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( Hebrew helel ; Septuagint heosphoros , Vulgate lucifer )

The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliance. The Vulgate employs the word also for "the light of the morning" ( Job 11:17 ), "the signs of the zodiac" ( Job 38:32 ), and "the aurora" ( Psalm 109:3 ). Metaphorically, the word is applied to the King of Babylon ( Isaiah 14:12 ) as preeminent among the princes of his time ; to the high priest Simon son of Onias ( Ecclesiasticus 50:6 ), for his surpassing virtue, to the glory of heaven ( Apocalypse 2:28 ), by reason of its excellency; finally to Jesus Christ himself ( 2 Peter 1:19 ; Apocalypse 22:16 ; the "Exultet" of Holy Saturday ) the true light of our spiritual life.

The Syriac version and the version of Aquila derive the Hebrew noun helel from the verb yalal , "to lament"; St. Jerome agrees with them ( In Isaiah 1:14), and makes Lucifer the name of the principal fallen angel who must lament the loss of his original glory bright as the morning star. In Christian tradition this meaning of Lucifer has prevailed; the Fathers maintain that Lucifer is not the proper name of the devil, but denotes only the state from which he has fallen (Petavius, De Angelis , III, iii, 4).

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La Bruyère, Jean de Jean de la Bruyere Born at Paris in 1645; died at Chantilly in 1696. He was the son of a comptroller general of ...
La Chaise, François d'Aix de Francois d'Aix de la Chaise ( Also Chaize). Confessor of King Louis XIV, born at the mansion of Aix, in Forez, ...
La Crosse La Crosse (CROSSENSIS) Diocese erected in 1868; included that part of the State of Wisconsin , U.S.A. ...
La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de Comtesse de La Fayette Author of memoirs and novels, born in Paris, 1634; died there, 1693 (al., 1696). She received a ...
La Fontaine, Jean de Jean de La Fontaine French poet, b. at Chateau-Thierry, 8 July, 1621; d. at Paris, 13 April, 1695. He was the eldest ...
La Fosse, Charles de Charles de La Fosse Painter, b. in Paris, 15 June, 1636; d. in Paris, 13 December, 1716, and buried in the church of ...
La Harpe, Jean-François Jean-Francois Le Harpe A French critic and poet, b. at Paris, 20 November, 1739; d. February, 1803. He was ten years old ...
La Haye, Jean de Jean de La Haye Franciscan Biblical scholar, b. at Paris, 20 March, 1593; d. there 15 Oct., 1661. He passed his ...
La Hire, Philippe de Philippe de La Hire Mathematician, astronomer, physicist, naturalist, and painter, b. in Paris, 18 March, 1640; d. ...
La Luzerne, César-Guillaume Cesar Guillaume La Luzerne French cardinal b. at Paris, 1738; d. there, 1821. He studied at the Collège de Navarre, ...
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La Plata La Plata (Argentina) DIOCESE OF LA PLATA (DE PLATA). The city of La Plata, capital of the Argentine Province of ...
La Plata La Plata (Bolivia) ARCHDIOCESE OF LA PLATA/DE PLATA (OR CHARCAS) La Plata, besides being the metropolitan see of ...
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La Roche Daillon, Joseph de Joseph de la Roche Daillon Recollect, one of the most zealous missionaries of the Huron tribe, d. in France, 1656. He ...
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La Rochejacquelein, Henri-Auguste-Georges du Vergier, Comte de Comte de La Rochejacquelein French politician, b. at the château of Citran (Fironde), on 28 September, 1805; d. on 7 ...
La Rochelle La Rochelle The Diocese of La Rochelle (Rupellensis), suffragan of Bordeaux, comprises the entire Department ...
La Rue, Charles de Charles de la Rue One of the great orators of the Society of Jesus in France in the seventeenth century, b. at ...
La Salette La Salette Located in the commune and parish of La Salette-Fallavaux, Canton of Corps, Department of Isere, ...
La Salette, Missionaries of Missionaries of La Salette The Missionaries of La Salette were founded in 1852, at the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette , ...
La Salle, John Baptist de, Saint St. John Baptist de la Salle Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools , educational reformer, and ...
La Salle, René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de Rene-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Explorer, born at Rouen, 1643; died in Texas, 1687. In his youth he displayed an unusual ...
La Serena, Diocese of La Serena (De Serena, Serenopolitana). Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo provinces (Chile), suffragan of ...
La Trappe La Trappe This celebrated abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians is built in a solitary valley ...
La Valette, Jean Parisot de Jean Parisot de La Valette Forty-eighth Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem ; b. in 1494; d. ...
La Verna La Verna An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre ...
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Laban Laban Son of Bathuel, the Syrian (Gen. xxviii, 5; cf. xxv, 20); grandson of Nachor, Abraham's ...
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Lac, Stanislaus du Stanislaus du Lac Jesuit educationist and social work, b. at Paris, 21 November, 1835; d. there, 30 August, 1909. ...
Lace Lace (Latin laqueus ; It. laccio, trine, merletto ; Spanish lazo, encaje, pasamano ; French ...
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Ladislaus, Saint St. Ladislaus King of Hungary, born 1040; died at Neutra, 29 July, 1095; one of Hungary's national Christian ...
Laennec, René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Renee-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec Born at Quimper, in Brittany, France, 17 February, 1781; died at Kerlouanec, 13 August, 1826, a ...
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LaFarge, John John Lafarge Painter, decorator, and writer, b. at New York, 31 March, 1835; d. at Providence, Rhode Island, ...
Lafitau, Joseph-Françs Joseph-Francois Lafitau Jesuit missionary and writer, born at Bordeaux, France, 1 January, 1681; died there, 1746. He ...
Laflèche, Louis-François Richer Louis-Francois Richer Lafleche French-Canadian bishop, b. 4 Sept., 1818, at Ste-Anne de la Perade, Province of Quebec ; d. 14 ...
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Lalemant, Charles Charles Lalemant Born at Paris, 17 November, 1587; died there, 18 November, 1674. He was the first superior of ...
Lalemant, Gabriel Gabriel Lalemant Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, 10 October, 1610, d. in the Huron country, 17 March 1649. He was ...
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Lallemant, Louis Louis Lallemant French Jesuit, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne, 1588; d. at Bourges, 5 April, 1635. After making ...
Lalor, Teresa Teresa Lalor Co-foundress, with Bishop Neale of Baltimore, of the Visitation Order in the United States ...
Lamarck, Chevalier de Chevalier de Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet; also spelled L A M ARCK ; botanical abbreviation ...
Lamartine, Alphonse de Alphonse de Lamartine Poet, b. at Mâcon Saône-et-Loire, France, 21 Oct., 1790; d. at Paris, l March, ...
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Lambert Le Bègue Lambert Le Begue Priest and reformer, lived at Liège, Belgium, about the middle of the twelfth century. ...
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Lambillotte, Louis Louis Lambillotte Belgian Jesuit, composer and paleographer of Church music ; born at La Hamaide, near Charleroi, ...
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Lambton, Ven. Joseph Joseph Lambton English martyr, b. 1569; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The day of his death is variously given as 23 ...
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Lamennais, Félicité Robert de Felicite Robert de Lamennais Born at Saint-Malo, 29 June, 1782; died at Paris, 27 February, 1854. His father, Pierre Robert de ...
