Catholic Encyclopedia - B
- Bæticus, Gregory:
Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his ...
- Bæumer, Suitbert:
Historian of the
- Bébian, Roch-Amboise-Auguste:
Born 4 August, 1789 at Pointe-à-Pitre,
- Bédard, Pierre:
French-Canadian lawyer and member of the Assembly of Lower Canada, b. at ...
- Bénard, Laurent:
Chief founder of the Maurist Congregation of the Benedictine Order , b. at ...
- Bérault-Bercastel, Antoine Henri de:
A writer of church history, b. 22 November, 1720, at Briey,
- Bérenger, Pierre:
(Peter of Poitiers, Petrus Scholasticus).
A French writer who ...
- Bérulle, Pierre de:
Cardinal, and founder of the French congregation of the Oratory, born in the ...
- Böcken, Placidus:
(B ÖCKHN ).
A German Benedictine, canonist, and ...
- Börglum, Ancient See of:
(BURGLANUM, BURGLANENSIS.)
The ancient See of Börglum, ...
- Bañez, Domingo:
(Originally and more properly VAÑEZ and sometimes, but erroneously, ...
- Baader, Franz Xaver von:
German philosopher, born at Munich, 1765; died at the same place, 23 May, 1841. ...
- Baal, Baalim: ( Hebrew Bá'ál; plural, Be`alîm.)
A ...
- Baalbek:
The Heliopolis of the Greek and Latin writers, a Syrian town located now in ...
- Babel:
Babel occurs in ...
- Babel, Tower of:
The "Tower of Babel" is the name of the building mentioned in
- Babenstuber, Ludwig:
A German philosopher and theologian ; vice-chancellor of the University of
- Babinet, Jacques:
French physicist, born at Lusignan, Vienne, 5 March, 1794; died at Paris, 21 ...
- Babylas, Saint:
Bishop and Martyr. He was the successor of Zebinus as
- Babylon (Title):
The curial title of a Latin archbishopric, also of a Chaldean patriarchate and ...
- Babylonia:
In treating of the history, character, and influence of this ancient empire, it ...
- Baccanceld:
(BAPCHILD, near Sittingbourne, Kent),
- Bacchus and Sergius:
Martyrs, d. in the
- Bacchylus:
Bishop of Corinth, whom Eusebius mentions among the prominent second-century ...
- Bachelor of Arts:
A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college. In ...
- Bachelot, Alexis John Augustine:
Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, b. at Grand Beauchet, commune of ...
- Bachiarius:
An early fifth-century writer, known only through two treatises which warrant the ...
- Bachmann, Paul:
(Amincola).
Catholic theological controversialist, born at ...
- Backer, Augustin de:
Bibliographer, born at Antwerp,
- Backx, Peter Hubert Evermode:
Born 10 December, 1805, at Tilburg, Holland ; died 28 October, 1868. Ordained
- Bacon, David William:
First bishop ...
- Bacon, John:
(Johannes Anglicus, Johannes De Baconthorpe).
An English ...
- Bacon, Nathaniel:
Better know under the assumed name of Southwell, a Jesuit
- Bacon, Roger:
Philosopher, surnamed D OCTOR M IRABILIS , b. at Ilchester, Somersetshire, ...
- Baconian System of Philosophy, The:
This system takes its name from its founder, Francis Bacon,
- Badajoz:
(Pacensis.)
The Latin name
- Baden:
The Grand Duchy of
- Badia, Tommaso:
Cardinal, author, papal legate, born at Modena, 1483; died at Rome, 6 September, ...
- Badin, Stephen Theodore:
The first
- Badius, Raphael:
A Florentine Dominican of the seventeenth century. He was deeply versed in ...
- Baegert, John Jacob:
Missionary and ethnographer, born at Schlettstadt in Alsace, 23 December, 1717; ...
- Baert, François:
Bollandist, born at Ypres, 25 August, 1651; died at Antwerp, 27 October, 1719. He ...
- Bagamoyo:
Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa, separated by a pontifical
- Bagdad:
This city was founded on the Tigris by the second Abbaside Caliph Abou Giafar al ...
- Bageis:
A titular see of Lydia in
- Baglioni, Giovanni, Cavaliere:
Known as the "Deaf
- Bagnorea:
(Anciently NOVEMPAGI, BALNEUM REGIUM).
A
- Bagot, Jean:
Theologian, born at Rennes, in France, 9 July, 1591, died at Paris, 23 August, ...
- Bagshaw, Christopher:
Convert, priest, prisoner for the Faith, and a prominent figure in the ...
- Bahama Islands, The:
(Or L UCAYOS )
The most northerly group of the West Indies, ...
- Bailey, Thomas:
Controversialist, died c. 1657. He was son of
- Baillargeon, Charles François:
A French-Canadian bishop, b. 26 April, 1798, at Ile-aux-Grues, P. Q.; d. 13 ...
- Baillet, Adrien:
French author, b. 1649 at Neuville en Hez, near Beauvais,
- Bailloquet, Pierre:
Missionary among the Indians of Canada, b. 1612, at Saintes,
- Baily, Thomas:
A Catholic ...
- Bainbridge, Christopher:
Archbishop of York, and Cardinal, b. at Hilton, near Appleby, in Westmoreland, ...
- Baines, Peter Augustine:
Titular Bishop ...
- Baines, Ralph:
Bishop of
- Baini, Abbate Giuseppe:
Born in Rome, 21 October, 1775; died there 21 May, 1844. Baini made his first ...
- Baithen of Iona, Saint:
An Irish monk, specially selected by
- Baius, Michel:
(Or M ICHEL DE B AY )
Theologian and author of a system ...
- Bakócz, Thomas:
Cardinal and statesman, b. about 1442, in the village of Erdoed, county ...
- Baker City, Diocese of:
Comprises Wasco, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Morrow, Grant, Union, ...
- Baker, David Augustine:
A well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer, born at Abergavenny, ...
- Baker, Francis Asbury:
Priest of the Congregation of
- Baker, Venerable Charles:
( Recté , according to his own entry in the English
- Balaam:
The derivation of the name is uncertain. Dr. Neubauer would connect it with the
- Balanaea:
A titular see of Syria. The city of this name, a colony of Aradus (Strabo, XVI, ...
- Balbina, Saint:
Memorials of a St. ...
- Balbinus, Boleslaus:
A Jesuit historian of Bohemia, born 4 December 1621, at Königgrätz, ...
- Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de:
Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America, born in ...
- Balbuena, Bernardo de:
A Spanish poet, born in Val de Peñas, 1568; died in Porto Rico , 1627. ...
- Balbus, Hieronymus:
(Accellini).
Humanist, poet, diplomatist, and
- Baldachium of the Altar:
A dome-like
- Balde, Jacob:
A German poet, b. 4 January, 1604, in the Imperial free town of Ensisheim in Upper ...
- Balderic:
(Or Baudry).
Bishop of Dol, in France, chronicler, b. about ...
- Balderic (Baudry):
A monk of ...
- Baldi, Bernardino:
An Italian poet and savant, b. at Urbino, 5 June, 1553; d. at the same place, ...
- Baldinucci, Blessed Anthony:
Born 19 June, 1665, at Florence, died 6 November, 1717. He entered the
- Baldovinetti, Alesso:
A notable Florentine painter, b. in Florence, 14 October, 1427; d. there, 29 ...
- Baldred, Saint:
(1) a Celtic
- Baldung, Hans:
Known as Grien or Grun, from his fondness for brilliant green, both in his own ...
- Baldwin:
Archbishop of
- Baldwin of Canterbury:
Thirty-ninth Archbishop, a native of Exeter, date of birth unknown; d. 19 ...
- Baldwin, Francis:
(Also Baudoin).
A celebrated jurist, b. 1 January, 1520 at ...
- Balearic Isles:
A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to
- Bales, Christopher, Venerable:
(Or Bayles, alias Evers)
Priest and martyr, b. at ...
- Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa:
Born in Dublin ...
- Ballarat:
One of the three suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of ...
- Ballerini, Antonio:
Born at Medicina, near Bologna, 10 October, 1805; died in Rome, 27 November, 1881. ...
- Ballerini, Girolamo and Pietro:
Celebrated theologians and canonists, the sons of a distinguished surgeon of ...
- Balme, Henry:
(Or Balma; also called Hugh)
A Franciscan theologian, born at ...
- Balmes, Jaime Luciano:
Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, ...
- Balsam:
Balsam is an ...
- Balsamon, Theodore:
A canonist of the Greek Church, born in the second half of the twelfth century at ...
- Baltasar:
(Or, as found in the Septuagint Baltasár .)
- Baltimore, Archdiocese of:
The senior see of the United States of
- Baltimore, Plenary Councils of:
While the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore comprised the whole territory of ...
- Baltimore, Provincial Councils of:
These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States ...
- Baltus, Jean François:
Theologian, born at Metz, 8 June, 1667; died at Reims, 9 March, 1743. He entered ...
- Balue, Jean:
A French cardinal, b. probably c. 1421, in Poitou; d. 5 October, 1491, at
- Baluze, Etienne:
French scholar and historian, b. at Tulle, 24 December, 1630; d. in Paris, 28 ...
- Bamber, Ven. Edward:
( Alias Reading).
Priest and martyr, b. at the Moor, ...
- Bamberg:
The Archdiocese ...
- Banaias:
(Authorized Version Benaiah; Kenrick, Banaiah; Hebrew bnyhw, also bnyh, "Jehovah ...
- Bancel, Louis:
Born at Valence, 1628; died at Avignon, 1685. When very young he entered the ...
- Bandello, Matteo:
Born at Castelnuovo di Scrivia in Piedmont, Italy, in 1480; died
- Banduri, Anselmo:
Archaeologist and numismatologist, b. 1671 at Ragusa, off the coast of
- Bangor:
(Bangorium, Bangoriensis)
Diocese ; anciently known as
- Bangor Abbey:
The name of two famous monastic establishments in
- Bangor, Antiphonary of:
An ancient Latin manuscript, supposed to have been originally written at
- Banim, John & Michael: John Banim
...
- Banjaluka:
The Diocese of ...
- Bankruptcy, Civil Aspect of:
( See also MORAL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY .)
Bankruptcy ( La ...
- Bankruptcy, Moral Aspect of:
( See also CIVIL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY .)
Bankruptcy must be ...
- Banns of Marriage:
(Latin bannum , pl. bann-a,-i from an Old English verb, bannan , to ...
- Bapst, John:
Jesuit missionary and educator, b. at La Roche, Fribourg, Switzerland, 17 ...
- Baptism:
One of the Seven
- Baptismal Font:
A basin or vase, serving as a receptacle for baptismal water in which the ...
