Catholic Encyclopedia - F
- Félix, Célestin Joseph:
French Jesuit, b. at Neuville-sur-l' Escaut (Nord), 28 June 1810; d. at Lille, 7 ...
- Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-:
A celebrated French
- Féval, Paul-Henri-Corentin:
Novelist, b. at Rennes, 27 September, 1817; d. in Paris, 8 March 1887. He ...
- Förster, Arnold:
German entomologist; b. at Aachen, 20 Jan., 1810; d. in the same city, 12 Aug., ...
- Führich, Joseph:
(Born 1800; died 1876.)
- Fünfkirchen:
( Hungarian PÉCS, QUINQUE ECCLESIENSIS)
Located in ...
- Fürstenberg, Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von:
A statesman and educator, b. 7 August, 1729, at Herdringen in
- Façade:
The face or front of any building. In
- Faa di Bruno, Francesco:
An Italian mathematician and priest, born at Alessandria, 7 March, 1825; died at ...
- Faber, Felix:
German writer, born about 1441 at Zurich, of a famous
- Faber, Frederick William:
Oratorian and devotional writer, b. 28 June, 1814, at Calverley, Yorkshire, ...
- Faber, Johann:
Theologian, b. at Leutkirch, in Swabia, 1478; d. in Vienna, 21 May, 1541. ...
- Faber, Johann:
Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversialist and preacher; b. 1504, at Heilbronn in ...
- Faber, Johann Augustanus:
Theologian, born at Fribourg, Switzerland, c. 1470; died about 1531. He entered the ...
- Faber, Matthias:
Writer and preacher, born at Altomünster, Germany, 24 February, 1586; died at ...
- Faber, Peter, Saint:
Born 13 April, 1506, at Villaret,
- Faber, Philip:
(Or Fabri.)
Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of ...
- Fabian, Pope Saint:
(FABIANUS)
Pope (236-250), the extraordinary circumstances of ...
- Fabiola, Saint:
A Roman matron of rank, died 27 December, 399 or 400. She was one of the company ...
- Fabre, Joseph:
Second
- Fabri, Honoré:
(Lefèvre.)
Jesuit, theologian, b. about 1607 in the ...
- Fabri, Philip:
(Or Fabri.)
Theologian, philosopher and noted commentator of ...
- Fabriano and Matelica:
Diocese of Fabriano ...
- Fabrica Ecclesiæ:
A Latin term, meaning, etymologically, the construction of a church, but in a ...
- Fabricius, Hieronymus:
(Surnamed ab Aquapendente ).
Distinguished Italian ...
- Fabyan, Robert:
English chronicler, died 28 February, 1513. He was a London clothier, a member of ...
- Facciolati, Jacopo:
Lexicographer and philologist, b. at Torreglia, near Padua, Italy, 4 Jan., 1682; ...
- Fact, Dogmatic: (1) Definition
By a
- Faculties of the Soul: I. MEANING
Whatever doctrine one may hold concerning the
- Faculties, Canonical:
( Latin Facultates )
In law, a faculty is the authority, ...
- Facundus of Hermiane:
A sixth-century
- Faenza:
DIOCESE OF FAENZA (FAVENTINA)
Diocese in the province of
- Fagnani, Prospero:
Canonist, b. in Italy, place and date of birth uncertain; d. in 1678. Some ...
- Fagnano, Guilio Carlo de' Toschi di:
Mathematician, born at Sinigaglia, Italy, 26 September, 1682; died there 18 May, ...
- Faillon, Etienne-Michel:
Historian, born at Tarascon, France, 3 January, 1800; died at Paris, 25 October, ...
- Faith: I. THE MEANING OF THE WORD
( Pistis , fides). In the Old Testament , ...
- Faith, Hope, and Charity (Saints):
The names of two groups of Roman martyrs around whom a considerable amount of ...
- Faith, The Rule of:
The word rule ( Latin regula , Gr. kanon ) means a standard by which ...
- Faithful, The:
( Latin fideles , from fides , faith.)
Those who have ...
- Falco, Juan Conchillos:
Painter, b. at
- Faldstool:
(Latin faldistorium ; also facistorium, faudestolus, faudestola ).
- Falkner, Thomas:
Born 6 Oct., 1707; died 30 Jan., 1784. He was the son of Thomas Falkner, a
- Fall River:
DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER (RIVERORMENSIS), U.S.A.
A suffragan ...
- Fallopio, Gabriello:
Anatomist, "one of the most important of the many-sided physicians of the sixteenth ...
- Falloux du Coudray:
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, Vicomte de Falloux du Coudray
- False Decretals: (The Decretals of the Pseudo-Isidore)
- Falsity:
( Latin Falsitas .)