Lamennais, Jean-Marie-Robert de Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais French priest, brother of Félicité Robert de Lamennais, b. at St-Malo in 1780; d. ...
Lamoignon, Family of Family of Lamoignon Illustrious in the history of the old magistracy, originally from Nivernais. Owing to the nearness ...
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Lamormaini, Wilhelm Wilhelm Lamormaini Confessor of Emperor Ferdinand II, b. 29 December, 1570, at Dochamps, Luxemburg ; d. at ...
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Lamp, Altar Altar Lamp In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should ...
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Lamprecht Lamprecht Surnamed D ER P FAFFE (The Priest). German poet of the twelfth century, of whom practically ...
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Lampsacus Lampsacus A titular see of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus. The city is situated in Mysia, at the ...
Lamuel Lamuel Name of a king mentioned in Proverbs 31:1 and 4 , but otherwise unknown. In the opening verse we ...
Lamus Lamus A titular see of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. In antiquity this village is mentioned by ...
Lamy, Bernard Bernard Lamy Oratorian, b. at Le Mans, France, in June, 1640; d. at Rouen, 29 Jan., 1715. At the age of twelve ...
Lamy, François Francois Lamy An ascetical and apologetic writer of the Congregation of St-Maur, b. in 1636 at Montireau in ...
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Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Chemist, philosopher, economist ; born in Paris, 26 August, 1743; guillotined 8 May, 1794. He ...
Law Law I. CONCEPT OF LAW A. By law in the widest sense is understood that exact guide, rule, or ...
Law, Canon Canon Law This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. General Notion and DivisionsII. Canon ...
Law, Cemeteries in Cemeteries in Law Cemeteries in Civil Law It would be impossible here to deal in detail with the various ...
Law, Civil (Influence of the Church on) Influence of the Church on Civil Law Christianity is essentially an ethical religion; and, although its moral principles were meant ...
Law, Common Common Law (Latin communis , general, of general application; lex , law) The term is of English ...
Law, Divine (Moral Aspect of) Moral Aspect of Divine Law Divine Law is that which is enacted by God and made known to man through revelation. We ...
Law, International International Law International law has been defined to be "the rules which determine the conduct of the general ...
Law, Mosaic Mosaic Legislation The body of juridical, moral, and ceremonial institutions, laws and decisions comprised in the ...
Law, Natural Natural Law I. ITS ESSENCE In English this term is frequently employed as equivalent to the laws of nature, ...
Law, Roman Roman Law In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; ...
Lawrence Justinian, Saint Saint Lawrence Justinian Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice, b. in 1381, and d. 8 January, 1456. He was a descendant ...
Lawrence O'Toole, Saint St. Lawrence O'Toole (L ORCAN UA T UATHAIL ; also spelled Laurence O'Toole) Confessor, born about 1128, in the ...
Lawrence of Brindisi, Saint St. Lorenzo Da Brindisi (Also: Lawrence, or Laurence, of Brindisi.) Born at Brindisi in 1559; died at Lisbon on 22 ...
Lawrence, Saint St. Lawrence Martyr ; died 10 August, 258. St. Lawrence, one of the deacons of the Roman Church, was one ...
Lawrence, Saint St. Lawrence (Of Canterbury) Second Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 2 Feb., 619. For the particulars of his life and ...
Laws, Penal Penal Laws This article treats of the penal legislation affecting Catholics in English-speaking countries ...
Lay Abbot Lay Abbot ( abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles ). A name used to designate a layman on whom a king ...
Lay Brothers Lay Brothers Religious occupied solely with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a monastery or ...
Lay Communion Lay Communion The primitive discipline of the Church established a different punishment for certain crimes ...
Lay Confession Lay Confession This article does not deal with confession by laymen but with that made to laymen, for the ...
Lay Tithes Lay Tithes Under this heading must be distinguished (1) secular tithes, which subjects on crown-estates were ...
Laymann, Paul Paul Laymann A famous Jesuit moralist, b. in 1574 at Arzl, near Innsbruck; d. of the plague on 13 November, ...
Lazarites Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul. The ...
Lazarus Lazarus Lazarus (Greek Lazaros , a contraction of Eleazaros --see 2 Maccabbees 6:18 — meaning ...
Lazarus of Bethany, Saint St. Lazarus of Bethany Reputed first Bishop of Marseilles, died in the second half of the first century. According ...
Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of Saint Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem The military order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem originated in a leper hospital founded in the ...
Le Blant, Edmond-Frederic Edmond-Frederic Le Blant French archeologist and historian, born 12 August, 1818; died 5 July, 1897 at Paris. He studied ...
Le Camus, Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange Le Camus Preacher, theologian, scripturist, Bishop of La Rochelle and Saintes, b. at Paraza, France, ...
Le Camus, Etienne Etienne Le Camus French cardinal, b. at Paris, 1632; d. at Grenoble, 1707. Through the influence of his father, ...
Le Caron, Joseph Joseph Le Caron One of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada and first missionary to the Hurons, b. near ...
Le Coz, Claude Claude Le Coz French bishop, b. at Plouévez-Parzay (Finistère), 1740; d. at Villevieux (Jura), ...
Le Fèvre, Jacques Jacques Le Fevre A French theologian and controversialist, b. at Lisieux towards the middle of the seventeenth ...
Le Gobien, Charles Charles Le Gobien French Jesuit and founder of the famous collection of "Lettres édifiantes et curieuses", ...
Le Gras, Venerable Louise de Marillac Venerable Louise de Marillac Le Gras Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul , born at Paris, 12 August, 1591, ...
Le Hir, Arthur-Marie Arthur-Marie Le Hir Biblical scholar and Orientalist ; b. at Morlaix (Finisterre), in the Diocese of Quimper, ...
Le Loutre, Louis-Joseph Louis-Joseph Le Loutre A missionary to the Micmac Indians and Vicar-General of Acadia under the Bishop of Quebec, b. ...
Le Mans Le Mans DIOCESE OF LE MANS (CENOMANENSIS). Comprises the entire Department of Sarthe. Prior to the ...
Le Mercier, François Francois Le Mercier One of the early missionaries of New France , b. at Paris, 4 October, 1604; d. in the island of ...
Le Moyne Le Moyne The name of one of the most illustrious families of the New World, whose deeds adorn the pages ...
Le Moyne, Simon Simon Le Moyne A Jesuit missionary, b. at Beauvais, 1604; d. in 1665 at Cap de la Madeleine, near Three ...
Le Nourry, Denis-Nicolas Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry, of the Congregation of St-Maur, ecclesiastical writer, b. at Dieppe in ...
Le Puy Le Puy (Aniciensis). Diocese comprising the whole Department of Haute Loire, and is a suffragan of ...
Le Quien, Michel Michel Le Quien French historian and theologian, b. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, department of Pas-de-Calais, 8 Oct., ...
Le Sage, Alain-René Alain-Rene Le Sage Writer, b. at Sarzeau (Morbihan), 1668; d. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747. The son of a notary who ...
Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice Charles-Maurice Le Tellier Archbishop of Reims, b. at Turin, 1642; d. at Reims, 1710. The son of Michel Le Tellier and ...
Le Tellier, Michel Michel Le Tellier Born 16 October, 1643, of a peasant family, not at Vire as has so often been said, but at Vast ...
Le Verrier, Urbain-Jean-Joseph Urbain-Jean-Joseph le Verrier An astronomer and director of the observatory at Paris, born at Saint Lô, the ancient ...
León Leon DIOCESE OF LEÓN (LEONENSIS) Suffragan of Michoacan in Mexico, erected in 1863. In the ...
León, Luis de Luis de Leon Spanish poet and theologian, b. at Belmonte, Aragon, in 1528; d. at Madrigal, 23 August, 1591. ...
Lead, Diocese of Lead (LEADENSIS). The Diocese of Lead, which was established on 6 August, 1902, comprises all that ...
League of the Cross The League of the Cross A Catholic total abstinence confraternity founded in London in 1873 by Cardinal Manning to ...
League, German German (Catholic) League Only three years before the League was established, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (d. 1651), who ...
League, The The League I. THE LEAGUE OF 1576 The discontent produced by the Peace of Beaulieu (6 May, 1576), which ...
Leander of Seville, Saint St. Leander of Seville Bishop of that city, b. at Carthage about 534, of a Roman family established in that city; d. ...
Leavenworth Leavenworth Diocese of Leavenworth (Leavenworthensis). Suffragan to St. Louis. When established, 22 May, ...
Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon (Assyr. Labn nu ; Hebrew Lebanôn ; Egypt. possibly, Ramunu ; Greek Libanos ...
Lebedus Lebedus Titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus. It was on the coast, ninety stadia to the east ...
Lebrun, Charles Charles Lebrun French historical painter, born in Paris, 1619; died at the Gobelin tapestry works, 1690. This ...
Lebwin, Saint St. Lebwin (LEBUINUS or LIAFWIN). Apostle of the Frisians and patron of Deveater, b. in England of ...
Lecce Lecce (LICIENSIS). Diocese ; suffragan of Otranto. Lecce, the capital of a province in Terra ...
Leclerc du Tremblay, François Francois Leclerc du Tremblay A Capuchin, better known as P ÈRE J OSEPH , b. in Paris, 4 Nov., 1577; d. at Rueil, ...
Leclercq, Chrestien Chrestien Leclercq A Franciscan Récollet and one of the most zealous missionaries to the Micmac of ...
Lecoy de La Marche Lecoy de La Marche (RICHARD-ALBERT). French historian; b. at Nemours, 1839; d. at Paris, 1897. He left the ...
Lectern Lectern (Lecturn, Letturn, Lettern, from legere , to read). Support for a book, reading-desk, or ...
Lectionary Lectionary ( Lectionarium or Legenda ). Lectionary is a term of somewhat vague significance, used ...
Lector Lector A lector (reader) in the West is a clerk having the second of the four minor orders. In all ...
Ledge, Altar Altar Ledge Originally the altar was made in the shape of an ordinary table, on which the crucifix and ...
Ledochowski, Miecislas Halka Miecislas Halka Ledochowski Count, cardinal, Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen, b. at Gorki near Sandomir in Russian Poland, 29 ...
Leeds Leeds (LOIDIS; LOIDENSIS). Diocese embracing the West Riding of Yorkshire, and that part of the city ...
Lefèvre d'Etaples, Jacques Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples Frequently called "Faber Stapulensis." A French philosopher, biblical and patristic scholar; ...
Lefèvre de la Boderie, Guy Guy Lefevre de la Boderie French Orientalist and poet; b. near Falaise in Normandy, 9 August, 1541; d. in 1598 in the house ...
Lefèvre, Family of Family of Lefevre There were various members of the Lefèvre family engaged in tapestry weaving in the ...
Lefebvre, Camille Camille Lefebvre Apostle of the Acadians, b. at St. Philippe, P. Q., 1831; d. at St. Joseph, N. B., 1895. The ...
Legacies Legacies (Latin Legata ). I. DEFINITION In its most restricted sense, by a pious legacy or bequest ...
Legate Legate ( Latin legare , to send). Legate, in its broad signification, means that person who is sent ...
Legends of the Saints Legends of the Saints Under the term legend the modern concept would include every untrue tale. But it is not so ...
Legends, Literary or Profane Literary or Profane Legends In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of ...
Leghorn Leghorn (Livorno) (LIBURNENSIS.) Suffragan of Pisa. Leghorn ( Italian Livorno ), in Tuscany, is the capital ...
Legio Legio Titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis. It figures for the first time in a ...
Legipont, Oliver Oliver Legipont Benedictine, bibliographer, born at Soiron, Limburg, 2 Dec., 1698; died at Trier, 16 Jan., 1758. ...
Legists Legists Teachers of civil or Roman law, who, besides expounding sources, explaining terms, elucidating ...
Legitimation Legitimation ( Latin legitimatio ). The canonical term for the act by which the irregularity contracted ...
Legrand, Louis Louis Legrand French theologian and noted doctor of the Sorbonne, b. in Burgundy at Lusigny-sur-Ouche, 12 ...
Lehnin, Abbey of Abbey of Lehnin Founded in 1180 by Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, for Cistercian monks. Situated about ...
Leibniz, System of System of Leibniz I. LIFE OF LEIBNIZ Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born at Leipzig on 21 June (1 July), 1646. ...
Leigh, Venerable Richard Ven. Richard Leigh English martyr, born in Cambridgeshire about 1561; died at Tyburn, 30 August, 1588. Ordained ...
Leipzig Leipzig Chief town in the Kingdom of Saxony, situated at the junction of the Pleisse, Parthe, and Weisse ...
Leipzig, University of University of Leipzig The University of Leipzig in Saxony is, next to Heidelberg, the oldest university in the German ...
Leitmeritz Leitmeritz (L ITOMERICENSIS ), in Austria, embraces the northern part of the Kingdom of Bohemia (see map ...
Lejeune, Jean Jean Lejeune Born at Poligny in 1592; died at Limoges, 19 Aug., 1672; member of the Oratory of Jesus, founded ...
Lelong, Jacques Jacques Lelong A French bibliographer, b. at Paris, 19 April, 1665 d. there, 13 Aug., 1721. As a boy of ten, he ...
Lemberg Lemberg Seat of a Latin, a Uniat Ruthenian, and a Uniat Armenian archbishopric. The city is called Lwow ...
Lemcke, Henry Henry Lemcke Missionary in the United States b. at Rhena, Mecklenburg, 27 July, 1796; d. at Carrolltown, ...
Lemercier, Jacques Jacques Lemercier Born at Pontoise, about 1585; died at Paris, 1654. Lemercier shares with Mansart and Le Muet the ...
Lemos, Thomas de Thomas de Lemos Spanish theologian and controversialist, b. at Rivadavia, Spain, 1555, d. at Rome 23 Aug., ...
Lennig, Adam Franz Adam Franz Lennig Theologian, b. 3 Dec., 1803, at Mainz ; d. there, 22 Nov., 1866. He studied at Bouchsal under the ...
Lenormant, Charles Charles Lenormant French arch æologist, b. in Paris, 1 June, 1802; d. at Athens, 24 November, 1859. After ...
Lenormant, François Francois Lenormant Arch&aeligologist; son of Charles Lenormant, b. at Paris, 17 January, 1837; d. there, 9 ...
Lent Lent Origin of the word The Teutonic word Lent , which we employ to denote the forty days' fast ...
