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Hagiographer, sometimes confused with Osbert de Clare alias Osbern de Westminster, b. at Canterbury and brought up by Godric, who was dean from 1058-80. He became a monk, and later, prior of Christ Church, and was ordained by Archbishop Lanfranc. He died probably between 1088 and 1093. He was very skilful in music and is said to have written two treatises "De re musica" and "De vocum consonantiis" (Fétis, "Biog. Music.", Paris, 1870, VI, 383). But he is known best as translator of saints' lives from the Anglo-Saxon and as an original writer. William of Malmesbury (Gesta Regum, II, 166) praises the elegance of his style. Works: 1. "Vita S. Alphegi et de translatione S. Alphegi", written at Lanfranc's command, about 1080 when there arose some dispute concerning Alphege's sanctity ; it is printed in "Acta SS.", April, II, 631; in Mabillon, "Acta SS. O.S. B", saec. Vi, 104; in P.L., CXLIX, 375; in Wharton, "Anglia Sacra", II, 122; see "Gesta Pontificum", in Rolls Series, 1870, p.33. 2. "Vita S. Dunstani" and "Liber Miraculorum Sancti Dunstani", written in 1070; printed in Mabillon op. cit., saec. V, 644-84; in "Acta SS.", May, IV, 359; in P.L., CXXXVII, 407; and in Stubbs, "Memorials of St. Dunstan". The life given in Mabillon, op. cit. (p. 684), is probably the work of Eadmer. 3. "Vita S. Odonis archiepiscopi Cantuariensis". From William of Malmesbury's "Gesta Pontif.", in Rools Series 1870, p. 24, we learn that Osbern wrote Odo's life, but the work has perished; the life in P.L., CXXXIII, 831 and Mabillon, op. cit., saec v, 287 is not his. Wharton, in his "Anglia Sacra" (London, 1691), 75-87 published a life of St. Bregwin which was wrongly attributed to Osbern.

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O Antiphons O Antiphons (Roman Breviary: Antiphonæ majores, "greater antiphons"). The seven antiphons to the ...
O Deus Ego Amo Te O Deus Ego Amo Te The first line of two Latin lyrics sometimes attributed to St. Francis Xavier, but of uncertain ...
O Filii et Filiæ O Filii Et Filiae The first line of a hymn celebrating the mystery of Easter. As commonly found in hymnals ...
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O'Brien, Terence Albert Terence Albert O'Brien Born at Limerick, 1600; died there, 31 October, 1651. He joined the Dominicans, receiving the ...
O'Bruadair, David David O'Bruadair An Irish poet, b. about 1625, most probably in the barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork, but according ...
O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan Physician, publicist, and historian, b. at Mallow, Cork, 29 February, 1797; d. at New York, 29 ...
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O'Connell, Daniel Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell was born at Carhen, near Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 1775; died at Genoa, ...
O'Conor, Charles Charles O'Conor Charles O'Conor was born in the city of New York, 22 January, 1804; died at Nantucket, ...
O'Conor, Charles Charles O'Conor Often called "the Venerable", b. at Belanagare, Co. Roscommon, 1710; d. 1791, was descended from ...
O'Cullenan, Gelasius Gelasius O'Cullenan (Or GLAISNE O'CULLENAN). Cistercian, Abbot of Boyle, Ireland, b. probably near Assaroe Abbey, ...
O'Curry, Eugene Eugene O'Curry (EOGHAN O COMHRAIDHE) An Irish scholar, born at Dunaha near Carrigaholt, Co. Clare, 1796; ...
O'Daly, Daniel Daniel O'Daly A diplomatist and historian, born in Kerry, Ireland, 1595; died at Lisbon, 30 June, 1662. On his ...
O'Daly, Donogh Mór Donogh Mor O'Daly (In Irish Donnchadh Mór O Dálaigh ) A celebrated Irish poet, d. 1244. About ...
O'Devany, Cornelius Cornelius O'Devany (Conchobhar O'Duibheannaigh) Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland, b. about 1532; d. at ...
