Catholic Encyclopedia - C
- Cámara y Castro, Tomás:
Bishop of Salamanca, Spain, born at Torrecilla de Cameros, Logroño, 19 ...
- Cædmon, Saint:
Author of Biblical Poems in Anglo-Saxon, date of birth unknown; died between 670 ...
- Cæremoniale Episcoporum:
A book containing the
- Cærularius, Michael:
( Keroulários ).
Patriarch of
- Cæsar of Speyer: Friar Minor, firstminister
- Cæsarea:
A Latin titular see, and the seat of a residential Armenian bishopric, in ...
- Cæsarea Mauretaniæ:
A titular see of North Africa. There was on the coast of Mauretania a town ...
- Cæsarea Palestinæ:
(Caesarea Maritima.) A titular see of Palestine. In Greek antiquity the city was ...
- Cæsarea Philippi:
A Greek
- Cæsarius of Arles, Saint:
Bishop, administrator, preacher, theologian, born at Châlons in Burgundy, ...
- Cæsarius of Heisterbach:
A pious and learned
- Cæsarius of Nazianzus:
Physician, younger and only brother of Gregory of Nazianzus, born probably c. 330 ...
- Cæsarius of Prüm:
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery, near Trier, afterwards a Cistercian
- Cæsaropolis:
A titular see of Macedonia, the early name and the site of which have not yet ...
- Cîteaux, Abbey of:
Founded in 1098 by St. Robert,
- Caballero y Ocio, Juan:
Born at Querétaro, Mexico, 4 May, 1644; died there 11 April, 1707. A
- Caballero, Fernán de:
Nom de plume of Cecilia Böhl von Faber, a noted Spanish novelist; born at ...
- Caballero, Raimundo Diosdado:
Miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical, born at Palma, in the island of ...
- Cabas:
A titular see of Egypt. About seven and one-half miles north of Sais (ruins at ...
- Cabassut:
(CABASSUTIUS.)
French theologian and
- Cabello de Balboa, Miguel:
A secular priest, born at Archidona in Spain, dates of birth and death ...
- Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez:
Born at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia,
- Cabot, John & Sebastian: John Cabot
...
- Cabral, Francisco:
Portuguese missionary in Japan, born in the castle of Govillou,
- Cabral, Pedralvarez:
(Pedro Alvarez.)
A celebrated Portuguese navigator, generally ...
- Cabrillo, Estévan:
A Portuguese in the naval service of Spain, date and place of birth unknown; ...
- Cadalous:
Bishop of
- Caddo Indians:
An important group of closely cognate and usually allied tribes formerly holding a ...
- Cades:
The name, according to the Vulgate and the Septuagint, of three, or probably ...
- Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de:
Born at
- Cadiz, Diocese of:
(Gaditana et Septensis.)
Suffragan of Seville. Its ...
- Cadwallador, Venerable Roger:
English martyr, b. at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford, in 1568; executed at ...
- Caen, University of:
Founded in 1432 by Henry VI of England, who was then master of
- Cagli e Pergola, Diocese of:
(Calliensis Et Pergulensis)
Situated in Umbria (
- Cagliari, Archdiocese of:
(Calaritana)
Cagliari, called by the ancient Caralis , is ...
- Cahier, Charles:
Antiquarian, born at Paris, 26 February, 1807; died there 26 February, 1882. He ...
- Cahill, Daniel William:
Lecturer and controversialist, born at Ashfield, Queens County,
- Cahors, Diocese of:
(Cadurcensis.)
Comprising the entire department of Lot, in ...
- Caiaphas:
According to Josephus (Antiquitates, XVIII, iv, 3),
- Caiazzo, Diocese of:
(Caiacensis.)
Situated in the province of Caserta, Italy, ...
- Caillau, Armand-Benjamin:
Priest and writer, born at Paris, 22 October, 1794, died there, 1850. Ordained ...
- Cain:
The first-born ...
- Cainites:
A name used for (1) the descendants of Cain, (2) a sect of Gnostics and ...
- Caiphas:
According to Josephus (Antiquitates, XVIII, iv, 3),
- Caius:
A Christian ...
- Caius and Soter, Saints:
They have their feast together on 22 April, on which day they appear in most of ...
- Caius, John:
( Also Kay, Key.)
Physician and scholar, born at Norwich, ...
- Cajetan, Constantino:
A Benedictine savant, born at Syracuse, Sicily, in 1560; died at Rome, 17 ...
- Cajetan, Saint:
(GAETANO.)
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at ...
- Cajetan, Tommaso de Vio Gaetani:
( Baptized GIACOMO.)
Dominican cardinal, philosopher, ...
- Calabozo, Diocese of:
(Calaboso)
Calabozo is a town in the State of Miranda ...
- Calahorra and La Calzada, Diocese of:
(Calaguritana et Calceatensis.)
Suffragan of Burgos, ...
- Calama:
A titular see of Africa.
- Calancha, Fray Antonio de la:
An erudite Augustinian monk, born 1584 at Chiquisaca (now Sucre) in
- Calas Case, The:
Jean Calas was a French Calvinist , born 19 March, 1698, at La Caparède ...
- Calasanctius, Saint Joseph:
Called in
- Calasio, Mario di: Friar Minor and lexicographer, ...
- Calatayud, Pedro de:
Jesuit missionary, born in Navarre, 1 August, 1689; died in Bologna, 27 February, ...
- Calatrava, Military Order of:
Founded in Castile, in the twelfth century, as a military branch of the great ...
- Calcutta: THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CALCUTTA
The Ecclesiastical province of
- Caldani, Leopoldo Marco Antonio:
Anatomist and physiologist, b. at Bologna, 21 Nov., 1725; d. at Padua, 20 Dec., ...
- Caldara, Polidoro (da Caravaggio):
An Italian painter, born at Caravaggio, 1492 (or 1495); died at Messina, 1543. ...
- Caldas-Barbosa, Domingo:
A Brazilian poet, born of a white father and a negro mother at Rio Janeiro in ...
- Calderon de la Barca, Pedro:
Born 1600; died 1681; a Spanish dramatist whose activity marks the second half of ...
- Caleb:
(1) Caleb, Son of Jephone, The Cenezite. -- The representative of the tribe of ...
- Calendar, Christian:
GENERALITIES
FOUNDATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR
- Calendar, Jewish: Days
From the remotest
- Calendar, Reform of the:
For the measurement of
- Calepino, Ambrogio:
An Italian lexicographer, born about 1440 at Calepio (province of Bergamo); died ...
- Cali, Diocese of:
(Caliensis).
Founded in Colombia, South America, on 7 July, ...
- Caliari, Paolo:
( Also Paolo Veronese.)
An eminent painter of the ...
- California:
California, the largest and most important of the Pacific Coast States, is the ...
- California Missions: I. LOWER CALIFORNIA
- California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower:
Includes the territory of that name in
- Callières, Louis-Hector de:
Thirteenth Governor of New
- Callinicus:
A titular see in
- Callipolis:
A titular see of Thrace, now called
- Callistus I, Pope:
(Written by most Latins, Augustine, Optatus, etc. CALLIXTUS or CALIXTUS). ...
- Callistus II, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, ...
- Callistus III, Pope:
Born near
- Callot, Jacques:
A French etcher, engraver, and painter, b. at Nancy, France, 1592; d. in the ...
- Cally, Pierre:
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Mesnil-Hubert, department of Orne, France, ...
- Calmet, Dom Augustin:
Celebrated exegetist; b. at Ménil-la-Horgne, near Commercy, Lorraine, ...
- Caloe:
A titular see of
- Caltagirone:
(Calata Hieronis; Calatayeronensis).
- Caltanisetta:
(Calathanisium; Calathanisiadensis).
The city is situated in ...
- Calumny:
( Latin calvor , to use artifice, to deceive)
...
- Calvaert, Dionysius:
An eminent painter, usually known as "The Fleming" and called Denis, a native of ...
- Calvary, Congregation of Our Lady of:
A congregation founded at Poitiers, in 1617, by Antoinette of ...
- Calvary, Mount:
The place of the Crucifixion of
- Calvert, Cecilius:
Second Lord ...
- Calvert, Charles:
Third Baron of Baltimore and second Proprietary Governor of Maryland. Born in ...
- Calvert, George:
First Lord ...
- Calvert, Leonard:
Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 1634-1647, born in England, 1607; died in ...
- Calvert, Philip:
Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 1660 to 1661, son of George Calvert, first
- Calvi and Teano, Diocese of:
( Calvensis et Theanensis ).
The city of Calvi is the ...
- Calvin, John:
This man, undoubtedly the greatest of Protestant divines, and perhaps, after ...
- Calvinism:
No better account of this remarkable (though now largely obsolete) system has been ...
- Calvinus, Justus Baronius:
A convert and apologist, b. at Kanthen, Germany, c. 1570; d. after 1606. He was ...
- Calynda:
A titular see of
- Camões, Luis Vaz de:
(OR CAMOENS)
Born in 1524 or 1525; died 10 June, 1580. The ...
- Camachus:
A titular see in Armenia. This city does not appear in ecclesiastical history ...
- Camaldolese:
(C AMALDOLITES, C AMALDULENSIANS ).
A joint order of
- Camargo, Diego Muñoz:
(According to Beristain de Souza, Muñoz should be the surname).
- Cambiaso, Luca:
(Also known as Luchetto da Genova, and as Luchino).
Genoese ...
- Cambrai, Archdiocese of:
(CAMERACENSIS.)
Comprises the entire Département du ...
- Cambridge, University of: I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY
The obscurity which surrounds the ancient history of ...
- Cambysopolis:
A titular see of
- Camel, George Joseph:
(Kamel).
Botanist, born at Brünn, in Moravia, 21 April ...
- Camerino, Diocese of:
(Camerinum, Camerinensis).
Camerino is a city situated in the ...
- Camerlengo:
(Latin camerarius ).
The title of certain papal ...
- Cameroon:
(Cameroons; Cameroon.)
Located in German West Africa, ...
- Camillus de Lellis, Saint:
Born at Bacchianico, Naples, 1550; died at Rome, 14 July, 1614.
- Camisards:
(Probably from camise , a black blouse worn as a uniform).
...
- Campaña, Pedro:
Flemish painter, known in
- Campagna, Girolamo:
Born in Verona, 1552; died about 1623 or 1625. He was an able, but not strikingly ...
- Campagnola, Domenico:
Painter of the Venetian school, b. at
- Campan, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette:
( Née Genest; known as Madam Campan).
A French ...
- Campanella, Tommaso:
( Baptized GIOVANNI DOMENICO)
Dominican philosopher and ...
- Campani, Giuseppe:
An Italian optician and astronomer who lived in
- Campbell, James:
Born at Philadelphia, 1 Sept., 1812; died there, 27 Jan., 1893. His father was ...
- Campeche:
Diocese in the State of Campeche, Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the
- Campeggio, Lorenzo:
Cardinal, an eminent canonist, ecclesiastical diplomat, and reformer, b. 1472 ...
- Campi, Bernardino:
An Italian painter of the Lombard School, b. at Cremona, 1522; d. at Reggio, ...
- Campi, Galeazzo:
An Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1475; d. 1536. He commenced his studies, ...
- Campi, Giulio:
An Italian painter and architect, b. at
- Campion, Saint Edmund:
English Jesuit and
- Campo Santo de' Tedeschi:
(Holy Field of the Germans)
A cemetery, church, and
- Camus de Pont-Carré, Jean-Pierre:
French bishop, b. 3 November, 1584, at
- Cana:
A city of Galilee, Palestine, famous throughout all ages as the scene of Our ...
- Canaan, Canaanites:
(Canaan, Canaanites).
The Hebrew Kenaan , denoting a ...
- Canada:
(See also C ATHOLICITY IN C ANADA )
Canada, or to be more ...
- Canada, Catholicity in:
The subject
- Canal, José de la:
Ecclesiastical historian, b. of poor parents, at Ucieda, a village in the ...
- Canary Islands, The:
The Canary Islands
- Canatha:
A titular see of Arabia. According to inscriptions on coins and geographical ...
- Cancer de Barbastro, Luis:
One of the first
- Candace:
The name of the Ethiopian queen whose eunuch was baptized by
- Candia:
(D IOCESE OF C ANDIA )
On the north shore of Crete was an ...
- Candidus:
The name of two scholars of the Carlovingian revival of letters in the ninth ...
- Candle, Paschal:
The blessing ...
- Candlemas:
Also called: Purification of the Blessed Virgin (Greek Hypapante ), Feast of the ...
- Candles:
The word candle ( candela , from candeo , to burn) was introduced into the ...
- Candles, Altar:
For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the
- Candlestick, Seven-Branch:
One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the
- Candlestick, Triple:
A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, ...
- Candlesticks:
Of the earliest
- Candlesticks, Altar:
An altar-candlestick consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about ...
- Canea:
Formerly a titular see of Crete, suppressed by a
- Canelos and Macas:
Vicariate Apostolic in Ecuador, South America, separated in 1886 from the ...
- Canes, Vincent:
(JOHN BAPTIST)
- Canice, Saint:
(Or KENNY).
Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, ...
- Canisius, Henricus:
(DE HONDT), canonist and historian, born at Nymwegen in Geldern and belonged to ...
- Canisius, Peter, Blessed: (Kannees, Kanys, probably also De Hondt).
Born at Nimwegen ...
- Canisius, Theodorich:
Born at Nimwegen, Holland, 1532; died 27 September, 1606, at Ingolstadt. He was a ...
- Cano, Alonso:
(Or ALEXIS)
A Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor, b. ...
