Catholic Encyclopedia - G
- "God", Etymology of the Word:
(Anglo-Saxon
- Gédoyn, Nicolas:
A French translator and literary critic; b. at Orléans, 17 June, 1667; d. ...
- Génebrard, Gilbert:
A learned Benedictine exegete and Orientalist, b. 12 December, 1535, at Riom, ...
- Génicot, Edward:
Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 ...
- Géramb, Baron Ferdinand de:
In religion, Brother
- Gérando, Joseph-Marie de:
A French statesman and writer, born at Lyons, 29 February, 1772; died at Paris, ...
- Gérard, Abbot of Brogne, Saint:
Born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died ...
- Géry, Saint:
(Latin Gaugericus ).
Bishop of Cambrai -
- Gómara, Francisco Lopez de:
( Or GOMORA.)
Born at Seville, Spain, in 1510; studied at ...
- Görres, Guido:
Historian, publicist, and poet; b. at Coblenz on 28 May, 1805; d. at Munich on 14 ...
- Görres, Johann Joseph:
Born at Coblenz, in the heart of the Rhine country, 25 January, 1776; died at ...
- Görz:
( Italian GORIZIA; Slovene GORICA).
Capital of the ...
- Göttweig, Abbey of:
(GOTTWEIH, GOTTVICUM, GOTTVICENSE).
A Benedictine
- Gügler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius:
Born at Udligerschwyl, near Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 August, 1782; died at ...
- Günther of Cologne:
(also GUNTHAR)
An
- Günther, Anton:
Philosopher ; b. 17 Nov., 1783, at Lindenau, near Leitmeritz,
- Gabala:
A titular see of
- Gabbatha:
The Aramaic appellation of a place in Jerusalem, designated also under the Greek ...
- Gaboon:
V ICARIATE A POSTOLIC OF G ABUN
Formerly called the ...
- Gabriel Possenti, Blessed:
Passionist student; renowned for
- Gabriel Sionita:
A learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the Parisian ...
- Gabriel the Archangel, Saint:
"Fortitudo Dei", one of the three archangels mentioned in the
- Gabriel, Brothers of Saint:
The Congregation of the Brothers of
- Gad:
( , fortune, luck).
A proper name which designates in the ...
- Gadara:
A titular see of Palaestina Prima; there were two sees of this name, one in ...
- Gaddi, Agnolo, Giovanni, and Taddeo:
Florentine artists, Taddeo being the father of Agnolo and Giovanni. The dates of ...
- Gaeta:
ARCHDIOCESE OF GAETA (CAIETANA).
Archdiocese in the province ...
- Gaetano, Saint:
(GAETANO.)
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at ...
- Gagarin, Ivan Sergejewitch:
Gagarin was of the princely Russian
- Gagliardi, Achille:
Ascetic writer and spiritual director ; born at Padua, Italy, in 1537; died at ...
- Gahan, William:
A priest and ...
- Gaillard, Claude Ferdinand:
A French engraver and painter ; b. at Paris, 7 Jan., 1834; d. there, 27 Jan., ...
- Gal, Saint:
Of the ninety-eight
- Galantini, Ippolito, Blessed:
Founder of the Congregation of
- Galatians, Epistle to the: GALATIA
In the course of centuries, gallic tribes, related to those that ...
- Galatino, Pietro Colonna: Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, Orientalist ; b. at Galatia (now Cajazzo) in Apulia; d. at ...
- Galerius, Valerius Maximianus:
Galerius, a native of Illyria, was made Caesar 1 March, 293, by Diocletian, ...
- Galien, Joseph:
Dominican, professor of
- Galilee:
( Septuagint and New ...
- Galilei, Alessandro:
An eminent Florentine architect ; born 1691; died 1737.
...
- Galilei, Galileo:
Generally called GALILEO. Born at Pisa, 15 February, 1564; died 8 January, 1642. ...
- Galitzin, Elizabeth:
Princess, religious of the Sacred Heart ; born at St. Petersburg, 22 February, ...
- Gall, Abbey of Saint:
In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of
- Gall, Saint:
(GALLUS; in the most ancient manuscript he is called GALLO, GALLONUS, GALLUNUS, ...
- Galla:
Vicariate Apostolic embracing the territory of the
- Galla, Saint:
A Roman widow ...
- Gallait, Louis:
Flemish painter ; born at Tournai, 10 May, 1810; died in Brussels, 20 November, ...
- Galland, Antoine:
French Orientalist and numismatist, b. at Rollot, near Montdidier, in Picardy, ...
- Gallandi, Andrea:
Oratorian and patristic scholar, born at Venice, 7 December, 1709; died there 12 ...
- Galle:
DIOCESE OF GALLE (GALLENSIS).
Diocese in Ceylon, created ...
- Gallego, Juan Nicasio:
Priest and poet; born at Zamora, Spain, 14 December, 1777; died at Madrid, 9 ...
- Galletti, Pietro Luigi:
Benedictine, historian and archaeologist; b. at
- Gallia Christiana:
A documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the ...
- Gallican Rite, The:
This subject
- Gallicanism:
This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some
- Gallicanus, Saints:
The following saints of this name are commemorated on 25 June:
- Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius:
Roman emperor; b. about 218; d. at Milan, 4 March, 268; appointed regent by his ...
- Gallifet, Joseph de:
Priest ; b. near Aix, France, 2 May 1663; d. at Lyons, 1 September, 1749. He ...
- Gallipoli:
DIOCESE OF GALLIPOLI (GALLIPOLITANA).
Diocese in the province ...
- Gallitzin, Adele Amalie:
(Or GOLYZIN).
Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at ...
- Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine:
Prince, priest, and missionary, born at The Hague, Holland, 22 December, 1770; ...
- Galloway, Diocese of:
(Gallovidiana).
Situated in the southwest of Scotland. It ...
- Galluppi, Pasquale:
Philosopher, b. at Tropea, in Calabria, 2 April, 1770; d. at Naples, 13 Dec., ...
