. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOGMA The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms ...
Spiritism Spiritism Spiritism is the name properly given to the belief that the living can and do communicate with ...
Spirito Santo Spirito Santo (SPIRITUS SANCTI) Suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro , established in ...
Spiritual Direction Spiritual Direction In the technical sense of the term, spiritual direction is that function of the sacred ministry by ...
Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius A short work composed by St. Ignatius of Loyola and written originally in Spanish. THE TEXT ...
Spiritualism Spiritualism The term "spiritualism" has been frequently used to denote the belief in the possibility of ...
Spirituals Spirituals A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the ...
Spokan Indians Spokan Indians An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely cognate with the Colville, Coeur ...
Spoleto Spoleto ARCHDIOCESE OF SPOLETO (SPOLETANO). Archdiocese in the province of Umbria, Italy. The city is ...
Spondanus, Henri Henri Spondanus (DE SPONDE) A convert from Calvinism, Bishop of Pamiers, and one of the continuators of ...
Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini Composer, born at Magolati, near Jesi, Ancona, 14 Nov., 1774; died there, 14 Jan., 1851. He was ...
Spoons, Apostle Apostle Spoons A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of ...
Sporer, Patritius Patritius Sporer Moral theologian, born at Passau, Bavaria ; died there, 29 May, 1683. In 1637 he entered the ...
Sportelli, Cæsar Caesar Sportelli Born at Nola in Bari, Italy, 29 March, 1702; died at Pagani, 19 April, 1750. His mother, who ...
Springfield Springfield Diocese of Springfield (Campifontis) in Massachusetts, erected in June, 1870. It comprises five ...
Sprott, Venerable Thomas Venerable Thomas Sprott (Spratt) English martyr, b. at Skelsmergh, near Kendal, Westmoreland; suffered at Lincoln with ...
Squamish Indians Squamish Indians A considerable tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, speaking a distinct language, holding the ...
Squiers, Herbert Goldsmith Herbert Goldsmith Squiers Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, 20 April, 1859; d. at London, 19 Oct., 1911. ...
Squillace Squillace (Squillacensis). Suffragan diocese of Reggio, in Calabria, Southern Italy. The city of ...
Sri Lanka Ceylon An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the south-east of India and separated ...
Stöckl, Albert Albert Stoeckl A neo-Scholastic philosopher and theologian, born at Möhren, near Freuchtlingen, in Middle ...
Stabat Mater Stabat Mater The opening words of two companion hymns, one of which (Stabat Mater Dolorosa) is in liturgical ...
Stadler, John Evangelist John Evangelist Stadler A Bavarian hagiographer, b. at Parkstetten, in the Diocese of Ratisbon, 24 Dec., 1804; d. at ...
Staff, Pastoral Crosier (Or PASTORAL STAFF). The crosier is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops ...
Stained Glass Stained Glass The popular name for the glass used in the making of coloured windows. The term is a misnomer, as ...
Stalls Stalls Stalls — seats in a choir, wholly or partly enclosed on the back and sides — are ...
Stanbrook Abbey Stanbrook Abbey An abbey of Benedictine nuns, midway between Malvern and Worcester, England. The abbey and ...
Stanfield, William Clarkson William Clarkson Stanfield English painter, b. at Sunderland, 1793; d. at Hampstead, near London, 1867. He became a sailor, ...
Stanislas Kostka, Saint St. Stanislas Kostka Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at Rome during the night of ...
Stanislaus of Cracow, Saint St. Stanislaus of Cracow Bishop and martyr, born at Szczepanów (hence called Szczepanowski), in the Diocese of ...
Stanislawow Stanislawow Diocese of Stanislawow (Stanislaopoliensis) Diocese of the Greek-Ruthenian Rite, in Galicia, ...
Stanley Falls Stanley Falls Vicariate Apostolic in the Belgian Congo. It is bounded on the east by the meridian 30° E. ...
Stansel, Valentin Valentin Stansel Astronomer, b. at Olmütz, Moravia, 1621; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 Dec., 1705. He entered the ...
Stanyhurst, Richard Richard Stanyhurst Catholic controversialist, historian, and devotional writer, born at Dublin, 1547; died at ...
Stanza Stanza An Italian word signifying room, chamber, apartment. In English the term is chiefly used for ...
Stapf, Joseph Ambrose Joseph Ambrose Stapf Theologian, born at Fliess in the valley of the Upper Inn in the Tyrol, Austria, 15 August, 1785; ...
Staphylus, Friedrich Friedrich Staphylus Theologian, born at Osnabrück, 27 Aug., 1512; died at Ingolstadt, 5 March, 1564. His father, ...
Stapleton, Theobald Theobald Stapleton Theobald Stapleton was born in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, but was English by descent, though not ...
Stapleton, Thomas Thomas Stapleton Controversialist, born at Henfield, Sussex, July, 1535; died at Louvain, 12 Oct., 1598. He was the ...
Starowolski, Simon Simon Starowolski Born at Stara Wola, near Cracow, 1585; died at Cracow, 1656; studied at Louvain, but took his ...
Starr, Eliza Allen Eliza Allen Starr Born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, 29 August, 1824; died at Durand, Illinois, 8 September, 1901. ...
State and Church State and Church The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each essentially aiming ...
State or Way State Or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive) The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. It may be ...
State, Allegiance to the Civil Allegiance By civil allegiance is meant the duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State ...
States of the Church States of the Church ( Italian Lo Stato della Chiese ) Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years ...
States, Papal States of the Church ( Italian Lo Stato della Chiese ) Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years ...
Station Days Station Days Days on which in the early Church fast was observed until the Hour of None (between twelve and ...
Stations of the Cross Way of the Cross (Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are used to signify ...
Statistics of Religions Statistics of Religions I. DEFINITION This study concerns itself with religious bodies, the number of their members, and ...
Statistics, Ecclesiastical Church Statistics In dealing with statistics, both theoretically and practically, it is unimportant whether the men, ...
Stattler, Benedict Benedict Stattler Jesuit theologian, born at Kötzting, Bavaria ( Diocese of Ratisbon ), 30 Jan., 1728; died ...
Staudenmaier, Franz Anton Franz Anton Staudenmaier A theologian, born at Donzdorf, Würtemberg, 11 Sept., 1800; died at Freiburg im Breisgau, ...
Staupitz, Johann Von Johann von Staupitz Abbot, born at Motterwitz near Leisnig (or Moderwitz near Meustadt an der Orla) about 1460; died ...
Stauropolis Stauropolis A titular metropolitan see of the Province of Caria. The city, founded by the Leleges, was at ...
Stavanger, Ancient See of Ancient See of Stavanger (STAVANGRIA; STAVANGRENSIS) Located in Norway ; included the Provinces of Stavanger, Lister ...
Stedingers Stedingers (A word meaning "those living along a shore") A tribe of Frisian peasants in Northern Germany ...
Stefaneschi, Giacomo Gaetani Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi A cardinal-deacon, born at Rome, about 1270; died at Avignon, 23 June, 1343. He was the son of ...
Steffani, Agostino Agostino Steffani A titular Bishop of Spiga, diplomatist and musician, born at Castelfranco in the Province of ...
Steinamanger Steinamanger (SZOMBATHELY) Located in Hungary, suffragan of Gran, founded in 1777 under Queen Maria ...
Steinle, Eduard Von Eduard von Steinle An historical painter, born at Vienna, 2 July, 1810; died at Frankfort, 19 Sept., 1886. Steinle ...
Steinmeyer, Ferdinand Ferdinand Steinmeyer (FARMER) Ferdinand Steinmeyer, Jesuit missionary, born in Swabia, Germany, 13 Oct., 1720; ...
Steno, Nicolaus Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) An eminent Danish anatomist and geologist, convert and saintly bishop, ...
Stephen (II) III, Pope Pope Stephen (II) III Unanimously elected in St. Mary Major's and consecrated on 26 March (or 3 April), 752; d. 26 ...
Stephen (III) IV, Pope Pope Stephen (III) IV Born about 720; died 1 or 3 August, 772. Paul I was not dead when trouble began about the ...
Stephen (IV) V, Pope Pope Stephen (IV) V (816-17) Date of birth unknown; died 24 Jan., 817. Stephen, the son of Marinus, was of the same ...
Stephen (IX) X, Pope Pope Stephen (IX) X Born probably about the beginning of the eleventh century; died at Florence, 29 March, 1058. ...
Stephen (V) VI, Pope Pope Stephen (V) VI (885-91) Date of birth unknown; died in Sept., 891. His father, Hadrian, who belonged to the ...
Stephen (VI) VII, Pope Pope Stephen (VI) VII (896-7) Date of birth unknown; died about August, 897. Stephen was a Roman, and the son of ...
Stephen (VII) VIII, Pope Pope Stephen (VII) VIII (929-31) Date of birth unknown; died in February or March, 931. He became pope either at the ...
Stephen (VIII) IX, Pope Pope Stephen (VIII) IX (939-942) Date of birth unknown; he became pope about 14 July, 939, and died about the end of ...
Stephen Harding, Saint St. Stephen Harding Confessor, the third Abbot of Cîteaux, was born at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, England, ...
Stephen I, Pope Saint Pope St. Stephen I Although there is some doubt as to the dates connected with the pontificate of Stephen, it is ...
Stephen II, Pope Pope Stephen II On the death of Zachary, a certain priest Stephen was unanimously elected to succeed him ...
Stephen of Autun Stephen of Autun Bishop, liturgical writer, b. at Bangé (hence surnamed Blagiacus or de Balgiaco) in ...
Stephen of Bourbon Stephen of Bourbon Illustrious writer and preacher, especially noted as a historian of medieval heresies, b. at ...
Stephen of Muret, Saint St. Stephen of Muret Born 1045; died at Muret, 8 February, 1124, founder of the Abbey and Order of Grandmont. Serious ...
Stephen of Tournai Stephen of Tournai Stephen of Tournai, canonist, born at Orléans, 1128; died at Tournai, September, 1203. He ...
Stephen, Saint St. Stephen One of the first deacons and the first Christian martyr ; feast on 26 December. In the Acts ...
Stephen, Saint St. Stephen First King of Hungary, b. at Gran, 975; d. 15 August, 1038. He was a son of the Hungarian ...
Stephens, Henry Robert Henry Robert Stephens Belgian theologian, born of English parentage at Liège, 5 August, 1665; died there, 15 ...
Stephens, Thomas Thomas Stephens (Also known in India as PADRE ESTEVÄO or ESTEVAM; less familiarly PADRE BUSTEN, BUSTON, or DE ...
Steps, Altar Altar Steps In the beginning altars were not erected on steps. Those in the catacombs were constructed on the ...
Steuco, Agostino Agostino Steuco (STEUCHUS) Exegete, born at Gubbio, Umbria, 1496; died at Venice, 1549. At the age of ...
Stevenson, Joseph Joseph Stevenson Archivist, born at Berwick-on-Tweed, 27 Nov., 1806; died in London, 8 Feb., 1895. Though his ...
Stevin, Simon Simon Stevin Born at Bruges in 1548; died at Leyden in 1620. He was for some years book-keeper in a business ...
Stifter, Adalbert Adalbert Stifter Poet and pedagogue, b. at Oberplan in Bohemia, 23 October, 1805; d. at Linz, 28 October, 1868. ...
Stigmata, Mystical Mystical Stigmata To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained by supernatural ...
Stipend Stipend [ Latin stipendium , a tax, import, tribute; in military use, pay, salary; contraction for ...
Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, is situated on Lake Maelar at the spot where it ...
Stoddard, Charles Warren Charles Warren Stoddard An American author, born 7 August, 1843, at Rochester, N. Y.; died 23 April, 1909, at Monterey, ...
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Stolberg Stolberg 1. Friedrich Leopold, Count zu Stolberg Born at Brammstedt in Holstein (then a part of Denmark ...
Stole Stole A liturgical vestment composed of a strip of material from two to four inches wide and about ...
Stole, Altar Altar Stole An ornament, having the shape of the ends of a stole, which in the Middle Ages was attached to ...
Stolz, Alban Isidor Alban Isidor Stolz Catholic theologian and popular author, b. at Bühl, Baden, 3 Feb., 1808; d. at Freiberg, ...
Stone, Altar Altar Stone A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host ...
Stone, Corner Corner Stone (Foundation Stone) A rite entitled "De benedictione et impositione Primarii Lapidis pro ...
Stone, John, Blessed Bl. John Stone English martyr, executed at the Dane-John, Canterbury, probably in December, 1539, for denying ...
Stone, Marmaduke Marmaduke Stone Jesuit, b. at Draycot, 28 Nov., 1748; d. at St. Helens, 22 Aug., 1834. He was educated at St. ...
Stone, Mary Jean Mary Jean Stone Born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1853; died at Battle, Sussex, 3 May, 1908. She was educated at a ...
Stones, Precious, in the Bible Precious Stones in the Bible Precious stones are stones remarkable for their colour, brilliancy, or rarity. Such stones have at ...
Stoning in Scripture Stoning in Scripture Palestine being a very rocky country, the abundance of stones made it natural to use them as ...
Stonnes, James James Stonnes English priest, b. 1513; d. after 1585. He was ordained at Durham by Bishop Tunstall in 1539. ...
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Story, Blessed John Bl. John Story ( Or Storey.) Martyr ; born 1504; died at Tyburn, 1 June, 1571. He was educated at ...
Stoss, Veit Veit Stoss Sculptor, b. at Nuremberg in 1438; d there in 1533. In 1477 he established a large work shop at ...
Stoup Holy Water Fonts Vessels intended for the use of holy water are of very ancient origin, and archaeological ...
Stradivari Family, The The Stradivari Family The name Stradivari goes back to the Middle Ages ; we find it spelt in various ways, Stradivare, ...
Stradivari, Antonio Antonio Stradivari The famous Cremonese violin-maker, b. in 1649 or 1650; d. at Cremona, 18 or 19 Dec., 1737. He ...
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Strain, John John Strain Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, born at Edinburgh, 8 December, 1810; died there, 2 July, ...
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Strasburg Strasburg (ARGENTINENSIS) A German diocese immediately dependent on the Papal See . According to ...
Stratonicea Stratonicea A titular see in Caria ( Asia Minor ) suffragan of Stauropolis. Stratoniceia or Stratonicea ...
Streber, Franz Ignaz Von Franz Ignaz von Streber Numismatist and theologian, born at Reisbach, Lower Bavaria, 11 Feb., 1758; died at Munich, 26 ...
Streber, Franz Seraph Franz Seraph Streber Numismatist and nephew of Franz Ignaz von Streber, born at Deutenkofen, Lower Bavaria, 26 Feb., ...
Streber, Hermann Hermann Streber Son of Franz Seraph Streber, b. at Munich, 27 Sept., 1839; d. at Tölz, 9 Aug., 1896. He ...
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Striking of the Breast Striking of the Breast Striking of the breast as a liturgical act is prescribed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass ...
Stripping of an Altar Stripping of an Altar On Holy Thursday the celebrant, having removed the ciborium from the high altar, goes to the ...
Strossmayer, Joseph Georg Joseph Georg Strossmayer (Josip Juraj), Bishop of Diakovár [Djakovo], born at Essegg [Osijek] in ...
Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart Cardinal, Duke of York, known by the Jacobites as "Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, ...
Studion Studion (Latin Studium ), the most important monastery at Constantinople, situated not far from the ...
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Sturluson, Snorri Snorri Sturluson Historian, born at Hvammr, 1178; died 1241. Snorri, who was the son of Sturla Thortsson (d. 1182), ...
Stylites Stylites Stylites were solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar ( stylos ), chose ...
Styria Styria ( German Steiermark) A duchy and Austrian crownland, divided by the River Mur into Upper and ...
Suárez, Francisco Francisco Suarez Doctor Eximius , a pious and eminent theologian, as Paul V called him, born at Granada, 5 ...
Subdeacon Subdeacon The subdiaconate is the lowest of the sacred or major orders in the Latin Church. It is defined ...
Subiaco Subiaco (SUBLACUM, SUBLACEUM, SUBLAQUEM). A city in the Province of Rome, twenty-five miles from ...
Subreption Subreption ( Latin subreptio ). In canon law the concealment or suppression of statements or facts that ...
Subsidies, Episcopal Episcopal Subsidies ( Latin subsidia , tribute, pecuniary aid, subvention) Since the faithful are obliged to ...
Substance Substance ( Latin sub-stare, substantia ) Substance, the first of Aristotle's categories, signifies ...
Suburbicarian Dioceses Suburbicarian Dioceses A name applied to the dioceses nearest Rome, viz. Albano, Frascati (Tusculum), Palestrina, ...
Sudan Sudan The Vicariate Apostolic of Sudan or Central-Africa (S UDANENSIS SEU A FRICÆ C ...
Sufetula Sufetula A titular see of North Africa. Sufetula seems to be Suthul where Jugurtha had deposited his ...
Sugar, Venerable John Venerable John Sugar (Suker). Born at Wombourn, Staffordshire, 1558; suffered at Warwick, 16 July, 1604. He ...
Suger Suger Abbot of St-Denis, statesman and historian, b. probably at or near St-Denis, about 1081; d. ...
Suicide Suicide This article will treat the subject under the following three heads: I. The notions and ...
Suidas Suidas ( Souidas, Soudas ) Author of, perhaps, the most important Greek lexicon or encyclopedia. ...
Suitbert, Saint St. Suitbert (Suidbert [or Swithbert]). Apostle of the Frisians, b. in England in the seventh century; d. ...
Sullivan, Alexander Martin Alexander Martin Sullivan Irish politician, lawyer and journalist, b. at Bantry in 1830; d. at Dartry Lodge, Rathmines, ...
Sullivan, Peter John Peter John Sullivan Soldier, lawyer, born at Cork, Ireland, 15 March, 1821; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 March 1883. ...
Sully, Maurice de Maurice de Sully Bishop of Paris, born of humble parents at Sully-sur-Loire (Soliacum), near Orléans, at ...
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Sulpitius Sulpitius Two bishops of Bourges bore this name. (1) The first, St. Sulpitius the Severe, wrongly ...
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Sunday Sunday Sunday (Day of the Sun), as the name of the first day of the week, is derived from Egyptian ...
Superior Superior, Wisconsin (SUPERIORENSIS) Situated in the northern part of Wisconsin, Superior comprises the following ...
Supernatural Adoption Supernatural Adoption ( Latin adoptare , to choose.) Adoption is the gratuitous taking of a stranger as one's own ...
Supernatural Gift Supernatural Gift A supernatural gift may be defined as something conferred on nature that is above all the ...
Supernatural Order Supernatural Order The Supernatural Order is the ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe ...
Superstition Superstition [From supersisto , "to stand in terror of the deity " (Cicero, "De Nat. deorum", I, 42, 117); ...
Supper, The Last The Last Supper The meal held by Christ and His disciples on the eve of His Passion at which He instituted the ...
Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe Suppression of Monasteries in Europe Under this title will be treated only the suppressions of religious houses (whether monastic in ...
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Supremi disciplinæ Supremi Disciplinae Motu Proprio of Pius X, promulgated 2 July, 1911, relating to Holy Days of obligation. On Holy ...
Sura Sura Titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis. Sura, situated on the banks of the ...
Surin, Jean-Joseph Jean-Joseph Surin Born 1600; died at Bordeaux, 1665. He belonged to the Society of Jesus , and enjoyed great ...
Surius, Laurentius Laurentius Surius Hagiologist, born at the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, 1522; died at Cologne, 23 May, 1578. It ...
Surplice Surplice A large-sleeved tunic of half-length, made of fine linen or cotton, and worn by all the clergy. ...
Susa Susa (Greek Sousan, Sousa ) The capital of the Kingdom of Elam, and from the time of Cyrus, or ...
Susa Susa (SEGUSIN; SEGUSIENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northern Italy. The city ...
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Suso, Blessed Henry Bl. Henry Suso (Also called Amandus , a name adopted in his writings). German mystic, born at Constance on ...
Suspension (in Canon Law) Suspension (In Canon Law) Suspension, in canon law, is usually defined as a censure by which a cleric is deprived, ...
Sutton, Sir Richard Sir Richard Sutton Co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford, date of birth unknown; d. September or October, 1524. ...
Sutton, Ven. Robert Venerable Robert Sutton Priest, martyr, b. at Burton-on-Trent; quartered at Stafford, 27 July, 1587. He is not to be ...
Swan, Order of the Order of the Swan A pious confraternity, indulgenced by the pope, which arose in 1440 in the Electorate of ...
Sweden Sweden The largest of the three Scandinavian countries and the eastern half of the Scandinavian ...
Swedenborgians Swedenborgians The believers in the religious doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. As an organized body they ...
Sweinheim, Konrad Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweinheim See also KONRAD SWEYNHEIM . Both printers; Pannartz died about 1476, Sweinheim in 1477. ...
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Swinomish Indians Swinomish Indians A tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, closely connected with the Skagit. They formerly held the ...
Swithin, Saint St. Swithin (SWITHUN). Bishop of Winchester ; died 2 July, 862. Very little is known of this saint's ...
Switzerland Switzerland (Confederatio Helvetica) A confederation in the central part of Western Europe, made up of ...
Sydney Sydney ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (SYDNEYENSIS). The vast territories formerly known as New Holland and Van ...
Syene Syene A titular see in Thebian Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais. Syene (Egyptian, Souanou, Coptic, ...
Sykes, Edmund Edmund Sykes Born at Leeds ; martyred at York Tyburn 23 March, 1586-7; was a student at the College at ...
Syllabus Syllabus ( syllabos , "collection") The name given to two series of propositions containing modern ...
Sylvester Gozzolini, Saint St. Sylvester Gozzolini Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, 1177; d. 26 ...
Sylvester I, Pope Saint Pope Sylvester I Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, ...
Sylvester II Pope Sylvester II Reigned 999-1003; also called Gerbert. Born at or near Aurillac, Auvergne, France, about 940-950, ...
Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres Bernard Sylvester of Chartres ( More properly , of Tours.) A twelfth-century philosopher of Neo-Platonic tendencies. ...
Sylvester, Order of Saint Order of Saint Sylvester The Order of Saint Sylvester is neither monastic nor military but a purely honorary title ...
Sylvestrines Sylvestrines A minor monastic order or, strictly speaking, congregation following in general the Rule of St. ...
Sylvia, Saint St. Silvia (Also spelled "Sylvia"). Mother of Pope St. Gregory the Great , born about 515 (525?); died ...
Sylvius, Francis Francis Sylvius Theologian, born at Braine-le-Comte, Hainault, Belgium, 1581; died at Douai, 22 February, ...
Symbolism Symbolism Symbolism may for our present purpose be defined to be the investing of outward things or actions ...
Symmachus the Ebionite Symmachus the Ebionite Author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament included by Origen in his Hexapla ...
Symmachus, Pope Saint Pope Saint Symmachus Date of birth unknown; d. 19, July, 514. According to the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, ...
Symphorian and Timotheus, Saints Sts. Timotheus and Symphorian Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August. During the pontificate of Melchiades (311-13), ...
Symphorosa, Saint Saint Symphorosa Martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (Tivoli) towards the end of the reign of Emperor Hadrian ...
Synagogue Synagogue The place of assemblage of the Jews. This article will treat of the name, origin, history, ...
Synaus Synaus (SYNAITANSIS) A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. Nothing is known ...
Synaxarion Synaxarion ( synaxarion , collection) The name of a liturgical book of the Byzantine Church. The ...
Synaxis Synaxis Synaxis ( synaxis from synago ) means gathering, assembly, reunion. It is exactly equivalent ...