Lentulus, Publius Publius Lentulus Publius Lentulus is a fictitious person, said to have been Governor of Judea before Pontius, and ...
Leo Diaconus Leo Diaconus Byzantine historian; b. at Kaloe, at the foot of Mount Tmolos, in Ionia, about the year 950; the ...
Leo I (the Great), Pope Pope St. Leo I (The Great) (Reigned 440-61). Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo's pontificate, ...
Leo II, Pope Saint Pope Saint Leo II Pope (682-83), date of birth unknown; d. 28 June, 683. He was a Sicilian, and son of one Paul. ...
Leo III, Pope Saint Pope St. Leo III Date of birth unknown; died 816. He was elected on the very day his predecessor was buried (26 ...
Leo IV, Pope Pope Saint Leo IV (Reigned 847-55) A Roman and the son of Radoald, was unanimously elected to succeed Sergius ...
Leo IX, Pope Leo IX (1049-54), b. at Egisheim, near Colmar, on the borders of Alsace, 21 June, 1002; d. 19 April, ...
Leo V, Pope Pope Leo V Very little is known of him. We have no certainty either as to when he was elected or as to ...
Leo VI, Pope Pope Leo VI The exact dates of the election and death of Leo VI are uncertain, but it is clear that he was ...
Leo VII, Pope Leo VII Date of birth unknown; d. 13 July, 939. A Roman and priest of St. Sixtus, and probably a ...
Leo VIII, Pope Leo VIII Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965. When the Emperor Otho I ...
Leo X, Pope Pope Leo X (G IOVANNI DE M EDICI ). Born at Florence, 11 December, 1475; died at Rome, 1 December, ...
Leo XI, Pope Pope Leo XI (ALESSANDRO OTTAVIANO DE' MEDICI). Born at Florence in 1535; died at Rome 27 April, 1605, on ...
Leo XII, Pope Pope Leo XII (A NNIBALE F RANCESCO C LEMENTE M ELCHIORE G IROLAMO N ICOLA DELLA G ENGA ) Born ...
Leo XIII, Pope Pope Leo XIII Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, 1903, at Rome. ...
Leo, Brother Brother Leo Friar Minor, companion of St. Francis of Assisi,date of birth uncertain; died at Assisi, 15 ...
Leocadia, Saint Saint Leocadia Virgin and martyr, d. 9 December, probably 304, in the Diocletian persecution. The last great ...
Leodegar, Saint Saint Leodegar (LEGER) Bishop of Autun, b. about 615; d. a martyr in 678, at Sarcing, Somme. His mother ...
Leon Leon (THE DIOCESE AND CIVIL PROVINCE OF LEON) HISTORY Probably before the time of Trajan, the ...
Leonard of Chios Leonard of Chios Born at an uncertain date on the Island of Chios, then under Genoese domination; died in Chios ...
Leonard of Limousin, Saint St. Leonard of Limousin Nothing absolutely certain is known of his history, as his earliest "Life", written in the ...
Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint St. Leonard of Port Maurice Preacher and ascetic writer, b. 20 Dec., 1676, at Porto Maurizio on the Riviera di Ponente; d. ...
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI) Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and ...
Leonidas, Saint St. Leonidas ( Or LEONIDES.) The Roman Martyrology records several feast days of martyrs of this ...
Leontius Byzantinus Leontius Byzantinus ( Leontios Byzantios ) An important theologian of the sixth century. In spite of his ...
Leontius, Saint Saint Leontius Bishop of Fréjus, in Provence. France, b. probably at Nîmes, towards the end of ...
Leontopolis Leontopolis A titular archiepiscopal see of Augustamnica Secunda. Strabo (XVII, 1,19, 20) places it near ...
Leopoldine Society, The The Leopoldine Society Established at Vienna for the purpose of aiding the Catholic missions in North America. When ...
Lepanto Lepanto Italian name for Naupactos (Naupactus) a titular metropolitan see of ancient Epirus. The name ...
Leprosy Leprosy Leprosy proper, or lepra tuberculosa , in contradistinction to other skin diseases commonly ...
Leptis Magna Leptis Magna Leptis Magna, a titular see of Tripolitana. Founded by the Sidonians in a fine and fertile ...
Leros Leros Titular see of the Cyclades, suffragan of Rhodes. According to Strabo (XIV, i, 6), this island ...
Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu French publicist, b. at Lisieux, Calvados, in 1842; d. at Paris, 15 June, 1912. After ...
Lesbi Lesbi A titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis, suffragan of Sitifis, or Sétif, in Algeria. It ...
Lesbi Lesbi A titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis, suffragan of Sitifis, or Sétif, in Algeria. It ...
Lescarbot, Marc Marc Lescarbot French lawyer, writer, and historian, b. at Vervins, between 1565 and 1570; d. about 1629. ...
Lescarbot, Marc Marc Lescarbot French lawyer, writer, and historian, b. at Vervins, between 1565 and 1570; d. about 1629. ...
Lescot, Pierre Pierre Lescot One of the greatest architects of France in the pure Renaissance style, b. at Paris about ...
Lescot, Pierre Pierre Lescot One of the greatest architects of France in the pure Renaissance style, b. at Paris about ...
Lesina Lesina (PHARIA: HVAR; PHARENSIS, BRACHIENSIS, ET ISSENSIS) Diocese in Dalmatia ; includes the three ...
Leslie, John John Leslie Bishop of Ross, Scotland, born 29 September, 1527, died at Guirtenburg, near Brussels 30 May, ...
Lessius, Leonard Leonard Lessius (LEYS) A Flemish Jesuit and a theologian of high reputation, born at Brecht, in the ...
Lessons in the Liturgy Lessons in the Liturgy (Exclusive of Gospel). I. HISTORY The reading of lessons from the Bible, Acts of Martyrs , or ...
Lestrange, Louis-Henri de Louis-Henri de Lestrange (In religion, DOM AUGUSTINE) Born in 1754, in the Château de Colombier-le-Vieux, ...
Lesueur, François Eustache Francois Eustache Lesueur Jesuit missionary and philologist, of the Abnaki mission in Canada ; born (according to notes ...
Lesueur, Jean-François Jean-Francois Lesueur Composer, b. at Drucat-Plessiel, near Abbeville, 15 Feb., 1760; d. at Paris, 6 October, 1837. He ...
Lete Lete A titular see of Macedonia, known by its coins and inscriptions, mentioned in Ptolemy (III, ...
Letourneux, Nicolas Nicolas Letourneux A well-known French preacher and ascetical writer of Jansenistic tendencies, born at Rouen, 30 ...
Letters, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Letters (LITTERÆ ECCLESIASTICÆ) Ecclesiastical letters are publications or announcements of ...
Leubus Abbey of Leubus A celebrated ancient Cistercian abbey, situated on the Oder, northwest of Breslau, in the ...
Leuce Leuce A titular see of Thrace, not mentioned by any ancient historian or geographer. However, its ...
Levadoux, Michael Michael Levadoux One of the first band of Sulpicians who, owing to the distressed state of religion in France, ...
Levau, Louis Louis Levau (LE VAU) A contemporary of Jacques Lemercier and the two Mansarts, and the chief architect of ...
Levites Levites (From Levi , name of the ancestral patriarch, generally interpreted "joined" or "attached ...