- Gallwey, Peter:
Born at Killarney, 13 Nov., 1820; d. in London, 23 Sept., 1906; one of the ...
- Galtelli-Nuoro:
(Galtellinensis-Norensis)
Diocese in the province of
- Galura, Bernhard:
Prince- Bishop ...
- Galvani, Luigi:
Physician, b. at Bologna, Italy, 9 September, 1737; d. there, 4 December, 1798. ...
- Galveston:
DIOCESE OF GALVESTON (GALVESTONIENSIS).
The
- Galway and Kilmacduagh:
DIOCESE OF GALWAY AND KILMACDUAGH (GALVIENSIS ET DUACENSIS).
- Gama, Vasco da:
The discover of the sea route to East Indies; born at Sines, Province of Alemtejo, ...
- Gamaliel:
(Greek form of ...
- Gamans, Jean:
Born 8 July, 1606, at Ahrweiler (according to other sources at Neuenahr, about two ...
- Gambling:
Gambling , or ...
- Gams, Pius Bonifacius:
An ecclesiastical historian, b. at Mittelbuch, Würtemberg, 23 January, ...
- Gandolphy, Peter:
(Or Gandolphi.)
Jesuit preacher; b. in London, 26 July, ...
- Gangra:
A titular see in the province of Paphlagonia; in the native tongue the word ...
- Gansfort, John Wessel:
(GANSFORT).
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at ...
- Gap:
(VAPINCENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of Aix, includes the ...
- García Moreno, Gabriel:
Ecuadorean patriot and statesman; b. at Guayaquil, 24 December, 1821; assassinated ...
- García, Anne:
Better known as Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew,
- Garcia, Saint Gonsalo:
Born of a Portuguese father and a Canarese mother in Bassein, East India, about ...
- Garcilasso de la Vega:
Spanish lyric poet; b. at Toledo, 6 Feb., 1503; d. at Nice, 14 Oct., 1536. A ...
- Garcilasso de la Vega:
Historian of
- Gardellini, Aloisio:
Born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1759; died there, 8 Oct., 1829. He is famous chiefly for ...
- Garesché, Julius Peter:
Soldier; born 26 April, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone ...
- Garet, Jean:
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Havre about 1627; died at ...
- Gargara:
A titular see in the province of Asia, suffragan of Ephesus. The city appears to ...
- Garin, André:
An Oblate missionary and
- Garland:
A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, ...
- Garland, John:
An English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth ...
- Garlick, Venerable Nicholas:
Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, ...
- Garneau, François-Xavier:
A French Canadian historian, b. at Quebec, 15 June, 1809, of ...
- Garnet, Henry:
(Garnett.)
English martyr, b. 1553-4; d. 1606, son of Brian ...
- Garnet, Saint Thomas:
Protomartyr of
- Garnier, Charles:
Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 ...
- Garnier, Jean:
Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian ; b. at Paris, 11 Nov., ...
- Garnier, Julien:
Jesuit missionary, born at Connerai, France, 6 January, 1642; d. in Quebec, ...
- Garrucci, Raffaele:
A historian of
- Garzon:
(GARZONENSIS.)
Suffragan
- Gaspare del Bufalo, Blessed:
Founder of the Missionaries of the Most
- Gaspe, Philippe-Aubert de:
A French Canadian writer, b. at Quebec, 30 Oct., 1786, of a
- Gassendi, Pierre:
(GASSENDY, GASSEND.)
A French philosopher and scientist ; ...
- Gasser von Valhorn, Joseph:
An Austrian sculptor, b. 22 Nov., 1816 at Prägraten, Tyrol; d. 28 Oct., ...
- Gassner, Johann Joseph:
A celebrated
- Gaston, William:
Jurist; b. at Newbern, North Carolina , U.S.A. 19 Sept., 1778: d. at Raleigh, ...
- Gatianus, Saint:
Founder and
- Gau, Franz Christian:
Architect and archeologist, b. at Cologne, 15 June, 1790; d. at Paris, January, ...
- Gaubil, Antoine:
A French Jesuit and missionary to China, b. at Gaillac (Aveyron), 14 July, ...
- Gaudentius of Brescia:
(GAUDENTIUS BRIXIENSIS or BONTEMPS.)
A theologian of the ...
- Gaudentius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Gaudete Sunday:
The third
- Gaudier, Antoine de:
A writer on asectic theology ; b. at Château-Thierry, France, 7 January, ...
- Gaudiosus:
Bishop of
- Gaul, Christian:
The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the
- Gaultier, Aloisius-Edouard-Camille:
Priest and schoolmaster; b. at Asti, Piedmont, about 1745, of French
- Gaume, Jean-Joseph:
French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comté) in 1802; d. in ...
- Gavantus, Bartolommeo:
(GAVANTO)
Liturgist, a member of the Barnabite Order ; b. ...
- Gaza:
( Hebrew 'Azzah , "the strong")
A titular see of ...
- Gazzaniga, Pietro Maria:
A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., ...
- Gebhard (III) of Constance:
Bishop of that city and strenuous defender of papal rights against imperial ...
- Gebhart, Emile:
A French professor and writer, b. 19 July, 1839, at
- Gedeon:
Gideon or
- Gegenbauer, Josef Anton:
An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. 6 March, 1800, at ...
- Geiler von Kayserberg, Johann:
A celebrated German
- Geissel, Johannes von:
Cardinal,
- Gelasius I, Pope Saint:
Died at Rome, 19 Nov., 496. Gelasius, as he himself states in his letter to the ...
- Gelasius II, Pope:
Born at Gaeta, year unknown; elected 24 Jan., 1118; died at Cluny, 29 Jan., 1119. ...
- Gelasius of Cyzicus:
Ecclesiastical writer. He was the son of a
- Gemblours:
(Gembloux, Gemblacum)
A suppressed Benedictine monastery ...
- Genealogy (in the Bible):
The word genealogy occurs only twice in the
- Genealogy of Christ:
It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of
- General Chapter:
( Latin capitulum , a chapter).
The daily assembling of a ...
- General Judgment:
(Judicium Universale, Last Judgment).
I. EXISTENCE OF THE GENERAL ...
- Generation:
( Latin Vulgate, generatio ).
This word, of very varied ...
- Genesareth:
( Gennesaret .)
This is the name given to the Lake of
- Genesius: (1) Genesius (of ...
- Genevieve, Saint:
Patroness of Paris, b. at Nanterre, c. 419 or 422; d. at Paris, 512. Her feast ...
- Genezareth, Land of:
By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on ...
- Genga, Girolamo:
A painter, born at
- Gennadius I, Saint:
Patriarch of
- Gennadius II:
Patriarch of
- Gennadius of Marseilles:
(GENNADIUS SCHOLASTICUS).
A
- Gennings, Edmund and John:
The first, a
- Genoa:
ARCHDIOCESE OF GENOA (JANUENSIS)
Archdiocese in Liguria, ...
- Gentile da Fabriano:
Italian painter ; b. probably about 1378 in the District of the Marches; d. ...
- Gentiles:
( Hebrew Gôyîm ; Greek ethne, ethnikoi , Hellenes ; Vulgate ...
- Gentili, Aloysius:
Born 14 July, 1801, at
- Genuflexion:
To genuflect [ Latin genu flectere , geniculare (post-classic), to bend the ...
- Geoffrey of Clairvaux:
A disciple of ...
- Geoffrey of Dunstable:
Also known as GEOFFREY OF GORHAM.
Abbot of St. Alban's, d. ...
- Geoffrey of Monmouth:
(GAUFRIDUS ARTURUS, GALFRIDUS MONEMETENSIS, GALFFRAI or GRUFFYD AB ARTHUR). ...
- Geoffrey of Vendôme:
(GOFFRIDUS ABBAS VINDOCINENSIS.)
A cardinal, b. in the ...
- Geography and the Church:
The classic historians of geography, Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, and ...
- Geography, Biblical:
With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the
- George Hamartolus:
A monk at
- George of Trebizond:
A Greek scholar of the early Italian Renaissance ; b. in Crete (a Venetian ...
- George Pisides:
(Or THE PISIDIAN).
A Byzantine poet lived in the first half ...
- George the Bearded:
(Also called THE RICH.)
Duke of Saxony, b. at Dresden, 27 ...
- George, Orders of Saint:
Knights of St. ...
- George, Saint:
Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in ...
- Georgetown University:
Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia , "is the oldest
- Georgia: STATISTICS
The area of
- Georgius Syncellus:
(Greek Georgios ho Sygkellos ).
Died after 810; the author ...
- Gerace:
DIOCESE OF GERACE (HIERACENSIS).
Diocese in the province of ...
- Gerald, Saint:
Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; died 13 March, 731; ...
- Geraldton:
DIOCESE OF GERALDTON (GERALDTONENSIS).
Diocese in Australia, ...
- Gerard Majella, Saint:
Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, 1726; died 16 October, ...
- Gerard of Cremona:
A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into ...
- Gerard, Archbishop of York:
Date of birth unknown; died at Southwell, 21 May, 1108. He was a nephew of ...
- Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint:
Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994. Belonging to a wealthy and ...
- Gerard, John:
Jesuit ; born 4 October, 1564; died 27 July, 1637. He is well known through his ...
- Gerard, Richard:
Confessor ; born about 1635; died 11 March, 1680 (O.S.). The Bromley branch of the ...
- Gerard, Ven. Miles:
Martyr ; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. ...
- Gerardus Odonis:
Also Geraldus Othonis , or Ottonis , a medieval theologian and
- Gerasa:
A titular see in the province of
- Gerberon, Gabriel:
A Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation ; b. at St-Calais, Department of ...
- Gerbet, Olympe-Phillipe:
A French
- Gerbillon, Jean-François:
French missionary; born at Verdun, 4 June, 1654; died at Peking, China, 27 March, ...
- Gerdil, Hyacinthe Sigismond:
Cardinal and theologian ; b. at Samoëns in Savoy, 20 June, 1718; d. at ...
- Gerhard of Zütphen:
(ZERBOLT OF ZUTPHEN)
Born at Zütphen, 1367; died at ...
- Gerhoh of Reichersberg:
Provost of that ...
- Germain, Saint, Bishop of Auxerre:
Bishop of Auxerre, born at Auxerre c. 380; died at Ravenna, 31 July, 448. He was ...
- Germain, Saint, Bishop of Paris:
Bishop of
- Germaine Cousin, Saint:
Born in 1579 of humble
- German Gardiner, Blessed:
Last martyr ...
- German Literature: I. FROM OLDEST PRE-CHRISTIAN PERIOD TO 800 A.D.
There are no written ...
- Germanicia:
A titular see in the province of Euphratensis and the patriarchate of Antioch; ...
- Germanicopolis:
A titular see in the province of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. The city took ...
- Germans in the United States:
Germans, either by birth or descent,
- Germanus I, Saint:
Patriarch of
- Germany: I. BEFORE 1556
From their first appearance in the history of the world the ...
- Germany, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern:
(VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF THE NORTHERN MISSIONS)
Its ...
- Germia:
A titular see of Galatia Secunda, a suffragan of
- Gerona:
DIOCESE OF GERONA (GERUNDENSIS)
The
- Gerrha:
A titular see in the province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of
- Gerson, Jean de Charlier de:
The surname being the name of his native place; b. in the hamlet of Gerson 14 ...
- Gertrude of Aldenberg, Blessed:
Abbess of the Premonstratensian
- Gertrude of Hackeborn:
Cistercian
- Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint:
Virgin, and
- Gertrude the Great, Saint:
Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; died at Helfta, ...
- Gertrude van der Oosten, Venerable:
Beguine ; born at Voorburch, Holland ; died at Delft, 6 Jan., 1358. She was born ...
- Gervaise, Dom François Armand:
Discalced ...
- Gervase of Canterbury:
(GERVAS US DOROBORNENSIS)
English chronicler, b. about 1141; ...
- Gervase of Tilbury:
(TILBERIENSIS)
Medieval writer, b. probably at Tilbury, in ...
- Gervase, George:
(Jervise.)
Priest and martyr, born at Boscham, Suffolk, ...
- Gervasius and Protasius, Saints:
Martyrs of Milan, probably in the second century, patrons of the city of
- Gesellenvereine:
German
- Gesta Dei per Francos:
Gesta Dei per ...
- Gesta Romanorum:
A medieval collection of anecdotes, to which moral reflections are attached. ...
- Gethsemane:
Gethsemani (Hebrew gat , press, and semen , oil) is the place in which
- Gethsemane, Abbey of Our Lady of:
An abbey of the ...
- Gezireh:
Gezireh (or ...
- Gfrörer, August Friedrich:
German historian; b. at Calw, Würtemberg, 5 March, 1803; d. at Karlsbad, 6 ...
- Ghardaia:
Prefecture Apostolic in the French Sahara, separated in 1901 from the Vicariate ...
- Ghent:
DIOCESE OF GHENT (GANDENSIS or GANDAVENSIS).
The
- Ghibellines and Guelphs:
Names adopted by the two factions that kept
- Ghiberti, Lorenzo di Cione:
Sculptor ; b. at
- Ghirlandajo:
(D OMENICO DI T OMMASO B IGORDI ).
A famous Florentine ...
- Ghislain, Saint:
Confessor and anchorite in
- Ghost Dance:
The principal
- Giannone, Pietro:
Italian historian, born 7 May, 1676, at Ischitella in the province of Capinata, ...
- Gibail and Batrun:
A Maronite residential see. Gibail is merely the modern name of
- Gibault, Pierre:
Missionary, b. at Montreal, Canada, 1737; d. at New Madrid, about 1804; son of ...
- Gibbons, John:
Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells, Somersetshire; ...
- Gibbons, Richard:
Brother of Father John ...
- Giberti, Gian Matteo:
Cardinal, and
- Giberti, Jean-Pierre:
Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at
- Gibraltar:
VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF GIBRALTAR.
- Gideon:
Gideon or
- Giffard, Bonaventure:
Born at Wolverhampton, England, 1642; died at Hammersmith, Middlesex, 12 March, ...
- Giffard, Godfrey:
Bishop of Worcester, b. about 1235; d. 26 Jan., 1301. He was the son of Hugh ...
- Giffard, William:
Second Norman
- Gifford, William:
Archbishop of
- Gift of Miracles:
The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First ...
- Gift, Supernatural:
A
- Gil de Albornoz, Alvarez Carillo:
A renowned cardinal, general, and statesman; b. about 1310 at
- Gil of Santarem, Blessed:
A Portuguese Dominican : b. at Vaozela,
- Gilbert de la Porrée:
(Gilbertus Porretanus)
Bishop of Poitiers, philosopher, ...
- Gilbert Foliot:
Bishop of London, b. early in the twelfth century of an Anglo-Norman
- Gilbert Islands:
Vicariate apostolic ; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of ...
- Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint:
Founder of the Order of Gilbertines , b. at Sempringham, on the border of the ...
- Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent:
Poet, b. at Fontenoy-le-Château, 1751; d. at Paris, 12 November, 1780. His ...
- Gilbert, Sir John Thomas:
Irish archivist and historian, b. in Dublin, 23 January, 1829; d. there, 23 May, ...
- Gilbertines, Order of:
Founded by St. Gilbert, about the year 1130, at Sempringham, Gilbert's native ...
- Gildas, Saint:
Surnamed the Wise; b. about 516; d. at Houat, Brittany, 570. Sometimes he is ...
- Giles, Saint:
(Latin Ægidius.)
An Abbot, said to have been born of ...
- Gillespie, Eliza Maria:
(In religion ...
- Gillespie, Neal Henry:
Brother of Eliza Maria Gillespie ; b. in Washington County, Pennsylvania, 19 ...
- Gillis, James:
Scottish
- Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield:
A musician, born at Ballygar Galway, Ireland, 25 Dec., 1829; died at St. Louis, ...
- Gindarus:
A titular see of
- Ginoulhiac, Jacques-Marie-Achille:
A French
- Gioberti, Vincenzo:
An Italian statesman and philosopher ; b. at Turin, 5 April, 1801; d. at ...
- Giocondo, Fra Giovanni:
An Italian architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar, b. in ...
- Giordani, Tommasso:
A composer, b. at
- Giordano, Luca:
Neapolitan painter ; b. at Naples, 1632; d. in the same place, 12 Jan., 1705. He ...
- Giorgione:
(GIORGIO BARBARELLI, ZORZO DA CASTELFRANCO)
Italian painter, ...
- Giotto di Bondone:
A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most ...
- Giovanelli, Ruggiero:
Composer, b. at Velletri, near Rome, in 1560; d. at Rome, 7 January, 1625. In ...
- Giovanni Dominici, Blessed:
(BANCHINI or BACCHINI was his
- Giraldi, Giovanni Battista:
(Surnamed CINTIO)
Italian dramatist and novelist; b. at ...
- Giraldi, Ubaldo:
(UBALDUS A SANCTO CAJETANO).
An Italian canonist; b. in ...
- Giraldus Cambrensis:
Giraldus ...
- Girard, Jean-Baptiste:
Known as Père Girard, a Swiss pedagogue, b. at Fribourg, 17 December, ...
- Girardon, François:
A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at ...
- Giraud de Borneil:
A Provençal troubadour, b. about the middle of the twelfth century, at ...
- Girba:
A titular see in the province of African Tripoli. It is an island, in ancient ...
- Girgenti:
DIOCESE OF GIRGENTI (AGRIGENTINA).
- Gisbert, Blaise:
French rhetorician and critic; born at Cahors, 21 February, 1657; died at ...
- Giuliani, Veronica:
Born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, 1660; died at Citt` di ...
