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A Franciscan missionary of a Czech family named Mattiussi, born at Villanova near Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, about 1286; died at Udine, 14 Jan., 1331. About 1300 he entered the Franciscan Order at Udine. Towards the middle of the thirteenth century the Franciscans were commissioned by the Holy See to undertake missionary work in the interior of Asia. Among the missionaries sent there were John Piano Carpini, William Rubruquis , and John of Montecorvino . Odoric was called to follow them, and in April, 1318, started from Padua, crossed the Black Sea to Trebizond, went through Persia by way of the Tauris, Sultaniah, where in 1318 John XXII had erected an archbishopric, Kasham, Yezd, and Persepolis; he also visited Farsistan, Khuzistan, and Chaldea, and then went back to the Persian Gull. From Hormuz he went to Tana on the Island of Salsette, north of Bombay. Here he gathered the remains of Thomas of Tolentino, Jacopo of Padua, Pietro of Siena, and Demetrius of Tiflis, Franciscans who, a short time before, had suffered martyrdom, and took them with him so as to bury them in China. From Salsette he went to Malabar, Fondaraina (Flandrina) that lies north of Calicut, then to Cranganore that is south of Calicut, along the Coromandel Coast, then to Meliapur (Madras) and Ceylon. He then passed the Nicobar Islands on his way to Lamori, a kingdom of Sumoltra (Sumatra); he also visited Java, Banjarmasin on the southern coast of Borneo, and Tsiompa (Champa) in the southern part of Cochin China, and finally reached Canton in China. From Canton he travelled to Zaitoum, the largest Chinese seaport in the Middle Ages, and Che-kiang, and went overland by way of Fu-cheu, the capital of the province of Fokien, to Quinsay (Hangcheufu), celebrated by Marco Polo. He remained in China and went to Nanking, Yangchufu, and finally travelled by the great canal and the Hwangho River to Khan-balig or Peking, the capital of the Great Khan. At that time the aged Montecorvino was still archbishop in Peking, where Odoric remained three years. On his return journey he went overland by way of Chan-si through Tibet, from there apparently by way of Badachschan to the Tauris and Armenia, reaching home in 1330.
In May, 1330, at the request of his superior, Guidotto, Odoric dictated an account of his travels to Brother William of Solagna while at the monastery of St. Anthony at Padua. According to another version Henry of Glatz, who was at that time staying at the papal court at Avignon, made notes of the accounts given by Odoric's travelling companions and wrote them out at Prague in 1340. Unfortunately Odoric accepted many fabulous stories and for a long period it was doubted whether he had really seen all the places and regions he described. His narrative, though, is veracious, and he is the first European traveller from whom are learned many peculiarities of the Chinese people and country which Marco Polo did not mention, because he had grown accustomed to them. It is to be regretted that he does not give a more detailed account of Tibet and Lhasa, the capital of the Dalai-Lama, which he was the first European to enter. The account of his travels was widely spread by Mandeville's plagiarisms from them, Mandeville's work being exceedingly popular in the later Middle Ages and much used as a manual by geographers of that period. Numerous manuscripts of Odoric's travels were current in Italy, France, Germany, and England. They were first printed at Pesaro. A Latin version appeared in Marcellino da Civezza's "Storia universale delle missioni Francescane", III (Rome, 1859), 739-81; an English translation was made by Yule in his work "Cathay and the Way Thither", I (London, 1866), 1-162; a French version with very good notes was made by Henri Cordier "Les voyages en Asie au XIV e siècle du bienheureux frère Odoric de Pordenone" (Paris, 1891).
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(OERTEL) A cartographer, geographer, and archeologist, born in Antwerp, 4 April, 1527; died ...Orthodox Church
The technical name for the body of Christians who use the Byzantine Rite in various languages ...Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy ( orthodoxeia ) signifies right belief or purity of faith. Right belief is not ...Orthodoxy, Feast of
(or SUNDAY) The first Sunday of the Great Forty days ( Lent ) in the Byzantine Calendar ...Orthosias
A titular see of Phœnicia Prima, suffragan of Tyre. The city is mentioned for the first ...Ortolano Ferrarese
Painter of the Ferrara School, b. in Ferrara, about 1490; d. about 1525. His real name was ...Orval
(Aurea Vallis, Gueldenthal). Formerly a Cistercian abbey in Belgian Luxemburg, Diocese of ...Orvieto
DIOCESE OF ORVIETO (URBEVETANA) Diocese in Central Italy. The city stands on a rugged mass of ...Ory, Matthieu
Inquisitor and theologian, b. at La Caune, 1492; d. at Paris, 1557. Entering the Dominican ...Os 22
Os 22
Osaka
(Osachensis). Osaka ( Oye , great river; saka , cliff), one of the three municipal ...Osbald
King of Northumbria, d. 799. Symeon of Durham (Historia Regum) tells us that when Ecfwald, a ...Osbaldeston, Edward, Venerable
English martyr, b. about 1560; hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, 16 November, 1594. Son of ...Osbern
Hagiographer, sometimes confused with Osbert de Clare alias Osbern de Westminster, b. at ...Oscott (St. Mary's College)
In 1793, a number of the Catholic nobility and gentry of England formed a committee for the ...Osee
NAME AND COUNTRY Osee (Hôsheá‘– Salvation ), son of Beeri, was one of ...Osimo
DIOCESE OF OSIMO (AUXIMANA). Diocese in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Osimo was ...Oslo, Ancient See of
(ASLOIA, ASLOENSIS.) Oslo occupied part of the site of Christiania (founded 1624). After the ...Osma
(OXOMENSIS) The Diocese borders Burgos and Logroño on the north, Soria and Saragossa ...Osmund, Saint
Bishop of Salisbury, died 1099; his feast is kept on 4 December. Osmund held an exalted ...Osnabrück
(OSNABRUGENSIS) This diocese, directly subject to the Holy See, comprises, in the Prussian ...Ossat, Arnaud d'
French cardinal, diplomat, and writer, b. at Larroque-Magnoac (Gascony), 20 July, 1537; d. at ...Ossory, Diocese of
(Ossoriensis.) In the Province of Leinster, Ireland, is bounded on the south by the Suir, on ...Ostensorium
(From ostendere , "to show"). Ostensorium means, in accordance with its etymology, a ...Ostia and Velletri
SUBURBICARIAN DIOCESE OF OSTIA AND VELLETRI (OSTIENSIS ET VELITERNENSIS). Near Rome, central ...Ostiensis
Surname of LEO MARSICANUS, Benedictine chronicler, b. about 1045; d. 22 May, 1115, 1116, or ...Ostracine
Titular see and suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica prima. Pliny (Hist. naturalis, V, xiv) ...Ostraka, Christian
Inscriptions on clay, wood, metal, and other hard materials. Like papyri, they are valuable ...Ostrogoths
One of the two chief tribes of the Goths, a Germanic people. Their traditions relate that the ...Oswald, Saint
Archbishop of York, d. on 29 February, 992. Of Danish parentage, Oswald was brought up by his ...Oswald, Saint
King and martyr ; b., probably, 605; d. 5 Aug., 642; the second of seven brothers, sons of ...Oswin, Saint
King and martyr, murdered at Gilling, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England, on 20 August, 651, ...Ot 16
Ot 16
Otfried of Weissenburg
He is the oldest German poet known by name, author of the "Evangelienbuch", a rhymed version of ...Othlo
(OTLOH) A Benedictine monk of St. Emmeran's, Ratisbon, born 1013 in the Diocese of ...Othmar, Saint
(Audomar.) Died 16 Nov., 759, on the island of Werd in the Rhine, near Echnez, Switzerland. ...Otho, Marcus Salvius
Roman emperor, successor, after Galba, of Nero, b. in Rome, of an ancient Etruscan family ...Otranto
ARCHDIOCESE OF OTRANTO (HYDRUNTINA). Otranto is a city of the Province of Lecce, Apulia, ...Ottawa, Archdiocese of
Archdiocese of Ottawa (Ottawiensis). The Archdiocese of Ottawa, in Canada, originally ...Ottawa, University of
Conducted by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate ; founded in 1848. It was incorporated in 1849 under ...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
King of the Germans and Emperor of Rome, son of Otto I and Adelaide, b. 955; d. in Rome, 7 ...Otto III
German king and Roman emperor, b. 980; d. at Paterno, 24 Jan., 1002. At the age of three he was ...Otto IV
German king and Roman emperor, b. at Argentau (Dept. of Orne), c. 1182; d. 19 May, 1218; son of ...Otto of Freising
Bishop and historian, b. between 1111 and 1114, d. at Morimond, Champagne, France, 22 ...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
Chronicler, b. about the middle of the twelfth century; d. 23 July, 1223, at St. Blasien in the ...Otto, Saint
Bishop of Bamberg, b. about 1060; d. 30 June, 1139. He belonged to the noble, though not ...Ottobeuren
(OTTOBURA, MONASTERIUM OTTOBURANUM) Formerly a Benedictine abbey, now a priory, near ...Ou 9
Ou 9
Ouen, Saint
(OWEN; DADON, Latin Audaenus ). Archbishop of Rouen, b. at Sancy, near Soissons about ...Our Father, The
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
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
Records dating from the reign of Paul II (1464-71) relate that the picture of Our Lady, at ...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
( Or OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP.) The picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is painted ...Our Lady of the Fields, Brothers of
A Canadian congregation founded in 1902 at St-Damien de Buckland in the Diocese of Quebec by ...Our Lady of the Snow
("Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ ad Nives"). A feast celebrated on 5 August to ...Our Lady, Help of Christians, Feast of
The invocation Auxilium Christianorum (Help of Christians ) originated in the sixteenth ...Ov 4
Ov 4
Overbeck, Friedrich
Convert and painter of religious subjects, b. at Lübeck, 3 July, 1789; d. at Rome, 12 ...Overberg, Bernhard Heinrich
A German ecclesiastic and educator, born 1 May, 1754; died 9 November, 1826. Of poor parents in ...Overpopulation, Theories of
Down to the end of the eighteenth century, very little attention was given to the relation between ...Oviedo
(OVETENSIS) This diocese comprises the civil province of the same name (the ancient Kingdom ...Ow 2
Ow 2
Owen, Saint
(OWEN; DADON, Latin Audaenus ). Archbishop of Rouen, b. at Sancy, near Soissons about ...Owen, Saint Nicholas
A Jesuit lay-brother, martyred in 1606. There is no record of his parentage, birthplace, date ...Ox 6
Ox 6
Oxenford, John
Dramatist, critic, translator, and song-writer, b. in London, 12 Aug., 1812; d. there 21 Feb., ...Oxenham, Henry Nutcombe
An English controversialist and poet, born at Harrow, 15 Nov., 1829; died at Kensington, 23 ...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 may be looked upon in two distinct lights. "The conception which lay at its ...Oxford, University of
I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY The most extraordinary myths have at various times prevailed as to the ...Oxyrynchus
Titular archdiocese of Heptanomos in Egypt. It was the capital of the district of its name, the ...Oz 3
Oz 3
Ozanam, Antoine-Frédéric
Great grand-nephew of Jacques Ozanam . Born at Milan, 23 April, 1813; died at Marseilles, 8 ...Ozanam, Jacques
A French mathematician, born at Bouligneux (Ain), 1640; died in Paris, 3 April, 1717. He came of a ...Latest
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