Leviticus Leviticus The third book of the Pentateuch, so called because it treats of the offices, ministries, rites, ...
Lex Lex (LAW) The etymology of the Latin word lex is a subject of controversy. Some authorities ...
Lezana, Juan Bautista de Juan Bautista de Lezana Theologian, born at Madrid, 23 Nov., 1586; died in Rome, 29 March, 1659. He took the habit at ...
Liège Liege (The Diocese of Liège; canonical name L EODIENSIS ). Liège (V ICUS L ...
Libel Libel ( Latin libellus , a little book) A malicious publication by writing, printing, picture, ...
Libellatici, Libelli Libellatici, Libelli The libelli were certificates issued to Christians of the third century. They were of two ...
Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum A miscellaneous collection of ecclesiastical formularies used in the papal chancery until the ...
Liber Pontificalis Liber Pontificalis (BOOK OF THE POPES). A history of the popes beginning with St. Peter and continued down to ...
Liber Septimus Liber Septimus Three canonical collections of quite different value from a legal standpoint are known by this ...
Libera Me Libera Me (Domine, de morte aeterna, etc.). The responsory sung at funerals. It is a responsory of ...
Libera Nos Libera Nos The first words of the Embolism of the Lord's Prayer in the Roman Rite. Most liturgies ...
Liberal Arts, The Seven The Seven Liberal Arts The expression artes liberales , chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we ...
Liberalism Liberalism A free way of thinking and acting in private and public life. I. DEFINITION The word liberal ...
Liberatore, Matteo Matteo Liberatore A philosopher, theologian, and writer, born at Salerno, Italy, 14 August, 1810; died at Rome, ...
Liberatus of Carthage Liberatus of Carthage (Sixth century) Archdeacon ; author of an important history of the Nestorian and ...
Liberia Liberia A republic on the west coast of Africa, between 4° 20´ and 7° 20´ N. lat., ...
Liberius, Pope Pope Liberius (Reigned 352-66) Pope Julius died on 12 April, according to the "Liberian Catalogue", and ...
Libermann, Ven. Francis Mary Paul Ven. Francis Mary Paul Libermann Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which was afterwards merged in the ...
Libraries Libraries Libraries, that is to say, collections of books accumulated and made accessible for public or ...
Libri Carolini Caroline Books (Libri Carolini) A work in four books (120 or 121 chapters), purporting to be the composition of Charlemagne, and ...
Lichfield Lichfield ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD (LICHFELDENSIS). This diocese took its rise in the conversion ...
Lidwina, Saint St. Lidwina Born at Schiedam, Holland, 18 April 1380; died 14 April, 1433. Her father, Peter by name, came of ...
Lieber, Ernst Maria Ernst Maria Lieber Born at Camberg in the Duchy of Nassau, 16 Nov., 1838; died 31 March, 1902. He was the principal ...
Lieber, Moriz Moriz Lieber Politician and publicist, b. at the castle of Blankenheim in the Eifel, 1 Oct., 1790, d. at ...
Liebermann, Bruno Franz Leopold Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann Catholic theologian, b., at Molsheim in Alsace 12 Oct., 1759; 4. at Strasburg, 11 Nov., 1844. ...
Liesborn Liesborn A former noted Benedictine Abbey in Westphalia, Germany, founded in 815; suppressed in 1803. ...
Liesborn, Master of The Master of Liesborn A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar-piece of note in the Benedictine monastery ...
Liessies Liessies A Benedictine monastery near Avesnes, in the Diocese of Cambrai, France (Nord), founded about ...
Life Life (Greek zoe ; Latin vita ; French La vie , German Das Leben ; vital principle; Greek ...
Ligamen Ligamen ( Latin for bond ). The existing marriage tie which constitutes in canon law a public ...
Lights Lights Upon the subject of the liturgical use of lights, as an adjunct of the services of the Church, ...
Ligugé Liguge A Benedictine Abbey, in the Diocese of Poitiers, France, was founded about the year A.D. 360, ...
Liguori, Saint Alphonsus St. Alphonsus Liguori Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. ...
Lilienfeld Cistercian Abbey of Lilienfeld Lilienfeld, a Cistercian Abbey fifteen miles south of St. Polten, Lower Austria, was founded ...
Lilius, Aloisius Aloisius Lilius Aloisius Lilius, principal author of the Gregorian Calendar, was a native of Cirò or ...
Lille Lille The ancient capital of Flanders, now the chief town of the Département du Nord in France. ...
Lillooet Indians Lillooet Indians An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, in southern British Columbia, formerly holding a ...
Lima Lima (Peru) (Limana). The city of Lima, in the Department of the same name, is the capital of the Republic ...
Limbo Limbo (Late Latin limbus ) a word of Teutonic derivation, meaning literally "hem" or "border," as ...
Limbourg, Pol de Pol de Limbourg A French miniaturist. With his two brothers, he flourished at Paris at the end of the fourteenth ...
Limburg Limburg (L IMBURGENSIS ) Diocese in the Kingdom of Prussia, suffragan of Freiburg. I. HISTORY ...
Limerick Limerick (LIMERICENSIS) Diocese in Ireland ; includes the greater part of the County of Limerick and ...
Limoges Limoges (LEMOVICENSIS). Diocese comprising the Departments of Haute Vienne and Creuse in France. ...
Limyra Limyra Limyra, a titular see of Lycia, was a small city on the southern coast of Lycia, on the Limyrus, ...
Linacre, Thomas Thomas Linacre English physician and clergyman, founder of the Royal College of Physicians, London, b. at ...
Linares Linares [Or MONTEREY or NUEVO LEÓN; ARCHDIOCESE OF (DE LINARES)] In 1777, at the request of ...
Lincoln Lincoln (Nebraska) (LINCOLNIENSIS) Suffragan of Dubuque, erected 2 August, 1887, to include that part of the ...
Lincoln Lincoln (England) ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LINCOLN (LINCOLNIENSIS). This see was founded by St. Theodore, Archbishop ...
Lindanus, William Damasus William Damasus Lindanus (VAN LINDA) Bishop of Ruremonde and of Ghent, b. at Dordrecht, in 1525; d. at Ghent, 2 ...
Linde, Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von Linde Hessian jurist and stateman, b. in the village of Brilon, Westphalia, 7 Aug., 1797; d. at Bonn ...
Lindemann, Wilhelm Wilhelm Lindemann A Catholic historian of German literature, b. at Schonnebeck near Essen, 17 December, 1828; d. ...
Lindisfarne, Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne (Lindisfarnensis). The island of Lindisfarne lies some two miles off the Northumberland coast, ...
Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of Benedictine Abbey of Lindores On the River Tay, near Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon, ...
Line, Saint Anne St. Anne Line English martyr, d. 27 Feb., 1601. She was the daughter of William Heigham of Dunmow, Essex, a ...
Linens, Altar Altar Linens The altar-linens are the corporal, pall, purificator, and finger- towels. The Blessed Sacrament ...
Lingard, John John Lingard English priest and historian b. at Winchester, 5 February, 1771; d. at Hornby, 17 July, 1851. He ...
Linköping, Ancient See of Linkoping (LINCOPIA; LINCOPENSIS.) Located in Sweden ; originally included Östergötland, the ...
Linoe Linoe A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, known only from the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" which mention ...