- Giulio Romano:
Properly GIULIO DEI GIANNUZZI, also known as GIULIO PIPPI.
A ...
- Giuseppe Giusti:
A poet and patriot ; b. 1809, at Monsumano near Pescia,
- Giuseppe Maria Tommasi, Blessed:
A Cardinal, noted for his learning, humility, and
- Glaber, Raoul:
Benedictine chronicler; b. in
- Glabrio, Manius Acilius:
Consul at
- Glagolitic:
(Or G LAGOLITSA ; Slavonic glagol, a word; glagolati, to speak).
- Glaire, Jean-Baptiste:
Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at ...
- Glanville, Ranulf de:
Chief Justiciar of England ; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; ...
- Glarean, Henry:
(LORITI)
The most distinguished of Swiss humanists, poet, ...
- Glasgow: I. ARCHDIOCESE OF GLASGOW (GLASGUENSIS)
Archdiocese in the south-west of ...
- Glastonbury Abbey:
[G LESTINGABURH; called also Y NISWITRIN (Isle of Glass) and A VALON (Isle of ...
- Glebe:
Glebe ( Latin ...
- Glendalough, School of:
Glendalough (the Valley of the Two Lakes) is a picturesque and lonely glen in the ...
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo:
The great
- Gloria, Laus et Honor:
A hymn ...
- Glory:
This word has many shades of meaning which lexicographers are somewhat puzzled to ...
- Glory Be:
In general this word means a short verse praising
- Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists:
(IN CANON LAW)
A gloss (Gk. glossa , Lat. glossa , ...
- Glosses, Scriptural: I. ETYMOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL MEANINGS
The modern English word gloss is ...
- Glossolalia:
(Glossolaly,
- Gloves, Episcopal:
Liturgical gloves ( chirothecœ , called also at an earlier date ...
- Gluttony:
(From Lat. gluttire , to swallow, to gulp down), the excessive indulgence in ...
- Gnesen-Posen:
Archdiocese in the Kingdom of Prussia. The
- Gnosticism:
The doctrine of
- Goa:
(GOANENSIS.)
Patriarchate of the East Indies, the chief see ...
- Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of:
Goajira is the most northern portion of South
- Goar, Jacques:
A Dominican and hellenist, b. at Paris, 1601, d. 23 September, 1653. He entered ...
- Goar, Saint:
An anchorite of Aquitaine; b. about 585; d. near Oberwesel (Germany), 6 July, ...
- Gobat, George:
Moral theologian ; born at Charmoilles, in the
- Gobban Saer:
Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh ...
- Gobelinus, Person:
(Persona.)
Born in 1358; died 17 November, 1421. He was a ...
- God:
Etymology of the Word "God" Discusses the root-meaning of the name "God", which ...
- God, Existence of:
The topic will ...
- God, Nature and Attributes of: I. As Known Through Natural ReasonA.
- God, Relation of the Universe to: 1. Essential Dependence of the
- God, Three Persons of:
This article is divided as follows:
I.
- Godard, Saint:
(Also spelled GOTHARD, GODEHARD).
Bishop of
- Godden, Thomas:
(True name Tylden.)
Born at Addington, Kent, 1624; died in ...
- Godeau, Antoine:
Bishop, poet and exegete ; b. at Dreux in the
- Godeberta, Saint:
Born about the year 640, at Boves, a few leagues from Amiens, in
- Godelina, Saint:
(GODELINA.)
Born at Hondeforte-lez-Boulogne, c. 1049; died at ...
- Godet des Marais, Paul:
Bishop of Chartres,
- Godfrey Goodman:
Born at Ruthin, Denbighshire, 28 February, 1582-3; died at Westminster, 19 January, ...
- Godfrey of Bouillon:
Duke of Lower
- Godfrey of Fontaines:
(GODEFRIDUS DE fontIBUS, DOCTOR VENERANDUS)
A scholastic ...
- Godfrey of Viterbo:
German writer of the twelfth century. Nothing is known as to the place or date ...
- Godinez:
(GODINEZ).
Mystical theologian, born at Waterford, ...
- Godric:
The name of two Abbots of Croyland.
- Goesport, John Wessel:
(GANSFORT).
A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, born at ...
- Goetz, Marie Josephine:
Second superior-general of the
- Goffe, Stephen:
(Or Gough)
Oratorian; b. 1605; d. at Paris,
- Goffine, Leonard:
(Or G OFFINÉ ).
Born at Cologne, or according to ...
- Gog and Magog:
Names, respectively, of a king and of his supposed kingdom, mentioned several ...
- Golden Bull:
(Golden Bull ).
A fundamental
- Golden Calf:
An object of worship among the Hebrews, mention of which occurs principally in
- Golden Rose:
A precious and sacred ornament made of pure gold by skilled artificers, which the ...
- Goldoni, Carlo:
Dramatist; b. at Venice, 25 Feb., 1707; d. at Paris, 6 Jan., 1793. Goldoni is ...
- Goldwell, Thomas:
Bishop of St. Asaph, the last survivor of the ancient
- Golgotha:
The place of the Crucifixion of
- Gomes De Amorim, Francisco:
Portuguese poet, dramatist, and novelist; b. at Avelomar, near Oporto, 13 August, ...
- Gondulphus:
(GUNDULFUS).
The name of three saints, of whom one was
- Gonet, Jean Baptiste:
Theologian, b. about 1616 at Beziers, in the province of Languedoc; d. there 24 ...
- Gonnelieu, Jérôme de:
Theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher; born at Soissons, 8 Sept., 1640; died ...
- González de Santalla, Thyrsus:
Theologian and thirteenth general of the
- González, Zeferino:
Dominican, cardinal, theologian, and philosopher, b. at Villoria in the Province ...
- Gonzaga, Ercole:
(Hercules.)
Cardinal ; b. at Mantua, 23 November, 1505; d. 2 ...
- Gonzaga, Saint Aloysius:
Born in the castle of Castiglione, 9 March, 1568; died 21 June, 1591. At eight he ...