A perversion of
- Famagusta:
A titular see in the Island of Cyprus. The name appears to be derived from the ...
- Familiars:
Strictly speaking, seculars subject to a master's authority and maintained at his ...
- Family:
A term derived from the Latin, famulus , servant, and familia , household ...
- Fano:
(FANENSIS.)
Fano, the ancient Fanum Fortunæ, a city of ...
- Fanon:
A shoulder-cape worn by the pope alone, consisting of two pieces of white silk ...
- Faraud, Henri:
Titular Bishop ...
- Farfa, Abbey of:
Situated about 26 miles from Rome, not far from the Farfa Sabina Railway station. ...
- Fargo:
(FARGUS; FARGENSIS)
Diocese ; suffragan of St. Paul, U.S.A., ...
- Faribault, George-Barthélemy:
An archaeologist, b. at Quebec, Canada, 3 Dec., 1789; d. 1866. He was a first ...
- Faribault, Jean-Baptiste:
A trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota, U.S.A.; b. 19 October, ...
- Farinato, Paolo:
An Italian painter, b. at
- Faringdon, Blessed Hugh:
( Vere COOK).
English
- Farlati, Daniele:
An ecclesiastical historian, b. at San Daniele del Friuli in the present Italian ...
- Farnese, Alessandro:
The name of two cardinals. For the elder see POPE PAUL III. The young ...
- Faro:
(PHARENSIS)
A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending ...
- Faroe Islands: Geography and Statistics
A group of Danish islands rising from the sea ...
- Fast:
In general abstinence ...
- Fatalism:
Fatalism is in ...
- Fate:
( Latin fatum, from fari, to tell or predict ). This word is almost ...
- Fathers of Mercy, The:
A congregation of missionary priests first established at Lyons, France, in ...
- Fathers of the Church:
The Appeal to the Fathers
Classification of Patristic Writings
- Fathers, The Apostolic:
Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are ...
- Faunt, Lawrence Arthur:
A Jesuit theologian, b. 1554, d. at Wilna, Poland, 28 February, 1590-91. After ...
- Fauriel, Charles-Claude:
A historian, b. at St-Etienne, France, 27 October, 1772; d. at Paris,15 July, ...
- Faustinus and Jovita, Saints:
Martyrs, members of a noble
- Faustus of Riez:
Bishop of Riez ( Rhegium ) in Southern Gaul (Provence), the best known and most ...
- Faversham Abbey:
A former Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac Congregation situated in the ...
- Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albann:
An astronomer, b. at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre,
- Fear (from a Moral Standpoint):
(CONSIDERED FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT.)
Fear is an ...
- Fear (in Canon Law):
(IN CANON LAW.)
A mental disturbance caused by the ...
- Feast of Fools:
A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of ...
- Feasts, Ecclesiastical:
( Latin Festum ; Greek heorte ).
Feast Days, or Holy ...
- Febronianism:
The politico-ecclesiastical system outlined by Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, ...
- Feckenham, John de:
Last Abbot of ...
- Feder, Johann Michael:
A German theologian, b. 25 May, 1753, at Oellingen in Bavaria ; d. 26 July, ...
- Feilding, Rudolph William Basil:
The eighth Earl of Denbigh, and ninth Earl of Desmond, b. 9 April, 1823; d. 1892. ...
- Feilmoser, Andreas Benedict:
A theologian and Biblical scholar, b. 8 April, 1777, at Hopfgarten, Tyrol; d. at ...
- Felbiger, Johann Ignaz von:
A German educational reformer, pedagogical writer, and
- Felician and Primus, Saints:
Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the
- Felician Sisters, O.S.F.:
Founded 21 November, 1855, at Warsaw, Poland, by Mother
- Felicissimus:
A deacon of
- Felicitas and Perpetua, Saints:
Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with three companions, ...
- Felicitas, Saint:
MARTYR.
The earliest list of the Roman feasts of martyrs, ...
- Felix and Adauctus, Saints:
Martyrs at Rome, 303, under
- Felix and Nabor, Saints:
Martyrs during the
- Felix I, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 274. Early in 269 he succeeded Saint Dionysius as head ...
- Felix II:
Pope (more properly
- Felix III (II), Pope Saint:
(Reigned 483-492).
Born of a Roman senatorial
- Felix IV (III), Pope Saint:
(Reigned 526-530).
On 18 May, 526, Pope
- Felix of Cantalice, Saint:
A Capuchin friar, b. at Cantalice, on the north-western border of the Abruzzi; d. ...
- Felix of Nola, Saint:
Born at Nola, near Naples, and lived in the third century. After his father's ...
- Felix of Valois, Saint:
Born in 1127; d. at Cerfroi, 4 November, 1212. He is commemorated 20 November. He ...
- Felix V:
Regnal name of Amadeus of Savoy,
- Feller, François-Xavier de:
An author and apologist, b. at
- Feneberg, Johann Michael Nathanael:
Born in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, 9 Feb., 1751; died 12 Oct., 1812. He studied ...
- Fenn, John:
Born at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. 27 Dec., 1615. He was the eldest ...
- Ferber, Nicolaus:
A Friar
- Ferdinand II:
Emperor, eldest son of Archduke Karl and the Bavarian Princess Maria, b. 1578; d. ...
- Ferdinand III, Saint:
King of Leon ...
- Ferdinand, Blessed:
Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at Fez, in Morocco, 5 ...
- Ferdinando, Luigi, Count de Marsigli:
Italian geographer and naturalist, b. at
- Ferentino, Diocese of:
(FERENTINUM)
In the province of Rome, immediately subject ...
- Fergus, Saints: St. Fergus ...
- Feria:
( Latin for "free day").
A day on which the people, ...
- Ferland, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine:
A French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, 25 December, 1805; d. at Quebec, ...
- Fermo, Archdiocese of:
(FIRMANA).
In the province of Ascoli Piceno (Central
- Fernández de Palencia, Diego:
A Spanish conqueror and historian; b. at
- Fernández, Antonio:
A Jesuit missionary; b. at Lisbon, c. 1569; d. at Goa, 12 November, 1642. About ...
- Fernández, Juan:
A Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at
- Ferns:
DIOCESE OF FERNS (FERNENSIS).
Diocese in the province of ...
- Ferrara:
A RCHDIOCESE OF F ERRARA (F ERRARIENSIS ).
Archdiocese ...
- Ferrari, Gaudenzio:
An Italian painter and the greatest master of the Piedmontese School, b. at ...
- Ferraris, Lucius:
An eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order. The exact dates of his ...
- Ferre, Vicente:
Theologian, b. at Valencia,
- Ferreira, Antonio:
A poet, important both for his lyric and his dramatic compositions, b. at Lisbon, ...
- Ferrer, Rafael:
A Spanish missionary and explorer; b. at Valencia, in 1570; d. at San ...
- Ferrer, Saint Vincent:
Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at ...
- Ferrières, Abbey of:
Situated in the
- Ferstel, Heinrich, Freiherr von:
Architect; with Hansen and Schmidt, the creator of modern
- Fesch, Joseph:
Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, 3 January, 1763; d. at Rome, 13 May, 1839. He ...
- Fessler, Josef:
Bishop of St. Polten in Austria and secretary of the
- Fetherston, Blessed Richard:
Priest and
- Feti, Domenico:
An Italian painter ; born at Rome, 1589; died at Venice, 1624. He was a pupil ...
- Fetishism:
Fetishism means ...
- Feuardent, François:
A Franciscan, theologian, preacher of the Ligue, b. at Coutanees, Normandy, in ...
- Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von:
An Austrian poet, philosopher, and physician; born at Vienna, 29 April, 1806; ...
- Feudalism: Etymology
This term is derived from the Old Aryan pe'ku , hence ...
- Feuillants:
The
- Feuillet, Louis:
(FEUILLÉE)
Geographer, b. at Mane near Forcalquier, ...
- Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo:
A celebrated Spanish writer, b. at Casdemiro, in the
- Fiacc, Saint:
(Lived about 415-520.) A poet, chief
- Fiacre, Saint:
Abbot, born in
- Ficino, Marsilio:
A philosopher, philologist, physician, b. at Florence, 19 Oct., 1433; d. at ...
- Ficker, Julius:
(More correctly Caspar von Ficker).
Historian, b. at ...
- Fideism:
(Latin fides , faith).
A philosophical term meaning a ...
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Saint:
Born in 1577, at Sigmaringen, Prussia, of which town his father Johannes Rey was ...
- Fiesole:
DIOCESE OF FIESOLE (FÆSULANA).
Diocese in the province ...
- Figueroa, Francisco de:
A celebrated Spanish poet, surnamed "the Divine", b. at Alcalá de Henares, ...
- Figueroa, Francisco García de la Rosa:
Franciscan, b. in the latter part of the eighteenth century at Toluca, in the
- Fiji, Vicariate Apostolic of:
Comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji Archipelago. This archipelago forms ...
- Filby, Blessed William: Blessed William Filby
Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered ...
- Filelfo, Franscesco:
A humanist, b. at Tolentino, 25 July, 1398; d. at
- Filial Church:
(Latin filialis , from filia , daughter), a church to which is annexed the ...
- Filicaja, Vincenzo da:
Lyric poet; born at Florence, 30 December, 1642; died there 24 September, 1707. ...