Linus, Pope Saint Pope St. Linus (Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79). All the ancient records of the Roman bishops ...
Linz Linz D IOCESE OF L INZ (L INCIENSIS ). Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna . I. HISTORY ...
Lippe Lippe One of the Confederate States of the German Empire. The occasional use of the designation "Lippe ...
Lippi, Filippino Filippino Lippi Italian painter, son of Filippo Lippi, b. at Prato, in 1458; d. at Florence 18 April, 1515. His ...
Lippi, Filippo Filippo Lippi Italian painter, b. at Florence about 1406; d. at Spoleto, 9 October, 1469. Left an orphan at ...
Lippomano, Luigi Luigi Lippomano ( Or Aloisius Lipomanus Lippomano). A cardinal, hagiographer, b. in 1500; d. 15 August, ...
Lipsanotheca Lipsanotheca A term sometimes used synonymously with reliquary, but signifying, more correctly, the little box ...
Lipsius, Justus Justus Lipsius (JOSSE LIPS) A philologian and humanist of the Netherlands, b. at Overyssche, 18 Oct., ...
Lisbon Lisbon Patriarchate of Lisbon (Lisbonensis). Includes the districts of Lisbon and Santarem. The area ...
Lismore Lismore (Australia) DIOCESE OF LISMORE (LISMORENSIS) The Diocese of Lismore extends over a territory of 21,000 ...
Lismore and Waterford Waterford and Lismore (Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis), suffragan of Cashel. This diocese is almost coterminous with ...
Lismore, School of School of Lismore As the School of Armagh in the North of Ireland, and that of Clonmacnoise in the centre, so the ...
Lister, Thomas Lister ( alias Thomas Butler) Jesuit writer, b. in Lancashire, about 1559; d. in England, probably ...
Liszt, Franz Franz Liszt Admittedly the greatest pianist in the annals of music, and a composer whose status in musical ...
Litany Litany (Latin litania , letania , from Greek lite , prayer or supplication) A litany is a ...
Litany of Loreto Litany of Loreto Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the Litany of Loreto has been the ...
Litany of the Holy Name Litany of the Holy Name An old and popular form of prayer in honour of the Name of Jesus. The author is not known. ...
Litany of the Saints Litany of the Saints The model of all other litanies, of great antiquity. HISTORY It was used in the "Litania ...
Literature, English English Literature It is not unfitting to compare English Literature to a great tree whose far spreading and ever ...
Lithuania Lithuania ( German Litauen ) An ancient grandy-duchy united with Poland in the fourteenth century. ...
Lithuanians in the United States Lithuanians in the United States The Lithuanians ( Lietuvys ; adjective, lietuviskas ) are a people of Russia, occupying the ...
Litta Litta A noble Milanese family which gave two distinguished cardinals to the Church. I. ALFONSO ...
Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi Fioretti di San Francesco d'Assisi Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi , the name given to a classic collection of popular legends ...
Little Office of Our Lady Little Office of Our Lady A liturgical devotion to the Blessed Virgin, in imitation of, and in addition to, the Divine ...
Little Rock Little Rock (PETRICULANA) The State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, parts of the Louisiana ...
Littré, Paul-Maximilien-Emile Paul-Maximilien-Emile Littre A French lexicographer and philosopher ; born at Paris, 1 February, 1801; died there, 2 June, ...
Liturgical Books Liturgical Books Under this name we understand all the books, published by the authority of any church, that ...
Liturgical Chant Liturgical Chant Taking these words in their ordinary acceptation, it is easy to settle the meaning of "liturgical ...
Liturgy Liturgy The various Christian liturgies are described each under its own name. ( See ALEXANDRINE ...
Liturgy of Jerusalem Liturgy of Jerusalem The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch. That is to say, the Liturgy that became famous as ...
Liturgy of the Hours Divine Office ("Liturgy of the Hours" I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE" This expression signifies ...
Liutprand of Cremona Liutprand of Cremona (Or L UIDPRAND ). Bishop and historian, b. at the beginning of the tenth century; d. after ...
Liverpool Liverpool Diocese of Liverpool/a>/Liverpolium (Liverpolitana). One of the thirteen dioceses into ...
Livias Livias A titular see in Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. It is twice mentioned in the Bible ...
Livorno Leghorn (Livorno) (LIBURNENSIS.) Suffragan of Pisa. Leghorn ( Italian Livorno ), in Tuscany, is the capital ...
Llancarvan Llancarvan Llancarvan, Glamorganshire, Wales, was a college and monastery founded apparently about the ...
Llandaff Llandaff ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF (LANDAVENSIS) The origins of this see are to be found in the sixth ...
Llanthony Priory Llanthony Priory A monastery of Augustinian Canons, situated amongst the Black Mountains of South Wales, nine ...
Lloyd, Saint John St. John Lloyd Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff, 22 July, 1679. He took the missionary oath at ...
Loaisa, Garcia de Garcia de Loaisa Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville, b. in Talavera, Spain, c. 1479; d. at Madrid, 21 April, ...
Loango Loango VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF LOANGO (LOWER FRENCH CONGO). Formerly included in the great Kingdom of ...
Loaves of Proposition Loaves of Proposition Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of Yahweh )" ( Exodus 35:13 ; 39:35 , ...
Lobbes, Benedictine Abbey of Benedictine Abbey of Lobbes Located in Hainault, Belgium, founded about 650, by St. Landelin, a converted brigand, so that ...
Lobera, Ann Ann Lobera (Better known as V ENERABLE A NN OF J ESUS ). Carmelite nun, companion of St. Teresa; ...
Loccum Cistercian Abbey of Loccum (LUCCA, LOCKEN, LOCKWEEN, LYKE, LYCKO) A Cistercian abbey in the Diocese of Minden, formerly ...
Lochleven Lockleven (From leamhan , an elm-tree) Lochleven, a lake in Kinross-shire, Scotland, an island of ...
Lochner, Stephen Stephen Lochner A painter, born at Meersburg, on the Lake of Constance, date of birth unknown; died at ...
Loci Theologici Loci Theologici Loci theologici or loci communes , are the common topics of discussion in theology. As ...
Locke, Matthew Matthew Locke Composer; born at Exeter, in 1629; died August, 1677. He was a chorister of Exeter Cathedral ...
Lockhart, William William Lockhart Son of the Rev. Alexander Lockhart of Waringham, Surry; b. 22 Aug., 1820; d. at St. Etheldreda's ...
Lockwood, Venerable John Ven. John Lockwood Venerable John Lockwood, priest and martyr, born about 1555; died at York, 13 April, 1642. He ...
Lodi Lodi (LAUDENSIS) A suffragan of Milan. Lodi, the capital of a district in the Province of Milan, ...
Logia, Jesu Jesu Logia Found partly in the Inspired Books of the New Testament, partly in uninspired writings. The ...
Logic Logic Logic is the science and art which so directs the mind in the process of reasoning and ...
Logos, The The Logos The word Logos is the term by which Christian theology in the Greek language designates the ...
Lohel, Johann Johann Lohel (JOHANN LOHELIUS) Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, Bohemia, 1549; d. 2 Nov., 1622. Of poor ...
Lohner, Tobias Tobias Lohner Born 13 March, 1619, at Neuötting in the Diocese of Salzburg ; died 26 (probably) May, ...