O'Donnell, Edmund Edmund O'Donnell The first Jesuit executed by the English government; b. at Limerick in 1542, executed at ...
O'Donovan, John John O'Donovan Irish historian and antiquarian, b. at Atateemore, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1806; d. at ...
O'Dugan, John John O'Dugan (Seághan "mor" O Dubhagáin) Died in Roscommon, 1372. His family were for ...
O'Dwyer, Joseph Joseph O'Dwyer Physician, inventor of intubation; b. at Cleveland, 1841; d. in New York, January 7, 1898. He was ...
O'Fihely, Maurice Maurice O'Fihely Archbishop of Tuam, born about 1460; died at Galway, 1513. He was, according to Dr. Lynch, a ...
O'Growney, Eugene Eugene O'Growney Priest, patriot, and scholar, b. 25 August, 1863, at Ballyfallon, County Meath ; d. at Los ...
O'Hagan, John John O'Hagan Lawyer and man of letters, b. at Newry, County Down, Ireland, 19 March, 1822; d. near Dublin, ...
O'Hagan, Thomas Thomas O'Hagan First Baron of Tullyhogue, b. at Belfast, 29 May, 1812; d. 1 February, 1885. Called to the Irish ...
O'Hanlon, John John O'Hanlon Born at Stradbally, Queen's County, Ireland, 1821; died at Sandymount, Dublin, 1905. He entered ...
O'Hara, Theodore Theodore O'Hara Born in Danville, Kentucky, U.S.A. 11 February, 1822; died in Guerryton, Alabama, 6 June, 1867. ...
O'Hely, Patrick Patrick O'Hely Bishop of Mayo, Ireland ; d. At Kilmallock, September, 1579. He was a native of Connaught, and ...
O'Herlahy, Thomas Thomas O'Herlahy (O' H I ARLAITHE ). Bishop of Ross, Ireland, d. 1579. Consecrated about 1560, he was one ...
O'Higgins, Ambrose and Bernard Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins Born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1720; died at Lima, 18 March, 1810. ...
O'Hurley, Dermond Dermond O'Hurley Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland ; died 19-29 June, 1584. His father, William O'Hurley of ...
O'Hussey, Maelbrighte Maelbrighte O'Hussey (Irish, Maol Brighde ua Heodhusa ; Latin, Brigidus Hossæus ). Known also as ...
O'Leary, Arthur Arthur O'Leary Franciscan, preacher, polemical writer, b. at Faniobbus, Iveleary, Co. Cork, Ireland, 1729; d. ...
O'Loghlen, Michael Michael O'Loghlen Born at Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1789; died 1846. Educated at Ennis Academy, and Trinity ...
O'Meara, Kathleen Kathleen O'Meara Novelist and biographer, b. in Dublin, 1839; d. in Paris, 10 Nov., 1888; daughter of Dennis ...
O'Neill, Hugh Hugh O'Neill Earl of Tyrone, b. 1550, d. Rome, 1616; he was the youngest son of Mathew, of questionable ...
O'Neill, Owen Roe Owen Roe O'Neill Born 1582; died near Cavan, 6 Nov., 1649, the son of Art O'Neill and nephew of Hugh, the great ...
O'Queely, Malachias Malachias O'Queely (Maolsheachlainn O Cadhla). Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, b. in Thomond, date unknown; d. at ...
O'Reilly, Bernard Bernard O'Reilly Historian, b. 20 Sept., 1820, in County Mayo, Ireland ; d. in New York, U.S.A. 26 April, ...
O'Reilly, Edmund Edmund O'Reilly Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Dublin, 1616; d. at Saumur, France, 1669, was educated in Dublin ...
O'Reilly, Edmund Edmund O'Reilly Theologian, b. in London, 30 April, 1811; d. at Dublin, 10 November, 1878. Educated at ...
O'Reilly, Hugh Hugh O'Reilly Archbishop of Armagh, head of the Confederates of Kilkenny, b. 1580; d. on Trinity Island in ...
