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- Classical Latin Literature in the Church: I. Early Period
This article deals only with the relations of the ...
- Lérida:
(ILERDENSIS)
Diocese ; suffragan of Tarragona. La Canal ...
- Lérins, Abbey of:
Situated on an island of the same name, now known as that of Saint-Honorat, about ...
- Lübeck:
Lübeck, a free imperial state and one of the Hanse towns, is in area the ...
- Lütolf, Aloys:
An ecclesiastical historian, born 23 July, 1824, in Gettnau near Willisau ...
- L'Enfant, Pierre-Charles:
Engineer, b. in France, August, 1755; d. near Bladensburg, Maryland, U.S.A. 14 ...
- L'Hospital, Michael de:
Born at Aigueperse, about 1504; d. at Courdimanche, 13 March, 1573. While very ...
- La Bruyère, Jean de:
Born at Paris ...
- La Chaise, François d'Aix de:
( Also Chaize).
Confessor of King Louis XIV, born at the ...
- La Crosse:
(CROSSENSIS)
Diocese erected in 1868; included that part of ...
- La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de:
Author of memoirs and novels, born in Paris, 1634; died there, 1693 (al., 1696). ...
- La Fontaine, Jean de:
French poet, b. at Chateau-Thierry, 8 July, 1621; d. at Paris, 13 April, 1695. He ...
- La Fosse, Charles de:
Painter, b. in Paris, 15 June, 1636; d. in Paris, 13 December, 1716, and buried ...
- La Harpe, Jean-François:
A French critic and poet, b. at Paris, 20 November, 1739; d. February, 1803. He ...
- La Haye, Jean de:
Franciscan Biblical scholar, b. at Paris, 20 March, 1593; d. there 15 Oct., 1661. ...
- La Hire, Philippe de:
Mathematician, astronomer, physicist, naturalist, and painter, b. in Paris, 18 ...
- La Luzerne, César-Guillaume:
French cardinal ...
- La Moricière, Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de:
French general and commander-in-chief of the papal army, b. at Nantes, 5 ...
- La Paz:
DIOCESE OF LA PAZ (PACENSIS).
Diocese of La Paz, in Bolivia. ...
- La Plata:
DIOCESE OF LA PLATA (DE PLATA).
The city of La Plata, capital ...
- La Plata:
ARCHDIOCESE OF LA PLATA/DE PLATA (OR CHARCAS)
La Plata, ...
- La Richardie, Armand de:
Born at Périgueux, 7 June, 1686; died at Quebec, 17 March, 1758. He ...
- La Roche Daillon, Joseph de:
Recollect, one of the most zealous missionaries of the Huron tribe, d. in ...
- La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of:
(François-Alexandre-Frédéric).
Born at La ...
- La Rochejacquelein, Henri-Auguste-Georges du Vergier, Comte de:
French politician, b. at the château of Citran (Fironde), on 28 September, ...
- La Rochelle:
The Diocese of ...
- La Rue, Charles de:
One of the great orators of the
- La Salette:
Located in the commune and
- La Salette, Missionaries of:
The Missionaries of
- La Salle, John Baptist de, Saint:
Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the
- La Salle, René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de:
Explorer, born at Rouen, 1643; died in Texas, 1687.
In his ...
- La Serena, Diocese of:
(De Serena, Serenopolitana).
Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo ...
- La Trappe:
This celebrated
- La Valette, Jean Parisot de:
Forty-eighth Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of
- La Verna:
An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated ...
- Labadists:
A pietist sect of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries founded by Jean de ...
- Laban:
Son of Bathuel, the Syrian (Gen. xxviii, 5; cf. xxv, 20); grandson of Nachor, ...
- Labarum (Chi-Rho):
Labarum is the name by which the military standard adopted by
- Labat, Jean-Baptiste:
Dominican missionary, born at Paris, 1664; died there, 1738. He entered the Order ...
- Labbe, Philippe:
Born at Borges, 10 July, 1607; died at Paris, at the
- Labour and Labour Legislation:
Labour is work done by
- Labour Unions, Moral Aspects of:
Since a labour union is a society, its moral aspects are determined by its ...
- Labyrinth:
A complicated arrangement of paths and passages; or a place, usually ...
- Lac, Stanislaus du:
Jesuit educationist and social work, b. at Paris, 21 November, 1835; d. there, ...
- Lace:
(Latin laqueus ; It. laccio, trine, merletto ; Spanish lazo, encaje, ...
- Lacedonia, Diocese of:
(LAQUEDONIENSIS)
Located in the province of Avellino, ...
- Lacordaire, Jean-Baptiste-Henri-Dominique:
The greatest
- Lactantius, Lucius Cæcilius Firmianus:
A Christian
- Lacy, Blessed William:
Born at "Hanton", Yorkshire (probably Houghton or Tosside, West Riding); suffered ...
- Laderchi, James:
An Italian Oratorian and ecclesiastical historian, born about 1678, at
- Ladislaus, Saint:
King of Hungary, born 1040; died at Neutra, 29 July, 1095; one of Hungary's ...
- Laennec, René-Théophile-Hyacinthe:
Born at Quimper, in Brittany, France, 17 February, 1781; died at Kerlouanec, 13 ...
- Laetare Sunday:
The fourth, or middle,
- Laetus, Pomponius:
Humanist, b. in Calabria in 1425; d. at
- LaFarge, John:
Painter, decorator, and writer, b. at New York, 31 March, 1835; d. at Providence, ...
- Lafitau, Joseph-Françs:
Jesuit missionary and writer, born at Bordeaux, France, 1 January, 1681; died ...
- Laflèche, Louis-François Richer:
French-Canadian bishop, b. 4 Sept., 1818, at Ste-Anne de la Perade, Province of ...
- Laforêt, Nicholas-Joseph:
Belgian philosopher and theologian, born at Graide, 23 January, 1823; died at ...
- Lafuente y Zamalloa, Modesto:
Spanish critic and historian, b. at Ravanal de los Caballeros, 1 May, 1806; d. at ...
- Lagania:
A titular see in Galatia Prima. The town is mentioned by Ptolemy, V, i, 14, and ...
- Lagrené, Pierre:
A missionary in New France, b. at Paris, 12 Nov. (al. 28 Oct.), 1659; d. at ...
- Lahore:
(LAHLORENSIS).
Diocese in northern India, part of the ...
- Laibach:
(LABACENSIS).
Austrian bishopric and suffragan of Görz, ...
- Laicization:
( Latin laicus , lay).
The term
- Lainez, James:
(LAYNEZ).
Second general of the
- Laity:
(Greek laos ...
- Lake Indians:
Called by themselves S ENIJEXTEE and possibly identical with the L AHANNA of ...
- Lalemant, Charles:
Born at Paris, 17 November, 1587; died there, 18 November, 1674. He was the first ...
- Lalemant, Gabriel:
Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, 10 October, 1610, d. in the Huron country, 17 ...
- Lalemant, Jerome:
Alias H IEROSME .
Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, 27 ...
- Lallemant, Jacques-Philippe:
French Jesuit, b. at St-Valéry-sur-Somme about 1660; d. at
- Lallemant, Louis:
French Jesuit, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne, 1588; d. at Bourges, 5 April, 1635. ...
- Lalor, Teresa:
Co-foundress, with
- Lamarck, Chevalier de:
(Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet; also spelled L A M ARCK ; botanical ...
- Lamartine, Alphonse de:
Poet, b. at Mâcon Saône-et-Loire, France, 21 Oct., 1790; d. at ...
- Lamb (in Early Christian Symbolism):
One of the few
- Lamb, Paschal:
A lamb which the
- Lambeck, Peter:
Generally called LAMBEC[C]IUS, historian and librarian, b. at Hamburg, 13 April ...
- Lambert Le Bègue:
Priest and reformer, lived at Liège, Belgium, about the middle of the ...
- Lambert of Hersfeld:
A medieval historian; b. in Franconia or Thuringia, c. 1024; d. after 1077. On ...
- Lambert of St-Bertin:
Benedictine chronicler and abbot, b. about 1060; d. 22 June, 1125, at St-Bertin, ...
- Lambert, Louis A.:
Priest and journalist, b. at Charleroi, Pennsylvania, 13 April, 1835; d. at ...
- Lambert, Saint:
(LANDEBERTUS).
Martyr,
- Lamberville, Jacques and Jean de: Jacques de Lamberville
Jesuit missionary, b. at Rouen, 1641; d. at Quebec, ...
- Lambillotte, Louis:
Belgian Jesuit, composer and paleographer of Church music ; born at La Hamaide, ...
- Lambin, Denis:
(DIONYSIUS LAMBINUS.)
French philologist, b. about 1520, at ...
- Lambruschini, Luigi:
Cardinal, b. at Sestri Levante, near Genoa, 6 March, 1776, d. at Rome, 12 May, ...
- Lambton, Ven. Joseph:
English martyr, b. 1569; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The day of his death is variously ...
- Lamego:
(LAMECENSIS).
Diocese situated in the district of Vizeu, ...
- Lamennais, Félicité Robert de:
Born at Saint-Malo, 29 June, 1782; died at Paris, 27 February, 1854. His father, ...
- Lamennais, Jean-Marie-Robert de:
French priest, brother of Félicité Robert de Lamennais, b. at ...
- Lamoignon, Family of:
Illustrious in the history of the old magistracy, originally from Nivernais. Owing ...
- Lamont, Johann von:
Astronomer and physicist, b. 13 Dec., 1805, at Braemar in Scotland, near ...
- Lamormaini, Wilhelm:
Confessor of Emperor Ferdinand II, b. 29 December, 1570, at Dochamps,
- Lamp and Lampadarii:
There is very little evidence that any strictly liturgical use was made of lamps ...
- Lamp, Altar:
In the Old Testament ...
- Lampa:
(LAMPAE, LAPPA).
A titular see in Crete, suffragan of ...
- Lamprecht:
Surnamed D ER P FAFFE (The Priest).
German poet of the ...
- Lamps, Early Christian:
Of the various classes of remains from
- Lampsacus:
A titular see of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus. The city is situated in ...
- Lamuel:
Name of a king mentioned in Proverbs 31:1 and 4 , but otherwise unknown. In the ...
- Lamus:
A titular see of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. In antiquity this village is ...
- Lamy, Bernard:
Oratorian, b. at Le Mans, France, in June, 1640; d. at Rouen, 29 Jan., 1715. At ...
- Lamy, François:
An ascetical and apologetic writer of the Congregation of St-Maur, b. in 1636 ...
- Lamy, Thomas Joseph:
Biblical scholar end orientalist, b. at Ohey, in Belgium, 27 Jan., 1827, d. at ...
- Lana, Francesco:
Born 10 Dec., 1631, at
- Lance, The Holy:
We read in the Gospel of
- Lancelotti, Giovanni Paolo:
Canonist, b. at
- Lanciano and Ortona:
(LANCIANENSIS ET ORTONENSIS).
Lanciano is a small city in the ...
- Land-Tenure in the Christian Era:
The way in which land has been held or owned during the nineteen hundred years ...
- Lando, Pope:
(913-14).
A native of the Sabina, and the son of Taino, ...
- Landriot, Jean-François-Anne:
French bishop, b. at Couches-les-Mines near Autun, 1816, d. at Reims, 1874. ...
- Lanfranc:
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at
- Lanfranco, Giovanni:
Also known as CAVALIERE GIOVANNI DI STEFANO.
Decorative ...
- Langénieux, Benoit-Marie:
Cardinal,
- Lang, Matthew:
Cardinal,
- Langen, Rudolph von:
Humanist and divine, b. at the village of Everswinkel, near Munster, Westphalia, ...
- Langham, Simon:
Cardinal,
- Langheim:
A celebrated Cistercian
- Langhorne, Ven. Richard:
English martyr, b. about 1635, d. at Tyburn, 14 July, 1679. He was the third son of ...
- Langley, Richard:
Layman and martyr, b. probably at Grimthorpe, Yorks, England, date unknown; d. ...
- Langres:
(LINGONÆ).
Diocese comprising the Department of the ...
- Lanigan, John:
Church historian, b. at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1758; d. at Finglas, ...
- Lanspergius:
(JOHN JUSTUS OF LANDSBERG).
Carthusian
- Lantern:
In Italian or modern architecture, a small structure on the top of a dome, for ...
- Lanterns, Altar:
Lanterns are used in churches to protect the
- Lanzi, Luigi:
An Italian archeologist, b. at Mont Olmo, near Macerata, in 1732; d. at
- Laodicea:
A titular see, of
- Laos:
(Vicariate Apostolic)
Separated from the Vicariate Apostolic ...
- Laplace, Pierre-Simon:
Mathematical and physical astronomer, b. in Beaumont-en-Auge, near Caen, ...
- Lapland and Lapps:
About 150,000 square miles of the most northerly regions of Europe, from the ...
- Lapparent, Albert Auguste de:
French geologist, b. at Bourges, 30 Dec., 1839; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1908. He ...
- Laprade, Victor de:
French poet and critic, b. at Montbrison in 1812; d. at Lyons in 1883. He first ...
- Lapsi:
( Latin, labi, lapsus ).
The regular designation in the ...
- Lapuente, Venerable Luis de:
(Also, D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont).
Born at Valladolid, 11 ...
- Laranda:
A titular see of Isauria, afterwards of Lycaonia. Strabo (XII, 569), informs us ...
- Lares:
Formerly a titular archiepiscopal see in pro-consular Africa. In ancient times ...
- Larino:
(Larinum).
Diocese in the province of Capmobasso, Southern ...
- Larissa:
The seat of a titular archbishopric of Thessaly. The city, one of the oldest and ...
- Larke, Blessed John:
English martyr ...
- Larrey, Dominique-Jean:
Baron, French military surgeon, b. at Baudéan, ...
- Larrey, Dominique-Jean:
Baron, French military surgeon, b. at Baudéan, ...
- Larue, Charles de:
Born 29 July, 1685 (some say 12 July, 1684), at Corbie, in
- Lasaulx, Ernst von:
Scholar and philosopher, born at Coblenz, 16 March, 1805; died at Munich, 9 May, ...
- Lascaris, Constantine:
Greek scholar from Constantinople; born 1434; died at
- Lascaris, Janus:
Also called John; surnamed Rhyndacenus (from Rhyndacus, a country town in
- Laski, John:
J OHN A L ASCO .
Archbishop of Gnesen and
- Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von:
A distinguished German antiquary, born at Donaueschingen, 10 April, 1770; died 15 ...
- Lassus, Orlandus de:
(Original name, Roland de Lattre), composer, born at Mons, Hainault, Belgium, in ...
- Last Judgment, The:
(Judicium Universale, Last Judgment).
I. EXISTENCE OF THE GENERAL ...
- Last Supper, The:
The meal held by Christ and His ...
- Lataste, Marie:
Born at Mimbaste near Dax, France, 21 February, 1822; died at Rennes, 10 May, ...
- Latera, Flaminius Annibali de:
Historian, born at Latera, near Viterbo, 23 November, 1733; died at Viterbo, 27 ...
- Lateran Council, Fifth:
When elected pope, Julius II promised under oath that he would soon convoke a ...
- Lateran Council, First:
The Council of 1123 is reckoned in the series of ecumenical councils. It had been ...
- Lateran Council, Fourth:
From the commencement of his reign
- Lateran Council, Second:
The death of Pope
- Lateran Council, Third:
The reign of
- Lateran Councils:
A series of five important councils held at
- Lateran, Christian Museum of:
Established by Pius IX in 1854, in the Palazzo del Laterano erected by Sixtus V ...
- Lateran, Saint John: THE BASILICA
This is the oldest, and ranks first among the four great ...
- Lathrop, George Parsons:
Poet, novelist, b. at Honolulu, Hawaii, 25 August, 1851; d. at New York, 19 ...
- Latin Church:
The word Church ( ecclesia ) is used in its first sense to express whole ...
- Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem:
The Latin Kingdom of
- Latin Literature in Christianity (Before the Sixth Century):
The Latin language was not at first the literary and official
- Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century):
During the Middle ...
- Latin, Ecclesiastical:
In the present instance these words are taken to mean the Latin we find in the ...
- Latini, Brunetto:
Florentine philosopher and statesman, born at Florence, c. 1210; the son of ...
- Latreille, Pierre-André:
A prominent French zoologist; born at Brives, 29 November, 1762; died in Paris, 6 ...
- Latria:
Latria ( ...
- Latrocinium:
(L ATROCINIUM ).
The
- Latter-Day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of:
( Also called the Church of
- Lauda Sion:
The opening words (used as a title of the sequence composed by
- Lauds:
In the Roman
- Laura:
The Greek word
- Laurence O'Toole, Saint:
(L ORCAN UA T UATHAIL ; also spelled Laurence O'Toole)
- Laurentie, Pierre-Sébastien:
French publicist; b. at Houga, in the Department of Gers, France, 21 January, ...
- Lausanne and Geneva: Diocese of
- Lauzon, Jean de:
Fourth governor of Canada, b. at Paris, 1583; d. there, 16 Feb., 1666. He was the ...
- Lauzon, Pierre de:
A noted missionary of New
- Lavérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de:
Discoverer of the Canadian West, born at Three Rivers, Quebec, 17 November, ...
- Lavabo:
The first word of that portion of Psalm 25 said by the celebrant at
- Laval University of Quebec:
The University of Laval was founded in 1852 by the Seminary of Quebec; the royal ...
- Laval, François de Montmorency:
First bishop ...
- Lavant:
(LAVANTINA)
An Austrian bishopric in the southern part of ...
- Laverdière, Charles-Honoré:
French-Canadian historian, born Chateau-Richer, Province of Quebec, 1826; died ...
- Laverlochère, Jean-Nicolas:
Missionary, born at St. Georges d'Espérance, Grenoble, France, 6 December, ...
- Lavigerie, Charles-Martial-Allemand:
French cardinal, b. at Huire near Bayonne, 13 Oct., 1825; d. at Algiers, 27 Nov., ...
- Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent:
Chemist, philosopher, economist ; born in Paris, 26 August, 1743; guillotined 8 ...
- Law: I. CONCEPT OF LAW
A. By
- Law, Canon:
This subject
- Law, Cemeteries in: Cemeteries in Civil ...
- Law, Civil (Influence of the Church on):
Christianity is essentially an ethical religion; and, although its moral ...
- Law, Common:
(Latin communis , general, of general application;
- Law, Divine (Moral Aspect of):
Divine Law is ...
- Law, International:
International
- Law, Mosaic:
The body of juridical, moral, and
- Law, Natural: I. ITS ESSENCE
In English this term is frequently employed as equivalent ...
- Law, Roman:
In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; ...
- Lawrence Justinian, Saint:
Bishop and first
- Lawrence O'Toole, Saint:
(L ORCAN UA T UATHAIL ; also spelled Laurence O'Toole)
- Lawrence of Brindisi, Saint:
(Also: Lawrence, or Laurence, of Brindisi.)
Born at
- Lawrence, Saint:
Martyr ; died 10 August, 258.
St. Lawrence, one of the
- Lawrence, Saint:
Second
- Laws, Penal:
This article treats of the penal legislation affecting Catholics in ...
- Lay Abbot:
( abbatocomes, abbas laicus, abbas miles ).
A name used to ...
- Lay Brothers:
Religious occupied solely with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a ...
- Lay Communion:
The primitive discipline of the Church established a different punishment for ...
- Lay Confession:
This article does not deal with
- Lay Tithes:
Under this heading must be distinguished (1) secular tithes, which subjects on ...
- Laymann, Paul:
A famous Jesuit moralist, b. in 1574 at Arzl, near Innsbruck; d. of the plague ...
- Lazarites:
A congregation of secular priests with religious
- Lazarus:
Lazarus (Greek ...
- Lazarus of Bethany, Saint:
Reputed first
- Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of Saint:
The military order of St.
- Le Blant, Edmond-Frederic:
French archeologist and historian, born 12 August, 1818; died 5 July, 1897 at ...
- Le Camus, Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange:
Preacher, theologian, scripturist,
- Le Camus, Etienne:
French cardinal, b. at Paris, 1632; d. at Grenoble, 1707. Through the influence of ...
- Le Caron, Joseph:
One of the four pioneer missionaries of
- Le Coz, Claude:
French bishop, b. at Plouévez-Parzay (Finistère), 1740; d. at ...
- Le Fèvre, Jacques:
A French theologian and controversialist, b. at Lisieux towards the middle of ...
- Le Gobien, Charles:
French Jesuit and founder of the famous collection of "Lettres édifiantes ...
- Le Gras, Venerable Louise de Marillac:
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of
- Le Hir, Arthur-Marie:
Biblical scholar and Orientalist ; b. at Morlaix (Finisterre), in the
- Le Loutre, Louis-Joseph:
A missionary to the Micmac Indians and
- Le Mans:
DIOCESE OF LE MANS (CENOMANENSIS).
Comprises the entire ...
- Le Mercier, François:
One of the early missionaries of New
- Le Moyne:
The name of one of the most illustrious families of the New World, whose deeds ...
- Le Moyne, Simon:
A Jesuit missionary, b. at Beauvais, 1604; d. in 1665 at Cap de la Madeleine, ...
- Le Nourry, Denis-Nicolas:
Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry, of the Congregation of St-Maur, ecclesiastical writer, b. ...
- Le Puy:
(Aniciensis).
Diocese comprising the whole Department of ...
- Le Quien, Michel:
French historian and theologian, b. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, department of ...
- Le Sage, Alain-René:
Writer, b. at Sarzeau (Morbihan), 1668; d. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747. The son of a ...
- Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice:
Archbishop of Reims, b. at Turin, 1642; d. at Reims, 1710. The son of Michel Le ...
- Le Tellier, Michel:
Born 16 October, 1643, of a peasant family, not at Vire as has so often been ...
- Le Verrier, Urbain-Jean-Joseph:
An astronomer and director of the observatory at Paris, born at Saint ...
- León:
DIOCESE OF LEÓN (LEONENSIS)
Suffragan of
- León, Luis de:
Spanish poet and theologian, b. at Belmonte, Aragon, in 1528; d. at Madrigal, 23 ...
- Lead, Diocese of:
(LEADENSIS).
The
- League of the Cross:
A Catholic ...
- League, German:
Only three years before the League was established, Duke
- League, The: I. THE LEAGUE OF 1576
The discontent produced by the Peace of Beaulieu (6 ...
- Leander of Seville, Saint:
Bishop of that city, b. at
- Leavenworth:
Diocese of
- Lebanon:
Lebanon (Assyr. ...
- Lebedus:
Titular see of
- Lebrun, Charles:
French historical painter, born in Paris, 1619; died at the Gobelin
- Lebwin, Saint:
(LEBUINUS or LIAFWIN).
- Lecce:
(LICIENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of Otranto. Lecce, the ...
- Leclerc du Tremblay, François:
A Capuchin, better known as P ÈRE J OSEPH , b. in Paris, 4 Nov., ...
- Leclercq, Chrestien:
A Franciscan Récollet and one of the most zealous missionaries to the ...
- Lecoy de La Marche:
(RICHARD-ALBERT).
French historian; b. at Nemours, 1839; d. ...
- Lectern:
(Lecturn, Letturn, Lettern, from legere , to read).
Support ...
- Lectionary:
( Lectionarium or Legenda ).
- Lector:
A lector ...
- Ledge, Altar:
Originally the altar was made in the shape of an
- Ledochowski, Miecislas Halka:
Count, cardinal,
- Leeds:
(LOIDIS; LOIDENSIS).
Diocese embracing the West Riding of ...
- Lefèvre d'Etaples, Jacques:
Frequently called "Faber Stapulensis."
A French philosopher, ...
- Lefèvre de la Boderie, Guy:
French Orientalist and poet; b. near Falaise in Normandy, 9 August, 1541; d. in ...
- Lefèvre, Family of:
There were various members of the Lefèvre
- Lefebvre, Camille:
Apostle of the ...
- Legacies:
(Latin Legata ).
I. DEFINITION
In its most ...
- Legate:
( Latin legare , to send).
Legate, in its broad ...
- Legends of the Saints:
Under the term legend the modern concept would include every untrue tale. But ...
- Legends, Literary or Profane:
In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In ...
- Leghorn:
(LIBURNENSIS.)
Suffragan of Pisa.
- Legio:
Titular see of Palestina Secunda, suffragan of Scythopolis. It figures for the ...
- Legipont, Oliver:
Benedictine, bibliographer, born at Soiron, Limburg, 2 Dec., 1698; died at Trier, ...
- Legists:
Teachers of civil or Roman law, who, besides expounding sources, explaining ...
- Legitimation:
( Latin legitimatio ).
The canonical term for the act by ...
- Legrand, Louis:
French theologian and noted
- Lehnin, Abbey of:
Founded in 1180 by Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, for Cistercian monks. ...
- Leibniz, System of: I. LIFE OF LEIBNIZ
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born at
- Leigh, Venerable Richard:
English martyr, born in Cambridgeshire about 1561; died at Tyburn, 30 August, 1588. ...
- Leipzig:
Chief town in the Kingdom of Saxony, situated at the junction of the Pleisse, ...
- Leipzig, University of:
The University of
- Leitmeritz:
(L ITOMERICENSIS ), in Austria, embraces the northern part of the Kingdom of
- Lejeune, Jean:
Born at Poligny in 1592; died at Limoges, 19 Aug., 1672; member of the
- Lelong, Jacques:
A French bibliographer, b. at Paris, 19 April, 1665 d. there, 13 Aug., 1721. As a ...
- Lemberg:
Seat of a Latin, a Uniat Ruthenian, and a Uniat Armenian archbishopric. The city ...
- Lemcke, Henry:
Missionary in the United States b. at Rhena, Mecklenburg, 27 July, 1796; d. at ...
- Lemercier, Jacques:
Born at Pontoise, about 1585; died at Paris, 1654. Lemercier shares with Mansart ...
- Lemos, Thomas de:
Spanish theologian and controversialist, b. at Rivadavia, Spain, 1555, d. at
- Lennig, Adam Franz:
Theologian, b. 3 Dec., 1803, at
- Lenormant, Charles:
French arch ...
- Lenormant, François:
Archæologist; son of Charles Lenormant, b. at Paris, 17 January, 1837; ...
- Lent: Origin of the word
The Teutonic word
- Lentulus, Publius:
Publius Lentulus is a fictitious person, said to have been Governor of
- Leo Diaconus:
Byzantine historian; b. at Kaloe, at the foot of Mount Tmolos, in Ionia, about the ...
- Leo I (the Great), Pope:
(Reigned 440-61).
Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 ...
- Leo II, Pope Saint:
Pope (682-83), date of birth unknown; d. 28 June, 683. He was a Sicilian, and ...
- Leo III, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; died 816. He was elected on the very day his predecessor ...
- Leo IV, Pope:
(Reigned 847-55)
A Roman and the son of Radoald, was ...
- Leo IX, Pope:
(1049-54), b. at Egisheim, near Colmar, on the borders of Alsace, 21 June, 1002; ...
- Leo V, Pope:
Very little is known of him. We have no certainty either as to when he was ...
- Leo VI, Pope:
The exact dates of the
- Leo VII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. 13 July, 939. A Roman and
- Leo VIII, Pope:
Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965. When the Emperor ...
- Leo X, Pope:
(G IOVANNI DE M EDICI ).
Born at Florence, 11 December, ...
- Leo XI, Pope:
(ALESSANDRO OTTAVIANO DE' MEDICI).
Born at
- Leo XII, Pope:
(A NNIBALE F RANCESCO C LEMENTE M ELCHIORE G IROLAMO N ICOLA DELLA G ...
- Leo XIII, Pope:
Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, ...
- Leo, Brother: Friar Minor, companion of St. Francis of Assisi,date of birth uncertain; died at Assisi, 15 ...
- Leocadia, Saint:
Virgin and martyr, d. 9 December, probably 304, in the
- Leodegar, Saint:
(LEGER)
Bishop of Autun, b. about 615; d. a
- Leon:
(THE DIOCESE AND CIVIL PROVINCE OF LEON)
HISTORY
...
- Leonard of Chios:
Born at an uncertain date on the Island of Chios, then under Genoese ...
- Leonard of Limousin, Saint:
Nothing absolutely certain is known of his history, as his earliest "Life", ...
- Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint:
Preacher and ascetic writer, b. 20 Dec., 1676, at Porto Maurizio on the Riviera ...
- Leonardo da Vinci:
(LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI)
Florentine painter, ...
- Leonidas, Saint:
( Or LEONIDES.)
The Roman
- Leontius Byzantinus:
( Leontios Byzantios )
An important theologian of the ...
- Leontius, Saint:
Bishop of Fréjus, in Provence. France, b. probably at Nîmes, ...
- Leontopolis:
A titular archiepiscopal see of Augustamnica Secunda. Strabo (XVII, 1,19, 20) ...
- Leopoldine Society, The:
Established at
- Lepanto:
Italian name for Naupactos (Naupactus) a titular
- Leprosy:
Leprosy proper, ...
- Leptis Magna:
Leptis Magna, a titular see of Tripolitana. Founded by the Sidonians in a fine ...
- Leros:
Titular see of the Cyclades, suffragan of Rhodes. According to Strabo (XIV, i, 6), ...
- Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole:
French publicist, b. at Lisieux, Calvados, in 1842; d. at Paris, 15 June, 1912. ...
- Lesbi:
A titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis, suffragan of Sitifis, or Sétif, ...
- Lesbi:
A titular see in Mauretania Sitifensis, suffragan of Sitifis, or Sétif, ...
- Lescarbot, Marc:
French lawyer, writer, and historian, b. at Vervins, between 1565 and 1570; d. ...
- Lescarbot, Marc:
French lawyer, writer, and historian, b. at Vervins, between 1565 and 1570; d. ...
- Lescot, Pierre:
One of the greatest architects of
- Lescot, Pierre:
One of the greatest architects of
- Lesina:
(PHARIA: HVAR; PHARENSIS, BRACHIENSIS, ET ISSENSIS)
Diocese in ...
- Leslie, John:
Bishop of Ross, Scotland, born 29 September, 1527, died at Guirtenburg, near
- Lessius, Leonard:
(LEYS)
A Flemish Jesuit and a theologian of high ...
- Lessons in the Liturgy:
(Exclusive of Gospel).
I. HISTORY
The reading of ...
- Lestrange, Louis-Henri de:
(In religion, DOM AUGUSTINE)
Born in 1754, in the ...
- Lesueur, François Eustache:
Jesuit missionary and philologist, of the Abnaki mission in
- Lesueur, Jean-François:
Composer, b. at Drucat-Plessiel, near Abbeville, 15 Feb., 1760; d. at Paris, 6 ...
- Lete:
A titular see of Macedonia, known by its coins and inscriptions, mentioned in ...
- Letourneux, Nicolas:
A well-known French preacher and ascetical writer of Jansenistic tendencies, ...
- Letters, Ecclesiastical:
(LITTERÆ ECCLESIASTICÆ)
Ecclesiastical letters ...
- Leubus:
A celebrated ancient Cistercian abbey, situated on the Oder, northwest of ...
- Leuce:
A titular see of Thrace, not mentioned by any ancient historian or geographer. ...
- Levadoux, Michael:
One of the first band of Sulpicians who, owing to the distressed state of
- Levau, Louis:
(LE VAU)
A contemporary of Jacques Lemercier and the two ...
- Levites:
(From Levi , name of the ancestral patriarch, generally interpreted "joined" or ...
- Leviticus:
The third book of the Pentateuch, so called because it treats of the offices, ...
- Lex:
(LAW)
The etymology of the Latin word
- Lezana, Juan Bautista de:
Theologian, born at Madrid, 23 Nov., 1586; died in Rome, 29 March, 1659. He ...
- Liège:
(The Diocese of ...
- Libel:
( Latin libellus , a little book)
A malicious publication ...
- Libellatici, Libelli:
The libelli were certificates issued to Christians of the third century. They ...
- Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum:
A miscellaneous collection of ecclesiastical
- Liber Pontificalis:
(BOOK OF THE POPES).
A history of the
- Liber Septimus:
Three canonical
- Libera Me:
(Domine, de morte aeterna, etc.).
The responsory sung at ...
- Libera Nos:
The first words of the
- Liberal Arts, The Seven:
The expression artes liberales , chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not ...
- Liberalism:
A free way of thinking and acting in private and public life.
I. ...
- Liberatore, Matteo:
A philosopher, theologian, and writer, born at Salerno, Italy, 14 August, 1810; ...
- Liberatus of Carthage:
(Sixth century)
Archdeacon ; author of an important history ...
- Liberia:
A republic on the west coast of Africa, between 4° 20´ and 7° ...
- Liberius, Pope:
(Reigned 352-66)
Pope Julius died on 12 April, according to ...
- Libermann, Ven. Francis Mary Paul:
Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which was afterwards ...
- Libraries:
Libraries, that is to say,
- Libri Carolini:
A work in four books (120 or 121 chapters), purporting to be the composition of ...
- Lichfield:
ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD (LICHFELDENSIS).
This
- Lidwina, Saint:
Born at Schiedam, Holland, 18 April 1380; died 14 April, 1433. Her father, Peter ...
- Lieber, Ernst Maria:
Born at Camberg in the Duchy of Nassau, 16 Nov., 1838; died 31 March, 1902. He was ...
- Lieber, Moriz:
Politician and publicist, b. at the castle of Blankenheim in the Eifel, 1 Oct., ...
- