Catholic Encyclopedia - D
- Dávila Padilla:
(AGUSTÍN)
A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. ...
- Dénés:
( men or people , in most of their dialects)
An ...
- Díaz de Solís, Juan:
Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470 at Lebrija (Seville), or, according ...
- Díaz del Castillo, Bernal:
(Corruption of Bernardo), Spanish historian, one of the chief chroniclers of the ...
- Díaz, Pedro:
Missionary, b. at Lupedo,
- Döllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von:
A historian and theologian, born at Bamberg, Bavaria, 28 February, 1799; died ...
- Döring, Matthias:
Historian and theologian, b. between 1390 and 1400, at Kyritz, in
- Dürer, Albrecht:
Celebrated painter and engraver, born at Nuremberg, Germany, 21 May, 1471; ...
- D'Avenant, Sir William:
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England ; d. in London, 7 ...
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo:
Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838. He was the son of ...
- Dablon, Claude:
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 ...
- Dabrowski, Joseph:
Founder of the Sts. Cyril and MethodiusSeminary, Detroit, Michigan, b. at ...
- Dacca:
DIOCESE OF DACCA (DACCHENSIS)
Diocese in Bengal, India. By ...
- Dacier, André:
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722. He ...
- Dacier, Anne:
( Née Lefèvre)
The wife of André ...
- Dagon:
A Philistine deity. It is commonly admitted that the name
- Daguesseau, Henri-François:
(Also rendered d'Aguesseau).
Chancellor of France, born at ...
- Dahomey:
The Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, in West Africa, is territorially identical ...
- Dalberg, Adolphus von:
Prince-Abbot of
- Dalgairns, John Dobree:
(In religion F ...
- Dalila:
(Or Dalila ...
- Dallas:
DIOCESE OF DALLAS (DALLASCENSIS).
The
- Dalley, William Bede:
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 ...
- Dalmatia:
A part of the Kingdom of
- Dalmatic: PRESENT USAGE
The
- Dalton, John:
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at ...
- Damão:
DIOCESE OF DAMÃO (DAMAU, DAMAUN)
Suffragan to Goa, ...
- Damaraland:
The middle part of the German colony, German Southwest Africa, between 19° and ...
- Damascus:
Damascus, in Syria, is one of the oldest cities in the world. According to ...
- Damasus I, Saint, Pope:
Born about 304; died 11 December, 384. His father, Antonius, was probably a ...
- Damasus II, Pope:
(Previously called POPPO)
A native of Bavaria and the ...
- Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand:
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria ; died 1 April, 1859, ...
- Damian and Cosmas, Saints:
Early
- Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster):
Missionary priest, born at Tremeloo, Belgium, 3 January 1840; died at Molokai, ...
- Damietta:
(Greek Tamiathis , Arabic Doumiât ).
An Egyptian ...
- Dan:
( Hebrew dn , Sept. Dán ),–(1) The fifth son of Jacob, being the ...
- Danaba:
A titular see of Phænicia Secunda.
- Dance of Death:
(French, Dance Macabre , German Todtentanz )
The "Dance ...
- Dancing:
The origin of
- Dandolo, Enrico:
Doge of
- Daniel:
The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
- Daniel and Companions, Saint:
Friars Minor ...
- Daniel of Winchester:
(Danihel),
- Daniel, Anthony:
Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the
- Daniel, Book of:
In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of
- Daniel, Charles:
Born 31 December, 1818, at Beauvais,
- Daniel, Gabriel:
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at ...
- Daniel, John:
Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823; son of Edward
- Dansara:
A titular see in Osrhoene. Stephanus Byzantius mentions
- Dante Alighieri:
Italian poet, born at Florence, 1265; died at Ravenna, Italy, 14 September, 1321. ...
- Danti, Ignazio:
Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at Alatri, 19 ...
- Danti, Vincenzo:
Sculptor, brother of Ignazio, b. at Perugia, 1530; d. 24 May, 1576. He also ...
- Dantine, Maurus:
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux ...
- Darboy, Georges:
Archbishop of
- Dardanus:
A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus. Four or ...
- Dardel, Jean: Friar Minor of the French ...
- Darerca, Saint:
St. Darerca, of Ireland, a sister of St. Patrick. Much obscurity attaches to ...
- Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth:
Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at ...
- Darius and Chrysanthus, Saints:
Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova, and whose tombs, according to ...
- Darnis:
A metropolitan ...
- Darras, Joseph-Epiphane:
Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878. He ...
- Darrell, William:
Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England ; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. ...
- Dates and Dating:
In classical Latin even before the
- Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste:
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896. He ...
- Daulia:
A titular see of Greece. Daulis, later Daulia, Dauleion, often Diauleia, even ...
- Daumer, Georg Friedrich:
German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, 5 March, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, 14 ...
- Davenport:
DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT (DAVENPORTENSIS)
The
- Davenport, Christopher:
Also known as FRANCISCUS À SANCTA CLARA and sometimes by the alias of ...
- David of Augsburg:
(DE AUGUSTA).
Medieval German mystic, b. probably at ...
- David of Dinant:
A pantheistic philosopher who lived in the first decades of the thirteenth ...
- David Scotus:
A medieval Irish chronicler, date of birth unknown; d. 1139. Early in the ...
- David, Armand:
Missionary
- David, Gheeraert:
Son of John David, ...
- David, King:
In the Bible the name David is borne ...
- David, Saint:
(DEGUI, DEWI).
Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales. He is ...
- Davies, Venerable William:
Martyr, one of the most illustrious of the priests who suffered under Queen ...
- Dawson, Æneas McDonnell:
Author, b. in Scotland, 30 July, 1810; d. in Ottawa, Canada, 29 Dec., 1894. He ...
- Dax, Diocese of:
An ancient French
- Day of Atonement:
( Hebrew Yom Hakkippurim . Vulgate, Dies Expiationum , and Dies ...
- Day, George:
Bishop of
- Day, John Charles, Sir:
Jurist, b. near Bath, England, 1826; d. 13 June, 1908, at Newbury. He was ...
- De L'Orme, Philibert:
Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a ...
- De La Croix, Charles:
Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 ...
- De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps:
Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878. He was the son of Charles March Phillipps ...
- De Paul University: DePaul University, Chicago, is the outgrowth of St. Vincent's College, which ...
- De Profundis:
("Out of the depths"). First words of Psalm 129. The author of this Psalm is ...
- De Rossi, Giovanni Battista:
A distinguished
- De Smet, Pierre-Jean:
Missionary among the North American Indians , b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), ...
- De Soto, Hernando:
Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or ...
- De Vere, Aubrey Thomas Hunt:
Poet, critic, and essayist, b. at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, 10 ...
- Deaconesses:
We cannot be sure that any formal recognition of
- Deacons:
The name deacon ( diakonos ) means only
- Dead Sea:
The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine. The ...
- Dead, Prayers for the:
This subject
- Deaf, Education of the:
Education ...
- Dean:
(Gk. déka , ten; Latin decanus ).
One of the ...
- Dean, William, Venerable:
Born in Yorkshire, England, date uncertain, martyred 28 August, 1588. He ...
- Dease, Thomas:
Born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651. He sprang from an ancient Irish
- Death Penalty:
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for ...
- Death, Dance of:
(French, Dance Macabre , German Todtentanz )
The "Dance ...
- Death, Preparation for:
The basic preparation for death
When should a
- Debbora:
Prophetess and judge: she was the wife of Lapidoth and was endowed by
- Debt:
( debitum )
That which is owed or due to another; in ...
- Decalogue:
(Greek deka , ten and logos , word).
The term employed ...
- Decapolis:
(From Greek Deka , ten, and polis , city)
- Dechamps, Adolphe:
Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of
- Dechamps, Victor Augustin Isidore:
Cardinal,
- Decius:
(C AIUS M ESSIUS Q UINTUS T RAJANUS D ECIUS ).
...
- Decker, Hans:
A German sculptor of the middle of the fifteenth century. Very little is ...
- Declaration, The Royal:
This is the name most commonly given to the solemn repudiation of Catholicity ...
- Decorations, Pontifical:
Pontifical decorations are the titles of nobility, orders of
- Decree:
( Latin decretum , from decerno , I judge).
In a general ...
- Decretals, Papal: I. DEFINITION AND EARLY HISTORY (1)
In the wide sense of the term ...
- Dedication:
A term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's ...
- Dedication, Feast of the:
Also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of
- Deduction:
( Latin de ducere , to lead, draw out, derive from; especially, the function of ...
- Deer, Abbey of:
A once famous Scotch monastery. According to the Celtic legend St. Columcille, ...
- Defender of the Matrimonial Tie:
( Defensor matrimonii )
The
- Definitions, Theological:
The Vatican ...
- Definitor (in Canon Law):
An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders. Among regulars, ...
- Definitors (in Religious Orders):
Generally speaking, the governing council of an order. Bergier describes them as ...
- Deger, Ernst:
Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in ...
- Degradation:
( Latin degradatio ).
A canonical penalty by which an ...
- Deharbe, Joseph:
Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, ...
- Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia:
( By the grace ...
- Deicolus, Saint:
(DICHUIL)
Elder brother of St. Gall, b. in Leinster, ...
- Deism:
( Latin Deus ,
- Deity:
( French déité ; Late Latin deitas ; Latin deue , divus , ...
- Delacroix, Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène:
French painter, b. at Charenton-St-Maurice, near Paris, 26 April, 1798; d. 13 ...
- Delaroche, Hippolyte:
(Known also as P AUL )
Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, ...
- Delatores:
( Latin for DENOUNCERS)
A term used by the
- Delaware:
Delaware, one of the original thirteen of the United States of America. It lies ...
- Delaware Indians:
An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin ...
- Delcus:
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis. The Greek name of the place ...
- Delegation:
( Latin delegare )
A
- Delfau, François:
Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne,
- Delfino, Pietro:
A theologian, born at
- Delilah:
(Or Dalila ...
- Delille, Jacques:
French
- Delisle, Guillaume:
Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in
- Delphine, Blessed:
A member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in Provence, France, in 1284; ...
- Delrio, Martin Anton:
Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at ...
- Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the:
The Prefecture Apostolic of the Delta of the Nile is situated in the north of
- Deluge:
Deluge is the ...
- Demers, Modeste:
An apostle of ...
- Demetrius:
The name of two Syrian
- Demetrius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Demiurge:
The word means literally a public worker, demioergós, demiourgós, ...
- Democracy, Christian:
In Christian ...
- Demon:
(Greek daimon and daimonion , Latin daemonium ).
In ...
- Demoniacs:
( See also DEMONOLOGY, EXORCISM, EXORCIST, POSSESSION.)
...
- Demonology:
As the name sufficiently indicates,
- Dempster, Thomas:
Savant, professor, author; b., as he himself states at Cliftbog, Scotland, 23 ...
- Denaut, Pierre:
Tenth Bishop ...
- Denifle, Heinrich Seuse:
( Baptized JOSEPH.)
Paleographer and historian, born at Imst ...
- Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael:
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at ...
- Denis, Joseph:
( Baptized JACQUES).
Born 6 November, 1657, at Three Rivers ...
- Denis, Saint:
Bishop of Paris, and martyr. Born in Italy, nothing is definitely known of the ...
- Denman, William:
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, ...
- Denmark:
( Latin Dania ).
This kingdom had formerly a much larger ...
- Denonville, Seigneur and Marquis de:
(JACQUES-RENE DE BRISAY, SEIGNEUR AND MARQUIS DE DENONVILLE)
...
- Dens, Peter:
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, ...
- Denunciation:
Denunciation ( ...
- Denver:
(D ENVERIENSIS ).
A suffragan of the
- Denys the Carthusian:
(D ENYS VAN L EEUWEN, also L EUW or L IEUWE ).
Born ...
- Denza, Francesco:
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 ...
- Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus:
One of the leading theologians of the modern
- Deo Gratias:
("Thanks be to
- Deposition:
A deposition is ...
- Deprés, Josquin:
Diminutive of "Joseph"; latinized Josquinus Pratensis .
...
- Derbe:
A titular see of Lycaonia,
- Dereser, Anton:
(Known also as THADDAEUS A S. ADAMO).
Born at Fahr in ...
- Derogation:
(Latin derogatio ).
The partial
- Derry:
DIOCESE OF DERRY (DERRIENSIS).
Includes nearly all the County ...
- Derry, School of:
This was the first
- Desains, Paul-Quentin:
Physicist, b. at St-Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1885. He ...
- Desault, Pierre-Joseph:
Surgeon and anatomist, b. at Magny-Vernois a small town of Franche-Comté, ...
- Descartes, René:
(Renatus Cartesius), philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 ...
- Deschamps, Eustache:
Also called M OREL , on account of his dark complexion; b. at Vertus in ...
- Deschamps, Nicolas:
Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (Rhône), France, 1797; died at ...
- Desclée, Henri and Jules:
Henri (1830-); Jules (1828-1911).
Natives of Belgium, ...
- Desecration:
Desecration is ...
- Desert:
The Hebrew words translated in the Douay Version of the
- Desertion:
The culpable
- Deshon, George:
Priest of the Congregation (or Institute) of
- Desiderius:
(DAUFERIUS or DAUFAR).
Born in 1026 or 1027 of a non-regnant ...
- Desiderius of Cahors, Saint:
Bishop, b. at Obrege (perhaps Antobroges, name of a Gaulish tribe), on the ...
- Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean:
A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676. Early in ...
- Desolation, The Abomination of:
The importance of this Scriptural expression is chiefly derived from the fact ...
- Despair:
(Latin desperare , to be hopeless.)
Despair, ethically ...
- Despretz, César-Mansuète:
Chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May, 1798; d. at Paris, 11 ...
- Desservants:
The name of a class of French
- Desurmont, Achille:
Ascetical writer, b. at Tourcoing, France, 23 Dec., 1828; d. 23 July, 1898. He ...
- Determinism:
Determinism is ...
- Detré, William:
Missionary, b. in
- Detraction:
(From Latin detrahere , to take away).
- Detroit:
(Detroitensis)
Diocese established 8 March, 1838, comprises ...
- Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende:
"Deus in adjutorium meum intende," with the response: "Domine ad adjuvandum me ...
- Deusdedit, Cardinal:
Born at Todi,
- Deusdedit, Pope Saint:
(Adeodatus I).
Date of birth unknown; consecrated pope, 19 ...
- Deusdedit, Saint:
A native of Wessex, England, whose Saxon name was Frithona, and of whose early
- Deuteronomy:
This term occurs in
- Deutinger, Martin:
Philosopher and religious writer, b. in Langenpreising, Bavaria, 24 March, 1815; ...
- Devas, Charles Stanton:
Political economist, b. at Woodside, Old Windsor, England, of Protestant ...
- Devereux, John C.:
Born at his father's farm, The Leap, near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, 5 ...
- Devereux, Nicholas:
Born near Enniscorthy, Ireland, 7 June, 1791; died at Utica, New York, 29 Dec., ...
- Devil:
(Greek diabolos ; Latin diabolus ).
The name commonly ...
- Devil Worship:
The meaning of this compound term is sufficiently obvious, for all must be ...
- Devil's Advocate:
("Advocate of the Devil" or "Devil's Advocate").
A popular ...
- Devolution:
( Latin devolutio from devolvere )
- Devoti, Giovani:
Canonist, born at Rome, 11 July, 1744; died there 18 Sept., 1820. At the age of ...
- Devotions, Popular:
Devotion, in the language of ascetical writers, denotes a certain ardour of ...
- Deymann, Clementine:
Born at Klein-Stavern, Oldenburg, Germany, 24 June, 1844; died at Phoenix, ...
- Deza, Diego:
Theologian, archbishop, patron of Christopher Columbus, b. at Toro, 1444; d. ...
- Dhuoda:
Wife of Bernard, Duke of Septimania. The only source of information on her
- Diaconicum:
(Greek diakonikon )
The
- Diakovár:
(Croatian, Djakovo ).
See of the
- Dialectic:
[Greek dialektike ( techne or methodos ), the
- Diamantina:
DIOCESE OF DIAMANTINA (ADAMANTINA).
Located in the north of ...
- Diana, Antonino:
Moral theologian, born of a noble
- Diano:
(D IANENSIS )
Diocese and small city in the province of ...
- Diario Romano:
( Italian for "Roman Daybook")
A booklet published annually ...
- Diarmaid, Saint:
Born in Ireland, date unknown; d. in 851 or 852. He was made
- Dias, Bartolomeu:
A famous Portuguese navigator of the fifteenth century, discoverer of the Cape ...
- Diaspora:
(Or DISPERSION).
- Dibon:
A titular see in Palæstina Tertia. Dîbîn (Septuagint, Daibon ...
- Dicastillo, Juan de:
Theologian, b. of Spanish
- Dicconson, Edward:
Titular Bishop ...
- Diceto, Ralph de:
Dean of St. ...
- Dichu, Saint:
The son of an Ulster chieftain, was the first convert of
- Dicuil:
Irish monk and ...
- Didache:
(D OCTRINE OF THE T WELVE A POSTLES )
A short treatise ...
- Didacus, Saint:
[Spanish = San Diego .]
Lay brother of the Order of Friars ...
- Didascalia Apostolorum:
A treatise which pretends to have been written by the
- Didon, Henri:
Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère),
- Didot:
Name of a
- Didron, Adolphe-Napoleon:
Also called Didron aîné ; archaeologist; together with ...
- Didymus the Blind:
Didymus the Blind, of Alexandria, b. about 310 or 313; d. about 395 or 398, at ...
- Diego y Moreno, Francisco Garcia:
First bishop ...
- Diekamp, Wilhelm:
Historian, b. at Geldern, 13 May, 1854; d. at Rome, 25 Dec., 1885. Soon after his ...
- Diemoth:
Diemoth, an old German word for the present "Demuth", the English "
- Diepenbeeck, Abraham van:
An erudite and accomplished painter of the Flemish School, b. at
- Diepenbrock, Melchior, Baron von:
Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Breslau, b. 6 January, 1798, at Boeholt in
- Dieringer, Franz Xaver:
Catholic theologian, b. 22 August, 1811, at Rangeningen (Hohenzollern-Hechingen); ...
- Dies Irae:
This name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known. They are the ...
- Dietenberger, Johann:
Theologian, b. about 1475 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, d. 4 Sept., 1537, at Mainz. He ...
- Diether of Isenburg:
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg. ...
- Dietrich von Nieheim:
(N IEM ).
Born in the
- Digby, George:
Second Earl of Bristol, b. at Madrid, Spain, where his father, the first earl, ...
- Digby, Kenelm Henry:
Miscellaneous writer, b. in Ireland, 1800; d. at Kensington, Middlesex, England, ...
- Digby, Sir Everard:
Born 16 May, 1578, died 30 Jan., 1606. Everard Digby, whose father bore the same ...
- Digby, Sir Kenelm:
Physicist, naval commander and diplomatist, b. at Gayhurst (Goathurst), ...
- Digne:
(D INIA ; D INIENSIS )
Diocese comprising the entire ...
- Dignitary, Ecclesiastical:
An Ecclesiastical Dignitary is a member of a chapter,
- Dijon:
The Diocese of ...
- Dillingen, University of:
Located in Swabia, a district of Bavaria. Its founder was
- Dillon, Arthur-Richard:
A French prelate, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, 1721; d. in London, 1806. ...
- Dimissorial Letters:
( Latin litteræ dimissoriales , from dimittere ), letters given by an ...
- Dingley, Ven. Sir Thomas:
Martyr, prior ...
- Dinooth, Saint:
(DINOTHUS, DUNAWD, DUNOD).
Founder and first
- Diocaesarea:
(SEPPHORIS)
(1) A titular see in Palestina Secunda.
- Diocesan Chancery:
That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the ...
- Diocese:
( Latin diœcesis)
A
- Diocese (Supplemental List):
Pope Pius X, recognizing how necessary it is for the Church to develop in ...
- Dioclea:
A titular see of Phrygia in
- Diocletian:
(V ALERIUS D IOCLETIANUS ).
Roman Emperor and persecutor ...
- Diocletianopolis:
A titular see of Palaestina Prima. This city is mentioned by Hierocles ...
- Diodorus of Tarsus:
Date of birth uncertain; d. about A.D. 392. He was of noble family, probably of ...
- Diognetus, Epistle to:
(EPISTOLA AD DIOGNETUM).
This beautiful little apology for ...
- Dionysias:
A titular see in Arabia. This city, which figures in the "Synecdemos" of ...
- Dionysius Exiguus:
The surname E XIGUUS , or "The Little", adopted probably in self-deprecation and ...
- Dionysius of Alexandria:
(Bishop from 247-8 to 264-5.)
Called "the Great" by ...
- Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite:
By "Dionysius the Areopagite" is usually understood the judge of the Areopagus ...
- Dionysius, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 26 or 27 December, 268. During the pontificate of Pope ...
- Dionysius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Dioscorus:
Antipope, b. at Alexandria, date unknown; d. 14 October, 530. Originally a ...
- Dioscorus:
(Also written Dioscorus; Dioscurus from the
- Diplomatics, Papal:
The word diplomatics , following a Continental usage which long ago found ...
- Diptych:
(Or diptychon , Greek diptychon from dis , twice and ptyssein , to ...
- Direction, Spiritual:
In the technical sense of the term,
- Directories, Catholic:
The ecclesiastical sense of the word directory , as
- Discalced:
( Latin dis , without, and calceus , shoe).
A term ...
- Discernment of Spirits:
All moral conduct may be summed up in the rule: avoid
- Disciple:
This term is commonly applied to one who is learning any art or science from one ...
- Disciples of Christ:
A sect founded in the United States of
- Discipline of the Secret:
(Latin Disciplina Arcani ; German Arcandisciplin ).
A ...
- Discipline, Ecclesiastical:
Etymologically the word discipline signifies the formation of one who places ...
- Discussions, Religious:
(CONFERENCES, DISPUTATIONS, DEBATES)
Religious discussions, as ...
- Disibod, Saint:
Irish bishop ...
- Disparity of Cult:
( Disparitas Cultus )
A diriment impediment introduced by ...
- Disparity of Worship:
( Disparitas Cultus )
A diriment impediment introduced by ...
- Dispensation:
( Latin dispensatio )
- Dispersion of the Apostles:
( Latin Divisio Apostolorum ), a feast in commemoration of the missionary ...
- Dissen, Heinrich von:
Born 18 Oct., 1415, at Osnabrück, in
- Dissentis, Abbey of:
A Benedictine monastery in the Canton Grisons in eastern Switzerland, dedicated ...
- Distraction:
Distraction ( ...
- Distributions:
Distributions ...
- Dithmar:
(Thietmar).
Bishop of Merseburg and medieval chronicler, b. ...
- Dives:
(Latin for rich ).
The word is not used in the
- Divination:
The seeking after
- Divine Attributes:
In order to
- Divine Charity, Daughters of:
Founded at Vienna, 21 November, 1868, by Franziska Lechner (d. 1894) on the Rule ...
- Divine Charity, Sisters of:
Founded at Besançon, in 1799, by a Vincentian Sister, and modelled on the ...
- Divine Charity, Society of:
(SOCIETAS DIVINAE CHARITATIS).
Founded at Maria-Martental near ...
- Divine Compassion, Institute of the:
Founded in the City of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston. ...
- Divine Nature and Attributes, The: I. As Known Through Natural ReasonA.
- Divine Office:
("Liturgy of the Hours"
I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE"
- Divine Providence, Sisters of: I. SISTERS OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Founded at ...
- Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the:
Motherhouse at Oedenburg,
- Divine Savior, Society of the:
Founded at Rome, 8 Dec., 1881, by Johann Baptist
- Divine Word, Society of the:
(S OCIETAS V ERBI D IVINI )
The first German
- Divisch, Procopius:
Premonstratensian, b. at Senftenberg, Bohemia, 26 March, 1698; d. at Prenditz, ...
- Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence):
Divorce is defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension ...
- Divorce (in Moral Theology):
See also DIVORCE IN CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE .
The term divorce ...
- Dixon, Joseph:
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, born at Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, in 1806; died at ...
- Dlugosz, Jan:
( Latin LONGINUS).
An eminent medieval Polish historian, ...
- Dobmayer, Marian:
A distinguished Benedictine theologian, born 24 October, 1753, at Schwandorf, ...
- Dobrizhoffer, Martin:
Missionary, b. in Graz, Styria, 7 Sept., 1717; d. in Vienna, 17 July 1791. He ...
- Docetæ:
(Greek Doketai .)
A heretical sect dating back to ...
- Docimium:
A titular see of Phrygia in
- Doctor:
( Latin docere , to teach)
The title of an authorized ...
- Doctors of the Church:
( Latin Doctores Ecclesiae ) -- Certain ecclesiastical writers have received ...
- Doctors, Surnames of Famous:
It was customary in the Middle Ages to designate the more celebrated among the ...
- Doctrine of Addai:
( Latin Doctrina Addoei ).
A Syriac document which ...
- Doctrine, Christian:
Taken in the sense of "the act of teaching" and "the
- Dogma: I. DEFINITION
The word
- Dogmatic Fact: (1) Definition
By a
- Dogmatic Theology:
Dogmatic theology is that part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths ...
- Dogmatic Theology, History of:
The imposing edifice of
- Dolbeau, Jean:
Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at ...
- Dolci, Carlo:
Painter, born in Florence, Italy, 25 May, 1616; died 17 January, 1686. The ...
- Doliche:
A titular see of Commagene (Augusto-Euphratesia). It was a small city on the ...
- Dolman, Charles:
Publisher and bookseller, b. at Monmouth, England, 20 Sept., 1807; d. in Paris, ...
- Dolores Mission:
(Or Mission San ...
- Dolphin:
( Latin delphinus ).
The use of the
- Dome:
( Latin domus , a house).
An architectural term often used ...
- Domenech, Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonne:
Abbé, missionary and author, b. at Lyons, France, 4 November, 1826; d. in ...
- Domenechino:
Properly DOMENICO ZAMPIERI.
An Italian painter, born in ...
- Domesday Book:
The name given to the record of the great survey of England made by order of
- Domicile:
( Latin jus domicilii ,
- Dominic of Prussia:
A Carthusian
- Dominic of the Mother of God:
(Called in secular
- Dominic, Saint:
Founder of the Order of Preachers , commonly known as the Dominican Order ; ...
- Dominical Letter:
A device adopted from the
- Dominican Republic:
(SAN DOMINGO, SANTO DOMINGO).
The
- Dominicans:
As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of ...
- Dominici, Blessed Giovanni:
(BANCHINI or BACCHINI was his
- Dominis, Marco Antonio de:
Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and
- Dominus Vobiscum:
An ancient form ...
- Domitian:
(T ITUS F LAVIUS D OMITIANUS ).
Roman emperor and ...
- Domitilla and Pancratius, Nereus and Achilleus, Saints:
The commemoration of these four Roman saints is made by the Church on 12 May, ...
- Domitiopolis:
A titular see of Isauria in
- Domnus Apostolicus:
(DOMINUS APOSTOLICUS)
A title applied to the pope, which ...
- Don Bosco:
( Or St. ...
- Donahoe, Patrick:
Publisher, born at Munnery, County Cavan, Ireland, 17 March, 1811; died at ...
- Donatello Di Betto Bardi:
(DONATO DI NICOLÒ DI BETTO BARDI)
One of the great ...
- Donation (in Canon Law):
(IN CANON LAW)
Donation , the gratuitous transfer to another ...
- Donation (in Civil Law):
(IN CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE)
Donation, the gratuitous transfer, ...
- Donation of Constantine:
( Latin, Donatio Constantini ).
By this name is ...
- Donatists:
The Donatist
- Donatus of Fiesole:
Irish teacher and poet,
- Donders, Peter:
Missionary among the lepers, b. at Tilburg in Holland, 27 Oct., 1807; d. 14 ...
- Dongan, Thomas:
Second Earl of Limerick, b. 1634, at Castletown Kildrought, now Celbridge, County ...
- Donlevy, Andrew:
Educator, b. in 1694, probably in Sligo,
- Donnan, Saint:
There were apparently three or four saints of this name who flourished about the ...
- Donner, Georg Raphael:
Austrian sculptor, b. at Essling, Austria, 25 May, 1692; d. at Vienna, 15 ...
- Donnet, Ferdinand-François-Auguste:
A French cardinal, b. at Bourg-Argental (Loire), 1795; d. at Bordeaux, 1882. He ...
- Donoso Cortés, Juan Francesco Maria de la Saludad:
Marquess of Valdegamas, author and diplomat, born 6 May, 1809, at Valle de la ...
- Donus, Pope:
(Or D OMNUS ).
Son of a Roman called Mauricius; he was ...
- Doorkeeper:
(Also called DOORKEEPER. From ostiarius , Latin ostium , a door.)
- Doré, Pierre:
(AURATUS)
Controversialist, b. at
- Dora:
A titular see of Palestina Prima. The name ( Dôr ) in Semitic ...
- Dorchester, Abbey of:
Founded in 1140 by Alexander,
- Doria, Andrea:
Genoese admiral and statesman, b. at Oneglia, Italy, 1468; d. at Genoa, 1560. His ...
- Dorman, Thomas:
Theologian, b. at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, date uncertain; d. at ...
- Dornin, Bernard:
First publisher in the United States of distinctively
- Dorothea, Saint:
(1) Virgin and martyr, suffered during the
- Dorsey, Anne Hanson:
Novelist, born at Georgetown, District of Columbia, U.S.A. 1815; died at ...
- Dorylaeum:
A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, in
- Dositheans:
Followers of Dositheus, a Samaritan who formed a Gnostic - Judaistic sect, ...
- Dosquet, Pierre-Herman:
Fourth Bishop ...
- Dossi, Giovanni:
Actually named GIOVANNI DI NICOLO DI LUTERO, but also called Dosso Dossi. ...