O'Reilly, John Boyle John Boyle O'Reilly Poet, novelist, and editor, b. at Douth Castle, Drogheda, Ireland, 24 June, 1844; d. at Hull, ...
O'Reilly, Myles William Patrick Myles William Patrick O'Reilly Soldier, publicist, littérateur , b. near Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland, 13 March, ...
O'Rorke, Patrick Henry Patrick Henry O'Rorke Soldier, b. in County Cavan, Ireland, 25 March, 1837; killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., ...
O'Sullivan Beare, Philip Philip O'Sullivan Beare Born in Ireland, c. 1590; died in Spain, 1660, son of Dermot O'Sullivan and nephew of Donal ...
O'Toole, Saint Lawrence St. Lawrence O'Toole (L ORCAN UA T UATHAIL ; also spelled Laurence O'Toole) Confessor, born about 1128, in the ...
Oakeley, Frederick Frederick Oakeley Born 5 September, 1802, at Shrewsbury ; died 30 Jan., 1880, at Islington, the youngest son of ...
Oates's Plot Oates's Plot A term conventionally used to designate a "Popish Plot" which, during the reign of Charles II of ...
Oaths Oaths I. NOTION AND DIVISIONS An oath is an invocation to God to witness the truth of a statement. ...
Oaths, English Post-Reformation English Post-Reformation Oaths The English Reformation having been imposed by the Crown, it was natural that submission to the ...
Oaxaca Oaxaca (Or ANTEQUERA). Situated in the southern part of the Republic of Mexico, bounded on the north ...
Obazine, Monastery of Monastery of Obazine Located in the Diocese of Tulle ; founded by St. Stephen of Obazine about 1134. After his ...
Obba Obba Titular see in Byzacena, northern Africa of unknown history, although mentioned by Polybius ...
Obedience Obedience Obedience (Lat. obêdire, "to hearken to", hence "to obey") is the complying with a command ...
Obedience, Religious Religious Obedience Religious obedience is that general submission which religious vow to God, and voluntarily ...
Obedientiaries Obedientiaries A name commonly used in medieval times for the lesser officials of a monastery who were ...
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Oblati, Oblatæ, Oblates Oblati Oblati (Oblatæ, Oblates) is a word used to describe any persons, not professed monks or ...
Obligation Obligation A term derived from the Roman civil law , defined in the "Institutes" of Justinian as a "legal ...
Obregonians Obregonians (Or Poor Infirmarians) A small congregation of men, who professed the Rule of the Third Order ...
Obreption Obreption ( Latin ob and repere , "to creep over"). A canonical term applied to a species of fraud ...
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Occasionalism Occasionalism Occasionalism (Latin occasio ) is the metaphysical theory which maintains that finite things ...
Occasions of Sin Occasions of Sin Occasions of Sin are external circumstances--whether of things or persons --which either ...
Occleve, Thomas Thomas Occleve (Or Hoccleve) Little is known of his life beyond what is mentioned in his poems. He was b. ...
Occult Art, Occultism Occult Art, Occultism Under this general term are included various practices to which special articles of the ...
Occurrence Occurence (IN LITURGY) I. DEFINITION Occurrence is the coinciding or occurring of two liturgical offices ...
Oceania, Vicariate Apostolic of Central Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania The whole of Oceania had at first been entrusted by the Propaganda to the Society of the Sacred ...
Ockham, William of William of Ockham Fourteenth-century Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or near the village ...
Octavarium Romanum Octavarium Romanum The Octavarium Romanum is a liturgical book which may be considered as an appendix to the Roman ...
Octave Octave I. ORIGIN It is the number seven, not eight, that plays the principal rôle in Jewish ...
Odense, Ancient See of Odense Ancient See of Odense (OTHINIA, OTHONIENSIS.) The diocese included the islands of Fünen, Langeland, Taasinge, ...
Odescalchi, Carlo Carlo Odescalchi Cardinal, prince, archbishop, and Jesuit, b. at Rome, 5 March, 1786; d. at Modena, 17 August, ...
Odilia, Saint St. Odilia Patroness of Alsace, born at the end of the seventh century; died about 720. According to a ...
Odilo, Saint St. Odilo Fifth Abbot of Cluny (q.v.), v.c. 962; d. 31 December, 1048. He was descended from the nobility ...
Odin, John Mary John Mary Odin Lazarist missionary, first Bishop of Galveston and second Archbishop of New Orleans, b. 25 ...
Odington, Walter Walter Odington An English Benedictine, also known as WALTER OF EVESHAM, by some writers confounded with WALTER ...
Odo of Cambrai, Blessed Blessed Odo of Cambrai Bishop and confessor, also called ODOARDUS; born at Orléans, 1050; died at Anchin, 19 ...
Odo of Canterbury Odo of Canterbury Abbot of Battle, d. 1200, known as Odo Cantianus or of Kent. A monk of Christ Church, he ...
Odo of Cheriton Odo of Cheriton Preacher and fabulist, d. 1247. He visited Paris, and it was probably there that he gained the ...
Odo of Glanfeuil Odo of Glanfeuil (Saint-Maur-sur-Loire) Abbot, ninth-century hagiographer. He entered Glanfeuil not later than ...
Odo, Saint St. Odo Second Abbot of Cluny, born 878 or 879, probably near Le Mans ; died 18 November, 942. He ...
Odo, Saint Saint Odo (Oda) Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 2 June, 959 (not in 958; recent researches showing that he ...
Oertel, John James Maximilian John James Maximilian Oertel Journalist, born at Ansbach, Bavaria, 27 April, 1811; died at Jamaica, New York, 21 August, 1882. ...
Oettingen Oettingen (ALTÖTTING, OETINGA) Oettingen, during the Carlovingian period a royal palace near the ...
Offa Offa, King of Mercia Offa, King of Mercia, died 29 July, 796. He was one of the leading figures of Saxon history, as ...
Offerings Offerings (OBLATIONS) I. THE WORD OBLATION The word oblation , from the supine of the Latin verb ...
Offertory Offertory (Offertorium.) The rite by which the bread and wine are presented (offered) to God before ...
Office of the Dead Office of the Dead I. COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICE This office, as it now exists in the Roman Liturgy, is composed of ...
Office, Divine Divine Office ("Liturgy of the Hours" I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE" This expression signifies ...
Ogdensburg, Diocese of Ogdensburg (Ogdensburgdensis). Comprises the northern towns of Herkimer and Hamilton counties, with the ...
Oggione, Marco D' Marco d'Oggione Milanese painter, b. at Oggionno near Milan about 1470; d. probably in Milan, 1549. This ...
Ogilvie, John, Venerable Ven. John Ogilvie Eldest son of Walter Ogilvie, of Drum, near Keith, Scotland, b. 1580; d. 10 March, 1615. Educated ...
Ogliastra Ogliastra DIOCESE OF OGLIASTRA (OLEASTRENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia. It was ...
Ohio Ohio The seventeenth state of the American Union, admitted on 19 Feb., 1803. It is bounded on the north ...
Ohler, Aloys Karl Aloys Karl Ohler Educationist, born at Mainz, 2 January, 1817; died there, 24 August, 1889. He attended the ...
Oil of Saints Oil of Saints (Manna Oil of Saints). An oily substance, which is said to have flowed, or still flows, from ...
Oils, Holy Holy Oils (OLEA SACRA). Liturgical Benediction Oil is a product of great utility the symbolic ...
Ointment in Scripture Ointment in Scripture That the use of oily, fragrant materials to anoint the body is a custom going back to remote ...
Ojeda, Alonso de Alonso de Ojeda Explorer; b. at Cuenca, Spain, about 1466; d. on the island of Santo Domingo , about 1508. He ...
Okeghem, Jean d' Jean d'Okeghem Also called Okekem, Okenghem, Okegnan, Ockenheim. Contrapuntist, founder and head of the second ...
Oklahoma Oklahoma I. GEOGRAPHY Oklahoma, the forty-sixth state to be admitted to the Union, is bounded on the north ...
Oláh, Nicolaus Nicolaus Olah (OLAHUS) Archbishop of Gran and Primate of Hungary, a distinguished prelate, born 10 ...
Olaf Haraldson, Saint St. Olaf Haraldson Martyr and King of Norway (1015-30), b. 995; d. 29 July, 1030. He was a son of King Harald ...
Olba Olba A titular see in Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. It was a city of Cetis in Cilicia Aspera, ...
Old Catholics Old Catholics The sect organised in German-speaking countries to combat the dogma of Papal Infallibility. ...
Old Chapter, The The Old Chapter The origin of the body, fomerly known as the Old Chapter, dates from 1623, when after a period of ...
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Old Testament Old Testament I. NAME The word "testament", Hebrew berîth , Greek diatheke , primarily signifies the ...
Old Testament, Canon of the Canon of the Old Testament Overview The word canon as applied to the Scriptures has long had a special and consecrated ...
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Oldham, Hugh Hugh Oldman Bishop of Exeter, b. in Lancashire, either at Crumpsell or Oldham; d. 25 June, 1519. Having ...
Oldoini, Augustino Augustino Oldoini Historian and bibliographer, b. 6 Jan., 1612; d. at Perugia, 23 March, 1683. He came from La ...
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Olier, Jean-Jacques Jean-Jacques Olier Founder of the seminary and Society of St-Sulpice, b. at Paris, 20 Sept., 1608; d. there, 2 ...
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Orley, Barent Van Barent van Orley (Bernard) Painter, b. at Brussels, about 1491; d. there 6 January, 1542. He studied under ...
Orme, Philibert de l' Philibert de l'Orme An architect, born about 1512; died 1570. His style, classical and of the more severe Italian ...
Oropus Oropus Titular see, suffragan of Anazarbus in Cilicia Secunda. It never really depended on Anazarbus ...
Orosius, Paulus Paulus Orosius Historian and Christian apologist ; b. probably at Bracara, now Braga, in Portugal, between 380 ...
Orphans and Orphanages Orphans and Orphanages The death of one or both parents makes the child of the very poor a ward of the community. The ...
Orsi, Giuseppe Agostino Giuseppe Agostino Orsi A cardinal, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, born at Florence, 9 May, 1692, of an ...
Orsini Orsini One of the most ancient and distinguished families of the Roman nobility, whose members often ...
Orsisius Orsisius ( Arsisios , Oresiesis-Heru-sa Ast) Egyptian monk of the fourth century; was a disciple ...
Ortelius, Abraham Abraham Ortelius (OERTEL) A cartographer, geographer, and archeologist, born in Antwerp, 4 April, 1527; died ...
Orthodox Church Orthodox Church The technical name for the body of Christians who use the Byzantine Rite in various languages ...
Orthodoxy Orthodoxy Orthodoxy ( orthodoxeia ) signifies right belief or purity of faith. Right belief is not ...
Orthodoxy, Feast of Feast of Orthodoxy (or SUNDAY) The first Sunday of the Great Forty days ( Lent ) in the Byzantine Calendar ...
Orthosias Orthosias A titular see of Phœnicia Prima, suffragan of Tyre. The city is mentioned for the first ...
Ortolano Ferrarese Ortolano Ferrarese Painter of the Ferrara School, b. in Ferrara, about 1490; d. about 1525. His real name was ...
Orval Orval (Aurea Vallis, Gueldenthal). Formerly a Cistercian abbey in Belgian Luxemburg, Diocese of ...
Orvieto Orvieto DIOCESE OF ORVIETO (URBEVETANA) Diocese in Central Italy. The city stands on a rugged mass of ...
Ory, Matthieu Matthieu Ory Inquisitor and theologian, b. at La Caune, 1492; d. at Paris, 1557. Entering the Dominican ...
Osaka Osaka (Osachensis). Osaka ( Oye , great river; saka , cliff), one of the three municipal ...
Osbald Osbald King of Northumbria, d. 799. Symeon of Durham (Historia Regum) tells us that when Ecfwald, a ...
Osbaldeston, Edward, Venerable Ven. Edward Osbaldeston English martyr, b. about 1560; hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, 16 November, 1594. Son of ...
Osbern Osbern Hagiographer, sometimes confused with Osbert de Clare alias Osbern de Westminster, b. at ...
Oscott (St. Mary's College) Oscott (St. Mary's College) In 1793, a number of the Catholic nobility and gentry of England formed a committee for the ...
Osee Osee NAME AND COUNTRY Osee (Hôsheá‘– Salvation ), son of Beeri, was one of ...
Osimo Osimo DIOCESE OF OSIMO (AUXIMANA). Diocese in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Osimo was ...
Oslo, Ancient See of Ancient See of Oslo (ASLOIA, ASLOENSIS.) Oslo occupied part of the site of Christiania (founded 1624). After the ...
Osma Osma (OXOMENSIS) The Diocese borders Burgos and Logroño on the north, Soria and Saragossa ...
Osmund, Saint St. Osmund Bishop of Salisbury, died 1099; his feast is kept on 4 December. Osmund held an exalted ...
Osnabrück Osnabrueck (OSNABRUGENSIS) This diocese, directly subject to the Holy See, comprises, in the Prussian ...
Ossat, Arnaud d' Arnaud d'Ossat French cardinal, diplomat, and writer, b. at Larroque-Magnoac (Gascony), 20 July, 1537; d. at ...
Ossory, Diocese of Ossory (Ossoriensis.) In the Province of Leinster, Ireland, is bounded on the south by the Suir, on ...
Ostensorium Ostensorium (From ostendere , "to show"). Ostensorium means, in accordance with its etymology, a ...
Ostia and Velletri Ostia and Velletri SUBURBICARIAN DIOCESE OF OSTIA AND VELLETRI (OSTIENSIS ET VELITERNENSIS). Near Rome, central ...
Ostiensis Ostiensis Surname of LEO MARSICANUS, Benedictine chronicler, b. about 1045; d. 22 May, 1115, 1116, or ...
Ostracine Ostracine Titular see and suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica prima. Pliny (Hist. naturalis, V, xiv) ...
Ostraka, Christian Christian Ostraka Inscriptions on clay, wood, metal, and other hard materials. Like papyri, they are valuable ...
Ostrogoths Ostrogoths One of the two chief tribes of the Goths, a Germanic people. Their traditions relate that the ...
Oswald, Saint St. Oswald Archbishop of York, d. on 29 February, 992. Of Danish parentage, Oswald was brought up by his ...
Oswald, Saint St. Oswald King and martyr ; b., probably, 605; d. 5 Aug., 642; the second of seven brothers, sons of ...
Oswin, Saint St. Oswin King and martyr, murdered at Gilling, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England, on 20 August, 651, ...
Otfried of Weissenburg Otfried of Weissenburg He is the oldest German poet known by name, author of the "Evangelienbuch", a rhymed version of ...
Othlo Othlo (OTLOH) A Benedictine monk of St. Emmeran's, Ratisbon, born 1013 in the Diocese of ...
Othmar, Saint St. Othmar (Audomar.) Died 16 Nov., 759, on the island of Werd in the Rhine, near Echnez, Switzerland. ...
Otho, Marcus Salvius Marcus Salvius Otho Roman emperor, successor, after Galba, of Nero, b. in Rome, of an ancient Etruscan family ...
Otranto Otranto ARCHDIOCESE OF OTRANTO (HYDRUNTINA). Otranto is a city of the Province of Lecce, Apulia, ...
Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa Archdiocese of Ottawa (Ottawiensis). The Archdiocese of Ottawa, in Canada, originally ...
Ottawa, University of University of Ottawa Conducted by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate ; founded in 1848. It was incorporated in 1849 under ...
Otto I, the Great Otto I (The Great) Roman emperor and German king, b. in 912; d. at Memleben, 7 May, 973; son of Henry I and his ...
Otto II Otto II King of the Germans and Emperor of Rome, son of Otto I and Adelaide, b. 955; d. in Rome, 7 ...