Loja, Diocese of Loja (Lojana), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, includes the greater part of the Provinces of Loja and El ...
Lollards Lollards The name given to the followers of John Wyclif, an heretical body numerous in England in the ...
Loménie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de Etienne-Charles de Lomenie de Brienne French cardinal and statesman; b. at Paris, 1727; d. at Sens, 1794. He was of noble lineage, ...
Loman, Saint Saint Loman Bishop of Trim in Ireland, nephew of St. Patrick, was remarkable as being the first placed over ...
Lombard, Peter Peter Lombard Theologian, b. at Novara (or perhaps Lumello), Italy, about 1100; d. about 1160-64. He studied ...
Lombard, Peter Peter Lombard Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Waterford, about 1555; d. at Rome, 1625; belonged to a respectable ...
Lombardy Lombardy A word derived from Longobardia and used during the Middle Ages to designate the country ruled ...
London (England) London London, the capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated about fifty ...
London (Ontario) London (Ontario) DIOCESE OF LONDON (LONDINENSIS) Diocese in Canada, established 21 February, 1855; see ...
Longstreet, James James Longstreet Soldier and Catholic convert. Born 8 January, 1821, at Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.A.; died ...
Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix de Felix de Lope de Vega Carpio Poet and dramatist, b. at Madrid, 1562; d. 23 Aug., 1635. With Lope de Vega begins the era of ...
Lopez-Caro, Francisco Francisco Lopez-Caro Spanish artist, b. at Seville in 1598; d. at Madrid in 1662; he was a pupil of Juan de Las ...
Lord's Prayer Lord's Prayer Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase "Lord's Prayer" does not ...
Lorea Lorea Titular see in the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. The city figures in the different ...
Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana Cardinal, b. 22 Sept., 1722 at Leon in Spain ; d. 17 April, 1804, at Rome. After the completion ...
Lorenzetti, Pietro and Ambrogio Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not known. Their dated works extend ...
Lorenzo da Brindisi, Saint St. Lorenzo Da Brindisi (Also: Lawrence, or Laurence, of Brindisi.) Born at Brindisi in 1559; died at Lisbon on 22 ...
Loreto, Holy House of Santa Casa di Loreto (Holy House of Loreto) (The Holy House of Loreto). Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the "Holy ...
Loreto, Litany of Litany of Loreto Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the Litany of Loreto has been the ...
Lorette Lorette (Full name, Notre-Dame de la Jeune Lorette , "Our Lady of New Loretto") An Indian village ...
Lorrain, Claude de Claude de Lorrain French painter and etcher, b. in 1600 at Chamagnc on the banks of the Moselle in Lorraine ; d. ...
Lorraine Lorraine I. ORIGIN By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three ...
Lorsch Abbey Lorsch Abbey ( Laureshamense Monasterium , called also Laurissa and Lauresham ). One of the most ...
Loryma Loryma A titular see of Caria, small fortified town and harbour on the coast of Caria, not far from ...
Los Angeles and Monterey Monterey and Los Angeles DIOCESE OF MONTEREY AND LOS ANGELES (MONTEREYENSIS ET ANGELORUM). Comprises that part of the ...
Lossada, Luis de Luis de Lossada Philosopher, b. at Quiroga, Asturias, Spain in 1681; d. at Salamanca, in 1748. He entered the ...
Lossen, Karl August Karl August Lossen German petrologist and geologist, born at Kreuznach (Rhine Province), 5 January, 1841; died at ...
Lot Lot Son of Abraham's brother Aran ( Genesis 11:27 ), therefore Abraham's nephew (his "brother": ...
Lottery Lottery A lottery is one of the aleatory contracts and is commonly defined as a distribution of prizes by ...
Lotti, Antonio Antonio Lotti Composer, born at Venice in 1667; died there, 5 January, 1740 and studied under Legrenzi, ...
Lotto, Lorenzo Lorenzo Lotto Italian portrait painter, born at Venice, 1480; died at Loreto, 1556. This eminent artist was ...
Loucheux Loucheux The would-be Kuchin of some ethnologists, and the Tukudh of the Protestant missionaries; ...
Louis Allemand, Blessed Blessed Louis Allemand Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, whose name has been written in a great variety of ways (Alamanus, ...
Louis Bertrand, Saint St. Louis Bertrand Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His patents were Juan Bertrand and ...
Louis IX, Saint St. Louis IX King of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born at Poissy, 25 April, 1215; died ...
Louis of Casoria, Venerable Ven. Louis of Casoria Friar Minor and founder of the Frati Bigi; b. at Casoria, near Naples, 11 March, 1814; d. at ...
Louis of Granada, Venerable Ven. Louis of Granada Theologian, writer, and preacher; b. of very humble parentage at Granada, Spain, 1505; d. at ...
Louis of Toulouse, Saint St. Louis of Toulouse Bishop of Toulouse, generally represented vested in pontifical garments and holding a book and a ...
Louis XIV Louis XIV King of France, b. at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 16 September, 1638; d. at Versailles, 1 September, ...
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Saint St. Louis de Montfort Missionary in Brittany and Vendee; born at Montfort, 31 January, 1673; died at Saint Laurent sur ...
Louise de Marillac Le Gras, Venerable Venerable Louise de Marillac Le Gras Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul , born at Paris, 12 August, 1591, ...
Louise, Sister Sister Louise Educator and organizer, b. at Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, 14 Nov., 1813; d. at Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 ...
Louisiana Louisiana I. COLONIAL The history of Louisiana forms an important part of the history of the United ...
Louisville, Diocese of Louisville Comprises that part of Kentucky west of the Kentucky River and western borders of Carroll, Owen, ...
Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes (Abbreviation C.N.D.L. — Congregation de Notre-Dame de Lourdes) A community devoted to ...
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de Lourdes Notre-Dame de Lourdes, in the Department of Hautes Pyrenées, France, is far-famed for the ...
Louvain, University of University of Louvain In order to restore the splendour of Louvain, capital of his Duchy of Brabant, John IV of the ...
Love, Theological Virtue of Love The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by St. Paul ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ), ...
Low Church Low Church The name given to one of the three parties or doctrinal tendencies that prevail in the ...
Low Sunday Low Sunday The first Sunday after Easter. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it is apparently ...
Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California Includes the territory of that name in Mexico (Sp. Baja or Vieja California ), a peninsula ...
Lower Criticism Biblical Criticism The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as possible the original text of a work ...
Loyola University (Chicago) Loyola University (Chicago) Loyola University is the outgrowth of St. Ignatius College, founded by the Jesuits in 1869 for ...
Loyola University (New Orleans) Loyola University (New Orleans) Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, is (1912) the only Catholic university in what is ...
Loyola, Saint Ignatius St. Ignatius Loyola Youngest son of Don Beltrán Yañez de Oñez y Loyola and Marina Saenz de Lieona ...
Luçon Lucon Diocese of Luçon (Lucionensis). Embraces the Department of La Vendée. It was ...
Lublin Lublin DIOCESE OF LUBLIN (LUBLINENSIS). The city of Lublin is in Russian Poland, capital of the ...
Luca, Giovanni Battista de Giovanni Battista de Luca A Cardinal and Italian canonist of the seventeenth century, b. at Venusia, Southern Italy, in ...
Lucas, Frederick Frederick Lucas A member of Parliament and journalist, b. in Westminster, 30 March, 1812, d. at Staines, ...