- Filioque:
Filioque is a ...
- Fillastre, Guillaume:
French cardinal, canonist, humanist, and geographer, b. 1348 at La Suze, Maine, ...
- Filliucci, Vincenzo:
Jesuit moralist; b. at Sienna, Italy, 1566; d. at
- Filliucius, Felix:
(Or, as his name is more often found, in its Italian form, FIGLIUCCI).
- Final Perseverance:
( Perseverantia finalis ).
Final perseverance is the ...
- Finan, Saint:
Second Bishop ...
- Finbarr, Saint:
(Lochan, Barr).
Bishop and patron of Cork, born near Bandon, ...
- Finch, Ven. John:
A martyr, b. about 1548; d. 20 April, 1584. He was a yeoman of Eccleston, ...
- Finglow, Ven. John:
An English
- Finland:
Note: This article was taken from the 1909 edition of the
- Finnian of Moville, Saint:
Born about 495; died 589. Though not so celebrated as his namesake of Clonard, he ...
- Finotti, Joseph M.:
Born at Ferrara, Italy, 21 September, 1817; died at Central City, Colorado, 10 ...
- Fintan, Saints: St. Fintan of ...
- Fioretti di San Francesco d'Assisi:
Little Flowers of Francis of
- Fire, Liturgical Use of:
Fire is one of the most expressive and most ancient of liturgical symbols. All ...
- Firmament:
(Septuagint stereoma ; Vulgate, firmamentum ).
The ...
- Firmicus Maternus:
Christian author of the fourth century; wrote a work "De errore profanarum ...
- Firmilian:
Bishop of
- First-Born:
The word, though casually taken in Holy Writ in a metaphorical sense, is most ...
- First-Fruits:
The practice of consecrating
- Fiscal Procurator:
( Latin PROCURATOR FISCALIS).
The duties of the
- Fischer, Antonius:
Archbishop of
- Fish, Symbolism of the:
Among the symbols employed by the primitive Christians, that of the fish ranks ...
- Fisher, Philip:
(An alias , real name THOMAS COPLEY)
Missionary, b. in ...
- Fisherman, The Ring of the:
The earliest mention of the Fisherman's ring worn by the
- Fitter, Daniel:
Born in Worcestershire, England, 1628; died at St. Thomas' Priory, near ...
- Fitton, James:
Missionary, b. at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. , 10 April, 1805; d. there, 15 ...
- Fitz-Simons, Thomas:
American merchant, b. in Ireland, 1741; d. at Philadelphia, U.S.A. 26 Aug., ...
- Fitzalan, Henry:
Twelfth Earl of Arundel, b. about 1511; d. in London, 24 Feb., 1580 (O.S. 1579). ...
- FitzGibbon, Catherine:
(Catherine FitzGibbon.)
Born in London, England, 12 May, ...
- Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir:
Judge, b. in 1470; d. 27 May, 1538. He was the sixth son of Ralph Fitzherbert of ...
- Fitzherbert, Maria Anne:
Wife of King George IV; b. 26 July, 1756 (place uncertain); d. at Brighton, ...
- Fitzherbert, Thomas:
Born 1552, at Swynnerton, Staffs, England ; died 17 Aug., 1640, at Rome. His ...
- Fitzpatrick, William John:
Historian, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 31 Aug., 1830; d. there 24 Dec., 1895. The son ...
- Fitzralph, Richard:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Dundalk, Ireland, about 1295; d. at Avignon, 16 ...
- Fitzsimon, Henry:
(Fitz Simon).
Jesuit, b. 1566 (or 1569), in Dublin,
- Fixlmillner, Placidus:
Astronomer, b. at Achleuthen near Kremsmünster, Austria, in 1721; d. at ...
- Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis:
Physicist, b. at Paris, 23 Sept., 1819; d. at Nanteuil, Seine-et-Marne, 18 Sept., ...
- Fléchier, Esprit:
Bishop; b. at Pernes, France, 1632; died at Montpellier, 1710; member of the ...
- Flórez, Enrique:
Spanish theologian, archeologist, and historian; born at Valladolid, 14 February, ...
- Flabellum:
The flabellum, in liturgical use, is a fan made of leather, silk, parchment, or ...
- Flaccilla, Ælia:
( Plakilla )
Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great , died ...
- Flagellants:
A fanatical and heretical sect that flourished in the thirteenth and succeeding ...
- Flagellation:
The history of the whip, rod, and stick, as instruments of punishment and of
- Flaget, Benedict Joseph:
First Bishop ...
- Flanagan, Thomas Canon:
Born in England in 1814, though Irish by descent; died at Kidderminster, 21 ...
- Flanders:
(Flemish VLAENDEREN; German FLANDEREN; French FLANDRE).
...
- Flandrin, Jean-Hippolyte:
French painter, b. at Lyons, 23 March, 1809; d. at Rome, 21 March, 1864. He came ...
- Flathead Indians:
A name used in both Americas, without special ethnologic significance, to ...
- Flathers, Ven. Mathew:
( Alias Major).
An English
- Flavia Domitilla:
A Christian ...
- Flavian, Saint:
Bishop of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; d. at
- Flavias:
A titular see of Cilicia Secunda. Nothing is known of its ancient name and ...
- Flavigny, Abbey of:
A Benedictine
- Flaviopolis:
A titular see in the province of Honorias. The city, formerly called Cratia, ...
- Flemael, Bertholet:
(The name was also spelled FLEMALLE and FLAMAEL).
Painter, b. ...
- Fleming, Patrick:
Franciscan
- Fleming, Richard: (FLEMMING, FLEMMYNGE).
Bishop of
- Fleming, Thomas:
Archbishop of Dublin, son of the Baron of Slane, b. in 1593; d. in 1665. He ...
- Fletcher, John:
A missionary and theologian, b. at Ormskirk, England, of an old
- Flete, William:
An Augustinian hermit friar, a contemporary and great friend of St. Catherine of ...
- Fleuriot, Zénaide-Marie-Anne:
A French novelist, b. at Saint-Brieuc, 12 September, 1829; d. at Paris, 18 ...
- Fleury, Abbey of:
( More completely FLEURY-SAINT-BENOÎT)
One of the ...
- Fleury, André-Hercule de:
Born at Lodève, 26 June, 1653; died at Paris, 29 January, 1742. He was a ...
- Flodoard:
(Or FRODOARD)
French historian and chronicler, b. at Epernay ...
- Flood of Noah:
Deluge is the ...
- Floreffe, Abbey of:
Pleasantly situated on the
- Florence:
(Latin Florentia ; Italian Firenze ). ARCHDIOCESE OF FLORENCE (FLORENTINA). ...
- Florence of Worcester:
English chronicler; all that is known of his personal history is that he was a
- Florence, Council of:
The Seventeenth Ecumenical ...
- Florentina, Saint:
Virgin ; born towards the middle of the sixth century; died about 612. The
- Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris, Chevalier de:
Born at the château of Florian (Gard), 6 March, 1755; died at Sceaux, 13 ...
- Florians, The:
(Floriacenses), an altogether independent order, and not, as some consider, a ...
- Florida:
The Peninsular or Everglade State, the most southern in the American Union and ...
- Florilegia:
Florilegia ...
- Florus:
A deacon of Lyons, ecclesiastical writer in the first half of the ninth ...
- Floyd, John:
English missionary, wrote under the names Flud,
- Fogaras:
ARCHDIOCESE OF FOGARAS (FOGARASIENSIS).
Archdiocese in ...
- Foggia:
DIOCESE OF FOGGIA (FODIANA).
Diocese in the province of the ...
- Foillan, Saint:
( Irish FAELAN, FAOLAN, FOELAN, FOALAN.)
Represented in ...
- Folengo, Teofilo:
An Italian poet, better known by his pseudonyrn MERLIN COCCALO or COCAI; b. at ...
- Foley, Henry:
Born at Astley in Worcestershire, England, 9 Aug., 1811; died at Manresa House, ...
- Foligno:
DIOCESE OF FOLIGNO (FULGINATENSIS).
Diocese in the province ...
- Foliot, Gilbert:
Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century of an Anglo-Norman
- Folkestone Abbey:
Folkestone Abbey ...
- Fonseca Soares, Antonio da:
(ANTONIO DAS CHAGAS).
- Fonseca, José Ribeiro da: Friar Minor ; b. at Evora, 3 ...
- Fonseca, Pedro Da:
A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at ...
- Fontana, Carlo:
An architect and writer; b. at Bruciato, near Como, 1634; d. at Rome, 1714. There ...
- Fontana, Domenico:
A Roman architect of the Late Renaissance, b. at Melide on the Lake of Lugano, ...
- Fontana, Felice:
Italian naturalist and physiologist, b. at Pomarolo in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1730; ...
- Fontbonne, Jeanne:
In religion ...
- Fonte-Avellana:
A suppressed order of hermits, which takes its name from their first hermitage in ...
- Fontenelle, Abbey of:
(Or ABBEY OF SAINT WANDRILLE).
A Benedictine monastery in ...
- Fontevrault, Order and Abbey of: I. CHARACTER OF THE ORDER
The monastery of Fontevrault was founded by ...
- Fonts, Holy Water:
Vessels intended for the use of holy water are of very ancient origin, and ...
- Fools, Feast of:
A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of ...
- Foppa, Ambrogio:
Generally known as CARADOSS0.
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, ...
- Forbes, John:
Capuchin, b. 1570; d. 1606. His father, John, eighth
- Forbin-Janson, Comte de Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph:
A Bishop of ...
- Forcellini, Egidio:
Latin lexicographer, b. at Fener, near Treviso, Italy, 26 Aug., 1688; d. at ...
- Ford, Blessed Thomas:
Born in Devonshire; died at Tyburn, 28 May, 1582. He incepted M.A. at Trinity ...
- Fordham University:
Fordham ...
- Foreman, Andrew:
A Scottish prelate, of
- Forer, Laurenz:
Controversialist, b. at Lucerne, 1580; d. at Ratisbon, 7 January, 1659. He ...
- Foresters, Catholic Orders of: I
On 30 July, 1879, some members of the
- Forgery, Forger:
If we accept the definition usually given by canonists, forgery ( Latin falsum ) ...
- Forli:
(FOROLIVIENSIS)
Diocese in the province of Romagna (Central ...
- Form:
(Latin forma; Greek eidos, morphe, he kata ton logon ousia, to ti en einai : ...
- Formby, Henry:
Born 1816; died at Normanton Hall, Leicester, 12 March, 1884. His father, Henry ...
- Formosus, Pope:
(891-896)
The pontificate of this pope belongs to that era ...
- Formularies:
(LIBRI FORMULARUM)
- Forrest, William:
Priest and poet; dates of birth and death uncertain. Few personal details are ...
- Forster, Fobrenius:
Prince-Abbot of St. Emmeram at Ratisbon, b. 30 Aug., 1709, at Königsfeld in ...
- Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria:
Astronomer and naturalist, b. at London, 9 Nov., 1789; d. at Brussels, 2 Feb., ...
- Fort Augustus Abbey:
St. Benedict's Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, is at present the only ...
- Fort Wayne:
DIOCESE OF (WAYNE CASTRENSIS).
The
- Fortaleza, Diocese of:
(FORTALEXIENSIS)
The
- Fortescue, Blessed Adrian:
Knight of St. John, martyr, b. about 1476, executed 10 July, 1539. He belonged to ...
- Fortitude:
(1) Manliness is etymologically what is meant by the Latin word virtus and by the ...
- Fortunato of Brescia:
Morphologist and Minorite of the Reform of
- Fortunatus:
Venantius Honorius Clementianus
- Forty Hours' Devotion:
Also called Quarant' Ore or written in one word Quarantore , is a devotion in ...
- Forty Martyrs:
A party of soldiers who suffered a cruel death for their faith, near Sebaste, in ...
- Forum, Ecclesiastical:
That the Church of Christ has ...
- Fossano:
DIOCESE OF FOSSANO (FOSSANENSIS).
- Fossombrone:
DIOCESE OF FOSSOMBRONE (FOROSEMPRONIENSIS).
Diocese in the ...
- Fossors:
(Latin fossores , fossarii from fodere , to dig).
...
- Foster, John Gray:
Soldier, convert, b. at Whitfield, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 27 May, 1823; d. at ...
- Fothad, Saint:
Surnamed NA CANOINE ("of the Canon").
A
- Fouard, Constant:
An ecclesiastical writer b. at Elbeuf, near Rouen, 6 Aug. 1837; his early
- Foucault, Jean-Bertrand-Léon:
A physicist and mechanician, b. at Paris, 19 Sept., 1819; d. there 11 Feb., ...
- Foulque de Neuilly:
A popular Crusade preacher, d. March, 1202. At the end of the twelfth century he ...
- Foundation:
( Latin fundatio; German Stiftung )
An ecclesiastical
- Foundling Asylums:
Under this title are comprised all institutions which take charge of infants whose ...
- Fountains Abbey:
A monastery of the Cistercian Order situated on the banks of the Skell about ...
- Fouquet, Jehan:
(Or J EAN F OUQUET )
French painter and miniaturist, b. at ...
- Four Crowned Martyrs:
The old guidebooks to the tombs of the Roman martyrs make mention, in ...
- Four Masters, Annals of the:
The most extensive of all the compilations of the ancient annals of Ireland. They ...
- Fowler, John:
Scholar and printer, b. at Bristol, England, 1537; d. at Namur, Flanders, 13 ...
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs:
John Foxe was born at
- Fréchette, Louis-Honoré:
Born at Notre-Dame de Lévis, P.Q., Canada, 16 November, 1839; died 30 May, ...
- Fréjus:
DIOCESE OF FRÉJUS (FORUM JULII).
Suffragan of Aix ; ...
- Fra Angelico:
A famous painter of the Florentine school, born near Castello di Vicchio in ...
- Fractio Panis:
(BREAKING OF BREAD.)
The name given to a fresco in the ...
- France:
The fifth in size (usually reckoned the fourth) of the great divisions of Europe. ...
- Frances d'Amboise, Blessed:
Duchess of Brittany, afterwards Carmelite nun, b. 1427; d. at Nantes, 4 Nov., ...
- Frances of Rome, Saint:
(Bussa di Leoni.)
One of the greatest mystics of the fifteenth ...
- Franceschini, Marc' Antonio:
Italian painter ; b. at Bologna, 1648; d. there c. 1729; best known for the ...
- Franchi, Ausonio:
The pseudonym of CRISTOFORO BONAVINO, philosopher ; b. 24 February, 1821, at ...
- Francia:
(FRANCESCO RAIBOLINI)
A famous Bolognese goldsmith, engraver, ...
- Francis Borgia, Saint:
(Spanish F RANCISCO DE B ORJA Y A RAGON )
Francis ...
- Francis Caracciolo, Saint:
Co-founder with John ...
- Francis de Geronimo, Saint:
(Girolamo, Hieronymo).
Born 17 December, 1642; died 11 May, ...
- Francis de Sales, Saint:
Bishop of Geneva,
- Francis I:
King of France ...
- Francis Ingleby, Venerable:
English martyr, born about 1551; suffered at York on Friday, 3 June, 1586 (old ...
- Francis of Assisi, Saint:
Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at
- Francis of Fabriano, Blessed:
Priest of the Order of Friars
- Francis of Paula, Saint:
Founder of the Order of Minims; b. in 1416, at Paula, in Calabria,
- Francis of Vittoria:
A Spanish theologian ; b. about 1480, at Vittoria, province of Avila, in Old ...
- Francis Regis Clet, Blessed:
A Lazarist missionary in
- Francis Solanus, Saint:
South American missionary of the Order of Friars
- Francis Xavier, Saint:
Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, 7 April, 1506; died on the ...
- Francis, Rule of Saint:
As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule. ...
- Franciscan Crown:
( Or Seraphic Rosary.)
A
- Franciscan Order:
A term commonly used to designate the members of the various foundations of ...
- Franck, Kasper:
A theologian and controversialist; b. at Ortrand, Saxony, 2 Nov., 1543; d. at ...
- Franco, Giovanni Battista:
(Frequently known as IL SEMOLIE)
Italian historical painter ...
- Frank, Michael Sigismund:
Catholic artist and rediscoverer of the lost art of glass-painting; b. 1 June, ...
- Frankenberg:
JOHANN HEINRICH, GRAF VON FRANKENBERG.
Archbishop of
- Frankfort, Council of:
Convened in the summer of 794, by the
- Frankfort-on-the-Main:
Frankfort-on-the-Main, formerly the scene of the
- Franks, The:
The Franks were a confederation formed in Western
- Franzelin, Johann Baptist:
Cardinal and theologian ; b. at Aldein, in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1816; d. at ...
- Frascati:
DIOCESE OF FRASCATI (TUSCULANA).
One of the six ...
- Frassen, Claude:
A celebrated Scotist theologian and philosopher of the Order of Friars
- Fraternal Correction:
Fraternal correction is here taken to mean the admonishing of one's neighbor by a ...
- Fraticelli:
(Or F RATRICELLI )
A name given to various heretical sects ...
- Fraud:
In the common acceptation of the word, an act or course of deception deliberately ...
- Fraunhofer, Joseph von:
Optician, b. at Straubing, Bavaria, 6 March, 1787; d. at Munich, 7 June, 1826. He ...
- Frayssinous, Denis de:
1765-1841,
- Fredegarius:
The name used since the sixteenth designate the supposed author of an anonymous ...
- Fredegis of Tours:
(Fridugisus or Fredegisus).
A ninth-century monk, ...
- Frederick I (Barbarossa):
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Frederick of Swabia (d. 1147) and Judith, ...
- Frederick II:
German King and Roman Emperor, son of
- Fredoli, Berenger:
Cardinal-Bishop of
- Free Church of Scotland:
(Known since 1900 as the UNITED FREE CHURCH)
An ...
- Free Will:
RELATION OF THE QUESTION TO DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY ...
- Free-Thinkers:
Those who, abandoning the religious truths and moral dictates of the
- Freeman, Ven. William:
A priest and ...
- Freemasonry:
The subject is treated under the following heads:
I. Name and ...
- Fregoso, Federigo:
Cardinal ; b. at Genoa, about 1480; d. 22 July, 1541; belonged to the Fregosi, ...
- Freiburg:
City, archdiocese, and university in the Archduchy of Baden,
- Fremin, James:
Jesuit missionary to the American Indians ; b. at Reims, 12 March, 1628; d. at ...
- French Academy, The:
The French Academy was founded by
- French Catholics in the United States:
The first
- French Concordat of 1801, The:
This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, ...
- French Literature: Origin and Foundations of the French Language
When the
- French Revolution:
The last thirty years have given us a new version of the history of the French ...
- French, Nicholas:
Bishop of Ferns, Ireland, b. at Ballytory, Co. Wexford, in 1604, his
- Freppel, Charles-Emile:
Born at Ober-Ehnheim, Alsace, 1 June, 1827; died at Paris, 22 Dec., 1891. He was ...
- Frequent Communion:
Without specifying how often the faithful should communicate,
- Fresnel, Augustin-Jean:
Physicist; b. at Broglie near Bernay, Normandy, 10 May, 1788; d. at Ville ...
- Friar:
[From Lat. frater , through O. Fr. fredre, frere, M. E. frere; It. frate ...
- Friars Minor, Order of: (Also known as FRANCISCANS.) This subject may be conveniently considered under the ...
- Fribourg, University of:
From the sixteenth century, the
- Fridelli, Xavier Ehrenbert:
(Properly FRIEDEL.)
Jesuit missioner and cartographer, b. at ...
- Frideswide, Saint:
(FRIDESWIDA, FREDESWIDA, French FRÉVISSE, Old English FRIS).
- Fridolin, Saint:
Missionary, founder of the Monastery of Säckingen,
- Friedrich von Hausen:
(HUSEN)
Medieval German poet, one of the earliest of the ...
- Friends of God:
( German G OTTESFREUNDE ).
An association of pious ...
- Friends, Society of:
The official designation of an Anglo - American religious sect originally ...
- Frigolet, Abbey of:
The monastery of St. Michael was founded, about 960, at Frigolet, by Conrad the ...
- Fringes (in Scripture):
This word is used to denote a special kind of trimming, consisting of loose ...
- Fritz, Samuel:
A Jesuit missionary of the eighteenth century noted for his exploration of the ...
- Froissart, Jean:
French historian and poet, b. at Valenciennes, about 1337, d. at
- Fromentin, Eugène:
French writer and artist; b. at La Rochelle, 24 October, 1820; d. at ...
- Frontal, Altar:
The frontal ( antipendium,
- Frontenac, Louis de Baude:
A governor of New France, b. at Paris, 1622; d. at Quebec, 28 Nov., 1698. His ...
- Frowin, Blessed:
Benedictine abbot, d. 11 March, 1178. Of the early
- Fructuosus of Braga, Saint:
An Archbishop, d. 16 April, c. 665. He was the son of a Gothic general, and ...
- Fructuosus of Tarragona, Saint:
A bishop and ...
- Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von:
A chemist and mineralogist, b. at Mattenzell, near Bremberg, Lower Bavaria, 15 ...
- Fulbert of Chartres:
Bishop, b. between 952 and 962; d. 10 April, 1028 or 1029. Mabillon and others ...
- Fulcran, Saint:
Bishop of Lodève; d. 13 February, 1006. According to the biography which ...
- Fulda:
DIOCESE OF FULDA (FULDENSIS).
This
- Fulgentius Ferrandus:
A canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the sixth ...
- Fulgentius, Saint:
A Bishop of ...
- Fulgentius, Saint:
(FABIUS CLAUDIUS GORDIANUS FULGENTIUS).
Born 468, died 533. ...
- Fullerton, Lady Georgiana Charlotte:
Novelist; born 23 September, 1812, in Staffordshire, died 19 January, 1885, at ...
- Fullo, Peter:
Intruding Monophysite
- Fumo, Bartolommeo:
A theologian, b. at Villon near
- Funchal:
(FUNCHALENSIS.)
Diocese in the Madeira Islands. Both in ...
- Fundamental Articles:
This term was employed by Protestant theologians to distinguish the essential ...
- Funeral Dues:
The canonical perquisites of a
- Funeral Pall:
A black cloth usually spread over the coffin while the obsequies are performed for ...
- Funk, Franz Xaver von:
Church historian, b. in the small market town of Abtsgemünd in ...
- Furness Abbey:
Situated in the north of Lancashire about five miles from the town of Ulverston. ...
- Furni:
A titular see in Proconsular Africa, where two towns of this name are known to ...
- Furniss, John:
A well-known children's missioner, born near Sheffield, England, 19 June, 1809; at ...
- Fursey, Saint:
An Abbot of ...
- Fussola:
A titular see in Numidia. It was a fortified town, inhabited for the most part ...
- Fust, John:
( Or FAUST.)
A partner of Gutenberg in promoting the art ...
- Fytch, William Benedict:
An English Franciscan
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