- Cano, Melchior:
Dominican bishop ...
- Canon:
An ecclesiastical
- Canon:
(Greek kanon , rule, law, guide).
In music, the strictest ...
- Canon Law:
This subject
- Canon of the Mass:
This article
- Canon of the New Testament:
The Catholic ...
- Canon of the Old Testament: Overview
The word
- Canoness:
The assistance of women in the work of the Church goes back to the earliest ...
- Canonical Hours: I. IDEA
By canonical hour is understood all the fixed portion of the
- Canonization and Beatification: HISTORY
According to some writers the origin of beatification and ...
- Canons and Canonesses Regular:
(Also called REGULAR CLERICS, RELIGIOUS CLERICS, CLERIC-CANONS, AUGUSTINIAN ...
- Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception:
A congregation founded in the department of Isère, at Saint-Antoine, ...
- Canons, Apostolic:
A collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, ...
- Canons, Collections of Ancient:
While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church ...
- Canons, Ecclesiastical:
Ecclesiastical Canons are certain rules or norms of conduct or
- Canons, Penitential:
Rules laid down by councils or
- Canopus:
A titular see of Egypt. Its old Egyptian name was Pikuat; the Greeks called ...
- Canopy:
The canopy, in general, is an ornamental covering of cloth, stone, wood, or metal, ...
- Canopy, Altar:
The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the ...
- Canossa:
A former castle of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the foothills of the ...
- Canova, Antonio:
The greatest Italian sculptor of modern times, b. at Possagno, in the province ...
- Cantù, Cesare:
Italian historian and poet, b. at Brivio, 8 December, 1807; d. at Milan, 11 ...
- Cantate Sunday:
A name given to the fourth
- Canterbury:
(CANTUARIA—Roman name, DUROVERNUM, whence, in Anglo-Saxon times, DUROVERNIA; ...
- Canticle:
Although the word is derived from canticulum , (diminutive of canticum , a ...
- Canticle of Canticles:
(Greek Aisma asmaton , Latin Canticum canticorum .)
One ...
- Canticle of Simeon:
(The Canticle ...
- Canticle of Zachary:
The Benedictus, given in
- Cantius, Saint John:
Born at Kenty, near Oswiecim,
- Cantor:
The chief singer (and sometimes instructor) of the ecclesiastical choir, called ...
- Canute:
(Or CNUT: THE GREAT, THE MIGHTY)
King of the English, Danes, ...
- Canute IV, Saint:
Also spelled C NUT .
Martyr and King of Denmark, date of ...
- Cap Haïtien:
(CAPITIS HAITIANI)
Erected by Pius IX, 3 October, 1861, in ...
- Capaccio and Vallo:
(CAPUTAQUENSIS ET VALLENSIS)
Suffragan
- Capecelatro, Alfonso:
Cardinal,
- Capefigue, Baptiste-Honoré-Raymond:
Historian, b. at Marseilles, 1802; d. at Paris, 22 December, 1872. In 1821 he was ...
- Caperolo, Pietro: Friar Minor,date of birth unknown; d. at Velletri in 1480; he was a
- Capgrave, John:
Augustinian friar, historian, and theologian, b. at Lynn in Norfolk, 21 April, ...
- Capharnaum:
A titular see of Palestine. Its name (also KAPERNAUM) means village of
- Capital Punishment:
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for ...
- Capitolias:
A titular see of Palestine, suffragan to
- Capitulations, Episcopal and Pontifical:
Capitulations were agreements, by which those taking part in the
- Capocci, Gaetano:
Musical composer and maestro , b. in Rome, 16 Oct., 1811; d. there, 11 Jan., ...
- Capponi, Gino, Count:
Historian and litterateur; born at Florence, Italy, 13 September, 1792; died 3 ...
- Capranica, Domenico:
Cardinal, theologian, canonist, and statesman, b. at Capranica near Palestrina, ...
- Caprara, Giovanni Battista:
Statesman and cardinal, born at Bologna, 29 May, 1733; died at Paris, 27 July, ...
- Capreolus, John:
A theologian, born towards the end of the fourteenth century, (about 1380), in ...
- Capsa:
A titular see of North Africa. The city, said to have been founded by the Libyan ...
- Captain (in the Bible):
In the Douay version captain represents several different Hebrew and Latin ...
- Captivities of the Israelites: I. THE ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY (1) The End of the Northern Kingdom
The Kingdom ...
- Capua:
(C APUANA ).
The city of
- Capuchin Friars Minor:
An autonomous branch of the first Franciscan Order, the other branches being the ...
- Capuchinesses:
A branch of the
- Capuciati:
(From caputium ,
- Caquetá:
Apostolic prefecture situated in South
- Carabantes, José de:
( Also Caravantes).
Friar
- Caracalla:
(M ARCUS A URELIUS S EVERUS A NTONINUS, nicknamed C ARACALLA )
- Caracas:
(Santiago de Venezuela)
ARCHDIOCESE OF CARACAS (SANCTI JACOBI ...
- Caraffa, Vincent:
Seventh General of the
- Caraites:
A Jewish sect ...
- Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Juan:
Spanish ecclesiastic and writer; b. at Madrid, 23 May, 1606; d. at Vigevano, 8 ...
- Caravaggio (Michaelangelo Morigi):
A Milanese painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1569, d. at Porto d' Ercole in 1609. His ...
- Carayon, Auguste:
French author and bibliographer, born in Saumur, France, 31 March, 1813; died at ...
- Carbery, James Joseph:
Third Bishop ...
- Carbonari:
(CHARCOAL-BURNERS)
The name of a
- Carbonnelle, Ignatius:
Professor of mathematics and science, writer on mathematical and scientific ...
- Carcassonne:
Diocese comprising the entire department of Aude, and suffragan to Toulouse. On ...
- Cardan, Girolamo:
(CARDANO, CARDANUS)
Italian physician and mathematician, b. ...
- Cardenas, Juan:
Moral theologian and author; b. at Seville, 1613; d. 6 June, 1684. He entered ...
- Cardica:
A titular see of Thessaly.
- Cardinal:
A dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope.
...
- Cardinal Protector:
Since the thirteenth century it has been customary at
- Cardinal Vicar:
The
- Cardinal Virtues:
The four principal virtues upon which the rest of the moral virtues turn or are ...
- Cardinals (1913 List):
Members of the
- Cards, Altar:
To assist the
- Carducci, Bartolommeo and Vincenzo:
Both known in
- Carem:
( Septuagint, karem ; Hebrew, KRM , vine or vineyard)
...
- Carey, Mathew:
Author and publisher, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 28 January, 1760; d. in ...
- Carheil, Etienne de:
French missionary among the Indians of Canada, born at Carentoir, France, ...
- Cariati:
DIOCESE OF CARIATI (CARIATENSIS)
Suffragan of Santa ...
- Caribs:
Next to the Arawaks, probably the most numerous Indian stock, of more or less ...
- Carissimi, Giacomo:
The most influential and prolific Italian composer of his time, b. in 1604 at ...
- Carli, Dionigi da Piacenza:
One of a band of Franciscan friars of the Capuchin Reform, sent out to the
- Carlisle:
(CARLEOL, KARLIOLUM) — ANCIENT DIOCESE OF CARLISLE (CARLEOLENSIS, ...
- Carlovingian Schools:
Under the Merovingian
- Carmel:
( Hebrew Karmel , "garden" or "garden-land").
- Carmel, Feast of Our Lady of Mount:
This feast was instituted by the Carmelites between 1376 and 1386 under the ...
- Carmel, Mount: A well-known mountain ridge in Palestine, usually called in the Hebrew
- Carmelite Order, The:
One of the mendicant orders.
Origin
The date of ...
- Carneiro, Melchior:
(Carnero).
Missionary
- Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste:
Belgian biologist, b. at Rumilies, province of Hainaut, near Tournai, 11 Jan., ...
- Carochi, Horacio:
Born in Florence, c. 1586; died in
- Caroline Books:
A work in four books (120 or 121 chapters), purporting to be the composition of ...
- Caroline Islands:
A group of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific ...
- Carolingian Schools:
Under the Merovingian
- Caron, Raymond:
(Or REDMOND)
Franciscan
- Caron, Reneé-Edouard:
A French Canadian statesman and magistrate, b. at Sainte Anne de ...
- Carpaccio, Vittore:
A Venetian painter whose real name was Scarpazza, b. at
- Carpasia:
A titular see of Cyprus. Carpasia, Karpasia, also Karpasion (sometimes mistaken ...
- Carpets, Altar:
The sanctuary ...
- Carpi:
DIOCESE OF CARPI (CARPENSIS).
The city of
- Carracci: Agostino Carracci
An Italian painter, engraver, and etcher, b. at ...
- Carranza, Bartolomé:
(Also called DE M IRANDA, from his native town).
- Carranza, Diego:
Born at Mexico, 1559; died at Tehuantepec. He entered the Dominican Order 12 ...
- Carreno de Miranda, Juan:
Spanish painter, b. at Avilés in Asturia, 1614; d. at Madrid, 1685. He was ...
- Carrera, Rafael:
Born at Guatemala, Central America, 24 October, 1814; died there 14 April, 1865, ...
- Carrhae:
A titular see of Mesopotamia.
- Carrière, Joseph:
Moral theologian, thirteenth
- Carrières, Louis de:
Born in the chateau de la Plesse in Avrille, Angers, France, 1 September, 1662; ...
- Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton:
American statesman, b. at Annapolis, Maryland, 19 September 1737, d. at ...
- Carroll, Daniel:
Brother of
- Carroll, John:
First bishop ...
- Cartagena:
(CARTHAGENA IN INDIIS)
The city of the same name, residence ...
- Cartagena:
DIOCESE OF CARTAGENA (CARTHAGINIENSIS)
Suffragan of
- Carter, Venerable William:
English martyr, born in London, 1548; suffered for treason at Tyburn, 11 January, ...
- Carthage:
A RCHDIOCESE OF CARTHAGE (C ARTHAGINIENSIS )
The city of ...
- Carthage, Saint:
St. Carthage, whose name is also given as Mochuda, was born of a
- Carthusian Order, The:
The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia , ...
- Cartier, Georges-Etienne:
A French Canadian statesman, son of Jacques Cartier and Marguerite Paradis, ...
- Cartier, Jacques:
The discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. 1 September, ...
- Carvajal, Bernardino Lopez de:
Cardinal, b. 1455, at
- Carvajal, Gaspar de:
Dominican missionary, b. in Estremadura, Spain, c. 1500; d. at Lima, Peru, 1584. ...
- Carvajal, Juan:
Cardinal ; b. about 1400 at Truxillo in Estremadura,
- Carvajal, Luis de: Friar Minor andTridentine ...
- Carvajal, Luisa de:
Born 2 Jan., 1568, at Jaraizejo,
- Carve, Thomas:
Historian, b. in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1590; d. probably in 1672. His correct ...
- Caryll, John:
Poet, dramatist, and diplomatist, b. at West Harting, England, 1625; d. 1711; not ...
- Carystus:
A titular see of Greece. According to legend it was named after Carystus, a son ...
- Casale Monferatto:
DIOCESE OF CASALE MONFERATTO (CASALENSIS).
A suffragan of ...
- Casali, Giovanni Battista:
Musician, b. at
- Casanare:
Vicariate Apostolic in the Republic of Colombia, South America, administered by ...
- Casanata, Girolamo:
(Or Casanatta)
Cardinal, b. at Naples, 13 July, 1620; d. at ...
- Casas, Bartolomé de las:
(Originally C ASAUS )
Born at Seville, probably in 1474; ...
- Caserta:
DIOCESE OF CASERTA (CASERTANA).
- Casey, John:
Mathematician, b. at Kilkenny, Ireland, 12 May, 1820; d. at Dublin, 3 Jan, 1891. ...
- Casgrain, Henri Raymond:
Author of some of the best works in French Canadian literature, b. at ...
- Cashel:
A town in the County Tipperary, Ireland, which is also a
- Casimir, Saint:
Prince of Poland, born in the royal palace at Cracow, 3 October, 1458; died at ...
- Casium:
A titular see of Lower
- Casot, Jean-Jacques:
The last surviving Jesuit of the old
- Cassander, George:
Flemish Humanist and theologian, b. 15 August, 1513 at Pitthem in West Flanders; ...
- Cassani, Joseph:
(Also Casani).
Born at Madrid, 26 Nov., 1673, entered the ...
- Cassano all' Ionio:
DIOCESE OF CASSANO ALL' IONIO (CASSANENSIS).
Suffragan of ...
- Casserly, Patrick S.: Patrick
Educator, b. in
- Cassian, John:
A monk and ...
- Cassidy, William:
Journalist, essayist, critic, b. at Albany, New York, U.S.A. 12 Aug., 1815; d. ...
- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico:
Astronomer, b. at Perinaldo (Nice,
- Cassiodorus:
Roman writer, statesman, and monk, b. about 490; d. about 583. His full name was ...
- Casson, François Dollier de:
Fourth
- Cassovia:
(Hungarian Kassa ; German Kaschau ; Slavic Kosice )
...
- Castabala:
A titular see of
- Castagno, Andrea:
(Or ANDREINO DEL CASTAGNO)
Florentine painter, b. near ...
- Castellammare di Stabia:
(CASTRI MARIS, STABLE; DIOCESE OF CASTELLAMMARE: STABIENSIS).
...
- Castellaneta (Castania):
DIOCESE OF CASTELLANETA (CASTELLANETENSIS).
Suffragan of ...
- Castellanos, Juan de:
Born in Spain ...
- Castelli, Benedetto:
Mathematician and physicist ; b. at Perugia, Italy, 1577; d. at Rome, 1644. ...
- Castelli, Pietro:
Italian physician and botanist, b. at
- Castello, Giovanni Battista:
Italian painter, sculptor, and architect; b. at Gandino, in the Valle Seriana, in ...
- Castiglione, Baldassare:
An Italian prose-writer, b. at Casatico, near Mantua, 6 December, 1478; died ...
- Castiglione, Carlo Ottavio:
Philologist and numismatist, b. of an ancient
- Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto:
Painter and etcher, b. at Genoa, Italy, 1616; d. at Mantua, 1670. In
- Castile and Aragon:
The united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, ...
- Castillejo, Cristóbal de:
Spanish poet, b. in
- Castner, Caspar:
(Or Kastner).
A missionary, b. at Munich, Bavaria, 7 ...
- Castoria:
A titular see of Macedonia. Livy (XXXI, XL) mentions a town near a lake in ...
- Castracane degli Antelminelli, Francesco:
Naturalist, b. at Fano, Italy, 19 July, 1817; d. at
- Castro Palao, Fernando:
Spanish theologian, b. at
- Castro y Bellvis, Guillen de:
Spanish dramatic poet, b. of a noble
- Castro, Alphonsus de: Friar Minor andtheologian, b. ...
- Castro, Guigo de:
(Guigo de Castro).
Fifth
- Casuistry:
The application of general principles of
- Caswall, Edward:
Oratorian and poet, b. 15 July 1814, at Yately, Hampshire, of which place his ...
- Catacombs, Roman:
This subject
- Catafalque:
Catafalque, derived from the Italian word catafalco , literally means a ...
- Catalani, Giuseppe:
(CATALANO, CATALANUS).
A Roman liturgist of the eighteenth ...
- Catalonia:
A principality within the Spanish Monarchy, occupying an area of 12,414 square ...
- Catania:
Catania, a seaport and capital of the province of the same name in Sicily, is ...
- Catanzaro:
DIOCESE OF CATANZARO (CATACIUM)
Suffragan of Reggio.
- Catechesis:
Taken in the sense of "the act of teaching" and "the
- Catechism, Roman:
This catechism differs from other summaries of
- Catechumen:
"Catechumen," in the early Church, was the name applied to one who had not yet ...
- Categorical Imperative:
A term which originated in
- Category:
(Greek kategoría, accusation, attribution).
The term ...
- Catenæ:
( Latin catena, a chain)
- Cathari:
(From the Greek katharos , pure), literally "puritans", a name specifically ...
- Cathedra:
(1) The chair or
- Cathedral:
The chief church of a diocese, in which the
- Cathedraticum:
( Latin cathedra, episcopal seat or throne).
A certain ...
- Catherick, Venerable Edmund:
Priest and martyr, born probably in Lancashire about 1605; executed at York, 13 ...
- Catherine de' Medici:
Born 13 April, 1519; died 5 January, 1589. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de' ...
- Catherine de' Ricci, Saint:
(In baptism, Alessandra Lucrezia Romola), a Dominican nun, of the Third Order, ...
- Catherine of Alexandria, Saint:
A virgin and
- Catherine of Bologna, Saint:
Poor Clare and mystical writer, born at Bologna, 8 September, 1413; died there, ...
- Catherine of Genoa, Saint:
(CATERINA FIESCHI ADORNO.)
Born at
- Catherine of Siena, Saint:
Dominican Tertiary, born at Siena, 25 March, 1347; died at Rome, 29 April, 1380. ...
- Catherine of Sweden, Saint:
The fourth child of
- Catherine, Monastery of Saint:
Situated on Mount Sinai, at an altitude of 4854 feet, in a picturesque gorge ...
- Catholic:
The word
- Catholic Benevolent Legion:
A fraternal assessment life-insurance
- Catholic Club of New York:
A social organization described by its constitution as a club which "shall consist ...
- Catholic Epistle:
The name given to the Epistle of St.
- Catholic Knights of America:
A fraternal life-insurance company chartered under the laws of the State of ...
- Catholic Missionary Union:
The corporate name of a
- Catholic University of America:
A pontifical institution located in
- Catholic University of Ireland:
The project of a
- Catholicos:
(Greek Katholikos , universal).
The ecclesiastical title ...
- Catrou, François:
French historian, b. at Paris, 28 December, 1659; d. there 12 October, 1737. He ...
- Cattaro:
DIOCESE OF CATTARO (CATARENSIS).
Suffragan of Zara. Cattaro, ...
- Cauchy, Augustin-Louis:
French mathematician, b. at Paris, 21 August, 1789; d. at Sceaux, 23 May, 1857. He ...
- Caughnawaga:
Or SAULT ST. LOUIS.
An
- Caulet, François-Etienne:
(Also called M. DE FOIX from an
- Caunus:
(K AUNOS ).
A titular see of
- Cause:
CAUSE IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY The Pre-Socratics, Plato,
- Caussin, Nicolas:
A famous Jesuit preacher and moralist; b. at
- Cavagnis, Felice:
Canonist, b. in Bordogna,
- Cavalieri, Bonaventura:
Italian mathematician, b. at
- Cavanagh, James:
Soldier, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland, 1831; d. in New York, 7 January, 1901. ...
- Cavazzi, Giovanni Antonio:
Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi of Montecucolo; a Capuchin
- Cavedoni, Celestino:
An Italian ecclesiastic, archeologist, and numismatist ; b. 18 May, 1795, at ...
- Cavity, Altar:
This is a small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are ...
- Cavo, Andres:
A writer frequently quoted on Spanish-Mexican history; b. at
- Caxton, William:
Born in the Weald of Kent, c. 1422; died at Westminster, 1491; the first English ...
- Cayes:
(CAJESENSIS)
Diocese in the republic of Haiti, suffragan to ...
- Cayetano, Saint:
(GAETANO.)
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at ...
- Caylus, Comte de:
ANNE-CLAUDE-PHILIPPE DE TUBIÈRES-GRIMOARD DE PESTELS DE LÉVIS, COMTE ...
- Cazeau, Charles-Félix:
A French-Canadian priest, born at Quebec, 24 December, 1807, of Jean-Baptiste ...
- Ceadda, Saint:
(Commonly known as ST. CHAD.)
Abbot of Lastingham,
- Cebú:
DIOCESE OF CEBÚ (CEBUANENSIS); DIOECESIS NOMINIS JESU
...
- Cecilia, Saint:
Virgin and martyr, patroness of church music, died at Rome.
- Cedar:
[ éréz, kedros, cedrus ].
A coniferous tree ...
- Cedar:
[Hebrew Qedar ; Greek Kedar ].
The name of the second ...
- Cedd, Saint:
(Or Cedda).
Bishop of the East Saxons, the brother of St. ...
- Cedes:
(Or C ADES ; Hebrew, Qédésh , sanctuary; Greek, Kades or ...
- Cedron, Brook of:
[ Hebrew Náhál Qidhrôn , "Wâdi Qidron"; only once ...
- Cefalù:
DIOCESE OF CEFALÙ (CEPHALUDENSIS); CEPHALOEDIUM.
The ...
- Ceillier, Rémi:
Patrologist, b. at Bar-le-Duc, 14 May, 1688; d. at Flavigny, 26 May, 1763. He ...
- Celebret:
A letter which a
- Celenderis:
A titular see of
- Celestine I, Pope Saint:
Nothing is known of his early history except that he was a Roman and that his ...
- Celestine II, Pope:
(GUIDO DEL CASTELLO, DE CASTELLIS)
A native of Roman Tuscany, ...
- Celestine III, Pope:
(GIACINTO BOBONE)
The first of the Roman
- Celestine IV, Pope:
(GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.)
A native of Milan, nephew of Urban ...
- Celestine Order:
(Also called the HERMITS OF ST. DAMIAN or HERMITS OF MURRONE).
...
- Celestine V, Pope Saint:
(PIETRO DI MURRONE.)
Born 1215, in the Neapolitan province ...
- Celestines:
The name given to certain extreme "Spiritual" Franciscans of the Marches, because ...
- Celibacy of the Clergy:
Celibacy is the
- Cella:
One of the names by which the small memorial chapels sometimes erected in the
- Cellier, Elizabeth:
A noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended "Meal-Tub ...
- Cellites:
Or CELLITES.
A religious institute or congregation, which ...
- Celsus and Nazarius, Saints:
In the Roman
- Celsus the Platonist: An eclectic Platonist and polemical writer against Christianity, who flourished ...
- Celtes, Conrad:
(Properly C ONRAD P ICKEL, or M EISEL ; called also in Latin P ROTUSIUS ). ...
- Celtic Rite, The: This subject
- Cemeteries: Name
The word coemeterium or cimiterium (in Gr. koimeterion ) may ...
- Cemeteries in Law: Cemeteries in Civil ...
- Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian:
This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb
- Cenacle, Religious of the:
The Society ...
- Cenalis, Robert:
(Sometimes written CÉNEAU and COENALIS, whence the nickname, le Soupier ...
- Ceneda:
DIOCESE OF CENEDA (CENETENSIS).
The city of
- Censer:
A vessel suspended by chains, and used for burning
- Censorship of Books:
( Censura Librorum .)
DEFINITION AND DIVISION
In ...
- Censures, Ecclesiastical:
Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, ...
- Censures, Theological:
Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings ...
- Census:
A canonical term variously defined by different writers. Zitelli (Appar. Jur. ...
- Central Verein of North America, German Roman Catholic:
(Deutscher römisch-katholischer Centralverein von Nordamerika)
- Centre (Party), The:
(THE CENTRE PARTY).
This name is given to a political party ...
- Centuriators of Magdeburg: In 1559 there appeared at Basle the first three folio volumes of a work entitled ...
- Centurion:
(Latin Centurio , Greek kentyrion, ekatontarkos, ekatontarkys ).
- Ceolfrid, Saint:
Benedictine monk,
- Ceolwulf:
(CEOLWULPH or CEOLULPH)
King of Northumbria and
- Cepeda, Francisco:
(Also called ZEPEDA and ZEPEDAS)
Born in the province of La ...
- Ceramus:
A titular see of
- Cerasus:
A titular see of
- Ceremonial:
The book which contains in detail the order of religious
- Ceremony:
(Sanskrit, karman , action, work; from kar or ker , to make or create; ...
- Cerinthus:
(Greek Kerinthos ).
A Gnostic-Ebionite heretic, ...
- Certitude:
The word
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de:
A Spanish author, born at Alcála de Henares, Spain, in 1547; died at ...
- Cervantes, Salazar Francisco:
Born at Toledo, Spain, probably in 1513 or 1514; went to
- Cervia:
DIOCESE OF CERVIA (CERVIENSIS)
Suffragan of Ravenna.
- Cesalpino, Andrea:
(Caesalpinus).
A physician, philosopher, and naturalist, ...
- Cesarini, Giuliano:
(Also known as CARDINAL JULIAN)
Born at Rome, 1398; died at ...
- Cesena:
DIOCESE OF CESENA (CAESENATENSIS).
The ancient Cæsena ...
- Ceslaus, Saint:
Born at Kamien in Silesia,
- Cestra:
A titular see of
- Ceva, Thomas:
Mathematician, born at Milan, 21 December, 1648; died there, 23 February, 1737. ...
- Ceylon: An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the south-east of
- Châlons-sur-Marne:
DIOCESE OF CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE (CATALAUNENSIS)
The
- Chézy, Antoine-Léonard:
A French Orientalist, born at Neuilly, 15 January, 1773; died at Paris, 31 ...
- Chabanel, Noel:
A Jesuit missionary among the Huron Indians, born in Southern France, 2 February, ...
- Chachapoyas:
Diocese of
- Chad, Saint:
(Commonly known as ST. CHAD.)
Abbot of Lastingham,
- Chadwick, James:
Second Bishop ...
- Chaignon, Pierre:
Born at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, 8 October, 1791, entered the
- Chair of Peter:
Under this head
- Chalcedon:
A titular see of
- Chalcedon, Council of:
The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November ...
- Chaldean Christians:
The name of former Nestorians now reunited with the Roman Church. ...
- Chalice: HISTORY
The
- Challoner, Richard:
Bishop of Debra,
- Cham, Chamites: I. CHAM
( A.V. Ham). Son of
- Chambéry:
ARCHDIOCESE OF CHAMBÉRY (CAMBERIENSIS).
The
- Chamberlain:
(Latin camerarius ).
The title of certain papal ...
- Champlain, Samuel de:
Founder of Quebec and Father of New
- Champney, Anthony:
A controversialist, born in England c. 1569; died there c. 1643. He studied at ...
- Champollion, Jean-François:
(Called THE YOUNGER to distinguish him from his elder brother, ...
- Champs, Etienne Agard de:
A distinguished theologian and author, born at Bourges, 2 September, 1613; ...
- Chanaan, Chanaanites:
(Canaan, Canaanites).
The Hebrew Kenaan , denoting a ...
- Chanca, Diego Alvarez:
A physician-in-ordinary to Ferdinand and Isabella of
- Chancel:
The chancel is ...
- Chancery, Diocesan:
That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the ...
- Chanel, Peter-Louis-Marie, Saint:
The print version of the C ATHOLIC E NCYCLOPEDIA contains two articles on ...
- Changanacherry:
VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF CHANGANACHERRY (CHANGANACHERENSIS)
...
- Chant, Gregorian:
The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the ...
- Chant, Plain:
By plain chant ...
- Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de:
Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation
- Chantelou, Claude:
Patristic scholar, born in 1617, at Vion, in the present
- Chantry:
(Middle English chaunterie ; Old French chanterie , French chanter , to ...
- Chapeauville, Jean:
A Belgian theologian and historian, b. at Liège, 5 January, 1551; d. ...
- Chapel: ( Latin capella; French chapelle ).
When St.
- Chapelle, Placide-Louis:
Archbishop of New Orleans, U.S.A. b. at Runes Lozère, France, 28 August, ...
- Chaplain:
(Latin capellanus , from capella ,
- Chaplets (Prayer Beads):
Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of
- Chaptal, Jean-Antoine:
Comte de Chanteloup, technical chemist and statesman; b. Nogaret, Lozère, ...
- Chapter:
The name
- Chapter and Conventual Mass:
As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly ...
- Chapter House:
A building attached to a monastery or
- Character:
Quite distinct from the technical meaning which the term
- Character, Sacramental:
Character ...
- Charadrus:
A titular see of
- Chardon, Jean-Baptiste:
Indian missionary in Canada, and in the Louisian territory, born at Bordeaux, ...
- Chardon, Mathias:
(His name in
- Charette de la Contrie, Baron Athanase-Charles-Marie:
Born at Nantes, 3 Sept., 1832; died at Basse-Motte (Ille-et-Vilaine), 9 Oct., ...
- Chariopolis:
A titular see of Thrace. Nothing is known about this city during antiquity. In ...
- Charismata:
The Greek term charisma denotes any
- Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning:
The word charity , as employed by the courts and used as descriptive of uses ...
- Charity and Charities:
In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of
- Charity, Congregation of the Brothers of:
Founded in
- Charity, Sisters of, (St. John, New Brunswick):
Founded in 1854 by Bishop, subsequently Archbishop, Connolly. Two years before ...
- Charity, Sisters of, of Jesus and Mary:
A congregation founded in 1803 by
- Charity, Sisters of, of Our Lady Mother of Mercy:
A congregation founded in Holland in 1832 by the Rev.
- Charity, Sisters of, of Providence:
The community of Sisters of xxyyyk.htm">Providence, or, more accurately, ...
- Charity, Sisters of, of St. Elizabeth:
(Mother-house at
- Charity, Sisters of, of St. Louis:
This congregation was founded at Vannes in Brittany, in 1803, by Madame ...
- Charity, Sisters of, of St. Paul:
These sisters who now add " OF C HARTRES " to their title to distinguish them ...
- Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul:
A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to
- Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York):
(Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the ...
- Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
A congregation begun by five young women in Dublin, Ireland, 8 December, 1831, ...
- Charity, Theological Virtue of:
The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by
- Charity, Theological Virtue of:
The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by
- Charlemagne: (French for Carolus Magnus , or Carlus Magnus ("Charles the Great"); German ...
- Charlemagne and Church Music:
Charlemagne's interest in church music and solicitude for its propagation and ...
- Charles Borromeo, Saint:
St. Charles ...
- Charles Martel:
Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural ...
- Charles V, Emperor:
(CHARLES I, KING OF SPAIN).
Born at Ghent, 1500; died at ...
- Charleston:
The Diocese of ...
- Charlevoix, François-Xavier:
Historian, b. at St-Quentin, France, 24 October, 1682, d. at La Flèche, 1 ...
- Charlottetown:
DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTETOWN (CAROLINAPOLITANA)
Includes all ...
- Charpentier, François-Philippe:
French engraver, inventor, and mechanician, b. at Blois, 1734; d. there 22 July, ...
- Charron, Pierre:
Moralist, b. in Paris, 1541; d. there 6 Nov., 1603. He studied
- Charterhouse:
From the fact that
- Chartier, Alain:
A French poet, born about 1390, at Bayeux, died between 1430 and 1440. It is ...
- Chartres:
Comprises the department of Eure-et-Loir. Dismembered by the formation of the new ...
- Chartreuse, La Grande:
The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of ...
- Chartulary:
( Cartularium , Chartularium , also called Pancarta and
- Chastel, Guigues du:
(Guigo de Castro).
Fifth
- Chastellain, Georges:
(Or Chastelain), a Burgundian chronicler, born in the County of Alost, Flanders, ...
- Chastellain, Pierre:
Missionary among the Huron Indians, born at Senlis, France, in 1606; died at ...
- Chastity:
In this article
- Chasuble:
Called in Latin casula planeta or pænula , and in ...
- Chateaubriand, François-René:
French writer, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, 4 September, 1768; d. at Paris, 4 ...
- Chatham:
DIOCESE OF CHATHAM (CHATHAMENSIS)
The
- Chaucer, Geoffrey:
English poet, born in London between 1340 and 1345; died there, 25 October, 1400. ...
- Chaumonot, Pierre-Joseph:
Jesuit missionary in New York and Canada, Born near Châtillon-sur-Seine in ...
- Chauncy, Maurice:
Prior of the ...
- Chauveau, Pierre-Joseph-Octave:
Canadian statesman, born at Quebec, 30 May, 1820; died at Montreal, 4 April, 1890. ...
- Chelm and Belz:
(CHELMENSIS ET BELTHIENSIS RUTENORUM).
A
- Cheminais de Montaigu, Timoléon:
A pulpit ...
- Cherokee Indians:
The largest and most important tribe of Iroquoian stock of the southern section of ...
- Chersonesus:
(1) A titular see of Crete. The city stood on a little peninsula of the ...
- Cherubim:
Angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the ...
- Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore:
Composer, born in Florence, 14 September, 1760; died at Paris, 15 March, 1842. ...
- Chester:
ANCIENT DIOCESE OF CHESTER (CESRENSIS).
Located in England. ...
- Cheverus, Jean-Louis Lefebvre de:
First Bishop ...
- Chevreul, Michel-Eugène:
Chemist, physicist, and philosopher, b. at Angers, France, 31 August, 1786; d. ...
- Cheyenne:
DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE (CHEYENNENSIS)
The
- Chi-Rho (Labarum):
Labarum is the name by which the military standard adopted by
- Chiabrera, Gabriello:
A poet, born at Savona, Italy, 8 June, 1552, died there 1638. When nine years of ...
- Chiapas:
The Diocese of ...
- Chiavari:
(CLAVARIUM); DIOCESE OF CHIAVARI (CLAVARENSIS)
Suffragan of ...
- Chibchas:
(Or MUYSCAS).
Next to the Quichuas of
- Chicago, Archdiocese of:
(Chicagiensis).
Diocese created 28 November, 1842; raised to ...
- Chichele, Henry:
(Or Chicheley)
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Higham ...
- Chichester:
Ancient
- Chicoutimi:
Diocese created, 28 May, 1878, a part of the civil and ecclesiastical Province of ...
- Chieregati, Francesco:
(C HIEREGATO )
Papal nuncio, b. at Vicenza, 1479; d. at ...
- Chieti:
ARCHDIOCESE OF CHIETI (THEATENSIS)
Archdiocese with the ...
- Chihuahua:
The Diocese ...
- Chilapa:
Diocese in Mexico, suffragan of the
- Children of Mary:
The Sodality ...
- Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart, The:
A Sodality of ...
- Chile:
(Also written C HILI ).
A comparatively narrow strip of ...
- Chimalpain, Domingo (San Anton y Muñon):
A Mexican Indian of the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the ...
- China:
The Chinese Empire, the largest political division of Eastern Asia, extends from ...
- China, History of:
The question of the origin of the Chinese has been discussed by several foreign ...
- China, Martyrs in:
The first
- China, The Church in: Ancient Christians
The introduction of
- Chinooks:
An aboriginal tribe of the extreme northwest of the United States, which might be ...
- Chioggia (Chiozza):
DIOCESE OF CHIOGGIA (CLODIENSIS).
Chioggia is a sea-coast ...
- Chios:
(Greek Chios ...
- Chippewa Indians:
The largest and most important tribe north of Mexico, numbering some 30,000 ...
- Chiusi-Pienza:
DIOCESE OF CHIUSI-PIENZA (CLUSINENSIS ET PIENTINENSIS)
...
- Chivalry: Chivalry ...
- Choctaw Indians:
An important tribe or confederacy of Muskogean stock formerly holding most of ...
- Choir:
There is much ambiguity about the terms
- Choir: A body of singers entrusted with the musical parts of the Church service, and ...
- Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, Gilbert:
French bishop, b. 1613; d. at Paris, 31 December, 1689. He was a descendant of the ...
- Choiseul, Etienne-François, Duc de:
French statesman, b. 28 June, 1719; d. in
- Cholonec, Pierre:
A biographer and French missionary among the Canadian Indians, born in the
- Chorepiscopi:
(Greek Chorepiskopoi = rural bishops.)
A name originally ...
- Choron, Alexandre-Etienne:
A French musician and teacher of music, b. at Caen, 21 October, 1772; d. 29 June, ...
- Chrism:
A mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a
- Chrismal, Chrismatory:
Formerly used to designate the sheath, or cloth-covering ( theca ) in which
- Chrismarium:
(1) A place in a church set apart for the administration of confirmation. (2) An ...
- Christ, Agony of:
(From agonia , a struggle; particularly, in profane literature, the physical ...
- Christ, Character of:
The surpassing eminence of the
- Christ, Chronology of the Life of:
In the following paragraphs we shall endeavour to establish the absolute and ...
- Christ, Early Historical Documents on:
The historical documents referring to Christ's
- Christ, Genealogy of:
It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of
- Christ, Holy Name of:
In this article, we shall consider the two words which compose the Sacred Name. ...
- Christ, Jesus:
Origin of the Name of Jesus In this article, we shall consider the two words -- ...
- Christ, Knowledge of:
" Knowledge of ...
- Christ, Order of the Knights of:
A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the
- Christ, Temptation of:
In the
- Christ, Virgin Birth of:
The dogma ...
- Christchurch:
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (CHRISTOPOLITANA)
(Its centre being ...
- Christendom:
In its wider sense this term is used to describe the part of the world which is ...
- Christendom, Union of:
The Catholic ...
- Christian:
First Bishop ...
- Christian Archæology:
Christian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object ...
- Christian Art:
" Christian ...
- Christian Brothers: NATURE AND OBJECT
The Institute of the Brothers of the
- Christian Brothers of Ireland:
An institute founded at Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, by Edmund Ignatius Rice, a ...
- Christian Charity, Sisters of:
Also called DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, an institute for teaching ...
- Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of:
An association established at
- Christian Instruction, Brothers of:
A congregation founded in 1817 at Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France, by ...
- Christian Knowledge, Society for Promoting:
The greatest and most important
- Christian Retreat, Congregation of:
There are two branches of this congregation, the Fathers of
- Christianity: In the following article an account is given of
- Christina Alexandra:
Queen of Sweden, child of Gustavus Adolphhus II of Sweden, born at Stockholm, 8 ...
- Christine de Pisan:
A French poetess and historiographer, born at Venice, 1363; died in France, 1430. ...
- Christine of Stommeln, Blessed:
Born at Stommeln near Cologne, in 1242; died 6 November, 1312.
- Christmas: ORIGIN OF THE WORD
The word for
- Christology:
Christology is ...
- Christopher Numar of Forli:
Minister ...
- Christopher, Pope:
(Reigned 903-904). Some hold that Christopher, once Cardinal-Priest of the Title ...
- Christopher, Saint:
(Greek christos , Christ, pherein , to bear. Latin Christophorus , i.e. ...
- Chrodegang, Saint:
(Called also CHRODEGAND, GODEGRAND, GUNDIGRAN, RATGANG, RODIGANG and SIRIGANG). ...
- Chromatius, Saint:
Bishop of Aquileia, died about 406-407. He was probably born at Aquileia, and in ...
- Chronicle of Eusebius:
Consists of two parts: the first was probably called by Eusebius the ...
- Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of:
( Paraleipomenon ; Libri Paralipomenon ).
Two books of ...
- Chronicon Paschale:
(P ASCHAL C HRONICLE ).
The name ordinarily given to a ...
- Chronology, Biblical:
Biblical chronology deals with the dates of the various events recorded in ...
- Chronology, General:
CHRISTIAN ERA
PRE-CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY
REGNAL YEARS ...
- Chrysanthus and Daria, Saints:
Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova, and whose tombs, according to ...
- Chrysogonus, Saint:
Martyr, suffered at Aquileia, probably during the
- Chrysopolis:
A titular see of Roman Arabia, not to be confounded with
- Chrysostom, Saint John:
( Chrysostomos , "golden-mouthed" so called on account of his eloquence). ...
- Chur:
(Anciently C URIA R HÆTORUM, in Italian C OIRA, French C OÏRE, ...
- Church and State:
The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each ...
- Church Maintenance: The proper support of church edifices and church institutions, as well as of the ...
- Church, The:
The term church (Anglo-Saxon, cirice, circe ; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., ...
- Churching of Women:
A blessing ...
- Chusai:
The Arachite, i.e. the native of Archi, a place south of the portion of Ephraim, ...
- Chysoloras, Manuel:
First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at
- Chytri:
A titular see of Cyprus. The Greek see of similar title was suppressed in 1222 ...
- Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino:
An ecclesiastical archaeologist, born at Rome, 1633; died there 1698. He ...
- Ciasca, Agostino:
(In the world, PASQUALE).
An Italian Augustinian and ...
- Ciborium:
A chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament. ...
- Cibot, Pierre-Martial:
Missionary, born at Limoges, France, 14 August, 1727; died at Peking, China, 8 ...
- Ciboule, Robert:
Theologian and moralist, born in the Department of Eure, France, at the close of ...
- Cibyra:
A titular see of Caria, in
- Ciccione, Andrea:
An Italian sculptor and architect, born in
- Cicognara, Leopoldo, Count:
Politician, writer on art, and collector of Italian antiquities, born at Ferara 26 ...
- Cid, El:
(Rodrigo, or Ruy, Diaz, Count of Bivar).
The great popular ...
- Cidyessus:
A titular see of
- Cienfuegos:
The Diocese of ...
- Cignani Family:
(1)CARLO, born 1628, the most distinguished of three Bolognese painters of the ...
- Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista:
A Venetian painter, born at Conegliano in the province of
- Cimabue, Cenni di Pepo:
Florentine painter, born 1240; died after 1301; the legendary founder of Italian ...
- Cimbebasia: PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF UPPER CIMBEBASIA
- Cincinnati:
The Archdiocese ...
- Cincture:
( Latin Cingulum .)
The
- Cinites:
(A.V. Kenites).
A tribe or
- Cinna:
A titular see of
- Circesium:
(KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS).
A ...
- Circumcision:
The Hebrew, like the Greek ( peritome ), and the Latin ( circumcisio ), ...
- Circumcision, Feast of the:
As Christ wished to fulfil the ...
- Cisalpine Club:
An association of
- Cisamus:
Cisamus, a titular see of Crete. Kisamos, or Kissamos, was a harbour on the ...
- Cistercian Sisters:
The first Cistercian monastery for women was established at Tart in the
- Cistercians:
( See also CISTERCIAN SISTERS ; CISTERCIANS IN THE BRITISH ISLES .)
- Cistercians in the British Isles:
St. Stephen ...
- Citation:
( Latin citare ).
A legal act through which a person, by ...
- Citharizum:
A titular see of Armenia. The city was situated in Asthianene or Balabitene, a ...
- Città della Pieve, Diocese of:
(CIVITATIS PLEBIS)
A city of obscure origin in the province ...
- Città di Castello, Diocese of:
Città di Castello, DIOCESE OF (CIVITATIS CASTELLI), is a town in the ...
- Ciudad Real:
(ECCLESIA CLUNIENSIS
Bishopric-Priorate of the Military ...
- Ciudad Rodrigo:
Diocese of
- Cius:
(Kios.)
A titular see of
- Civil Allegiance: By civil ...
- Civil Authority:
Civil Authority ...
- Civil Marriage:
"Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from ...
- Cività Castellana, Orte, and Gallese:
Cività Castellana, DIOCESE OF (CIVITATIS CASTELLANÆ, HORTANENSIS ET ...
- Civitavecchia and Corneto, Diocese of:
Civitavecchia and Corneto, DIOCESE OF (CENTUMCELLARUM ET CORNETANA) is an ...
- Clémanges, Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de:
(Or CLAMANGES)
A French Humanist and theologian, b. in ...
- Clémencet, Charles:
Benedictine historian, b. at Painblanc, in the department of Côte-d'Or, ...
- Clément, François:
A member of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur and historian; born at ...
- Clairvaux, Abbey of:
The third daughter of Cîteaux and mother in the fourth line of numerous ...
- Clandestinity (in Canon Law):
Strictly speaking, clandestinity signifies a matrimonial impediment introduced by ...
- Clare of Assisi, Saint:
Cofoundress of the Order of Poor Ladies , or Clares, and first
- Clare of Montefalco, Saint:
Born at Montefalco about 1268; died there, 18 August, 1308. Much dispute has ...
- Clare of Rimini, Blessed:
(Chiara Agolanti), of the order of Poor Clares, born at
- Claret y Clará, Saint Antonio María:
Spanish prelate ...
- Clark, William:
English priest, date of birth unknown, executed at Winchester, 29 Nov., 1603. He ...
- Claude de la Colombière, Saint:
Missionary and ascetical writer, born of noble parentage at ...
- Claudia:
( Klaudia ), a
- Claudianus Mamertus:
(The name Ecdicius is unauthorized).
A Gallo-Roman ...
- Claudiopolis:
A titular see of
- Claudiopolis:
A titular see of Bithynia, in
- Claver, Saint Peter:
The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died 8 September, ...
- Clavigero, Francisco Saverio:
Born at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 9 September, 1731; d. at Bologna, Italy, 2 April, ...
- Clavius, Christopher:
Christoph Clau, mathematician and astronomer, whose most important achievement ...
- Clavius, Claudius:
(Or NICHOLAS NIGER.)
The latinized
- Clayton, James:
Priest,
- Clazomenae:
A titular see of
- Clean and Unclean:
The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and ...
- Cleef, Jan van:
A Flemish painter, b. in Guelderland in 1646, d. at Ghent, 18 December, 1716. He ...
- Cleef, Joost van:
(JOSSE VAN CLEVE).
The "Madman", a Flemish painter born in ...
- Cleef, Martin van:
A Flemish painter, born at
- Clemens non Papa:
(Jacques Clement).
Representative of the Flemish or ...
- Clemens, Franz Jacob:
A German
- Clement I, Pope Saint:
Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian ...
- Clement II, Pope:
(S UIDGER .)
Date of birth unknown; enthroned 25 ...
- Clement III, Pope:
(Paolo Scolari).
Date of birth unknown; elected 19 December, ...
- Clement IV, Pope:
(G UIDO L E G ROS ).
Born at Saint-Gilles on the Rhone, ...
- Clement IX, Pope:
(GIULIO ROSPIGLIOSI)
Born 28 January, 1600, at Pistoja, of an ...
- Clement Mary Hofbauer, Blessed:
(JOHN DVORÁK)
The second founder of the Redemptorist ...
- Clement of Alexandria:
(Properly TITUS FLAVIUS CLEMENS, but known in church history by the former ...
- Clement of Ireland, Saint:
Also known as CLEMENS SCOTUS (not to be confounded with Claudius Clemens). ...
- Clement V, Pope:
(B ERTRAND DE G OT .)
Born at Villandraut in Gascony, ...
- Clement VI, Pope:
(P IERRE R OGER )
Born 1291 in the castle of Maumont, ...
- Clement VII, Pope:
(G IULIO DE’ M EDICI ).
Born 1478; died 25 ...
- Clement VIII, Pope:
(IPPOLITO ALDOBRANDINI).
Born at Fano, March, 1536, of a ...
- Clement X, Pope:
(EMILIO ALTIERI).
Born at Rome, 13 July, 1590; elected 29 ...
- Clement XI, Pope:
(GIOVANNI FRANCESCO ALBANI).
Born at Urbino, 23 July, 1649; ...
- Clement XII, Pope:
(LORENZO CORSINI).
Born at Florence, 7 April, 1652; elected ...
- Clement XIII, Pope:
(C ARLO DELLA T ORRE R EZZONICO ).
Born at Venice, 7 ...
- Clement XIV, Pope:
(L ORENZO –or G IOVANNI V INCENZO A NTONIO –G ANGANELLI ). ...
- Clement, Cæsar:
Date of birth uncertain; died at
- Clement, John:
President of the
- Clementines: (K LEMENTIA ; C LEMENTINE P SEUDO -W RITINGS )
- Clenock, Maurice:
(Or Clynog.)
Date of birth unknown; died about 1580. He was ...
- Cleophas:
According to the
- Clerestory:
A term formerly applied to any window or traceried opening in a church, e.g. in ...
- Cleric:
A person who ...
- Clericato, Giovanni:
Canonist, born 1633, at
- Clericis Laicos:
The initial words of a Bull issued 25 Feb., 1296, by Boniface VIII in response ...
- Clerk, John:
Bishop of Bath and ...
- Clerke, Agnes Mary:
See also ELLEN MARY CLERKE .
Astronomer, born at Skibbereen, ...
- Clerke, Ellen Mary:
Sister of Agnes Mary ...
- Clerks Regular: Canonical Status
By
- Clerks Regular of Our Saviour:
A religious congregation instituted in its present
- Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca:
Clerks Regular ...
- Clermont:
(CLERMONT-FERRAND; CLAROMONTENSIS)
Comprises the entire ...
- Cletus, Pope Saint:
The second successor of St. Peter . Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is ...
- Cletus, Pope Saint:
This name is only another
- Cleveland:
The Diocese of ...
- Clichtove, Josse:
(Jodocus Clichtovaeus).
A theologian, b. 1472 at Nieuport ...
- Clifford, William:
( Alias Mansell), divine, d. 30 April, 1670; he was the son of Henry Clifford, ...
- Clifton:
(Cliftoniensis).
Diocese of England, consisting of ...
- Climent, José:
Spanish bishop, b. at Castellon de la Plana (Valencia), 1706; d. there 25 Nov., ...
- Clitherow, Saint Margaret:
Martyr, called the "Pearl of York", born about 1556; died 25 March 1586. She was a ...
- Clogher:
DIOCESE OF CLOGHER (CLOGHERENSIS)
A suffragan of Armagh, ...
- Cloister:
The English equivalent of the Latin word clausura (from claudere , "to shut ...
- Clonard, School of:
Clonard (Irish, Cluain Eraird , or Cluain Iraird , Erard's Meadow) was ...
- Clonfert:
(Clonfertensis, in Irish Cluain-fearta Brenainn ).
The
- Clonmacnoise, Abbey and School of:
Situated on the Shannon, about half way between Athlone and Banagher, King's ...
- Cloths, Altar:
The use of altar-cloths goes back to the early centuries of the Church. St. ...
- Clotilda, Saint:
( French CLOTILDE; German CHLOTHILDE).
Queen of the ...
- Clouet:
The family ...
- Clovesho, Councils of:
Clovesho, or Clofeshoch, is notable as the place at which were held several ...
- Clovio, Giorgio:
(Also known as Giulio Clovio )
A famous Italian ...
- Clovis:
(CHLODWIG, or CHLODOWECH)
Son of Childeric, King of the Salic ...
- Cloyne, Diocese of:
(Gaelic Cluain-uania , Cave-meadow. Latin Clonensis or Cloynensis .) ...
- Cluny, Congregation of:
(CLUNI, CLUGNI, or CLUGNY)
The earliest reform, which ...
- Clynn, John:
(Or CLYN).
Irish Franciscan and annalist, b. about 1300; d., ...
- Co-Consecrators:
Co-consecrators are the
- Co-education:
The term is now generally reserved to the practice of educating the sexes ...
- Cobo, Bernabé:
Born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October, 1657. He went to ...
- Coccaleo, Viatora:
A Capuchin friar, so called from his birthplace, Coccaglio in Lombardy, date of ...
- Cochabamba:
(COCABAMBENSIS).
The city from which this
- Cochem, Martin of:
A celebrated German theologian, preacher and ascetic writer, born at Cochem, a ...
- Cochin, Diocese of:
(COCHINENSIS) on the
- Cochin, Jacques-Denis:
A preacher and philanthropist, born in Paris, 1 January, 1726; died there 3 June, ...
- Cochin, Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin:
Born in Paris, 12 Dec., 1823; died at Versailles, 13 March, 1872. He took an ...
- Cochlæus, Johann:
(Properly Dobeneck), surnamed Cochlæus (from cochlea , a snail shell) after ...
- Cocussus:
(Cocusus, Cocussus, Cocusus).
A titular see of Armenia. It ...
- Codex:
The name given to a manuscript in leaf form, distinguishing it from a roll. The ...
- Codex Alexandrinus:
A most valuable Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, so named ...
- Codex Amiatinus:
The most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, remarkable as the ...
- Codex Bezae:
(CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS), one of the five most important Greek
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus:
(Symbol C).
The last in the group of the four great uncial ...
- Codex Sinaiticus:
(The symbol is the Hebrew
- Codex Vaticanus:
(CODEX B), a Greek manuscript, the most important of all the
- Codrington, Thomas:
(Died 1691?),
- Coeffeteau, Nicolas:
Preacher and controversialist, born 1574, at Château-du-Loir, province of ...
- Coelchu:
Also COLGA, COLCU (Latin Colcus )
A distinguished
- Coelde, Theodore:
(THEODORE OF MÜNSTER; THEODORE OF OSNABRÜCK; DERICK, DEDERICK, or ...
- Coemgen, Saint:
Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland, b. about 498, the date being very obscure; d. 3 ...
- Coenred:
( Or CENRED, also COENRÆD, COINRED, KENRED, and CHRENRED)
- Coeur d'Alêne Indians:
A small tribe of Salishan stock formerly ranging along the lake and river of the ...
- Coffin, Edward:
( Alias HATTON.)
An English Jesuit and missionary, born ...
- Coffin, Robert Aston:
An ecclesiastical writer and bishop, b. at Brighton, England, 19 July, 1819; d. ...
- Cogitosus:
An Irishman, an author, and a
- Cogolludo, Diego López de:
One of the chief historians of Yucatán. His work, the "Historia de ...
- Cohen, Hermann:
A Discalced ...
- Coimbatore, Diocese of:
(KOIMBATUR; COIMBATURENSIS).
The City of Coimbatore is the ...
- Coimbra, Diocese of:
(Conimbricensis).
In Portugal, suffragan of Braga, in the ...
- Coimbra, University of:
The earliest certain information concerning a university in
- Colbert, Jean-Baptiste: I. JEAN-BAPTISTE COLBERT (1619-1683)
Marquis de Seignelay, statesman, b. ...
- Cole, Henry:
A confessor ...
- Coleman, Edward:
A controversialist, politician, and secretary of the Duchess of York, date of ...
- Coleridge, Henry James:
A writer and preacher, b. 20 September 1822, in Devonshire, England ; d. at ...
- Colet, John:
Dean of St. ...
- Coleti, Nicola:
(COLETTI)
Priest and historian, b. at Venice, 1680; d. in the ...
- Colette, Saint:
(Diminutive of NICOLETTA, COLETTA).
Founder of Colettine
- Colgan, John:
Hagiographer and historian, b. in County Donegal, Ireland, about the beginning of ...
- Colima:
(COLIMENSIS).
The city of Colima, the capital of the State of ...
- Colin, Frédéric-Louis:
Superior of ...
- Colin, Jean-Claude-Marie:
A French priest, founder of the Marists, b. at Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy, now in ...
- Coliseum, The:
The Coliseum, known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, commenced A.D. 72 by Vespasian, ...
- Collège de France, The:
The Collège de
- Collado, Diego:
A missionary, born in the latter part of the sixteenth century at Miajadas, in the ...
- Colle de Val d'Elsa:
(Collis Hetruscus)
- Collect:
The name now used only for short
- Collectarium:
(Sometimes COLLECTARIUS, COLLECTANEUM, ORATIONALE, CAPITULARE), the book which ...
- Collections:
The offerings ...
- Collectivism:
The term
- College:
( French collège , Italian collegio , Spanish colegio )
- College (in Canon Law):
A collection ( Latin collegium ) of persons united together for a common ...
- College, Apostolic:
This term designates The Twelve
- Colleges, Roman:
This article treats of the various colleges in
- Collegiate:
( Latin collegiatus , from collegium )
An adjective ...
- Colman Mac Lenine, Saint:
Saint Colman Mac Lenine, founder and patron of the See of Cloyne, born in Munster, ...
- Colman, Saint:
Saint Colman, one of the patrons of Austria, was also an Irish saint, who, ...
- Colman, Saint Elo:
Famed in Irish hagiology. He was founder and first
- Colman, Saint MacCathbad:
Famed in Irish hagiology. He was distinguished as MacCathbad, whence Kilmackevat, ...
- Colman, Saint, of Dalaradia:
Born in Dalaradia, c. 450; date of death uncertain. His feast is celebrated 7 ...
- Colman, Saint, of Kilmacduagh:
Bishop and patron of Kilmacduagh, born at Kiltartan c. 560; died 29 October, 632. ...
- Colman, Saint, of Mayo:
Founder of the
- Colman, Saint, of Templeshambo:
Saint Colman of Templeshambo was a Connacht saint, and has been confounded with ...
- Colman, Walter: Friar Minor andEnglish
- Colmar, Joseph Ludwig:
Bishop of
- Cologne:
(German KÖLN or CÖLN), German city and archbishopric.
THE ...
- Cologne, University of:
Though famous all through the Middle Ages for its
- Colomba of Rieti, Blessed:
Born at Rieti ...
- Colombière, Saint Claude de la:
Missionary and ascetical writer, born of noble parentage at ...
- Colombia:
( Republic of
- Colombo:
The Archdiocese ...
- Colombo, Mateo Realdo:
Italian anatomist and discoverer of the pulmonary circulation, b. at
- Colona, Blessed Margaret:
Poor Clare, born in Rome, date uncertain; died there, 20 September, 1284. Her ...
- Colonia:
A titular see of Armenia. Procopius (De Ædif., III, iv) informs us that ...
- Colonia:
A titular see in
- Colonna:
A celebrated
- Colonna, Egidio:
(Ægidius a Colonna)
A Scholastic philosopher and ...
- Colonna, Giovanni Paolo:
Born at Bologna, 1637; died in the same city, 28 November, 1695. After studying ...
- Colonna, Vittoria:
Italian poet, born at Marino, 1490; died at Rome, February 25, 1547. She was the ...
- Colonnade:
A number of columns symmetrically arranged in one or more rows. It is termed ...
- Colophon:
A titular see of
- Colorado:
The thirty-fifth, in point of admission, of the United States of America. It lies ...
- Colossæ:
A titular see of Phrygia in
- Colossians, Epistle to the:
One of the four Captivity Epistles written by
- Colours, Liturgical:
By a law of ...
- Columba of Sens, Saint:
Suffered towards the end of the third century, probably under the Emperor ...
- Columba of Terryglass, Saint:
A son of Crinthainn and a
- Columba, Saint:
A Spanish nun, of whom it is related that she was beheaded by the Moors at the ...
- Columba, Saint:
Abbot of Iona, b. at Garten, County Donegal, Ireland, 7 December, 521; d. 9 June, ...
- Columbanus, Saint:
Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, born in West Leinster, Ireland, in 543; died at ...
- Columbia University (Oregon):
Portland,
- Columbus, Christopher:
(Italian C RISTOFORO C OLOMBO ; Spanish C RISTOVAL C OLON .)
- Columbus, Diocese of:
The Diocese of ...
- Columbus, Knights of:
A fraternal and beneficent
- Column:
In architecture a round pillar, a cylindrical solid body, or a many-sided prism, ...
- Comacchio:
(COMACLENSIS)
Diocese ; suffragan of Ravenna.
- Comana:
A titular see of
- Comayagua:
The Diocese of ...
- Combefis, François:
Patrologist, b. November, 1605, at Marmande in Guyenne; d. at Paris, 23 March, ...
- Comboni, Daniel:
Missionary, b. 15 March, 1831 in Limone San Giovanni near Brescia,
- Comellas y Cluet, Antonio:
A philosopher, born at Berga, in the Province of Barcelona, 16 Jan., 1832; died ...
- Comgall, Saint:
Founder and
- Commandments of God (The Ten Commandments):
Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. ...
- Commandments of the Church:
We shall consider:
I. The
- Commemoration (in Liturgy):
The recital of a part of the Office or
- Commendatory Abbot:
An ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an
- Commendone, Giovanni Francesco:
Cardinal and Papal Nuncio, born at Venice, 17 March, 1523; died at Padua, 26 ...
- Commentaries on the Bible:
"To write a full history of exegesis ", says Farrar, "would require the
- Commines, Philippe de:
(Also C OMINES or C OMYNES ).
French historian and ...
- Commissariat of the Holy Land:
In the Order of Friars
- Commissary Apostolic:
( Latin Commissarius Apostolicus )
A commissary is one ...
- Commissions, Ecclesiastical:
Ecclesiastical Commissions are bodies of ecclesiastics juridically established ...
- Commodianus:
A Christian ...
- Commodus:
(M ARCUS A URELIUS C OMMODUS A NTONINUS ).
Roman ...
- Common Life, Brethren of the:
A community founded by Geert De Groote , of rich burgher stock, born at Deventer ...
- Common Prayer, Book of: I. HISTORY
On 21 January, 1549, the first Act of Uniformity was passed ...
- Common Sense, Philosophy of:
The term common sense designates (1) a special faculty, the sensus communis ...
- Commune, Martyrs of the Paris:
The secular priests and the religious who were murdered in Paris, in May 1871, ...
- Communicatio Idiomatum:
("Communication of Idioms").
A technical expression in the ...
- Communion Antiphon:
The term Communion ( Communio ) is used, not only for the reception of the Holy ...
- Communion Bench:
An adaptation of the
- Communion of Children:
In order to get some insight into the historical aspect of this subject it
- Communion of Saints:
( communo sanctorum , a fellowship of, or with, the saints).
- Communion of the Sick:
This differs from
- Communion Rail:
The railing which guards the
- Communion under Both Kinds:
Communion under one kind is the reception of the Sacrament of the
- Communion, Frequent:
Without specifying how often the faithful should communicate,
- Communion, Holy:
By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. ...
- Communism:
( Latin communis .)
In its more general signification
- Comnena, Anna:
Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of
- Como:
DIOCESE OF COMO (COMENSIS).
- Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement:
A Catholic
- Compensation:
Compensation, as considered in the present article denotes the price paid for ...
- Compensation, Occult:
An extra-legal manner of recovering from loss or damage; the taking, by stealth ...
- Competency, Privilege of:
( Latin Privilegium Competentiœ )
(1)
The ...
- Compiégne, Teresian Martyrs of:
Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la ...
- Compline:
The term Complin (Compline) is derived from the Latin completorium , ...
- Compostela: A famous city of Spain, situated on an eminence between the Sar (the Sars of ...
- Compromise (in Canon Law):
Compromise, in a general sense, is a mutual promise or
- Conal, Saint:
(Or Conall).
An Irish
- Conan, Saint:
Bishop of the Isle of Man, died January, 684; an Irish missionary, also known ...
- Concelebration:
Concelebration ...
- Concepción:
(SANCTISSIMÆ CONCEPTIONIS DE CHILE)
Located in the ...
- Conceptionists:
A branch of the Order of Saint Clare, founded by Beatriz de Silva. Isabel, the ...
- Conceptualism, Nominalism, Realism:
These terms are used to designate the theories that have been proposed as ...
- Conciliation, Industrial:
Industrial Conciliation is the discussion and adjustment of mutual differences by ...
- Concina, Daniello:
Dominican preacher, controversialist and theologian, b. at Clauzetto or San ...
- Conclave:
[ NOTE: For current procedures regarding the conclave, see Pope
- Concordances of the Bible: Concordances of the Bible are verbal ...
- Concordat: Definition
Canonists and publicists do not agree about the
- Concordat of 1801, The French:
This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, ...
- Concordia, Diocese of:
(CONCORDIA VENETA, or JULIA; CONCORDIENSIS).
Suffragan of ...
- Concordia, Diocese of:
(CONCORDIENSIS IN AMERICA.)
The
- Concubinage:
At the present day, the state -- more or less permanent -- of a
- Concupiscence:
In its widest acceptation,
- Concursus:
Concursus is a ...
- Condamine, Charles-Marie de la:
Explorer and physicist, b. at Paris, 28 January, 1701; d. there 4 February, 1774. ...
- Condillac, Ettiene Bonnot de:
A French philosopher, born at Grenoble, 30 September, 1715; died near Beaugency ...
- Condition:
( Latin conditio , from condo , to bring, or put, together; sometimes, on ...
- Conecte, Thomas:
Carmelite reformer, b. at
- Conferences, Ecclesiastical:
Ecclesiastical Conferences are meetings of clerics for the purpose of discussing, ...
- Confession:
( Latin confessio ).
Originally used to designate the ...
- Confession, Lay:
This article does not deal with
- Confession, Sacrament of:
Penance is a ...
- Confession, Seal of:
In the "Decretum" of the
- Confessor: (1) Etymology and primitive meaning
The word
- Confirmation:
A sacrament in which the
- Confiteor:
The Confiteor.(so called from the first word,
- Confraternity (Sodality):
( Latin confraternitas , confratria )
A confraternity or ...
- Confraternity of Christian Doctrine:
An association established at
- Confucianism: By Confucianism ...
- Congo:
(CONGO INDEPENDENT STATE AND CONGO MISSIONS)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: ...
- Congregatio de Auxiliis:
A commission established by Pope Clement VIII to settle the theological ...
- Congregational Singing:
In his Instruction on sacred music , commonly referred to as the
- Congregationalism:
The retention by the Anglican State Church of the prelatical
- Congregations, Roman:
Certain departments have been organized by the
- Congresses, Catholic:
One of the remarkable and important manifestations of the social and religious ...
- Congrua:
Congrua (i.e. ...
- Congruism:
( congrua , ...
- Conimbricenses:
(Or Collegium Conimbricenses).
The name by which Jesuits of ...
- Coninck, Giles de:
(Also called Regius).
Jesuit theologian, b. 20 Dec., 1571, at ...
- Connecticut:
This State, comprising an area of substantially 5000 square miles, was one of the ...
- Connolly, John:
Second Bishop ...
- Conon, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d., after a long illness, 21 September, 687. The son, ...
- Conrad of Ascoli, Blessed: Friar Minor and missionary, b. ...
- Conrad of Hochstadt:
(CONRAD OF HOSTADEN)
Archbishop of
- Conrad of Leonberg:
(Leontorius)
A Cistercian
- Conrad of Marburg:
Confessor of Saint
- Conrad of Offida, Blessed: Friar Minor, b. at Offida, a little town in the Order of Friars
- Conrad of Piacenza, Saint:
Hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, date of birth uncertain; died at ...
- Conrad of Saxony:
(Also called CONRADUS SAXO, CONRAD OF BRUNSWICK, or CONRADUS HOLYINGER).
- Conrad of Urach:
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina ; born about 1180; d. 1227. At an ...
- Conrad of Utrecht:
Bishop; born in Swabia at an unknown date ; killed at Utrecht, 14 April, 1099. ...
- Conradin of Bornada:
(Or CONRADIN OF BRESCIA)
Dominican preacher, b. in the ...
- Conry, Florence:
Or Florence ...
- Consalvi, Ercole:
Cardinal and statesman, b. in Rome, 8 June, 1757; d. there, 24 January, 1824. ...
- Consanguinity (in Canon Law):
Consanguinity is a diriment impediment of marriage as far as the fourth degree ...
- Conscience: I. THE NAME
In English we have done with a Latin word what neither the ...
- Conscience, Examination of:
By this term is understood a review of one's past thoughts, words and actions for ...
- Conscience, Hendrik:
A Flemish novelist, b. at Antwerp, 3 December, 1812; d. at Brussels, 10 ...
- Consciousness:
( Latin conscientia ; Ger. Bewusstsein ) cannot, strictly speaking, be defined. ...
- Consecration:
Consecration, in general, is an act by which a thing is separated from a common ...
- Consent (in Canon Law):
Consent is the deliberate agreement required of those concerned in legal ...
- Consentius:
The name of a fifth-century Gallo-Roman family, three of whose representatives are ...
- Conservator:
(From Latin conservare )
A
- Consistory, Papal: I. DEFINITION
During the Roman imperial epoch the term consistorium ( ...
- Constable, Cuthbert:
(Formerly TUNSTALL)
Date of birth uncertain; d. 27 March, ...
- Constable, John:
( Alias Lacey).
Controversialist (pen-name Clerophilus ...
- Constance:
(Latin
- Constance, Council of:
A (partly) ecumenical ...
- Constantia:
A titular see of
- Constantine (Cirta):
DIOCESE OF CONSTANTINE (CONSTANTINIANA).
Comprises the ...
- Constantine Africanus:
A medieval medical writer and teacher; born c. 1015; died c. 1087. His name, ...
- Constantine the Great: Life
His coins give his name as M., or more frequently as C., Flavius ...
- Constantine, Donation of:
( Latin, Donatio Constantini ).
By this name is ...
- Constantine, Pope:
Consecrated 25 March, 708; d. 9 April, 715; a Syrian, the son of John, and "a ...
- Constantinople:
(Greek Konstantinoupolis ; city of Constantine)
Capital, ...
- Constantinople, Council of:
In the summer of 382 a council of the oriental bishops, convoked by Theodosius, ...
- Constantinople, Council of:
In 754 the Iconoclast Emperor Constantine V called in the imperial city a ...
- Constantinople, Council of, in Trullo:
This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under Justinian II, is ...
- Constantinople, Councils of:
For the three Photian synods of 861 (deposition of Ignatius), 867 (attempted
- Constantinople, Councils of:
In 1639 and 1672 councils were held by the Orthodox Greeks at
- Constantinople, First Ecumenical Council of:
(SECOND GENERAL COUNCIL.)
This council was called in May, ...
- Constantinople, Fourth Ecumenical Council of:
(EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL.)
The Eighth General Council was ...
- Constantinople, Second Ecumenical Council of:
(FIFTH GENERAL COUNCIL).
This council was held at
- Constantinople, The Rite of:
( Also BYZANTINE RITE.)
The Liturgies, Divine Office, ...
- Constantinople, Third Ecumenical Council of:
(SIXTH GENERAL COUNCIL.)
The Sixth General Council was ...
- Constantius, Flavius Julius:
Roman emperor (337-361), born in Illyria, 7 Aug., 317; died at the Springs of ...
- Constitutions, Ecclesiastical:
The term constitution denotes, in general, the make-up of a body, either ...
- Constitutions, Papal:
(Latin constituere , to establish, to decree.)
Papal ...
- Consubstantiation:
This heretical doctrine is an attempt to hold the Real Presence of
- Consultors, Diocesan:
Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each
- Contant de la Molette, Philippe du:
Theologian and Biblical scholar, born at Côte-Saint-André, in ...
- Contarini, Gasparo:
Venetian statesman and cardinal, born 16 October, 1483, of an ancient and noble ...
- Contarini, Giovanni:
Italian painter of the Venetian School, born at
- Contemplation:
The idea of ...
- Contemplative Life:
A life ...
- Contenson, Vincent:
Dominican theologian and preacher, born at Altivillare (Gers),
- Continence:
Continence may ...
- Contingent:
( Latin contingere , to happen)
Aside from its secondary ...
- Contract:
(Latin contractus ; Old French
- Contract, The Social:
Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique , is the title of a work ...
- Contractus, Hermann:
(Herimanus Augiensis, Hermann von
- Contrition:
( Latin contritio --a breaking of something hardened).
In ...
- Contrition, Imperfect: Attrition or ...
- Contumacy (in Canon Law):
Contumacy, or contempt of court, is an obstinate disobedience of the lawful orders ...
- Contzen, Adam:
Economist and exegete, b. in 1573 (according to Sommervogel in 1575), at Montjoie ...
- Convent:
( Latin conventus ).
Originally signified an assembly of ...
- Convent Schools (Great Britain):
Convent
- Conventual and Chapter Mass:
As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly ...
- Conventuals, Order of Friars Minor:
This is one of the three separate bodies, forming with the Friars
- Conversano:
DIOCESE OF CONVERSANO (CUPERSANENSIS)
Suffragan to Bari. ...
- Conversi:
Lay brothers in a religious order. The term was originally applied to those who, ...
- Conversion:
(From the classical Latin converto, depon. convertor , whence conversio , ...
- Convocation of the English Clergy:
The technical name given in the Church of England to what corresponds in some ...
- Conwell, Henry:
Second Bishop ...
- Conza:
(C OMPSANA )
Archdiocese with the perpetual administration ...
- Cooktown:
The Vicariate Apostolic of
- Coombes, William Henry:
Born 8 May, 1767; died 15 November, 1850. He passed his early years at Meadgate, ...
- Copacavana:
(Also called COPACABANA)
A village of about four hundred ...
- Cope:
(Known in Latin as pluviale or cappa ), a vestment ...
- Copenhagen, University of:
It was founded by a Bull which
- Copernicus, Nicolaus:
Latinized form ...
- Coppée, François Edouard Joachim:
Poet, dramatist and novelist, b. at Paris, 26 January, 1842; d. 23 May, 1908. His ...
- Coptic Literature:
Since the publication of the article EGYPT, under which Coptic literature was ...
- Coptic Persecutions:
(ACCORDING TO GREEK AND LATIN SOURCES)
During the first two ...
- Coptic Versions of the Bible: DIALECTS
The Coptic language is now recognized in four principal ...
- Coptos:
A titular see of Upper Egypt. It was the chief town of the Nomos of ...
- Coquart, Claude-Godefroi:
Missionary and army chaplain, b. in Pays de Caux, France, 20 February, 1706; d. ...
- Coracesium:
A titular see of
- Corbie, Ambrose:
(Corby or Corbington).
Born near Durham, 7 Dec., 1604; d. ...
- Corbie, Monastery of:
(Also CORBEY)
A Benedictine
- Corbie, Venerable Ralph:
(Called at times Corrington).
Brother of Ambrose Corbie ; ...
- Corbinian:
Bishop of Freising, in Bavaria, born about 680 at Chatres near Melun,
- Corcoran, James Andrew:
Theologian, editor, and Orientalist, b. at Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. ...
- Corcoran, Michael:
Soldier, b. at Carrowkeel, County Sligo, Ireland, 21 September, 1827; d. at ...
- Cord, Confraternities of the:
Pious associations of the
- Cordara, Guilo Cesare:
Historian and littérateur , b. at Alessandra in Piedmont, Italy, 14 ...
- Cordell, Charles:
English missionary priest, b. 5 October, 1720; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 ...
- Cordier, Balthasar:
(Corderius)
Exegete and editor of patristic works, b. at ...
- Cordova:
DIOCESE OF CORDOVA (CORDUBENSIS)
Diocese in Spain, formerly ...
- Cordova:
(CORDUBENSIS IN AMERICA).
Diocese in the Argentine Republic, ...
- Cordova, Juan de:
Born 1503, at
- Cordova, Pedro de:
Born at Cordova, Andalusia, Spain, about 1460; died on the Island of Santo ...
- Core, Dathan, and Abiron:
Leaders of a revolt against
- Corea:
Vicariate apostolic, coextensive with the Empire of Corea; it was created a ...
- Corfu:
ARCHDIOCESE OF CORFU.
- Coria:
(C AURIA ; C AURIENSIS )
Diocese in Spain, suffragan of ...
- Corinth:
(CORINTHUS)
A titular archiepiscopal see of Greece. The ...
- Corinthians, Epistles to the: INTRODUCTORY St. Paul ...
- Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave de:
French mathematician, born at Paris, in 1792; died in the same city, 1843. He ...
- Cork, Diocese of:
(Corcagia, Corcagiensis).
In Ireland, suffragan of Cashel. ...
- Cork, School of:
The monastic School of Cork had a wide reputation, especially in the seventh ...
- Corker, Maurus:
An English Benedictine, born in 1636 in Yorkshire; died 22 December, 1715, at ...
- Cormac MacCuilenan:
(836-908).
An Irish
- Cornaro, Elena Lucrezia Piscopia:
A learned Italian
- Corneille, Jean-Baptiste:
French painter, etcher, and engraver, b. at
- Corneille, Michel, the Elder:
French painter, etcher, and engraver, b. in
- Corneille, Michel, the Younger:
French painter, etcher and engraver, b. in
- Corneille, Pierre:
A French dramatist, b. at Rouen, 6 June, 1606; d. at Paris, 1 October, 1684. ...
- Cornelisz, Jacob:
Also called
- Cornelius: ( Kornelios )
A
- Cornelius and Companions, Ven. John:
John
- Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide:
(Cornelis Cornelissen van den Steen)
Flemish Jesuit and ...
- Cornelius, Peter:
Later when ennobled, VON C ORNELIUS
Born at ...
- Cornelius, Pope:
Martyr (251 to 253).
We may accept the statement of the ...
- Cornely, Karl Josef Rudolph:
German biblical scholar and Jesuit, b. 19 April, 1830, at Breyell in
- Corner Stone:
(Foundation Stone)
A rite entitled "De benedictione et ...
- Cornet, Nicolas:
French theologian, born at Amiens, 1572; died at Paris, 1663. He studied at the ...
- Cornice:
A cornice is ...
- Cornillon, Abbey of:
Founded by Albero,
- Cornoldi, Giovanni Maria:
Professor, author, and preacher, born at Venice, 29 Sept., 1822; d. at Rome, 18 ...
- Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de:
Explorer, b. at Salamanca, Spain, 1510; d. in Mexico, 1553. He went to
- Coronation:
The subject
- Coronel, Gregorio Nuñez:
A distinguished theologian, writer, and preacher, b. in Portugal, about 1548; d. ...
- Coronel, Juan:
Born 1569, in
- Corporal:
(From Latin corpus , body).
A square white linen cloth, ...
- Corporation:
( Latin corpus , a body)
A
- Corporation Act of 1661:
The Corporation ...
- Corpus Christi, Feast of:
(Feast of the Body of Christ)
This feast is celebrated in ...
- Corpus Juris Canonici: I. DEFINITION
The term corpus here denotes a collection of documents; ...
- Correction, Fraternal:
Fraternal correction is here taken to mean the admonishing of one's neighbor by a ...
- Correctories:
Correctories ...
- Corrigan, Michael:
Third
- Corrigan, Sir Dominic:
Physician, b. 1802, in Dublin,
- Corsica:
The third island of the Mediterranean in point of size, only
- Corsini, Saint Andrew:
Of the illustrious Corsini
- Cortés, Hernando:
Conqueror of Mexico, born at Medellin in
- Cortese, Giovanni Andrea:
(His name in the Benedictine Order was Gregorio).
Cardinal ...
- Cortona:
DIOCESE OF CORTONA (CORTONENSIS)
Immediately subject to the ...
- Corvey, Abbey of:
(Also called N EW C ORBIE )
A Benedictine monastery in ...
- Corycus:
A titular see of Cilicia Trachæa in
- Corydallus:
A titular see of
- Cosa, Juan de la:
Navigator and cartographer, according to tradition b. in 1460 at Sta. Maria del ...
- Cosenza:
(COSENTINA).
An
- Cosgrove, Henry:
Second Bishop ...
- Cosin, Edmund:
(The name is also written COSYN.)
Vice-Chancellor of ...
- Cosmas:
(Called HAGIOPOLITES or COSMAS OF JERUSALEM).
A hymn-writer ...
- Cosmas and Damian, Saints:
Early
- Cosmas Indicopleustes:
(COSMAS THE INDIAN VOYAGER)
A Greek traveller and geographer ...
- Cosmas of Prague:
Bohemian historian, b. about 1045, at Prague,
- Cosmati Mosaic:
(Greek kosmos )
A peculiar style of inlaid ornamental ...
- Cosmogony: By this term is understood an account of how the
- Cosmology:
ORIGIN OF COSMOLOGY
METHOD
DIVISION OF COSMOLOGY
- Cossa, Francesco:
Known sometimes as DEL COSSA, Italian painter of the school of Ferrara, b. ...
- Costa Rica:
A narrow isthmus between
- Costa, Lorenzo:
Ferrarese painter, b. at
- Costadoni, Giovanni Domenico:
Frequently known as Dom Anselmo, his name in religion, an Italian
- Coster, Francis:
Theologian, born at Mechlin, 16 June, 1532 (1531); died at Brussels, 16 December, ...
- Costume, Clerical:
To discuss the question of ecclesiastical costume in any detail would be ...
- Cosway, Maria:
Miniature-painter, born in Florence, Italy, 1759; died at Lodi, 5 January, 1838. ...
- Cotelier, Jean-Baptiste:
(COTELERIUS)
Patristic scholar and theologian, born ...
- Cotenna:
A titular see of
- Cotiæum:
A titular see of
- Coton, Pierre:
A celebrated French Jesuit, born 7 March, 1564, at Néronde in Forez; died ...
- Cotrone:
(COTRONENSIS)
- Cottam, Blessed Thomas:
Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582. His parents, ...
- Coucy, Robert De:
A medieval French master-builder and son of a master-builder of the same name, ...
- Coudert, Frederick René:
Born in New York, 1 March, 1832; died at Washington, D. C., 20 December, 1903. He ...
- Councils, Ecumenical:
This subject
- Councils, General:
This subject
- Councils, Plenary:
A canonical term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods. The word ...
- Counsels, Evangelical:
( Or COUNSELS OF PERFECTION).
- Counter-Reformation, The:
The subject
- Counterpoint:
(Latin contrapunctum ; German Kontrapunkt ; French contrepoint ; Italian ...
- Court (in Scripture): I. OPEN SPACE
The word court , in the English Bible, corresponds to the ...
- Courtenay, William:
Archbishop of Canterbury, born in the
- Courts, Ecclesiastical: I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH
In instituting the Church as a perfect ...
- Cousin, Germain, Saint:
Born in 1579 of humble
- Cousin, Jean:
French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician, born at Soucy, near ...
- Coussemaker, Charles-Edmond-Henride:
French historian of music, b. at Bailleul, department of Nord, France, 19 April, ...
- Coustant, Pierre:
A learned Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Compiègne, ...
- Coustou, Nicholas:
French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733. He was ...
- Coutances: Diocese of
- Couturier, Louis-Charles:
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Pierre at
- Covarruvias, Diego:
(Or COVARRUBIAS Y LEYVA)
Born in Toledo, Spain, 25 July, ...
- Covenant, Ark of the: The Hebrew aron , by which the
- Covenanters:
The name given to the subscribers (practically the whole Scottish nation) of the ...
- Covetousness:
Generally, an unreasonable desire for what we do not possess. In this sense, it ...
- Covington:
(COVINGTONENSIS)
Comprises that part of Kentucky, U. S. A., ...
- Cowl:
( koukoulion, cucullus, cuculla, cucullio. -- Ducange, "Gloss.", s.v.). ...
- Coxcie, Michiel:
Flemish painter, imitator of Raphael, known as the Flemish
- Coysevox, Charles-Antoine:
A distinguished French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 29 Sept., 1640; d. at Paris, 10 ...
- Cozza, Lorenzo: Friar Minor, cardinal, and theologian, b. at San Lorenzo near Bolsena, 31 March, 1654; d. at Rome, ...
- Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe:
Italian savant,
- Crépieul, François:
Jesuit missionary in
- Crétin, Joseph:
First Bishop ...
- Crétineau-Joly, Jacques:
Journalist and historian; b. at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendee, France, 23 Sept., 1803; ...
- Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de:
A French agriculturist, b. at Caen, France, 1731; d. at Sarcelles, near Paris, ...
- Cracow:
( Polish Krakow ; Latin Cracoviensis ).
The ...
- Cracow, The University of:
The first documentary evidence regarding the scheme that King Casimir the Great ...
- Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa:
Better known, under the pseudonym which first won her fame, as JOHN OLIVER HOBBES. ...
- Crashaw, Richard:
Poet, Cambridge scholar and convert ; d. 1649. The date of his birth is ...
- Crasset, Jean:
Ascetical writer, b. at Dieppe, France, 3 January, 1618; d. at Paris, 4 January, ...
- Craven, Augustus, Mrs.:
(PAULINE-MARIE-ARMANDE-AGLAE-FERRON DE LA FERRONNAYS).
Born 12 ...
- Crawford, Francis Marion:
Novelist, b. of American
- Crayer, Gaspar de:
Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp, 1582; d. at Ghent, 1669. He was a pupil of
- Creagh, Richard:
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, b. at
- Creation:
(Latin creatio .)
I. DEFINITION
Like other words ...
- Creation, Six Days of:
Hexaemeron ...
- Creationism:
( Latin creatio ).
(1) In the widest sense, the doctrine ...
- Credence:
(Or Credence-Table).
A small table of wood, marble, or other ...
- Credi, Lorenzo di:
Florentine painter, b. at Florence, 1459; d. there, 1537. Vasari gives his
- Cree:
(A contraction of Cristino or Kenisteno, their Ojibwa name, of uncertain meaning; ...
- Creed:
(Latin credo , I believe).
In general, a
- Creed, Apostles': A formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the fundamental tenets of ...
- Creed, Liturgical Use of:
The public use of creeds began in connection with baptism, in the Traditio ...
- Creed, Nicene:
As approved in amplified
- Creeks:
An important confederacy of Indian tribes and tribal remnants, chiefly of ...
- Creighton University:
An institution located at Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. and conducted by the Jesuit ...
- Crelier, Henri-Joseph:
Swiss Catholic ...
- Crema, Diocese of:
(CREMENSIS.)
Suffragan to Milan. Crema is a ciy of the ...
- Cremation: I. HISTORY
The custom of burning the bodies of the dead dates back to ...
- Cremona:
DIOCESE OF CREMONA (CREMONENSIS)
Suffragan of Milan.
- Crescens:
Crescens, a companion of St. Paul during his second Roman captivity, appears but ...
- Crescentia, Modestus, and Vitus, Saints:
According to the legend, martyrs under
- Crescentius:
The name of several leaders of the Roman aristocracy in the tenth century, ...
- Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario:
Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b. in Macerata, 9 Oct., ...
- Cresconius:
(Or CRISCONIUS)
A Latin canonist of uncertain date and ...
- Cressy, Hugh Paulinus Serenus:
Doctor of ...
- Creswell, Joseph:
( vere Arthur)
Controversialist, b. 1557 of Yorkshire stock ...
- Crib:
(Greek phatne ; Latin praesepe, praesepium .)
The
- Crime, Impediment of:
An Impediment of Crime nullifies marriage according to ecclesiastical law, and ...
- Crisium:
A Græco-Slavonic Rite
- Crispin and Crispinian, Saints:
Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of
- Crispin of Viterbo, Blessed:
Friar Minor ...
- Crispin, Milo:
Monk, and
- Crispina, Saint:
A martyr of ...
- Criticism, Higher: Overview
Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the
- Criticism, Historical:
Historical criticism is the art of distinguishing the true from the false ...
- Criticism, Textual:
The object of
- Crivelli, Carlo:
Italian painter. Little is known of his life, and his b. and d. are usually ...
- Croagh Patrick:
A mountain looking out on the Atlantic ocean from the southern shore of Clew Bay, ...
- Croatia:
With Slavonia, an autonomous state. It is bounded on the north by the Danube and ...
- Croce, Giovanni:
Composer, b. at Chioggia near
- Crockett, Venerable Ralph:
English martyr, b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire; executed at Chichester, 1 ...
- Croia:
A titular see of Albania.
- Croke, Thomas William:
Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, b. near Mallow, Co. Cork, 24 May, 1824; d. at ...
- Crolly, William:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Ballykilbeg, near Downpatrick, 8 June, 1780; d. 6 ...
- Cronan:
Name of several Irish saints.
St.
- Crosier:
(Or PASTORAL STAFF).
The
- Crosiers, The:
( Or Canons Regular of the Holy Cross).
A religious ...
- Cross and Crucifix in Archæology: I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS
The sign of the cross, represented in its ...
- Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy:
(1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use ; (2) Liturgical Forms connected with ...
- Cross of Jesus, Brothers of the:
A congregation founded in 1820 at Lyons, France, by Father C.M. Bochard,
- Cross, Daughters of the:
A Belgian religious congregation founded in 1833 at Liège, by ...
- Cross, Daughters of the:
(Also called the Sisters of St. Andrew).
The aim of this ...
- Cross, Daughters of the Holy:
A French institute.
The first steps towards the
- Cross, Sign of the:
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, ...
- Cross, The True: (AND REPRESENTATIONS OF IT AS OBJECTS OF DEVOTION).
(1) ...
- Cross-Bearer:
The cleric or ...
- Crotus, Johann:
(Properly Johannes Jäger, hence often called VENATOR, "hunter", but more ...
- Crown of Thorns:
Although Our Saviour's Crown of Thorns is mentioned by three Evangelists and ...
- Crown of Thorns, Feast of the:
The first feast in
- Crown, Franciscan:
( Or Seraphic Rosary.)
A
- Croyland, Abbey of:
(Or Crowland.)
A monastery of the
- Crucifix and Cross in Archæology: I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS
The sign of the cross, represented in its ...
- Crucifix and Cross in Liturgy:
(1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use ; (2) Liturgical Forms connected with ...
- Crucifix, Altar:
The crucifix is the principal ornament of the altar. It is placed on the altar ...
- Cruelty to Animals: Pagan antiquity
- Cruet:
A small vessel used for containing the wine and water required ...
- Crusade, Bull of the:
A Bull granting
- Crusades:
The Crusades ...
- Crutched Friars:
(Or Crossed Friars).
An order of
- Cruz, Ramón de la:
Poet, b. at Madrid, Spain, 28 March, 1731; d. in the same city, 4 November, ...
- Crypt:
(Or LOWER CHURCH).
The word originally meant a hidden place, ...
- Csanád:
The Diocese of ...
- Cuba:
Cuba, "The Pearl of the Antilles", is the largest and westernmost island of the ...
- Cuenca:
DIOCESE OF CUENCA (CONCA IN INDIIS).
A suffragan of Quito, ...
- Cuenca:
(Conca)
Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Toledo. The episcopal ...
- Cuernavaca:
DIOCESE OF CUERNAVACA (CUERNAVACENSIS).
The
- Cueva, Juan de la:
Poet and dramatist, b. of a noble
- Culdees:
A word so frequently met with in histories of the medieval Churches of
- Cullen, Paul:
Cardinal,
- Culm:
A bishopric in the north-eastern part of Prussia, founded in 1234, suffragan ...
- Cult, Disparity of:
( Disparitas Cultus )
A diriment impediment introduced by ...
- Cummings, Jeremiah Williams:
Publicist, b. in Washington, U.S.A. , April, 1814; d. at New York , 4 January, ...
- Cuncolim, Martyrs of:
On Monday, 25 July, 1583 (N.S.), the village of Cuncolim in the district of ...
- Cunegundes, Blessed:
Poor Clare and patroness of
- Cuneo, Diocese of:
(CUNEENSIS).
Suffragan to Turin. Cuneo is the capital of ...
- Cuoq, André-Jean:
Philologist, b. at LePuy, France, 1821; d. at Oka near Montreal, 1898. Jean Cuoq ...
- Cupola:
A spherical ceiling, or a bowl-shaped vault, rising like an inverted cup over a ...
- Curé d'Ars:
Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died ...
- Cura Animarum:
( Latin cura ...
- Curaçao:
Vicariate apostolic ; includes the islands of the Dutch West Indies: ...
- Curate:
( Latin curatus , from cura , care)
Literally, one who ...
- Curator:
( Latin curare ).
A
- Cure of Souls:
( Latin cura ...
- Curia, Roman:
Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the ...
- Curityba do Parana:
(CURYTUBENSIS DE PARANA)
Diocese ; suffragan of São ...
- Curium:
A titular see of Cyprus, suppressed in 1222 by the papal legate, Pelagius. ...
- Curley, James:
An astronomer, b. at Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland, 26 October, 1796; d. ...
- Curr, Joseph:
A priest, controversialist and
- Curry, John:
Doctor of ...
- Cursing:
In its popular acceptation
- Cursor Mundi:
(THE RUNNER OF THE WORLD)
A
- Cursores Apostolici:
Cursores
- Curtain, Altar:
Formerly, in most basilicas, cathedrals, and large churches a large structure in ...
- Curubis:
A titular see of
- Cusæ:
A titular see of Egypt. The Coptic name of this town was Kõskõ; ...
- Cush: ep>(Son of Cham; Douay Version, Chus )
Cush, like the other names of the ...
- Cuspinian, Johannes:
(Properly SPIESHAYM or SPIESHAM)
Distinguished humanist and ...
- Custom (in Canon Law):
A custom is an unwritten
- Custos:
(1) An under-sacristan. (See S ACRISTAN .) (2) A
- Cuthbert:
Abbot of Wearmouth ; a pupil of the Venerable
- Cuthbert:
Date of birth not known; died 25 October, 758. He is first heard of as
- Cuthbert, Saint:
Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His ...
- Cuyabá:
(CUYABENSIS)
Diocese ; suffragan of São ...
- Cuyo, Virgin of:
(At Mendoza, Argentine Republic ).
Historians tell us that ...
- Cuzco, Diocese of:
(Cuzcensis).
Suffragan of Lima, Peru. The city of Cuzco, ...
- Cybistra:
A titular see of Cappadocia in
- Cyclades:
A group of islands in the Ægean Sea. The ancients called by this name only ...
- Cydonia:
A titular see of Crete. According to old legends
- Cyme:
A titular see of
- Cynewulf:
That certain Anglo-Saxon poems still extant were written by one
- Cynic School of Philosophy:
The Cynic School, founded at Athens about 400 B.C., continued in existence until ...
- Cyprian and Justina, Saints:
Christians of
- Cyprian of Carthage, Saint:
(Thaschus Cæcilius Cyprianus).
Bishop and martyr. Of ...
- Cyprian of Toulon, Saint:
Bishop of Toulon, born at
- Cyprus:
An island in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the entrance of the Gulf of ...
- Cyrenaic School of Philosophy:
The Cyrenaic School of Philosophy, so called from the city of Cyrene, in which it ...
- Cyrene:
A titular see of Northern Africa. The city was founded early in the seventh ...
- Cyril and Methodius, Saints:
(Or CONSTANTINE and METHODIUS).
These brothers, the
- Cyril of Alexandria, Saint:
Doctor of the Church. St. Cyril has his feast in the Western Church on the 28th ...
- Cyril of Constantinople, Saint:
General of the Carmelites, d. about 1235. All that is known is that he was
- Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint:
Bishop of
- Cyrrhus:
A titular see of Syria. The city of the same name was the capital of the ...
- Cyrus and John, Saints:
Celebrated martyrs of the Coptic Church, surnamed thaumatourgoi anargyroi ...
- Cyrus of Alexandria:
A Melchite
- Cyzicus:
A titular see of
- Czech Literature:
The Czech or Bohemian language is spoken by that branch of the Indo-European ...
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