- Baptismal Vows:
The name popularly given to the renunciations required of an adult candidate for ...
- Baptista Mantuanus, Blessed:
(Or SPAGNOLI). Carmelite and Renaissance poet, born at Mantua, 17 April, 1447, ...
- Baptista Varani, Blessed:
(Varano).
An ascetical writer, b. at Camerino, in the ...
- Baptistery:
The separate building in which the Sacrament of
- Baptistines:
I. Hermits of ...
- Baptists:
(Greek, baptizein , to baptize ).
A Protestant ...
- Bar Hebræus:
( Abu'l Faraj ).
A Jacobite Syrian bishop, philosopher, ...
- Bar-Kepha, Moses:
One of the most celebrated Jacobite
- Barac:
( Hebrew Baraq , lightning)
The deliverer of the
- Baradæus, Jacob:
A Syrian Monophysite bishop, born in Tella, towards the end of the fifth or the ...
- Baraga, Frederic:
First Bishop ...
- Barat, Madeleine-Sophie:
Foundress of the
- Barat, Nicolas:
A French Orientalist, born at
- Barba, Alvaro Alonzo:
A secular
- Barbalissos:
A titular see of Mesopotamia. It was a city in Provincia
- Barbara, Saint:
Virgin and Martyr. There is no reference to St. Barbara contained in the
- Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco:
Italian Cardinal, nephew of Blessed Gregorio Barbarigo (1625-97), born in 1658 at ...
- Barbastro:
(Barbastrum and Civitas Barbastrensis)
Suffragan
- Barbelin, Felix-Joseph:
Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", b. at Luneville, Province of Alsace, ...
- Barber Family, The: Daniel Barber
...
- Barbieri, Giovanni:
Giovanni Barbieri, called from his squinting, "Il Guercino"; a famous painter of ...
- Barbosa, Agostino:
A noted canonist, b. at Guimaraens, Portugal, in 1589; consecrated in Rome, 22 ...
- Barbosa-Machado, Ignacio:
A Portuguese historian, born at
- Barbour, John:
Scottish ecclesiastic and author of "The Bruce", a historical poem in the early ...
- Barbus, Paulus:
Italian philosopher and theologian, b. at Soncino, Lombardy, and hence known also ...
- Barca:
A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa. According to most ...
- Barcelona:
(Barcino). See also UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA.
One of the ...
- Barcelona, University of:
See also BARCELONA.
This was an outgrowth of the ...
- Barcena, Alonzo de:
(Also Barzana).
A native of Bacza in Andalusia, Spain, b. ...
- Barclay, John:
Author of the political novel "Argenis" and other Latin works in prose and verse, ...
- Barclay, William:
Scottish Jurist, b. 1546; d. at Angers, France, 3 July, 1608. He was of a
- Barco Centenera, Martin del:
Born 1535, at Logroño, in the
- Barcos, Martin de:
French theologian of the Jansenist School, b. at Bayonne, 1600; d. at St. Cyran, ...
- Bard, Henry:
(Baron Bromley and Viscount Bellamont)
An English soldier ...
- Bardesanes and Bardesanites:
( Bar-Daisan )
Syrian Gnostic or, more correctly, a ...
- Bari:
An archdiocese ...
- Barjesus:
(Gr. Bariesous ).
A false
- Barkworth, Ven. Mark:
( Alias LAMBERT.)
Priest and martyr, born about 1572 in ...
- Barlaam and Josaphat:
The principal characters of a legend of
- Barletta, Gabriel:
(Sometimes called Barlete, De Barolo, Barolus)
Preacher, b., ...
- Barlings, Abbey of:
Located about six miles E.N.E. of Lincoln, England, founded in 1154 in
- Barlow, Ven. Edward Ambrose:
( Alias R ADCLIFFE and B RERETON .)
Priest and martyr, ...
- Barlow, William Rudesind:
Third son of Sir Alexander Barlow of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, England, and ...
- Barnabas of Terni:
( Interamna )
- Barnabas, Saint:
Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an
- Barnabas, The Epistle of: Authorities for the Text and Editions
There is a triple tradition of the ...
- Barnabites:
The popular name of a religious order which is canonically known by the title, ...
- Baroccio, Federigo:
Called Fiore d'Urbino, a distinguished painter and engraver, born at Urbino, ...
- Barocco Style:
( French baroque ).
A debased application to architecture of ...
- Baron, Bonaventura:
A distinguished Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher, and writer of Latin ...
- Baron, Vincent:
A Dominican theologian and preacher, b. at Martres, in the department of the ...
- Baronius, Venerable Cesare:
Cardinal and ecclesiastical historian, born at
- Barquisimeto:
(De Barquisimeto)
Diocese in Venezuela, South America. The ...
- Barradas, Sebastião:
A Portuguese exegete and preacher, born at
- Barral, Louis-Mathias, Count de:
Archbishop of Tours, France, born 26 April, 1746, at
- Barrande, Joachim:
French palæ ontologist, b. at Sangues (Haute-Loire), 11 August, 1799; d. at ...
- Barrasa, Jacinto:
( Or Barraza).
Born at Lima, Peru, early in the ...
- Barre, Antoine-Lefebvre, Sieur de la:
Tenth French Governor-General of Canada, b. at
- Barreira, Balthasar:
A Portuguese Jesuit missionary, born at Lisbon, 1531; died 1612, on the mission ...
- Barrientos, Lopez de:
A Spanish Dominican bishop, patriot, and diplomat, b. at Medina del Campo, ...
- Barron, Edward:
A missionary, born at Waterford, Ireland, 1801; died at Savannah, Georgia, ...
- Barros, João de:
Historian, b. in Portugal, 1496; d. 20 October, 1570. Of his early youth little is ...
- Barrow, John:
Priest, descended from a
- Barrow, William, Venerable:
( Alias Waring, alias Harcourt).
An English Jesuit ...
- Barruel, Augustin:
Controversialist and publicist, born at Villeneuve de Berg (Ardeche); 2 October, ...
- Barry, John:
Captain in the United States navy, b. at Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland, in ...
- Barry, John:
Second Bishop ...
- Barry, Patrick:
Horticulturist, b. near Belfast, Ireland, May, 1816; d. at Rochester, New York, ...
- Barry, Paul de:
Born at Leucate in 1587; died at Avignon, 28 July, 1661. He was a member of the ...
- Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques:
A celebrated French numismatologist and writer, b. at Cassis (Provence), 1716; ...
- Barthel, Johann Caspar:
A German canonist, b. 10 June, 1697, at Kitzingen, Bavaria ; d. 8 April, 1771. He ...
- Bartholi, Francesco della Rossa: Friar Minor and chronicler, ...
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus:
Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century. An Englishman by birth he had ...
- Bartholomew:
"APOSTLE OF ARMENIA."
Also called Bartholomaeus Parvus (the ...
- Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable:
Born at Verdela, near Lisbon, May, 1514; died at Viana, 16 July, 1590.
- Bartholomew of Braganca:
Born about 1200; died 1 July, 1271. He made his studies at Padua, receiving there ...
- Bartholomew of Brescia:
An Italian canonist, b. probably in the second half of the twelfth century at ...
- Bartholomew of Edessa:
Syrian
- Bartholomew of Lucca:
(Or de Fiadonibus, sometimes abbreviated Ptolomeo or Tolomeo)
- Bartholomew of Pisa: Friar Minor and chronicler. ...
- Bartholomew of San Concordio:
(Also of Pisa ...
- Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Saint:
This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in
- Bartholomew, Saint:
One of the Twelve Apostles, mentioned sixth in the three Gospel lists (
- Bartholomites:
The name given to Armenian monks who sought refuge in
- Bartoli, Daniello:
An historian and littérateur , born at Ferrara, 12 February, 1608; died ...
- Bartolocci, Giulio:
A Cistercian
- Bartolommeo, Fra:
An Italian painter and a member of the Dominican Order, b. in 1475 in the ...
- Bartolozzi, Francesco:
An engraver, etcher, and painter, b. at Florence, 1727; d. at Lisbon, 1815. His ...
- Barton, Elizabeth:
Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of ...
- Baruch:
( Hebrew Barûkh , blessed, Benedict; Septuagint Barouch ).
- Barzynski, Vincent:
Born at Sulislawice, Sandomir, Russian Poland, 1838; d. at Chicago, 2 May, 1899. ...
- Bas-relief:
A sculpture ...
- Basil of Amasea:
(Basileus or Basilius)
Bishop and Martyr. In St. Jerome's ...
- Basil of Seleucia:
Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, date of birth uncertain; d., probably, ...
- Basil the Great, Saint:
Bishop of Caesarea, and one of the most distinguished Doctors of the Church. Born ...
- Basil, Liturgy of Saint:
Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed ...
- Basil, Rule of Saint: I.
Under the name of
- Basilians:
(Priests of the Community of St. Basil)
During the French ...
- Basilica:
( Stoa basilike , or basileios ).
The term
- Basilides:
The earliest of the Alexandrian Gnostics ; he was a native of
- Basilides:
Martyrs bearing the name of
- Basilinopolis:
A titular see of
- Basilissa:
Various female martyrs, attributed to different localities yet bearing the common ...
- Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of:
Basins were extensively used in the
- Basle, Council of:
Convoked by Pope
- Basle-Lugano:
Basle-Lugano is ...
- Bassein:
A town situated twenty-nine miles north of
- Bassett, Joshua:
Convert and controversialist, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England, ...
- Bassi, Matthew of:
Founder and first Superior-General of the Order of Friars
- Bassianus:
Bishop of
- Bastiat, Claude-Frédéric:
A French economist, b. at Mugron, a small city in the Department of Landes, 29 ...
- Baston, Guillaume-André-Réné:
A French theologian, b. at Rouen, 29 November, 1741; d. at Saint-Laurent, 26 ...
- Basutoland:
(Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland)
Basutoland, a ...
- Batavia:
(Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia)
When the Portuguese took ...
- Bath Abbey:
The first religious house in Bath was a monastery of
- Bath and Wells:
B ADONIENSIS ET W ELLENSIS
(Bath, Aquae Solis, Bathonia, ...
- Bathe, William:
Writer on music and education, b. at Dublin, Ireland, 2 April, 1564; d. at ...
- Bathilde, Saint:
(Or BATILDE).
Wife of
- Bathurst:
Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province ...
- Battaglini, Marco:
A historian of the councils, b. at Rimini, Italy, 25 March, 1645; d. at Cesena, ...
- Batteux, Charles:
Abbé and ...
- Battista, Giovanni Giuda Giona:
(His original name was Jehuda Jona Ben-Isaac).
Born of
- Battle Abbey:
Founded by William the Conqueror on the site of the Battle of Senlae or Hastings ...
- Bauberger, Wilhelm:
German physician, novelist, and poet, b. at Thannhausen in Swabian Bavaria, 3 ...