Lucca Lucca ARCHDIOCESE OF LUCCA (LUCENSIS). Lucca, the capital of the like named province in Tuscany, ...
Lucera Lucera DIOCESE OF LUCERA (LUCERINENSIS). Lucera is a very ancient city in the province of Foggia in ...
Lucerne Lucerne Chief town of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The beginnings of the town, as well as the ...
Lucian of Antioch Lucian of Antioch A priest of the Church of Antioch who suffered martyrdom (7 January, 312), during the reign ...
Lucic, John John Lucic (Or LUCIUS) Croatian historian, b. early in the seventeenth century, at Trojir, or Tragurion, ...
Lucifer Lucifer ( Hebrew helel ; Septuagint heosphoros , Vulgate lucifer ) The name Lucifer ...
Lucifer of Cagliari Lucifer of Cagliari (LUCIFER CALARITANUS) A bishop, who must have been born in the early years of the fourth ...
Lucina, Crypt of Crypt of Lucina The traditional title of the most ancient section of the catacomb of St. Callistus. According to ...
Lucius I, Pope Saint Pope Saint Lucius I Reigned 253-254; died at Rome, 5 March, 254. After the death of St. Cornelius , who died in ...
Lucius II, Pope Pope Lucius II (Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso) Born at Bologna, unknown date, died at Rome, 15 February, ...
Lucius III, Pope Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) Born at Lucca, unknown date ; died at Verona, 25 Notaember, 1185. ...
Lucy, Saint St. Lucy A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated by Latins and ...
Ludger, Saint Saint Ludger (Lüdiger or Liudger) Missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, first Bishop of Munster ...
Ludmilla, Saint St. Ludmilla Wife of Boriwoi, the first Christian Duke of Bohemia, b. at Mielnik, c. 860; d. at Tetin, near ...
Ludolph of Saxony Ludolph of Saxony (Ludolph the Carthusian ). An ecclesiastical writer of the fourteenth century, date of ...
Ludovicus a S. Carolo Ludovicus a S. Carolo (LUDOVICUS JACOB) Carmelite writer, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne (according to some at ...
Lueger, Karl Karl Lueger A burgomaster of Vienna, Austrian political leader and municipal reformer, born at Vienna, 24 ...
Lugo Lugo DIOCESE OF LUGO (LUCENSIS) Diocese in Galicia, Spain, a suffragan of Santiago, said to have ...
Lugo, Francisco de Francisco de Lugo Jesuit theologian, b. at Madrid, 1580; d. at Valladolid, 17 September, 1652. he was the elder ...
Lugo, John de John de Lugo Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, one of the most eminent theologians of modern times, b. at ...
Lugos Lugos Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Fogaras and Alba Julia of the Uniat-Rumanian Rite, was ...
Luini, Bernardino Bernardino Luini Milanese painter, b. between 1470 and 1480; d. after 1530. The actual facts known respecting the ...
Luke, Gospel of Saint Gospel of Saint Luke The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Biography of Saint Luke ...
Lulé Indians Lule Indians A name which has given rise to considerable confusion and dispute in Argentine ethnology, owing ...
Lully, Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Lully Composer, b. near Florence in 1633; d. at Paris, 22 March, 1687. He was brought to France when ...
Lully, Raymond Raymond Lully (RAMON LULL) "Doctor Illuminatus", philosopher, poet, and theologian, b. at Palma in Majorca, ...
Lumen Christi Lumen Christi The versicle chanted by the deacon on Holy Saturday as he lights the triple candle. After ...
Luminare Luminare (A word which gives in the plural luminaria and has hence been incorrectly written in the ...
Lummi Indians Lummi Indians (Abbreviated from Nuglummi , about equivalent to "people", the name used by themselves). ...
Lumper, Gottfried Gottfried Lumper Benedictine patristic writer, born 6 Feb., 1747, at Füssen in Bavaria ; died 8 March, ...
Luna, Pedro de Pedro de Luna Antipope under the name of Benedict XIII, b. at Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. at the ...
Lund Lund [LUNDA; LONDUNUM (LONDINUM) GOTHORUM (SCANORUM, SCANDINORUM, or DANORUM)]. In the Län of ...
Lunette Lunette The lunette, known in Germany as the lunula and also as the melchisedech, is a crescent-shaped ...
Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato Diocese in the province of Genoa. Luni (originally Luna) was an Etruscan city, but was seized by ...
Lupus Lupus (SERVATUS LUPUS, LOUP) Abbot of Ferrières, French Benedictine writer, b. in the ...
Lupus, Christian Christian Lupus (WOLF) Historian, b. at Ypres (Flanders), 23 July, 1612; d. at Louvain, 10 July, 1681. He ...
Luscinius, Ottmar Ottmar Luscinius (NACHTGALL) An Alsatian Humanist, b. at Strasburg, 1487; d. at Freiburg, 1537. After ...
Lusignan, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan French-Canadian writer, b. at St-Denis on the Richelieu, P.Q., 27 September, 1843; d. 5 January, ...
Lussy, Melchior Melchior Lussy Statesman, b. at Stans, Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, 1529; d. there 14 Nov., 1606. Even in ...
Lust Lust The inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the carnal pleasure which is experienced in the ...
Luther, Martin Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany ; born at Eisleben, 10 ...
Lutheranism Lutherans and Lutheranism The religious belief held by the oldest and in Europe the most numerous of the Protestant ...
Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz, Diocese of Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz (LUCEORIENSIS, ZYTOMIRIENSIS, ET CAMENECENSIS). Diocese located in Little Russia. Its present ...
Luxemburg Luxemburg The small remnant of the old duchy of this name and since 11 May, 1867, an independent neutral ...
Luxeuil Abbey Abbey of Luxeuil Situated in the Department of Haute-Saône in Franche-Comté, in the Diocese of ...
Lycopolis Lycopolis A titular see in Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoë. As Siout or Siaout it played a ...
Lydda Lydda A titular see of Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The town was formerly ...
Lydgate, John John Lydgate Born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the Benedictine abbey ...
Lying Lying Lying, as defined by St. Thomas Aquinas , is a statement at variance with the mind . This ...
Lynch, John John Lynch Historian, b. at Galway, Ireland, 1599; d. in France, 1673; was the son of Alexander Lynch, who ...
Lyndwood, William William Lyndwood Bishop of St. David's and the greatest of English canonists, b. about 1375; d. in 1446. He had ...
Lyons, Archdiocese of Lyons The Archdiocese of Lyons (Lugdunensis) comprises the Department of the Rhône (except the ...
Lyons, Councils of (Introduction) Councils of Lyons Previous to 1313 the Abbé Martin counts no less than twenty-eight synods or councils held ...
Lyons, First Council of First Council of Lyons Innocent IV, threatened by Emperor Frederick II, arrived at Lyons 2 December, 1244, and early in ...
Lyons, Second Council of Second Council of Lyons The Second Council of Lyons was one of the most largely attended of conciliar assemblies, there ...
Lyrba Lyrba A titular see of Pamphylia Prima, known by its coins and the mention made of it by Dionysius, ...
Lysias Lysias A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, mentioned by Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29, Ptolemy, V, 2, ...
Lystra Lystra A titular see in the Province of Lycaonia, suffragan of Iconium. On his first visit to this ...

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