Syncelli Syncelli ( sygkelloi , from syn , with, and kellion , the Græcized form of the Latin cella ...
Syncretism Syncretism From sygkretizein (not from sygkerannynai .) An explanation is given by Plutarch in a ...
Synderesis Synderesis Synderesis , or more correctly synteresis , is a term used by the Scholastic theologians to ...
Syndic, Apostolic Apostolic Syndic A layman, who in the name, and by the authority, of the Holy See assumes the care and civil ...
Syndicalism Syndicalism The term Syndicalism has been derived from the French syndicats , associations of workingmen ...
Synesius of Cyrene Synesius of Cyrene Bishop of Ptolomais, neo-Platonist, date of birth uncertain; d. about 414. He was a younger ...
Synnada Synnada Titular metropolis in Phrygia Salutaris. Synnada is said to have been founded by Acamas who went ...
Synod Synod (Greek synodos , an assembly). A general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under ...
Synods, National National Synods According to the recent canon law, national councils are the deliberating assemblies at which all ...
Synoptics Synoptics The name given since Griesbach's time (about 1790) to the first three canonical Gospels. It is ...
Syntagma Canonum Syntagma Canonum A canonical collection made in 1335 by Blastares, a Greek monk about whose life nothing ...
Syon Monastery Syon Monastery Syon Monastery, Middlesex, England, founded in 1415 by King Henry V at his manor of Isleworth. ...
Syra Syra DIOCESE OF SYRA (SYRENSIS). A Latin diocese, suffragan of Naxos, comprising the Island of ...
Syracuse Syracuse Archdiocese of Syracuse (Syracusana) in Sicily. The city is situated upon a peninsula extending ...
Syracuse Syracuse (New York) (Syracusensis) The Diocese of Syracuse, in the State of New York, comprises the counties of ...
Syria Syria GEOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN A country in Western Asia, which in modern ...
Syriac Hymnody Syriac Hymnody To the general consideration set forth in the article HYMNODY AND HYMNOLOGY must be added some ...
Syriac Language and Literature Syriac Language and Literature Syriac is the important branch of the group of Semitic languages known as Aramaic. In the time ...
Syrian Rite, East East Syrian Rite Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. History and Origin This rite is used by ...
Syrian Rite, West West Syrian Rite The rite used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin ...
Syro-Chaldaic Rite East Syrian Rite Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. History and Origin This rite is used by ...
Syro-Jacobite Liturgy West Syrian Rite The rite used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin ...
Syro-Malabar Church St. Thomas Christians An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent ...
Syro-Malabar Rite East Syrian Rite Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. History and Origin This rite is used by ...
Szántó, Stephan Stephan Szanto Born in the Diocese of Raab, Hungary, 1541; died at Olmütz in 1612. On finishing his ...
Szatmár Szatmar DIOCESE OF SZATMAR (SZATMARIENSIS) Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Eger, from which it was ...
Sze-Ch'wan (Eastern) Sze-Ch'wan (Eastern) Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Sze-Ch'wan The mission of Eastern Sze-ch'wan was separated from ...
Sze-Ch'wan (North-western) Sze-Ch'wan (North-Western) Vicariate Apostolic of North-western Sze-Ch'wan The mission of North-eastern Sze-ch'wan includes ...
Sze-Ch'wan (Southern) Sze-Ch'wan (Southern) Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Sze-Ch'wan On 24 January, 1860, the mission of Southern ...
Szentiványi, Martin Martin Szentivanyi Born at Szentivàn, 20 October, 1633; died at Nagy-Szombàt (Tyrnau), 5 March, 1708. ...
Szepes Zips (SZEPES; SCEPUSIENSIS). A diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Agria (Eger), founded by Maria ...
Szujski, Joseph Joseph Szujski Born at Tarnow, 1835; d. at Cracow, 1883. He studied at Tarnow, then at Cracow (1854) and at ...
Szymonowicz, Simon Simon Szymonowicz Known also by the Latin name of Somonides, b. at Lemberg, 1558; d. 1629. He studied first at ...

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