- Baudeau, Nicolas:
Regular Canon ...
- Baudouin, Michel:
Italian missionary, born in Quebec, Canada, 8 March, 1692, entered the
- Baumgartner, Alexander:
Poet and writer on the history of literature, b. at St. Gall, Switzerland, 27 June, ...
- Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob:
A Swiss statesman, b. 18 October, 1797, at Altstätten,
- Baunard, Louis:
Educator, b. at Bellgarde (Loiret), France, in 1828. He was one of the clergy of ...
- Bauny, Etienne:
Theologian, b. in 1564 at Mouzon, Ardennes,
- Bausset, Louis-François de:
A French cardinal, writers, and statesman, b. in 1748 at Pondichery, where his ...
- Bautain, Louis-Eugène-Marie:
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Paris, 17 February, 1796; d. there, 15 ...
- Bautista, Fray Juan:
Born at Mexico, 1555; date of death unknown, but probably between 1606 and 1615. ...
- Bavaria, The Kingdom of: I. POLITICAL CONSTITUTION, AREA, POPULATION
The present Kingdom of Bavaria ...
- Bawden, William:
(Or Baldwin).
An English Jesuit, born at Cornwall, 1563; ...
- Bayer, Adèle:
( née Parmentier)
Eldest daughter of Andrew ...
- Bayeu y Subias, Francisco:
Born at Saragossa, 9 March, 1734; died Madrid, 4 August, 1795, a distinguished ...
- Bayeux:
DIOCESE OF BAYEUX (B AJOCÆ ).
Coextensive with the ...
- Bayley, James Roosevelt:
First Bishop ...
- Baylon, Saint Pascal:
Born at Torre-Hermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, 24 May, 1540, on the Feast of ...
- Bayma, Joseph:
Jesuit mathematician and scientist, b. in Piedmont, Italy, 9 November, 1816; d. at ...
- Bayonne:
(Lapurdum)
The
- Baysio, Guido de:
(Baisio)
An Italian canonist, b. about the middle of the ...
- Bazin, John Stephen:
Third Bishop ...
- Beads, Use of, at Prayers:
Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of
- Beards:
Among the Jews, as among most Oriental peoples, the beard was especially ...
- Beardsley, Aubrey:
English artist, born at Brighton, 1872; died at Mentone, France, 16 March, 1898. It ...
- Beatific Vision:
The immediate
- Beatification and Canonization: HISTORY
According to some writers the origin of beatification and ...
- Beatitudes, Mount of:
This name is given to the place where Our Saviour delivered the "Sermon on the ...
- Beatitudes, The Eight:
The solemn blessings ( beatitudines, benedictiones ) which
- Beaton, David:
(Or Bethune)
Cardinal,
- Beaton, James:
(Or Bethune)
A Scottish
- Beaton, James:
(Or Bethune)
Archbishop of Glasgow, b. 1517; d. 24 April, ...
- Beatrix:
(Or B EATRICE ).
The name
- Beaufort, Lady Margaret:
Countess of Richmond and Derby, b. 1443; d. 1509, daughter and heiress of
- Beaulieu Abbey:
( Abbatia quae vocitatur Bellus Locus )
Beaulieu
- Beaune, Renaud de:
A French Bishop, b. in 1527, at
- Beauregard, Jean-Nicolas:
Celebrated French
- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant:
Soldier, b. near New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 28 May, 1818; d. there 20 ...
- Beauvais:
(Bellovacum)
A suffragan
- Beauvais, Gilles-François-de:
Jesuit writer and preacher, born at Mans, France, 7 July, 1693; died probably at ...
- Beauvais, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de:
A French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, 17 October, 1731; d. at Paris, 4 April, 1790. ...
- Bec, Abbey of:
The Benedictine
- Becan, Martin:
(Verbreck, van der Breck).
Controversialist, born at ...
- Beccaria, Giovanni Battista:
A physicist, born at Mondovì, 3 October, 1716; died at Turin, 27 May, ...
- Beccus, John:
Patriarch of
- Beche, Blessed John:
( Alias THOMAS MARSHALL).
English Benedictine
- Beckedorff, George Philipp Ludolf von:
Born at Hanover, 14 April, 1778; died at Grünhof, 27 February, 1858. He ...
- Becker, Thomas Andrew:
Sixth Bishop ...
- Becket, Saint Thomas:
Martyr,
- Beckx, Pierre-Jean:
Twenty-second General of the
- Becquerel, Antoine-César:
French physicist, b. at Chatillon-sur-Loing (Loiret), 7 March, 1788; d. at Paris, ...
- Bede:
(Or B EAD , whence Bedehouse, Bedesman, Bederoll).
The old ...
- Bede, The Venerable: Historian and
- Bedford, Gunning S.:
Medical writer and teacher, b. at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. of a ...
- Bedford, Henry:
Writer, educator, b. in London 1 October, 1816; d. in Dublin, Ireland, 21 May, ...
- Bedingfeld, Frances:
( alias Long)
Superioress of the English Institute of
- Bedingfeld, Henry, Sir:
Knight; b. 1509; d. 1583. He was the grandson of Sir Edmund Bedingfeld who had ...
- Bedini, Cajetan:
Italian Cardinal ...
- Bedlam:
(An English abbreviation of BETHLEHEM).
A London hospital ...
- Beelen, Ian Theodor:
Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Amsterdam, 12 January 1807; d. at Louvain, 31 March ...
- Beelphegor: ( Or BAALPEOR.)
- Beelzebub: 1. Old Testament
Beelzebub, or Baalzebûb, the Philistine
- Beesley, George, Venerable:
(Also spelled Bisley). Martyr, born at The Hill in Goosnargh parish, Lancaster, ...
- Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Born at Bonn, probably on 16 December, 1770; died at Vienna, 26 March, 1827. The ...
- Begnudelli-Basso, Francesco Antonio:
A canonist who lived at the end of the seventeenth century; died at Freising, 9 ...
- Beguines & Beghards:
The etymology of the names Beghard and Beguine can only be conjectured. Most ...
- Behaim, Albert von:
(Known also as Albertus Bohemus)
Born c. 1180, probably at ...
- Behaim, Martin:
(Martinus de
- Beirut:
In Phoenicia, a titular Latin see, and the residential see of several prelates ...
- Beja:
Diocese in Portugal, suffragan of Evora. It was created 10 June, 1770, and
- Belasyse, John:
B ARON B ELASYSE
Born about 1614; died 1689, a loyal
- Belchiam, Venerable Thomas:
A Franciscan
- Belem do Pará, Archdiocese of:
In South America, formerly (after 4 March, 1719) a suffragan
- Belfry:
The upper part of the tower or steeple of a church, for the reception of the
- Belgium: I. THE NAPOLEONIC ERA
The victory of Fleurus, gained by the French army ...
- Belgrade and Smederevo:
Titular (united) sees of Servia. The history of these sees is as confused as ...
- Belgrado, Giacopo:
Italian Jesuit and natural philosopher, born at Udine, 16 November, 1704; died in ...
- Belial:
Found frequently as a personal name in the Vulgate and various English ...
- Belief:
( be and lyian , to hold dear).
That state of the
- Belin, Albert (Jean):
French prelate ...
- Bell, Altar:
A small bell placed on the
- Bell, Angelus:
The triple Hail Mary ...
- Bell, Arthur, Venerable:
( alias F RANCIS )
- Bell, James:
Priest and martyr, b. at Warrington in Lancashire, England, probably about 1520; ...
- Bellamy, Jerome:
Jerome Bellamy of Uxenden Hall, near London, England, d. 1586, a member of an old ...
- Bellarini, John:
Barnabite theologian, b. at Castelnuovo, Italy, in 1552; d. at Milan, 27 August, ...
- Bellarmine, St. Robert:
(Also, "Bellarmino").
A distinguished Jesuit theologian, ...
- Bellasius, Edward:
Serjeant-at-Law, b. 14 October, 1800; d. 24 January, 1873; was one of the most ...
- Bellecius, Aloysius:
Jesuit ascetic author, born at
- Bellenden, John:
(Ballenden, or Ballantyne)
A Scotch poet, b. at Haddington or ...
- Belleville:
The Diocese of ...
- Belley:
Diocese of
- Bellings, Sir Richard:
(Or Belling)
Irish historian, b. near
- Bellini: Giacomo (Jacopo) Bellini
Father of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, b. ...
- Belloy, Jean-Baptiste de:
Cardinal -
- Bells:
The subject
- Belluno-Feltre:
(Diocese of Belluno-Feltre).
Belluno, which was anciently ...
- Belmont, François Vachon de:
Fifth superior ...
- Belshazzar:
(Or, as found in the Septuagint Baltasár .)
- Belson, Venerable Thomas:
Martyr, b. at Brill in Oxfordshire, England, dated uncertain; d. 5 July 1589. He ...
- Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri François Xavier de:
Bishop of Marseilles, b. 1671 at the Château de la Force, in ...
- Belzoni, Giambattista:
An Egyptian explorer, b. at Padua, Italy, in 1778; d. Gato, Africa, 3 Dec., ...
- Bembo, Pietro:
A famous Italian scholar and Cardinal, b. of a noble
- Benadir:
Prefecture Apostolic in
- Benavides, Fray Alonzo:
(Benavidez)
Archbishop of
- Bench, Communion:
An adaptation of the
- Benda:
A titular see of Albania. Its history is closely connected with that of the Sees ...
- Benedict Biscop, Saint:
An English monastic founder, born of a noble Anglo-Saxon family, c. 628; died ...
- Benedict I, Pope:
Of the first Pontiff who bore the name of Benedict practically nothing is known. ...
- Benedict II, Saint, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 8 May, 685; was a Roman, and the son of John. Sent ...
- Benedict III, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 17 April, 858. The
- Benedict IV, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903.
The
- Benedict IX, Pope:
The nephew of his two immediate predecessors,
- Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint:
Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the
- Benedict Levita:
Benedict Levita ...
- Benedict of Aniane, Saint:
Born about 745-750; died at Cornelimünster, 11 February, 821. Benedict, ...
- Benedict of Nursia, Saint: Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino , ...
- Benedict of Peterborough:
Abbot and writer, ...
- Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint:
(Or B ENEDICT THE M OOR )
Born at San Philadelphio or San ...
- Benedict V, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 4 July, 965.
- Benedict VI, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. August, 974 (see Ricobaldi of Ferrara, Compil. Chron., ...
- Benedict VII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. c. October, 983. Acting under the influence of Sicco ...
- Benedict VIII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 9 April, 1024. The first of the Tusculan popes, being ...
- Benedict X:
The bearer of this name was an
- Benedict XI, Pope:
(Nicholas Boccasini)
Born at Treviso, Italy, 1240; died at ...