Otto III Otto III German king and Roman emperor, b. 980; d. at Paterno, 24 Jan., 1002. At the age of three he was ...
Otto IV Otto IV German king and Roman emperor, b. at Argentau (Dept. of Orne), c. 1182; d. 19 May, 1218; son of ...
Otto of Freising Otto of Freising Bishop and historian, b. between 1111 and 1114, d. at Morimond, Champagne, France, 22 ...
Otto of Passau Otto of Passau All we know of him is in the preface of his work, in which he calls himself a member of the ...
Otto of St. Blasien Otto of Blasien Chronicler, b. about the middle of the twelfth century; d. 23 July, 1223, at St. Blasien in the ...
Otto, Saint Saint Otto Bishop of Bamberg, b. about 1060; d. 30 June, 1139. He belonged to the noble, though not ...
Ottobeuren Ottobeuren (OTTOBURA, MONASTERIUM OTTOBURANUM) Formerly a Benedictine abbey, now a priory, near ...
Ouen, Saint St. Ouen (OWEN; DADON, Latin Audaenus ). Archbishop of Rouen, b. at Sancy, near Soissons about ...
Our Father, The Lord's Prayer Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase "Lord's Prayer" does not ...
Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who ...
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Feast of Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel Records dating from the reign of Paul II (1464-71) relate that the picture of Our Lady, at ...
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) ( Or OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP.) The picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is painted ...
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) ( Or OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP.) The picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is painted ...
Our Lady of the Fields, Brothers of Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields A Canadian congregation founded in 1902 at St-Damien de Buckland in the Diocese of Quebec by ...
Our Lady of the Snow Our Lady of the Snow ("Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ ad Nives"). A feast celebrated on 5 August to ...
Our Lady, Help of Christians, Feast of Feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians The invocation Auxilium Christianorum (Help of Christians ) originated in the sixteenth ...
Overbeck, Friedrich Friedrich Overbeck Convert and painter of religious subjects, b. at Lübeck, 3 July, 1789; d. at Rome, 12 ...
Overberg, Bernhard Heinrich Bernhard Heinrich Overberg A German ecclesiastic and educator, born 1 May, 1754; died 9 November, 1826. Of poor parents in ...
Overpopulation, Theories of Overpopulation Theories Down to the end of the eighteenth century, very little attention was given to the relation between ...
Oviedo Oviedo (OVETENSIS) This diocese comprises the civil province of the same name (the ancient Kingdom ...
Owen, Saint St. Ouen (OWEN; DADON, Latin Audaenus ). Archbishop of Rouen, b. at Sancy, near Soissons about ...
Owen, Saint Nicholas St. Nicholas Owen A Jesuit lay-brother, martyred in 1606. There is no record of his parentage, birthplace, date ...
Oxenford, John John Oxenford Dramatist, critic, translator, and song-writer, b. in London, 12 Aug., 1812; d. there 21 Feb., ...
Oxenham, Henry Nutcombe Henry Nutcombe Oxenham An English controversialist and poet, born at Harrow, 15 Nov., 1829; died at Kensington, 23 ...
Oxford Oxford Oxford, one of the most ancient cities in England, grew up under the shadow of a convent, said to ...
Oxford Movement, The The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. "The conception which lay at its ...
Oxford, University of University of Oxford I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY The most extraordinary myths have at various times prevailed as to the ...
Oxyrynchus Oxyrynchus Titular archdiocese of Heptanomos in Egypt. It was the capital of the district of its name, the ...
Ozanam, Antoine-Frédéric Antoine-Frederic Ozanam Great grand-nephew of Jacques Ozanam . Born at Milan, 23 April, 1813; died at Marseilles, 8 ...
Ozanam, Jacques Jacques Ozanam A French mathematician, born at Bouligneux (Ain), 1640; died in Paris, 3 April, 1717. He came of a ...
Ozias Ozias " Yahweh is my strength", name of six Israelites mentioned in the Bible . (1) Ozias, King ...

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