- Gonzaga, Scipione:
Cardinal ; b. at Mantua, 11 November, 1542; d. at San Martino, 11 January, 1593. ...
- Gonzalez, Saint Peter:
Popularly known as St. Elmo, b. in 1190 at Astorga,
- Gonzalo de Berceo:
Spanish poet, active between 1220 and 1242. Born in the closing years on twelfth ...
- Good:
"Good" is one of those primary ideas which cannot be strictly defined. In order ...
- Good Faith:
A phrase employed to designate the mental and moral state of honest, even if ...
- Good Friday: Definition and etymology
- Good Hope, Cape of (Eastern):
The Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of
- Good Hope, Cape of (Western):
The Western vicariate and the Central prefecture, although different in name, are ...
- Good Samaritan, Sisters of the:
A congregation of
- Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Charity of the:
The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute ...
- Good, Highest, The:
"We always act with a view to some good. The
- Goodman, Ven. John:
Priest and
- Goossens, Pierre-Lambert:
Cardinal,
- Gordian:
( Latin GORDIANUS.)
There were three Roman emperors of this ...
- Gordianus and Epimachus, Saints:
Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate , 362, commemorated on 10 May. ...
- Gordon Riots:
This agitation, so called from the head and
- Gordon, Andrew:
A Benedictine monk, physicist ; b. 15 June, 1712, at Cofforach in Forfarshire, ...
- Gordos:
A titular see in the province of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. The city is ...
- Gorgonius, Saint:
Martyr, suffered in 304 at
- Gorkum, The Martyrs of:
The year 1572, Luther and Calvin had already wrested from the Church a great ...
- Gortyna:
A titular see, and in the
- Goscelin:
(Or GOTSELIN, according to the spelling in the earliest
- Gospel and Gospels:
The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and ...
- Gospel in the Liturgy: I. HISTORY
From the very earliest times the public reading of parts of the ...
- Gospel of Mark:
The subject
- Goss, Alexander:
Second Bishop ...
- Gossaert, Jan:
Called M ABUSE from Maubeuge in Hainaut.
Flemish painter ; ...
- Gosselin, Jean-Edmé-Auguste:
Ecclesiastical author; b. at Rouen, France, 28 Sept., 1787; d. at Paris, 27 ...
- Gother, John:
(Or JOHN GOTER)
Priest and controversialist; b. at ...
- Gothic Architecture:
The term Gothic was first used during the later Renaissance, and as a term of ...
- Gottfried von Strasburg:
One of the greatest of Middle High German epic poets. Of his
- Gotti, Vincent Louis:
Cardinal and theologian, b. at Bologna, 5 Sept., 1664; d. in Rome, 18 Sept., ...
- Gottschalk of Orbais:
A medieval theologian ; b. about 800, d. after 866, probable 30 October, 868 (or ...
- Gottschalk, Saint:
(GODESCALCUS).
Martyr Prince of the Wends; d. at Lenzen on ...
- Goulburn:
(Gulburnensis).
One of the six suffragan sees of the ...
- Gounod, Charles-François:
One of the most distinguished French musicians and composers of the nineteenth ...
- Goupil, René:
Jesuit missionary; born 1607, in Anjou; martyred in New York State, 23 ...
- Gousset, Thomas-Marie-Joseph:
French cardinal ...
- Government Authority:
Civil Authority ...
- Gower, John:
Poet; born between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; died October, 1408. He was of ...
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de:
Painter and etcher, b. in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain, 31 March, 1746; d. in ...
- Goyaz, Diocese of:
(Goyasiensis). Co-extensive with the state of the same name, one of the twenty ...
- Gozo, Diocese of:
The diocese ...
- Gozzi, Carlo:
Italian author, born at Venice, 1720; died 1806. He spent in military service ...
- Gozzoli:
(BENOZZO DI LESE DI SANDRO, surnamed GOZZOLI).
Painter ; b. ...
- Gozzolini, Saint Sylvester:
Founder of the Sylvestrines, b. of the noble
- Grässel, Lorenz:
Coadjutor-elect of Baltimore ; born at Ruemannsfelden, Bavaria, 18 August, 1753; ...
- Gröne, Valentin:
A Catholic ...
- Grün, Anastasius:
A pseudonym for Anton Alexander (Maria), Count von Auersperg, an Austrian poet; b. ...
- Grace:
Actual Grace Explains the concept of actual grace, which is defined in the ...
- Grace at Meals:
In Apostolic times
- Grace, Actual:
Grace ( ...
- Grace, Controversies on:
These are concerned chiefly with the relation between
- Grace, Supernatural:
Grace ( gratia, Charis ), in general, is a
- Grace, William Russell:
Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New ...
- Gradual:
( Latin Graduale , from gradus , a step)
Gradual, in ...
- Gradual Psalms:
Fifteen psalms -- ...
- Gradwell, Robert:
Bishop; b. at Clifton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, 26 Jan., 1777; d. in London, 15 ...
- Graffiti:
The term in common usage among archaeologists to designate a class of rude ...
- Graham, Patrick:
First
- Grail, The Holy:
The name of a legendary sacred vessel , variously identified with the
- Gramont, Eugénie de:
Religious of the
- Gran:
( Hungarian ESZTERGOM; Latin STRIGONIUM, STRIGONIENSIS)
...
- Granada:
Archdiocese of
- Granada, University of:
The origin of this university is to be traced to the Arab school at Cordova, ...
- Grancolas, Jean:
Doctor of the ...
- Grand Rapids:
(Grandormensis)
Diocese created 12 May, 1882 out of the
- Grande Chartreuse, La:
The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley of the Alps of ...
- Granderath, Theodor:
Born 19 June, 1839, at Giesenkirchen, Rhine Province; died 19 March, 1902, at ...
- Grandidier, Philippe-André:
Priest and historian, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, 9 Nov., 1752; d. at the
- Grandmont, Abbey and Order of:
Abbey and Order ...
- Grant, Thomas:
First Bishop ...
- Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de:
Known in history as CARDINAL DE GRANVELLE (GRANVELLA).
Born at ...
- Gras, Venerable Louise de Marillac Le:
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of
- Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul:
Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b. ...
- Grassis, Paris de:
Master of ceremonies to Julius II and Leo X ; b. at Bologna, about 1470; d. ...
- Gratian:
Roman Emperor; son of Valentinian I; born at Sirmium, 359; died at Lyons, 383. ...
- Gratian, Jerome:
Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first
- Gratian, Johannes:
(GRATIANUS).
The little that is known concerning the author of ...
- Gratianopolis:
A titular see in Caesarea Mauretania, Africa. This city does not figure in a ...
- Gratius, Ortwin:
(VAN GRAES)
Humanist ; b. 1475 at Holtwick, near Coesfeld, ...
- Gratry, Auguste-Joseph-Alphonse:
French priest ...
- Gratz, Peter Aloys:
Schoolmaster and exegete, b. 17 Aug., 1769, at Mittelberg, Allgäu, Bavaria ...
- Gravier, Jacques:
Jesuit missionary; born 1651 at Moulins, where he studied classics and
- Gravina and Montepeloso:
DIOCESE OF GRAVINA AND MONTEPELOSO (GRAVINENSIS ET MONTIS PELUSII).
- Gravina, Dominic:
Theologian ; b. in Sicily, about 1573; d. in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 Aug., 1643. ...
- Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo:
Italian jurist and littérateur of the seventeenth and eighteenth ...
- Graz, University of:
The University of Graz, located in the capital of the Province of Steiermark, owes ...
- Great Falls:
DIOCESE OF GREAT FALLS (GREATORMENSIS).
Created by Pope Pius ...
- Greco, El:
One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; d. ...
- Greece:
Greece
- Greek Catholics in America:
The Uniat churches of the Byzantine or Greek Rite were almost unknown to the ...
- Greek Church:
This subject
- Greek Orthodox Church in America:
The name Orthodox Church is generally used to distinguish those of the Greek ...
- Greek Rites: (1) Rite, Language, Religion
These are three things that must always be ...
- Green Bay:
(SINUS VIRIDIS)
The
- Green, Hugh:
Martyr ; born about 1584; martyred 19 August, 1642. His parents, who were ...
- Green, Thomas Louis:
Priest and controversialist; b. at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; d. at ...
- Greenland:
An island stretching from within the Arctic Circle south to about 59 degrees N. ...
- Gregorian Chant:
The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the ...
- Gregory Bæticus:
Bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his ...
- Gregory I, Pope Saint:
Doctor of the Church ; born at
- Gregory II, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 715-731).
Perhaps the greatest of the great
- Gregory III, Pope Saint:
(Reigned 731-741.)
Pope St. Gregory III was the son of a ...
- Gregory IV, Pope:
Elected near the end of 827; died January, 844. When Gregory was born is not ...
- Gregory IX:
(UGOLINO, Count of Segni).
Born about 1145, at
- Gregory of Heimburg:
Humanist and Statesman, b. at Würzburg in the beginning of the fifteenth ...
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint:
Doctor of the Church, born at Arianzus, in
- Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint:
Known at THAUMATURGUS, ( ho Thaumatourgos , the miracle-worker).
- Gregory of Nyssa, Saint:
Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the ...
- Gregory of Rimini, Saint:
An Augustinian theologian ; born at Rimini, Italy, in the second half of the ...
- Gregory of Tours, Saint:
Born in 538 or 539 at Arverni, the modern Clermont-Ferrand; died at Tours, 17 ...
- Gregory of Utrecht, Saint:
Abbot; b. about 707 or 708; d. 775 or 780. Gregory was born of a noble
- Gregory of Valencia:
Professor of the University of Ingolstadt , b. at Medina, Spain, March, 1550 ...
- Gregory the Illuminator:
Born 257?; died 337?, surnamed the Illuminator (Lusavorich).
...
- Gregory V, Pope:
Born c. 970; died 4 February, 999. On the death of
- Gregory VI:
On the death of
- Gregory VI, Pope:
(JOHN GRATIAN).
Date of birth unknown; elected 1 May 1045; ...
- Gregory VII, Pope Saint:
(HILDEBRAND).
One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and ...
- Gregory VIII:
Antipope. He was Mauritius Burdinus (Bordinho, Bourdin), who was placed upon the ...
- Gregory VIII, Pope:
(ALBERTO DI MORRA).
Born about the beginning of the twelfth ...
- Gregory X:
Born 1210; died 10 January, 1276. The death of Pope
- Gregory XI:
(PIERRE ROGER DE BEAUFORT).
Born in 1331, at the castle of ...
- Gregory XII:
(ANGELO CORRARIO, now CORRER).
Legal pope during the ...
- Gregory XIII, Pope:
(UGO BUONCOMPAGNI).
Born at Bologna, 7 Jan., 1502; died at ...
- Gregory XIV, Pope:
(N ICCOLÒ S FONDRATI ).
Born at Somma, near Milan, ...
- Gregory XV, Pope:
(ALESSANDRO LUDOVISI).
Born at Bologna, 9 or 15 January, ...
- Gregory XVI, Pope:
(MAURO, or BARTOLOMEO ALBERTO CAPPELLARI).
Born at Belluno, ...
- Greifswald, University of:
The oldest university of Prussia, founded in 1456. Even before this, Greifswald ...
- Greith, Karl Johann:
Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at ...
- Gremiale:
A square or oblong cloth which the bishop, according to the "Cæremoniale" ...
- Grenoble: DIOCESE OF GRENOBLE (GRATIANOPOLITANA)
Now comprises the Department of ...
- Gresemund, Dietrich:
German humanist ; b. in 1477, at
- Greslon, Adrien:
French missionary; b. at Perigueux, in 1618; entered the
- Gresset, Jean Baptiste:
Born 29 August, 1709; died 16 June, 1777, at Amiens. Having finished his studies ...
- Gretser, Jacob:
A celebrated Jesuit writer; b. at Markdorf in the
- Greuze, Jean-Baptiste:
French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, ...
- Grey Nuns:
The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of ...
- Grey Nuns of the Cross:
A community founded in 1745 at Monteal by Madame d'Youville, known as the Grey ...
- Griffin, Gerald:
A novelist, dramatist, lyricist; b. 12 December, 1803, at Limerick,
- Griffin, Martin Ignatius Joseph:
Journalist, historian, b. at Philadelphia, 23 Oct., 1842; d. there, 10 Nov., 1911. ...
- Griffiths, Thomas:
Born in London, 2 June, 1791; died 19 August, 1847; the first and only
- Grillparzer, Franz:
An Austrian poet, b. at Vienna, 15 January, 1791, d. 21 January, 1872. After ...
- Grimaldi, Francesco Maria:
Italian physicist, b. at Bologna, 2 April, 1618; d. in the same city, 28 Dec., ...
- Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco:
An eclectic painter of the Bolognese school ; b. at Bologna, 1606; d. at Rome, ...
- Grimmelshausen, Johann Jacob Christoffel von:
The greatest German novelist of the seventeenth century. What we know of his
- Groote, Gerard:
( Or Geert De Groote; Gerhardus Magnus.)
Founder of the ...
- Gropper, John:
An eminent jurist and theologian, b. 24 Feb., 1503, at Soest,
- Grosseteste, Robert:
Bishop of
- Grosseto:
(Grossetana)
Grosseto, suffragan
- Grosswardein:
( Hungarian Nagy-Várad; Magno-Varadinensis)
A
- Grottaferrata, Abbey of:
( Latin Crypta ferrata .)
A Basilian monastery near Rome, ...
- Grueber, Johann:
A German Jesuit missionary in
- Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal:
Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé-sur-Sarthe; d. at ...
- Guérard, Robert:
Born at Rouen, 1641; died at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, 2 January, 1715. For ...
- Guérin: (1) Eugénie de Guérin
A French writer; b. at the ...
- Guérin, Anne-Thérèse:
(In religion, Mother Theodore)
Born at Etables (Côte du ...
- Guadalajara:
(Guadalaxara)
Archdiocese in Mexico, separated from the
- Guadalupe, Shrine of:
Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church ...
- Guadeloupe:
(Or Basse Terre; Guadalupensis; Imæ Telluris)
Diocese in ...
- Guadix, Diocese of:
(GUADICENSIS)
The
- Guaicuri Indians:
(Pronounced Waikuri .)
A group of small tribes, speaking ...
- Guamanga, Diocese of:
( Or Guamanga).
A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima. The ...
- Guaraní Indians:
(Pronounced Waraní .)
One of the most important ...
- Guarantees, Law of:
(LA LEGGE DELLE GUARENTIGIE)
A name given to the
- Guarda, Diocese of:
(EGITANIENSIS.)
Province of Beira, Portugal. Near the ...
- Guardi, Francesco:
Venetian painter ; born at Venice, 1712; died in the same city, 1793. He was a ...
- Guardian Angels:
( See also FEAST OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS .)
That every ...
- Guardian Angels, Feast of:
This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman ...
- Guardianship, in Civil Jurisprudence:
Guardianship is "the
- Guarini, Battista:
An Italian poet, b. at Ferrara, 1538, d. at Venice, 7 Oct., 1612. His father, ...
- Guarino da Verona:
A humanist, b. 1370, at Verona,
- Guastalla, Diocese of:
(GUASTELLENSIS).
In the province of Reggio Emilia (Central ...
- Guastallines:
Luigia Torelli, Countess of Guastalla (b. about 1500; d. 29 Oct., 1559 or 1569), ...
- Guatemala, Santiago de:
(Sancti Jacobi majoris de Guatemala)
Archdiocese conterminous ...
- Guayaquil:
A RCHDIOCESE OF G UAYAQUIL (G UAYAQUILENSIS ).
...
- Gubbio:
Diocese of Eugubinensis, in the province of
- Gudenus, Moritz:
A German convert to the
- Gudula, Saint:
(Latin, Guodila ).
Born in Brabant, Belgium, of Witger ...
- Guelphs and Ghibellines:
Names adopted by the two factions that kept
- Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista:
Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817. ...
- Guiana:
(Or Guayana .)
- Guibert of Ravenna:
An antipope, known as Clement III, 1080 (1084) to 1100; born at
- Guicciardini, Francesco:
An historian and statesman; born at Florence, 1483; died there, 23 May, 1540. His ...
- Guido of Arezzo:
(Guido Aretinus).
A
- Guigues du Chastel:
(Guigo de Castro).
Fifth
- Guijon, André:
Bishop and orator; born in November, 1548, at
- Guilds:
Guilds were
- Guiney, Patrick Robert:
Second and eldest surviving son of
- Guiscard, Robert:
Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born ...
- Guise, House of:
The House of Guise, a branch of the ducal
- Guitmund:
A Bishop of ...
- Gulf of St. Lawrence:
Vicariate erected 12 September, 1905, and formed from the prefecture Apostolic of ...
- Gunpowder Plot, The:
(Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605). Robert Catesby, the ...
- Gunther, Blessed:
A hermit in
- Gurk:
(GURCENSIS)
A prince-bishopric of Carinthia, suffragan to ...
- Gury, Jean-Pierre:
Moral theologian ; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône, 23 January, 1801; d. ...
- Gusmão, Bartholomeu Lourenço de:
Naturalist, and the first aeronaut; b. in 1685 at Santos in the province of ...
- Gutenberg, Johann:
(Henne Gänsfleisch zur Laden, commonly called Gutenberg).
- Guthlac, Saint:
Hermit; born about 673; died at Croyland, England, 11 April, 714. Our authority ...
- Guyon, Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte-:
A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the ...
- Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de:
Señor de Batres; Spanish historian and poet (1376-1458). He belonged to a ...
- Györ:
( German RAAB; Latin JAURINENSIS).
A Hungarian see, ...
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