- Benedict XII, Pope:
(J ACQUES F OURNIER )
Third of the
- Benedict XIII, Pope:
(PIETRO FRANCESCO ORSINI)
Born 2 February, 1649; died 23 ...
- Benedict XIV, Pope:
(P ROSPERO L ORENZO L AMBERTINI .)
Son of Marcello ...
- Benedict, Medal of:
A medal, originally a cross, dedicated to the devotion in
- Benedict, Rule of Saint:
This work holds the first place among monastic legislative ...
- Benedictbeurn, Abbey of:
Situated in the Bavarian Alps, about thirty miles south of Munich. It was ...
- Benedicti, Jean:
A Franciscan theologian of the sixteenth century belonging to the Observantine ...
- Benedictine Order:
The Benedictine ...
- Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament:
One of the most generally popular of
- Benedictional:
( Benedictionale ).
A book containing a collection of ...
- Benedictus Polonus:
A medieval
- Benedictus, The:
The Benedictus, given in
- Benefice:
( Latin Beneficium , a benefit)
Popularly the term
- Benefit of Clergy:
The exemption ...
- Benettis, Jeremiah:
Friar Minor ...
- Benevento, Archdiocese of:
(BENEVENTANA).
Benevento, the ancient Beneventum, the ...
- Bengtsson, Jöns Oxenstjerna:
(JOANNES BENEDICTI).
Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, b. 1417; ...
- Bengy, Anatole de:
A martyr of ...
- Benignus of Dijon, Saint:
Martyr honoured as the patron saint and first herald of
- Benignus, Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 467, son of Sesenen, an Irish chieftain in that part of ...
- Benin:
(Vicariate Apostolic of the Coast of Benin. Also called Oræ Benini). ...
- Benjamin:
( Hebrew binjamin , "son of the
- Benkert, Franz Georg:
German theologian and historical writer, b. 25 September, 1790, at Nordheim, ...
- Benno II:
Bishop of Osnabrück, b. at Luningen in Swabia; d. 27 July, 1088, in the ...
- Benoît, Michel:
Born at Autun ...
- Benthamism:
Jeremy Bentham an English jurist and reformer, born at Houndsditch, London, 15 ...
- Bentivoglio, Family of:
Originally from the castle of that name in the neighbourhood of Bologna, Italy. ...
- Bentley, John Francis:
English architect, b. at Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1839; d. in London, February, ...
- Bentney, William:
( Alias Bennet).
An English Jesuit
- Benziger, Joseph Charles:
Founder of the
- Benzoni, Girolamo:
Born at Milan ...
- Berach, Saint:
Of Termonbarry, d. 595; a
- Berard of Carbio, Saint:
(Or BERALDUS).
- Berardi, Carbo Sebastiano:
Canonist, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 26 August, 1719; d. 1768. Having studied ...
- Bercharius, Saint:
(BERERUS).
Abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne, b. 636; d. 28 ...
- Bercheure, Pierre:
(BERCHOIRE, BERSUIRE).
A learned French Benedictine, b. 1290 ...
- Berchmans, Saint John:
Born at Diest in Brabant, 13 March, 1599; died at Rome, 13 August, 1621. His
- Berchtold, Blessed:
(BERTHOLD).
Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Engelberg ...
- Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed Albert:
Franciscan
- Berengarius of Tours:
Born at Tours ...
- Berenice:
A titular see of
- Bergamo:
(Diocese of Bergamo).
The city, called by the ancients ...
- Bergen, Ancient See of:
(BERGA, BERGENSIS.)
The
- Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre:
French theologian, b. 31 December, 1715 at Darney in
- Berin, Saint:
Confessor, first
- Berington, Charles:
Titular Bishop ...
- Berington, Joseph:
One of the best known
- Berisford, Humphrey:
Confessor (c. 1588) of whom the only extant account occurs in the manuscript ...
- Berissa:
(Berisa or Verissa)
A titular see of
- Beristain y Martin de Souza, José Mariano:
Mexican bibliographer, b. in Puebla, Mexico, 22 May, 1756; d. at Mexico, 23 March, ...
- Berlage, Anton:
Dogmatic theologian, b. 21 December, 1805, at Münster,
- Berland, Pierre:
Archbishop of Bordeaux, b. 1375 in Médoc; d. 1457 at Bordeaux. Being of ...
- Berlanga, Fray Tomás de:
Bishop of Panama, b. at Berlanga in Spain, date uncertain; d. there 8 August, ...
- Berlin:
Capital of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia, and residence of ...
- Berlioz, Hector:
French composer, b. at La Côte Saint-André, near Grenoble, 11 ...
- Bernal, Agostino:
Spanish theologian, born at Magallon in Aragon in 1587; died at Saragossa, 13 ...
- Bernard Guidonis:
Inquisitor of
- Bernard of Besse: Friar Minor and chronicler, a ...
- Bernard of Bologna:
( Also Bernardine; Flovitano Toselli).
- Bernard of Botone:
Generally called Parmensis from his birthplace,
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint:
Born in 1090, at Fontaines, near Dijon,
- Bernard of Cluny:
Bernard of ...
- Bernard of Compostella: (1) Bernard of Compostella ...
- Bernard of Luxemburg:
Dominican theologian, controversialist, and Inquisitor of the Archdioceses of ...
- Bernard of Menthon, Saint:
Born in 923, probably in the castle Menthon near Annecy, in
- Bernard of Pavia:
A noted canonist,
- Bernard Tolomeo, Saint:
Founder of the congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto, born at
- Bernard, Alexis-Xyste:
Bishop of St. Hyacinth, P.Q., Canada. b. at Beloeil, P.Q., 29 December, 1847. He ...
- Bernard, Claude:
A French ecclesiastic known as "the poor
- Bernard, Claude:
French physiologist, b. 12 July, 1813 at Saint Julien near Villefranche,
- Bernard, Saint:
(BARNARD.)
Archbishop of Vienne, France. Born in 778; died ...
- Bernardine of Feltre, Blessed: Friar Minor and missionary, b. ...
- Bernardine of Fossa, Blessed:
Of the Order of Friars Minor, historian and ascetical writer, b. at Fossa, in ...
- Bernardine of Siena, Saint: Friar Minor, missionary, and reformer, often called the "Apostle ofItaly ", b. of the noblefamily ...
- Bernardines, The:
Title of certain sisters of the order of Cîteaux who at the end of the ...
- Berne:
The fourth city of
- Berni, Francesco:
An Italian comic poet, b. at Lamporecchio (Florence) 1497 or 1498; d. at ...
- Bernier, Etienne-Alexandre:
French Bishop, b. at Daon (Mayenne), 31 October, 1762; d. at Paris, 1 October, ...
- Bernini, Domenico:
Son of the famous artist Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini , lived in the early part of ...
- Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo:
One of the most vigorous and fertile of Italian architects and sculptors, b. at
- Bernini, Giuseppe Maria:
A Capuchin missionary and Orientalist, b. near Carignan in
- Bernis, François-Joachim-Pierre de:
A French
- Berno:
(Apostle of the Obotrites), in the latter half of the twelfth century. The ...
- Berno (Abbot of Reichenau):
Famous as orator, poet, philosopher, and musician, born (date unknown) at
- Bernold of Constance:
Historian and theologian, b. in Swabia about 1054; d. at Schaffhausen, 16 ...
- Bernward, Saint:
Thirteenth
- Beroea:
(Later, Berrhoea, Beroie, and Beroe ).
A titular see of ...
- Berosus: ( Berosós or Berossós )
The name of a ...
- Beroth:
(B EEROTH )
A city in Chanaan, one of the confederation ...
- Berrettini, Pietro:
(Called Pietro da Cortona)
A distinguished Italian painter, ...
- Berruguete, Alonso:
For his mastery of the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, sometimes ...
- Berruyer, Isaac-Joseph:
Born at Roueb, 7 November, 1681; died at Paris, 18 February, 1758. He entered the ...
- Berryer, Pierre-Antoine:
French advocate, orator, and statesman, son of Pierre-Nicolas Berryer, an ...
- Bersabee:
( Bar sb‘ or Beersheba )
A town on the southern ...
- Bertha:
Of the various holy women bearing the name of Bertha, five are more particularly ...
- Berthier, Guillaume-François:
A Jesuit professor and writer, born at Issoudun, 1704; died at Bourges, 1782. ...
- Berthold:
Bishop, Apostle ...
- Berthold of Chiemsee:
A German
- Berthold of Henneberg:
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. 1441; d. 21 December, 1504. Having completed ...
- Berthold of Ratisbon:
A Franciscan of the monastery of that city and the most powerful preacher of ...
- Berthold of Reichenau:
A Benedictine
- Berti, Giovanni Lorenzo:
An Italian theologian, b. 28 May, 1696, at Sarravezza,
- Bertin, Saint:
Abbot of St. Omer, b. near
- Bertinoro:
Bertinoro, anciently called Forum Truentinorum, and, at the
- Bertonio, Ludovico:
An Italian missionary, born 1552 at Rocca Contrada near Ancona ; died at ...
- Bertrand, Louis, Saint:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His patents were Juan ...
- Bertrand, Pierre:
(1) A French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist, b. 1280 at Annonay in Vivarais; ...
- Bertulf, Saint:
Abbot of Bobbio, date of birth unknown; d. 639 or 640. He was the son of a
- Bervanger, Martin de:
A French priest, founder of charitable institutions ; b. at Sarrelouis, 15 May, ...
- Besançon:
Archdiocese coextensive with the departments of Doubs, Haute-Saône, and the ...
- Besange, Jerome Lamy, O.S.B:
Born at Linz, 1726; died 1781. For twenty-four years he taught
- Beschefer, Theodore:
Jesuit missionary in Canada, born at Châlons-sur-marne, 25 May, 1630; died ...
- Beschi, Costanzo Giuseppe:
Born at Castiglione in the Venetian Republic, 1680; died at Manapar c. 1746. He ...
- Beseleel:
(Beçál'el, in the shadow of God).
I. The son of ...
- Besoigne, Jérôme:
A Jansenist writer, b. at Paris, 1686; d. 1763. Ordained in 1715, he received ...
- Besoldus, Christopher:
A German jurist and publicist, b. of Protestant
- Bessarion, Johannes:
(Or B ASILIUS ).
Cardinal ; b. at Trebizond, 1389, or ...
- Bessel, Johann Franz:
(In religion ...
- Beste, Henry Digby:
Miscellaneous author, b. at Lincoln, England, 21 October, 1768; d. at Brighton, ...
- Bestiaries:
Medieval books on animals, in which the real or fabulous characteristics of ...
- Betanzos, Fray Domingo:
A Dominican missionary, d. at Valladolid, Sept., 1549. One of the most ...
- Betanzos, Fray Pedro de:
A Franciscan missionary, b. at Betanzos in Galicia; d. at Chomez, Nicaragua, ...
- Betanzos, Juan de:
Unfortunately very little is known as yet of this official, who has left such ...
- Bethany:
( Bethania ).
A village of Palestine, fifteen furlongs, or ...
- Bethany Beyond the Jordan:
( Bethania peran tou Iordanou ).
In the text of St. John's ...
- Betharan:
A city of the
- Bethdagon:
Name of two cities in Palestine. (1) A city (
- Bethel:
( Hebrew word meaning "house of
- Bethlehem:
A titular see of Palestine. The early name of the city was Ephrata; afterwards ...
- Bethlehem:
The old Hebrew name bêth lehem , meaning "house of bread", has survived ...
- Bethlehem:
An architectural term used in the Ethiopic Church for the oven or bakehouse ...
- Bethlehemites: MILITARY ORDERS
There were two military orders dedicated to Our Lady of ...
- Bethsaida:
Bethsaida is: ...
- Bethsan:
( Hebrew Beth Shean , or Beth Shan , "place of rest"). A city within Issachar, ...
- Bethulia:
(Greek Betuloua ).
The city whose deliverance by Judith, ...
- Betrothal:
( Latin sponsalia ).
The giving of one's troth — that ...
- Bettiah:
Prefecture Apostolic in northern India, includes as part of its jurisdiction the ...
- Betting:
A bet may be defined as the backing of an
- Beugnot, Auguste-Arthur, Count:
French historian and statesman, b. at Bar-sur-Aube, 25 March, 1797; d. at Paris, ...
- Beuno, Saint:
Abbot of Clynnog, d. 660(?), was, according to the "Bucced Beuno", born in ...
- Beverley Minster:
A collegiate ...
- Beyerlinck, Lawrence:
Belgian theologian and ecclesiastical writer, b. at Antwerp, April, 1578; d. at ...
- Bezae, Codex:
(CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS), one of the five most important Greek
- Bianchi, Giovanni Antonio: Friar Minor andtheologian, b. ...
- Bianchini, Francesco:
A student of the natural sciences, and an historian, b. at Verona, Northern ...
- Bianchini, Giuseppe:
(Giuseppe Blanchini).
Italian Oratorian, Biblical, ...
- Bianconi, Charles:
Merchant and philanthropist, b. 26 September, 1785, in the duchy of
- Biard, Pierre:
Jesuit missionary, born at Grenoble, France, 1576; died at Avignon, 17 November, ...
- Bibbiena:
(Bernardo Dovizi)
An Italian
- Bibiana, Saint:
The earliest mention in an
- Bible Societies:
Protestant Bible Societies, established ...
- Bible, Authenticity of the:
The authenticity or authority of Holy Writ is twofold on account of its twofold ...
- Bible, Coptic Versions of the: DIALECTS
The Coptic language is now recognized in four principal ...
- Bible, Editions of the:
In the present article we understand by editions of the
- Bible, Inspiration of the:
The subject
- Bible, Manuscripts of the:
Manuscripts are written, as opposed to printed, copies of the original text or of ...
- Bible, The:
A collection of writings which the Church of
- Bible, Versions of the: Synopsis
GREEK : Septuagint; Aquila; Theodotion; Symmachus; other ...
- Bibles, Picture:
In the Middle ...
- Bibles, Rhymed:
The rhymed versions of the Bible are ...
- Biblia Pauperum:
(BIBLE OF THE POOR).
A collection of pictures representing ...
- Biblical Accommodation:
We shall consider (1) what is meant by biblical accommodation; (2) its use in ...
- Biblical Antiquities:
This department of archæology has been variously defined and classified. ...
- Biblical Commission, The:
A committee of cardinals at
- Biblical Introduction:
A technical name which is usually applied to two distinct, but intimately ...
- Bickell, Gustav:
Orientalist, b. at Cassel, 7 July, 1838; d. at Vienna, 15 Jan., 1906. His father, ...
- Bickerdike, Robert, Venerable:
Martyr, a Yorkshire layman, b. at Low Hall, near Knaresborough (date unknown), but ...
- Bicknor, Alexander:
Archbishop of Dublin, date of birth unknown; d. 1349. As his surname suggests ...
- Bidermann, James:
A poet and theologian of great learning and sanctity, b. at Ebingen, Germany, ...
- Biel, Gabriel:
Called "the last of the Scholastics ", b. at Speyer, Germany, c. 1425; d. at ...
- Biella:
The city of Biella, the see of the
- Bielski, Marcin:
(Or Wolski)
A Polish chronicler, b. of noble parentage on the ...
- Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de:
French Governor of
- Bigamy (in Canon Law):
According to the strict meaning, the word should signify the marrying of a second ...
- Bigamy (in Civil Law):
( French bigamie , from Latin bis , twice, and Greek gamos , marriage) ...
- Bigne, Marguerin de la:
(Binius, Bignaeus)
French theologian and patrologist, b. ...
- Billart, Saint Julie:
( Also Julia). Foundress, and first superior-general of the Congregation of the ...
- Billick, Eberhard:
( Also Steinberger, Latin Latomus, Lapicida ).
German ...
- Billy, Jacques de:
(Billi)
A French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, ...
- Bilocation:
(Latin bis , twice, and locatio , place.)
I. The ...
- Bination:
The offering up of the Holy
- Biner, Joseph:
Canonist, historian, and theologian, b. at Gluringen, Switzerland, 1697; d. at ...
- Binet, Etienne:
Jesuit author, born at Dijon, France, 1569; died at Paris, 1639. He entered the ...
- Binet, Jacques-Philippe-Marie:
French mathematician and astronomer, b. at Rennes, in Brittany, 2 February, 1786; ...
- Binius, Severin:
Historian and critic, b. in 1573 in the village of Randerath, Western
- Binterim, Anton Joseph:
Born at Düsseldorf, 19 September, 1779; died at Bilk, 17 May, 1855, a ...
- Biogenesis and Abiogenesis:
According to their Greek derivation these two terms refer to the origin of life. ...
- Biology:
(From bios ,
- Biondo, Flavio:
A distinguished Italian
- Biot, Jean-Baptiste:
A physicist and mathematician, born at Paris, France, 21 April, 1774; died. ...
- Birds (in Symbolism):
Many kinds of birds are used in
- Biretta:
A square cap with three ridges or peaks on its upper surface, worn by clerics of ...
- Birinus, Saint:
Confessor, first
- Birkowski, Fabian:
Polish preacher, b. at Lemberg, 1566; d. at Cracow, 1636. He completed his ...
- Birmingham:
(BIRMINGHAMIA, BIRMINGHAMIENSIS)
One of the thirteen ...
- Birnbaum, Heinrich:
(Also known as DE PIRO, the latinized
- Birth, The Defect of:
(ILLEGITIMACY)
A canonical impediment to ordination. When ...
- Birtha:
A titular see of Osrhaene, probably identical with Birejik (Zegma) on the left ...
- Bisarchio, Diocese of:
Situated in Sardinia, in the province of Sassari, district of Nuoro, and ...
- Biscop, Saint Benedict:
An English monastic founder, born of a noble Anglo-Saxon family, c. 628; died ...
- Bishop:
(Anglo-Saxon Biscop, Busceop , German Bischof ; from the Greek episkopos ...
- Bishop's Crook:
(Or PASTORAL STAFF).
The
- Bishop, Auxiliary:
A bishop ...
- Bishop, William:
The first
- Bismarck, Diocese of:
(BISMARCKIENSIS).
In North Dakota, this
- Bisomus:
A tomb large ...
- Black Fast, The:
This form of ...
- Blackburne, Robert:
An English
- Blackfoot Indians:
An important tribe of the Northern Plains, constituting the westernmost
- Blackwood, Adam:
Author, b. at Dunfermline, Scotland, 1539; d. 1613. He was a great-nephew of ...
- Blaise, Saint:
Bishop and martyr.
The ninth-century martyrologies of
- Blanc, Anthony:
Fifth Bishop, and first Archbishop, of New Orleans, La., U.S.A. b. at Sury, ...
- Blanchard, Jean-Baptiste:
(Duchesne).
A French Jesuit and educator, born 12 October, ...
- Blanchet, Augustin Magloire:
Brother of François Norbert Blanchet , first
- Blanchet, Franç Norbert:
Missionary and first
- Blandina, Saint:
Virgin and martyr.
She belongs to the band of martyrs of ...
- Blane, Saint:
( Or BLAAN).
Bishop and
- Blasphemy:
Blasphemy ...
- Blastares, Matthew:
A monk of the ...
- Blathmac, Saint:
A distinguished Irish monk, b. in
- Blemmida, Nicephorus:
(B LEMMYDES )
A learned
- Blenkinsop: Peter Blenkinsop
Catholic publisher, b. in
- Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the:
An enclosed congregation and a reform of the Dominican Order devoted to the ...
- Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the:
Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with ...
- Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the:
The practice of preserving after the celebration of the
- Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the:
One of the most recent congregations of religious women in the
- Blessed Sacrament, The:
Since Christ is present under the ...
- Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the:
By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the ...
- Blessed Virgin Mary, The: The Blessed Virgin Mary ...
- Blessed, The:
There are at present two ways in which the Church allows public worship to be ...
- Blessing:
In its widest acceptation this word has a variety of meanings in the sacred ...
- Blessing, Apostolic:
The solemn
- Blind, Education of the:
Although the
- Blois:
DIOCESE OF BLOIS (BLESENSIS).
Coextensive with the civil ...
- Blomevenna, Peter:
(PETER A LEYDIS)
Carthusian, b. at Leyden, in Holland in ...
- Blood Indians:
A group of North American aborigines forming part of the Blackfeet Tribe, which, ...
- Blosius, François-Louis:
(Also called de
- Bluetooth, Harold:
(B LAATAND )
Born 911; died 1 November, 985 or 986. He was ...
- Blyssen, Heinrich:
Born at Cologne ...
- Blyth, Francis:
English Carmelite, reviser of the Douay Bible, born c. 1705; d. in London, 11 ...
- Bobadilla, Nicolaus:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 1511; died at Loretto, Italy, 23 September, 1590. After ...
- Bobbio, Abbey and Diocese of:
The diocese ( ...
- Bobola, Saint Andrew:
Martyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of ...
- Boccaccino: Boccaccio Boccaccino
An eminent Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1460, ...
- Boccaccio, Giovanni:
Italian novelist, b. in Paris, 1313; d. in Certaldo, 21 December, 1375. His ...
- Bocking, Edward:
(or B OKKYNG ).
English Benedictine, b. of East Anglian ...
- Bodey, Ven. John:
Martyr, b. at Wells, Somerset: 1549; d. at Andover, Wilts., 2 November, 1583. He ...
- Bodin, Jean:
Born at Angers, 1520, probably of
- Bodone:
A titular see of Albania. The name is a
- Boece, Hector:
(Also BOYCE and BOETHIUS)
Chronicler and one of the founders ...
- Boeri, Petrus:
(BOHIER)
A french benedictine canonist and bishop, b. during ...
- Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus:
Roman statesman and philosopher, often styled "the last of the Romans", regarded ...
- Bogotá:
ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FÉ DE BOGOTÁ (BOGOTENSIS)
...
- Bohemia:
(Germ. Böhmen , or formerly Böheim ; Latin
- Bohemian Brethren: (MORAVIAN BRETHREN, or UNITAS FRATRUM).
DEFINITION AND DOCTRINAL ...
- Bohemians of the United States:
A traveler who has seen the natural beauties of Bohemia, its vast resources, and ...
- Boiano:
Diocese in the province of Benevento, Italy, suffragan to the Archbishopric of ...
- Boiardo, Matteo Maria:
An Italian poet, b. about 1434, at, or near, Scandiano (Reggio-Emilia); d. at ...
- Boileau-Despréaux, Nicholas:
French poet, b. at Paris, 1 November, 1636; d. there, 13 March, 1711. He was ...
- Bois-le-Duc:
The Diocese of ...
- Boise:
Diocese of
- Boisgelin, Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de:
French prelate ...
- Boisil, Saint:
Superior of ...
- Bokenham, Osbern:
(Bokenam)
English Augustinian
- Bolanden, Conrad von:
(Joseph Bischoff)
A German novelist, son of a rich merchant, ...
- Bolgeni, Giovanni Vincenzo:
Theologian and controversialist, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 22 January, 1733; d. at ...
- Bolivia:
A South American republic which lies between longitudes west of Greenwich 57 deg. ...
- Bollandists, The:
An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. ...
- Bollig, Johann:
Distinguished Orientalist, born near Düren in Rhenish
- Bologna:
ARCHDIOCESE OF BOLOGNA
HISTORY
- Bologna, Giovanni da:
Flemish Renaissance sculptor, b. at Douai, in Flanders, about 1524; d. at
- Bologna, University of:
A tradition of the thirteenth century attributed the
- Bolsec, Jérôme-Hermès:
A theologian and physician, b. probably at Paris, date unknown; d. at Lyons ...
- Bolton, Edmund:
Historian, antiquary, and poet, born c. 1575; died c. 1633. The genuine loyalty in ...
- Bolzano, Bernhard:
Austrian mathematician and philosopher, b. at Prague, 5 October, 1781; d. 18 ...
- Bombay:
(BOMBAYENSIS)
The
- Bommel, Cornelius Richard Anton van:
Bishop of Liège, born at Leyden, in Holland on 5 April, 1790; died 7 ...
- Bon Secours, Institutes of: I. INSTITUTE OF BON SECOURS (DE PARIS)
The first of the congregations of ...
- Bona Mors Confraternity, The:
(Bona Mors = "Happy Death").
The Bona Mors Confraternity ...
- Bona, Giovanni:
A distinguished
- Bonagratia of Bergamo:
(Or PERGAMO)
- Bonal, François de:
Bishop of Clermont, b. 1734 at the castle of Bonal, near Agen ; d. at Munich, ...
- Bonal, Raymond:
French theologian and founder of the Congregation of the Priests of St.
- Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicompte de:
French statesman, writer, and philosopher, b. at Monna, near Millau, in Rouergue ...
- Bonald, Louis-Jacques-Maurice de:
Cardinal, b. at Millau, in Rouergue (now Aveyron), 30 October, 1787, d. at Lyons, ...
- Bonaparte, Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent:
Prince of Canino and Musignano, ornithologist, b. in Paris, 24 May, 1803; d. in ...
- Bonaventure, College of Saint:
At Quaracchi, near Florence, Italy, famous as the centre of literary activity in ...
- Bonaventure, Saint:
Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano,
- Boncompagni, Balthasar:
Italian mathematician, b. at Rome, 10 May, 1821; d. 13 April, 1894. He was a ...
- Bonet, Juan Pablo:
A Spanish
- Bonet, Nicholas: Friar Minor, theologian, and missionary,date of birth uncertain; d. 1360. Probably a Frenchman by ...
- Bonfrère, Jacques:
Biblical scholar, born at Dinant, Belgium, 12 April, 1573; died at Tournai, 9 ...
- Boni Homines:
(Or BONSHOMMES).
This name was popularly given to at least ...
- Boniface Association:
(B ONIFATIUSVEREIN ).
The Boniface Association, one of the ...
- Boniface I, Pope Saint:
Elected 28 December, 418; d. at Rome, 4 September, 422. Little is known of his
- Boniface II, Pope:
Elected 17 September, 530; died October, 532.
In calling him ...
- Boniface III, Pope:
Pope Boniface III, of Roman extraction and the son of
- Boniface IV, Pope Saint:
Son of John, a physician, a Marsian from the province and town of Valeria; he ...
- Boniface IX, Pope:
Elected at Rome, 2 November, 1389, as successor of the Roman Pope, Urban VI ; ...
- Boniface of Savoy:
Forty-sixth
- Boniface V, Pope:
A Neapolitan who succeeded Deusdedit after a
- Boniface VI, Pope:
A Roman, elected in 896 by the Roman faction in a popular tumult, to succeed ...
- Boniface VII, Antipope:
(Previously B ONIFACE F RANCO )
A Roman and son of ...
- Boniface VIII, Pope:
(B ENEDETTO G AETANO )
Born at
- Boniface, Saint:
(WINFRID, WYNFRITH).
- Bonizo of Sutri:
(Or BONITHO).
Bishop of Sutri in Central Italy, in the ...
- Bonn, University of:
(RHEINSCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT).
An academy ...
- Bonnard, Ven. Jean Louis:
A French missionary and martyr, b. 1 March, 1824 at ...
- Bonne-Espérance, The Abbey of:
Situated near Binche, province of Hainault,
- Bonnechose, Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de:
Cardinal and senator, b. at Paris, 1800; d. 1883. Entering the magistracy, he ...
- Bonner, Edmund:
Bishop of London, b. about 1500; d. 1569. He was the son of Edmund Bonner, a ...
- Bonnetty, Augustin:
A French writer, b. at Entrevaux (dept. of Basses-Alpes) 9 May, 1798, d. at ...
- Bonosus:
Bishop of Sardica, a heretic in the latter part of the fourth century. Against ...
- Bonvicino, Alessandro:
(Called Il Moretto, or Moretto da Brescia).
One of the finest ...
- Book of Common Prayer: I. HISTORY
On 21 January, 1549, the first Act of Uniformity was passed ...
- Book of Kells:
An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, ...
- Book of Martyrs, Foxe's:
John Foxe was born at
- Books, Index of Prohibited:
The Index of Prohibited Books, or simply "Index", is used in a restricted sense to ...
- Boré, Eugène:
Orientalist, b. at Angers, 15 Aug., 1809; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1878. From the
- Bordeaux:
(BURDIGALA).
Archdiocese ; comprises the entire department ...
- Bordeaux, University of:
The University of
- Bordone, Cavaliere Paris:
An eminent painter of the Venetian school, b. at Treviso, 1500 d. at Venice, ...
- Borgess, Caspar Henry:
Third Bishop ...
- Borgia, Stefano:
Cardinal, born at Velletri, 3 December, 1731; died at Lyons, 1804; Italian ...
- Borgo San-Donnino:
Diocese in the province of Parma, Italy. The city takes its name from St. ...
- Borgo San-Sepolcro:
Diocese situated in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. The city is ...
- Borgognone, Ambrogio:
(Real name AMBROGIO STEFANI DA FOSSANO).
A distinguished ...
- Borie, Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin:
Bishop-elect of Acanthus,
- Borneo: I. DUTCH BORNEO
The former Vicariate of Bavaria was composed of ...
- Borras, Francisco Nicolás:
A distinguished Spanish painter, born at Cocentaina, 1530; died at Gandia, 1610. ...
- Borromeo, Andrea:
An Italian missionary, born on the first half of the seventeenth century, at or ...
- Borromeo, Federico:
Cardinal and
- Borromeo, Saint Charles:
St. Charles ...
- Borromeo, Society of Saint Charles:
(Borro-Mäusverein).
A German
- Borromini, Francesco:
Architect and sculptor ; born 25 September, 1599, at Bissone; died ( by his own ...
- Borrus, Christopher:
(Borri, Burrus)
Missionary, mathematician, and astronomer, ...
- Bosa, Diocese of:
In the province of Cagliari, The city
- Bosch, Peter van der:
Bollandist, born at Brussels, 19 October, 1686; died 14 November, 1736. After ...
- Bosco, Saint Giovanni (John):
( Or St. ...
- Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe:
A Dalmatian Jesuit and well-known mathematician, astronomer, and natural ...
- Bosio, Antonio:
Known as "The Columbus of the Catacombs ", b. in the island of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Bosnia and ...
- Boso:
First Bishop ...
- Boso (Breakspear):
Third English Cardinal, date of birth uncertain, d. at Rome, about 1181. He was ...
- Bossu, Jacques le:
French theologian and
- Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne:
A celebrated French
- Boste, Saint John:
(Or JOHN BOAST.)
Priest and martyr, b. of
- Boston:
Archdiocese ; comprises Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and
- Bostra:
Titular see of Syria. Bostra, "The fortress", is neither Bosor of
- Bothrys:
A titular see situated in Phoenicia.
- Botticelli, Sandro:
A famous Florentine painter. Born at
- Botulph, Saint:
(Or BOTOLPH.)
Abbot, date of birth unknown; died c. 680. ...
- Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo:
A native of
- Boucher, Pierre:
Born at Lagny, a village near Mortagne in the Perche, France, 1622, died at ...
- Bougaud, Louis-Victor-Emile:
Bishop of Laval in France, b. at Dijon, 28 February 1823, d. at Laval 7 ...
- Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe:
Born at Quimper in Brittany, in 1690; died at Paris, 1743. He entered the
- Bouhours, Dominique:
French Jesuit author, born at Paris, 15 May, 1632; died 27 May, 1702. Entering ...
- Bouillart, Jacques:
A Benedictine
- Bouillon, Cardinal de:
(Emmanuel Thédore de la Tour d'Auvergne)
French
- Bouix, Marie Dominique:
One of the best known and most distinguished of modern French canonists, b. 15 ...
- Boulainvilliers, Henri, Count of:
Born at Saint-Saire (Seine-Inférieure) France, 11 October, 1658; died at ...
- Boulanger, André de:
(PETIT-PÈRE ANDRÉ).
A French
- Boulay, César-Egasse du:
(BULÆUS).
A French historian, b. in the beginning of ...
- Boulogne, Etienne-Antoine:
French bishop, b. at Avignon, 26 December 1747; d. at Troyes, 13 March, 1825. He ...
- Bouquet, Martin:
A learned Benedictine of the Congregation of St.-Maur, b. at Amiens, France, 6 ...
- Bouquillon, Thomas:
Born at Warneton, Belgium, 16 May, 1840; died at Brussels, 5 November, 1902; a ...
- Bourassé, Jean-Jacques:
Archæologist and historian, b. at Ste.-Maure (Indre-et-Loire), France, 22 ...
- Bourchier, Thomas:
Born 1406; died 1486, Cardinal, was the third son of William Bourchier, Earl of ...
- Bourdaloue, Louis:
Born at Bourges, 20 August, 1632; died at Paris, 13 May, 1704. He is often ...
- Bourdeilles, Hélie de:
Archbishop of
- Bourdon, Jean:
Born at Rouen, France, 1612; died at Quebec, 1668. In 1634 he went to
- Bourgade, François:
A French missionary and philosopher, b. 7 July, 1806, at Gaujan, department of ...
- Bourges:
ARCHDIOCESE OF BOURGES (BITURICÆ).
Coextensive with the ...
- Bourget, Ignace:
First Bishop ...
- Bourgoing, François:
Third
- Bourke, Ulick Joseph:
Irish scholar and writer, b. 29 Dec., 1829, at Castlebar, Co. Mayo ; d. there, ...
- Bourne, Gilbert:
Last Catholic ...
- Bouvens, Charles de:
French pulpit ...
- Bouvet, Joachim:
Jesuit missionary, born at Le Mans,
- Bouvier, Jean-Baptiste:
Bishop of Le Mans, theologian, b. At St. Charles-la-Forêt, Mayenne, 16 ...
- Bouvier, Jeanne-Marie, de La Motte-Guyon:
A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the ...
- Bova:
DIOCESE OF BOVA.
Situated in the civil province of Reggio, in ...
- Bovino:
Diocese in the province of Foggia, Italy, suffragan to the
- Bowyer, Sir George:
Baronet, an eminent English writer on jurisprudence, as well as a prominent ...
- Boy-Bishop:
The custom of electing a
- Boyce, John:
Novelist, lecturer, and priest, well known under the assumed name of "Paul ...
- Boycotting:
The name of
- Boyle Abbey:
A celebrated Cistercian house situated on the River Boyle, nine miles northwest ...
- Brébeuf, Jean de:
Jesuit missionary, born at Condé-sur-Vire in Normandy, 25 March, 1593; ...
- Bréhal, Jean:
A French Dominican theologian of the
- Brück, Heinrich:
Ecclesiastical historian and bishop, born at Bingen, 25 October, 1831; died 4 ...
- Brünn:
Suffragan
- Bracken, Thomas:
Poet, journalist, politician, b. in
- Bracton, Henry de:
Also called HENRY OF BRACTON.
A famous English juridical ...
- Bradley, Denis Mary:
First Bishop ...
- Bradshaigh, Edward:
An English Carmelite
- Bradshaw, Henry:
English Benedictine and poet, b. in the City of Chester, England, date unknown; ...
- Brady, William Maziere:
Ecclesiastical writer, b. in Dublin, 8 January, 1825; d. in Rome, 19 March, 1894. ...
- Braga, Archdiocese of:
(Bracara Augusta, Civitas Bracarensis).
Braga is situated in ...
- Braga, Councils of:
Many councils were held in Braga, some of them important. The authenticity of the ...
- Bragança-Miranda, Diocese of:
(Brigantiensis.)
This
- Brahminism: By Brahminism ...
- Braille, Louis:
French educator and inventor, born 4 January 1809, at Coupvray, Seine-et-Marne, ...
- Bralion, Nicolas de:
French Oratorian and ecclesiastical writer, born at Chars-en-Vexin, France, c. ...
- Bramante, Donato:
(Also called D 'A GNOLO after his father Angelo)
Italian ...
- Brancaccio:
An ancient and illustrious Neapolitan family, from which the "Brancas" of
- Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo:
Cardinal, Minor ...
- Brancati, Francesco:
Born in
- Branch Sunday:
One of the medieval English names for Palm Sunday. The difficulty of procuring ...
- Brandenburg:
Formerly an electoral principality (the
- Branly, Edouard:
French physicist and inventor of the coherer employed in wireless telegraphy, born ...
- Brantôme, Seigneur de Bourdeille, Pierre de:
One of the most famous of French writers of memoirs, b. in 1539, or a little ...
- Brant, Sebastian:
A German humanist and poet, born at Stasburg in 1457 or 1458; died at the same ...
- Brasses, Memorial:
Just when memorial ...
- Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne, Abbé:
Born at Bourbourg (Département du Nord), France, 1814; died at
- Brassicanus, Johann Alexander:
A German humanist, born probably at Cannstatt, 1500; died at Vienna, 25 ...
- Brassicanus, Johann Ludwig:
Younger brother of Johann Alexander (b. at Tübingen, 1509; d. at Vienna, 3 ...
- Braulio, Saint:
Bishop of Saragossa, date of birth unknown, d. at
- Braun, Placidus:
A Bavarian historian, b. at Peiting near Schongau in Upper Bavaria, 11 ...
- Braunschweig:
A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising ...
- Bravo, Francisco:
As far as known, author of the first book on medicine printed in America. His ...
- Brazil:
(T HE U NITED S TATES OF B RAZIL )
A vast republic of ...
- Bread, Liturgical Use of:
In the
- Breadboxes, Altar:
These are made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. In order that the ...
- Breads, Altar:
Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the
- Breast, Striking of the:
Striking of the breast as a liturgical act is prescribed in the Holy
- Breda:
(BREDANA)
Diocese situated in the Dutch province of Brabant ...
- Brehon Laws, The:
Brehon law is ...
- Bremen:
Formerly the seat of an
- Brenach, Saint:
An Irish missionary in Wales, a contemporary of St. Patrick, and among the ...
- Brenan, Michael John:
An ecclesiastical historian, born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1780; died at ...
- Brendan, Saint:
St. Brendan of ...
- Brentano, Klemens Maria:
A German poet, one of the most prominent members of the Romantic School. He was ...
- Brescia:
The Diocese of ...
- Breslau:
Prince-Bishopric seated at Breslau, on the River Oder in the Prussian Province ...
- Bressani, Francesco Giuseppe:
An Indian missionary, born in Rome, 6 May, 1612; died at Florence, 9 September, ...
- Brest, Union of:
Brest -- in Russian, Brest-Litovski; in Polish, Brzesc; in the old chronicles, ...
- Brethren of the Lord, The:
A group of persons closely connected with the Saviour appears repeatedly in ...
- Breton, Raymond:
A noted French missionary among the Caribbean Indians, b. at Baune, 3 September, ...
- Bretton, Venerable John:
(Or Bretton).
A layman and martyr, of all ancient
- Breviary:
This subject may be divided, for convenience of treatment, as follows:
I. ...
- Breviary, Aberdeen:
This breviary ...
- Breviary, Reform of the Roman:
By the Apostolic Constitution "Divino Afflatu" of Pius X (1 November, 1911), a ...
- Brewer, Heinrich:
A German historian, born at Puffendorf in Germany, 6 September, 1640; died at the ...
- Briçonnet: (1) Guillaume Briçonnet
A French cardinal, b. at Tours, date of ...
- Briand, Joseph Olivier:
Seventh Bishop ...
- Briant, Saint Alexander:
English Jesuit and martyr, born in Somersetshire of a yeoman
- Bribery:
The payment or the promise of money or other lucrative consideration to induce ...
- Bridaine, Jacques:
Preacher, b. at Chusclan, France, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 December, ...
- Bridge-Building Brotherhood, The:
During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, we hear of the existence of various ...
- Bridget of Sweden, Saint:
(Also Birgitta).
The most celebrated saint of the Northern ...
- Bridgett, Thomas Edward:
Priest and author, b. at Derby, England, 20 January, 1829, of Protestant
- Bridgewater Treatises:
These publications ...
- Bridgewater, John:
Known also as AQUAPONTANUS, historian of the
- Briefs and Bulls:
A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its ...
- Brieuc, Saint:
(Briocus, Brioc, or Bru).
A Celtic saint of Brittany who ...
- Brigid of Ireland, Saint:
(Incorrectly known as BRIDGET).
Born in 451 or 452 of ...
- Brigidines, Institute of the:
(SISTERS OF ST. BRIGID.)
The Institute of the Brigidines was ...
- Brigittines:
The Brigittine Order (also, ORDER OF ST. SAVIOUR) was founded in 1346 by St. ...
- Brignon, John:
Born at St. ...
- Bril, Paulus:
A brilliant Flemish painter and engraver, born at Antwerp, 1556; died in Rome, ...
- Brillmacher, Peter Michael:
Born at Cologne ...
- Brindholm, Ven. Edmund:
(Or B RYNDEHOLME .)
Martyr and
- Brindisi:
Brindisi—called by the
- Brinkley, Stephen:
Confessor of the Faith, imprisoned and tortured as manager of a
- Brisacier, Jacques-Charles de:
Orator and ecclesiastical writer, b. at
- Brisacier, Jean de:
Controversialist, b. at Blois, France, 9 June, 1592; entered the
- Brisbane:
Comprises that part of the State of Queensland, Australia, which lies south of the ...
- Brischar, Johann Nepomucene:
Church historian, born at Horb in Würtemberg in 1819, studied theology at ...
- Bristol, Ancient Diocese of:
(BRISTOLIA, BRISTOLIENSIS).
This English diocese, which ...
- Bristow, Richard:
Born at Worcester, 1538, died at Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1581. He went to the ...
- British Columbia:
British ...
- Britius, Francis:
An orientalist, and a
- Brittain, Thomas Lewis:
Born near Chester, England, 1744; died at Hartpury Court, 1827. His
- Britto, Blessed John de: Martyr ; born in Lisbon, 1 March, 1647, and was brought up in court; martyred in ...
- Britton, Venerable John:
(Or Bretton).
A layman and martyr, of all ancient
- Brixen:
A Prince-Bishopric of Austria, suffragan of Salzburg, embracing the greater ...
- Brogan, Saint:
Flourished in the sixth or seventh century. Several persons in repute for
- Broglie, Auguste-Théodore-Paul de:
Abbé, professor of
- Broglie, Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de:
French statesman and historian, b. at Paris, 13 June, 1821; d. there 19 January, ...
- Broglie, Maurice-Jean de:
Born in Paris, 5 September, 1766; d. there, 20 June, 1821. He was the son of the ...
- Brogny, Jean-Allarmet de:
(Or JEAN-ALOUZIER).
A French Cardinal, b. in 1342 at Brogny, ...
- Bromyard, John:
Theologian, d. about 1390. He takes his name from his birthplace in Herefordshire, ...
- Brondel, John Baptist:
First Bishop ...
- Brookby, Anthony:
( Or Brorbey).
- Brookes, James:
Last Catholic ...
- Brooklyn:
Comprises the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, or all of Long ...
- Brosse, Jean-Baptiste de la:
A Jesuit missionary, born 1724 at Magnac, Angoumois,
- Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God:
St. John of God, the ...
- Broughton, Richard:
( alias Rouse)
Born about 1558 at Great Stukeley, ...
- Brouwer, Christoph:
(Browerius).
Historian, born 12 March, 1559, at Arnheim, ...
- Brown, William:
A naval officer of the Republic of Argentina, b. 1777, in the County Mayo,
- Browne, Charles Farrar:
(ARTEMUS WARD).
Humorist, b. at Waterford,
- Brownson, Orestes Augustus:
Philosopher, essayist, reviewer, b. at Stockbridge, Vermont, U.S.A., 16 ...
- Brownson, Sarah:
Daughter of Orestes A. Brownson, b. at Chelsea, Massachusetts, 7 June, 1839; ...
- Brownsville:
Vicariate Apostolic, erected 1874. Previous to this date the entire State of
- Bru, Saint:
(Briocus, Brioc, or Bru).
A Celtic saint of Brittany who ...
- Bruel, Joachim:
(Brulius).
A theologian and historian, born early in the ...
- Brueys, David-Augustin de:
A French theologian and dramatic author, born at Aix in 1640; died 25 ...
- Brugère, Louis-Frédéric:
Professor of
- Bruges:
The chief town of the Province of West
- Brugière, Pierre:
A French priest, Jansenist, and Juror, born at Thiers, 3 October, 1730; died at ...
- Brugman, John:
A renowned Franciscan preacher of the fifteenth century, b. at Kempen in the
- Brumidi, Constantino:
An Italian-American historical painter, celebrated for his fresco work in the ...
- Brumoy, Pierre:
Born at Rouen in Normandy, 1688; entered the
- Brunellesco, Filippo:
(Or Brunelleschi)
An architect and sculptor, born at ...
- Brunetière, Ferdinand:
A French critic and professor, born at Toulon, 19 July, 1849; died at Paris, 9 ...
- Brunforte, Ugolino: Friar Minor and chronicler, ...
- Bruni, Leonardo:
An eminent Italian humanist, b. of poor and humble
- Brunner, Francis de Sales:
The founder of the Swiss-American congregation of the Benedictines, b. 10 January, ...
- Brunner, Sebastian:
A versatile and voluminous writer, b. in Vienna, 10 December, 1814; d. there, 27 ...
- Bruno of Querfurt, Saint:
(Also called BRUN and BONIFACE).
Second
- Bruno the Saxon:
(SAXONICUS.)
A German chronicler of the eleventh Century and ...
- Bruno, Giordano:
Italian philosopher, b. at
- Bruno, Saint:
Bishop of Segni, in Italy, born at Solero, Piedmont, about 1048; died 1123. He ...
- Bruno, Saint:
Confessor, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of the Carthusian Order. He was born ...
- Brunswick:
A duchy situated in the mountainous central part of Northern Germany, comprising ...
- Brus, Anton:
Archbishop of Prague, b. at. Muglitz in Moravia, 13 February, 1518; d. 28 August, ...
- Brusa:
A titular see of Bithynia in
- Brussels:
(From Bruk Sel , marsh-castle; Flemish Brussel , German Brussel , French ...
- Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel:
First Bishop ...
- Bruyas, Jacques:
Born at Lyons, France, 13 July, 1635; died at Sault St. Louis, Canada, 15 June ...
- Bryant, John Delavau:
Physician, poet, author, and editor, b. in Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1811; d. 1877. He ...
- Bubastis:
A titular see of Lower Egypt, on the
- Bucelin, Gabriel:
(Buzlin).
A Benedictine historical writer, born at ...
- Bucer, Martin:
(Also called BUTZER.)
One of the leaders in the South German ...
- Bucharest:
(B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI "City of enjoyment") ...
- Buck, Victor De:
Bollandist, born at Oudenarde, Flanders, 21 April, 1817; died 28 June, 1876. His ...
- Buckfast Abbey:
The date of the
- Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus:
A soldier, lawyer, stateman, judge, born near Castletownsend, County Cork, ...
- Buckley, Venerable John:
( Alias John Jones; ...
- Budé, Guillaume:
(Budaeus).
A French Hellenist, born at Paris, 1467; died ...
- Buddhism: The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the basis of pantheistic ...
- Budweis:
(Czech, BUDEJOVICE; Latin BUDOVICIUM; BOHEMO-BUDVICENSIS).
...
- Buenos Aires:
The federal capital of the Argentine Republic , and the second city of the Latin ...
- Buffalo:
Diocese established 23 April, 1847, now comprises the counties of Erie, Niagara, ...
- Buffier, Claude:
A philosopher, and author, born in Poland, of French parents, 25 May, 1661; died ...
- Buglio, Louis:
A celebrated missionary in China, mathematician, and theologian, born at Mineo, ...
- Buil, Bernardo:
(Also Boil or Boyal.)
A
- Buildings, Ecclesiastical:
This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical ...
- Bukarest:
(B UCHAREST ; B UCARESTIENSIS ; Rumanian, B UCHARESCI "City of enjoyment") ...
- Bulgaria:
A European kingdom in the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, bounded by ...
- Bull-Fight, The Spanish: Overview
Neither the English term nor the German ( Stiergefecht ) used ...
- Bulla Aurea:
(Golden Bull ).
A fundamental
- Bullaker, Ven. Thomas:
( Also John Baptist). ...
- Bullarium:
Bullarium is a ...
- Bullion, Angélique:
Born in Paris, at commencement of the seventeenth century, her
- Bulls and Briefs:
A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its ...
- Bulstrode, Sir Richard:
A soldier, diplomatist, and author, born 1610; died 1711, was the second son of ...
- Bunderius, Joannes:
(VAN DEN BUNDERE).
A Flemish theologian and ...
- Buonarroti, Michelangelo:
Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, b. at Caprese in the valley of the upper ...
- Burchard of Basle:
(Also of HASENBURG or ASUEL, from his ancestral castle in Western Berne,
- Burchard of Würzurg, Saint:
First bishop ...
- Burchard of Worms:
Bishop of that see, b. of noble
- Burckmair, Hans:
(Or Burgkmair).
A painter of the Swabian school, b. at
- Burgis, Edward Ambrose:
A Dominican historian and theologian, b. in England c. 1673; d. in Brussels, ...
- Burgoa, Francisco:
Born at Oaxaca ...
- Burgos:
(B URGENSIS )
The
- Burgundy:
(Latin Burgundia , German Burgund , French Bourgogne ).
- Burial, Christian:
The interment of a deceased
- Buridan, Jean:
French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in ...
- Burigny, Jean Lévesque de:
Historian, b. at Reims, 1692; d. at Paris, 1785. In 1713, with his brothers, ...
- Burkard, Franz:
The name of two celebrated German jurists. One died suddenly at Rain, 9 December ...
- Burke, Edmund:
First Vicar ...
- Burke, Thomas:
(THOMAS DE BURGO)
Bishop of Ossory, b. at Dublin, Ireland, ...
- Burke, Thomas Nicholas:
A celebrated Dominican orator, b. 8 September, 1830, in Galway ; d. 2 July, ...
- Burleigh, Walter:
(Also: Walter Burley; Burlæus).
- Burlington:
(Burlingtonensis).
Diocese established 14 July, 1853; ...
- Burma:
Before its annexation by the British
- Burnett, Peter Hardeman:
First American Governor of California, U.S.A. b. in Nashville, Tennessee, 15 ...
- Burns, James:
Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1808; d. in ...
- Burse:
( Bursa , "hide", "skin"; whence "bag" or "purse").
A ...
- Bursfeld, The Abbey of:
In the Middle ...
- Bury St. Edmund's, The Abbey of:
The first religious
- Busée, Pierre:
(Busæus or Buys).
A Jesuit theologian, born at ...
- Bus, Venerable César de:
A priest and ...
- Busembaum, Hermann:
Moral theologian, born at Notteln, Westphalia, 1600; died at Münster, 31 ...
- Busiris:
A titular see taking its title from one of the many Egyptian cities of the ...
- Buskins:
(Caligæ).
Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes ...
- Buss, Franz Joseph, Ritter von:
Jurist, b. 23 March, 1803 at Zell in
- Bustamante, Carlos María:
Mexican statesman and historian, b. at Oaxaca, Mexico, 4 November, 1774; d. in ...
- Buston, Thomas Stephen:
(or Busten)
A Jesuit missionary and author, born 1549, in ...
- Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of:
Born at Mountstuart, Bute, 12 September, 1847; d. at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 9 ...
- Buteux, Jacques:
French missionary in Canada. Born at Abbeville, in Picardy, 11 April, 1600; slain ...
- Butler, Alban:
Historian, b. 10 October, 1710, at Appletree, Northamptonshire, England ; d. at ...
- Butler, Charles:
One of the most prominent figures among the English Catholics of his day, b. in ...
- Butler, Mary Joseph:
First Irish
- Butler, Sir William Francis:
Born at Suirville, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 31 October, 1838; died 7 June, 1910, ...
- Buttress:
A pilaster, pier, or body of
- Buxton, Ven. Chrisopher:
Priest and martyr, b. in Derbyshire; d. at Canterbury, 1 October, 1588. He was a ...
- Byblos:
A titular see of Phoenicia.
- Bye-Altar:
An altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar. The term is ...
- Byllis:
A titular see of Epirus Nova (Albania), whose title is often added to that of ...
- Byrd, William:
English composer, born in London in 1542 or 1543; died 4 July, 1623. He was the ...
- Byrne, Andrew:
Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A. b. at Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland, 5 ...
- Byrne, Richard:
Brevet brigadier general, United States Army, b. in Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1832; d. ...
- Byrne, William:
Missionary and educator, born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1780; died at ...
- Byzantine Architecture:
A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, ...
- Byzantine Art:
The art of the Eastern Roman Empire and of its capital Byzantium, or ...
- Byzantine Empire, The:
The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a ...
- Byzantine Literature:
To grasp correctly the essential characteristics of Byzantine literature, it is ...
- Byzantine Rite:
( Also BYZANTINE RITE.)
The Liturgies, Divine Office, ...
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