- Dotti, Blessed Andrea:
Born 1256, in Borgo San Sepolero, Tuscany,
- Douai:
(Town and University of Douai)
(D OUAY, D OWAY )
- Douay Bible:
The original Douay Version, which is the
- Double Altar:
An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that
- Double Monasteries:
Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in ...
- Doubt:
(Latin dubium, Greek aporí, French doute, German Zweifel ). ...
- Douglas, Gavin:
Scottish
- Doutreleau, Stephen:
Missionary, born in France, 11 October, 1693; date of death uncertain. He ...
- Dove:
(Latin columba ).
In
- Dowdall, George:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in 1487; d. at ...
- Dowdall, James:
Martyr, date of birth unknown; executed for his
- Dower:
( Latin doarium ; French douaire )
A provision for ...
- Dower, Religious:
( Latin dos religiosa ).
Because of its
- Down and Connor:
Diocese of
- Downside Abbey:
Near Bath, Somersetshire, England, was founded at Douai, Flanders, under the ...
- Doxology:
In general this word means a short verse praising
- Doyle, James Warren:
Irish bishop ; ...
- Doyle, John:
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1797; died in London, 2 January, 1868; English ...
- Doyle, Richard:
English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 ...
- Drach, David Paul:
Convert from Judaism, b. at Strasburg, 6 March, 1791; d. end of January, 1868, at ...
- Drachma:
(Gr. drachmé ), a Greek silver coin. The Greeks derived the word from ...
- Dracontius, Blossius Æmilius:
A Christian ...
- Drane, Augusta Theodosia:
In religion ...
- Dreams, Interpretation of:
There is in sleep something mysterious which seems, from the earliest times, to ...
- Drechsel, Jeremias:
( Also Drexelius or Drexel.)
Ascetic writer, b. at ...
- Dresden:
The capital of the Kingdom of
- Dreves, Lebrecht Blücher:
Poet, b. at Hamburg, Germany, 12 September, 1816; d. at Feldkirch, 19 Dec., ...
- Drevet Family, The:
The Drevets were the leading portrait engravers of
- Drexel, Francis Anthony:
Banker, b. at Philadelphia, U.S.A. 20 June, 1824; d. there 15 Feb., 1885. He was ...
- Drexel, Jeremias:
( Also Drexelius or Drexel.)
Ascetic writer, b. at ...
- Drey, Johann Sebastian von:
A professor of theology at the University of Tübingen, born 16 Oct., 1777, ...
- Dromore:
(DROMORENSIS, and in ancient documents DRUMORENSIS)
- Drostan, Saint:
(DRUSTAN, DUSTAN, THROSTAN)
A Scottish
- Droste-Vischering, Clemens August von:
Archbishop of Cologne, born 21 Jan., 1773, at Münster,
- Druidism:
The etymology of this word from the Greek drous , "oak", has been a favorite ...
- Druillettes, Gabriel:
(Or DREUILLETS)
Missionary, b. in France, 29 September, ...
- Drumgoole, John C.:
Priest and philanthropist, b. at Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland, 15 August, ...
- Drury, Robert:
Martyr (1567-1607), was born of a
- Drusilla:
Drusilla, daughter of
- Drusipara:
A titular see in Thracia Prima. Nothing is known of the ancient history of this ...
- Druys, Jean:
( Latin DRUSIUS)
Thirtieth
- Druzbicki, Gaspar:
Ascetic writer, b. at Sierady in Poland, 1589; entered the
- Druzes:
Small Mohammedan sect in Syria, notorious for their opposition to the ...
- Dryburgh Abbey:
A monastery belonging to the canons of the Premonstratensian Order (Norbertine ...
- Dryden, John:
Poet, dramatist, critic, and translator; b. 9 August, 1631, at Oldwinkle All ...
- Du Cange, Charles Dufresne:
Historian and philologist, b. at Amiens, France, 18 Dec., 1610; d. at Paris, ...
- Du Coudray, Philippe-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Tronson:
Soldier, b. at Reims, France, 8 September, 1738; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A. 11 ...
- Du Lhut Daniel Greysolon, Sieur:
(DULUTH).
Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye about 1640; died at ...
- Dualism:
(From Latin duo , two).
Like most other philosophical ...
- Dublin:
(DUBLINIUM; DUBLINENSIS).
Archdiocese ; occupies about sixty ...
- Dubois, Guillaume:
A French
- Dubois, Jean-Antoine:
French missionary in India, b. in 1765 at St. Remèze (Ardèche); d. ...
- Dubois, John:
Third Bishop ...
- Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin:
Second Bishop ...
- Dubric, Saint:
(DYFRIG, DUBRICIUS)
Bishop and confessor, one of the ...
- Dubuque:
Archdiocese of
- Duc, Fronton du:
(Called in Latin Ducæus.)
A French theologian and ...
- Duccio di Buoninsegna:
Painter, and founder of the Sienese School, b. about 1255 or 1260, place not ...
- Duchesne, Philippine-Rose:
Founder in
- Duckett, John, Venerable:
A Martyr, probably a grandson of Venerable
- Duckett, Ven. James:
Martyr, b. at Gilfortrigs in the
- Ducrue, Francis Bennon:
Missionary in Mexico, b. at Munich, Bavaria. of French parents, 10 June 1721; d. ...
- Dudik, Beda Franciscus:
Moravian historian, b. at Kojetein near Kremsier, Moravia, 29 January, 1815; d. as ...
- Duel:
( Duellum , old
- Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan:
Politician and author, b. at Monaghan, Ireland, 12 April, 1816; d. at Nice, ...
- Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste:
A French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Vire,
- Dulia:
(Greek doulia ; Latin servitus ), a theological term signifying the
- Duluth:
DIOCESE OF DULUTH (DULUTHENSIS)
Diocese, established 3 Oct., ...
- Dumas, Jean-Baptiste:
Distinguished French chemist and senator, b. at Alais, department of Gard, 14 ...
- Dumetz, Francisco:
Date of birth unknown; died 14 Jan., 1811. He was a native of Mallorca (Majorca), ...
- Dumont, Hubert-André:
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, 15 Feb., 1809; d. in the same city, 28 ...
- Dumoulin, Charles:
(Or DUMOLIN; latinized MOLINAEUS).
French jurist, b. at
- Dunbar, William:
Scottish poet, sometimes styled the " Chaucer of
- Dunchadh, Saint:
(DUNICHAD, DUNCAD, DONATUS)
Confessor,
- Dundrennan, Abbey of:
In Kirkcudbrightshire,
- Dunedin:
(DUNEDINENSIS)
- Dunfermline, Abbey of:
In the south-west of Fife, Scotland. Founded by King Malcolm Canmore and his ...
- Dungal:
Irish monk, teacher, astronomer, and poet who flourished about 820. He is ...
- Dunin, Martin von:
Archbishop of Gnesen and Posen, born 11 Nov., 1774, in the village of Wat near the ...
- Dunkeld:
(DUNKELDENSIS)
Located in Scotland, constituted, as far ...
- Dunkers:
( German tunken , to dip)
A Protestant sect thus named ...
- Duns Scotus, Blessed John:
Surnamed DOCTOR SUBTILIS, died 8 November, 1308; he was the founder and leader of ...
- Dunstan, Saint:
Archbishop and confessor, and one of the greatest saints of the Anglo-Saxon ...
- Dupanloup, Félix-Antoine-Philibert:
Bishop of Orléans, France, b. at Saint-Félix; Savoie, 2 June, ...
- Duperron, Jacques-Davy:
A theologian and diplomat, born 25 Nov., 1556, at St-Lô (Normandy),
- Dupin, Louis Ellies:
(also DU PIN)
A theologian, born 17 June, 1657, of a noble ...
- Dupin, Pierre-Charles-François:
Known as BARON CHARLES DUPIN.
A French mathematician and ...
- Duponceau, Peter Stephen:
A jurist and linguist, b. at St-Martin de Ré,
- Dupré, Giovanni:
Sculptor, b. of remote French ancestry at Siena, 1 Mar., 1817; d. at Florence, ...
- Duprat, Antoine & Guillaume: (1) Antoine Duprat
Chancellor of
- Dupuytren, Baron Guillaume:
French anatomist and surgeon, born 6 October, 1777, at Pierre-Buffière, a ...
- Duquesnoy, François:
(Called also FRANÇOIS FLAMAND, and in
- Duran, Narcisco:
Born 16 December, 1776, at Castellon de Ampurias, Catalonia,
- Durand Ursin:
A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation, b. 20 May, 1682, at
- Durandus of Saint-Pourçain:
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Saint-Pourçain, Auvergne
- Durandus of Troarn:
French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer, b. about 1012, at Le Neubourg near ...
- Durandus, William:
(Also: Duranti or Durantis). Canonist and one of the most important medieval ...
- Durandus, William, the Younger:
Died 1328, canonist, nephew of the famous ritualist and canonist of the same name ...
- Durango:
(DURANGUM)
Archdiocese located in north-western Mexico. The ...
- Durazzo:
ARCHDIOCESE OF DURAZZO (DYRRACHIENSIS).
The
- Durbin, Elisha John:
The "Patriarch-priest of
- Durham:
Ancient
- Durham Rite:
The earliest document giving an account of liturgical services in the
- Durrow, School of:
( Irish Dairmagh , Plain of the Oaks)
The Durrow is ...
- Duty:
The definition of the term
- Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean:
(Or D U V ERGER ), J EAN ; also called S AINT -C YRAN from an
- Duvernay, Ludger:
A French-Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 ...
- Dwight, Thomas:
Anatomist, b. at Boston, 1843; d. at Nahant, 8 Sept., 1911. The son of Thomas ...
- Dyck, Antoon (Anthonis) Van:
Usually known as S IR A NTHONY V AN D YCK .
Flemish ...
- Dymoke, Robert:
Confessor of the Faith, date of birth uncertain; d. at Lincoln, England, 11 ...
- Dymphna, Saint:
(Also known as Dympna and Dimpna).
Virgin and martyr. ...
- Dynamism:
Dynamism is a ...
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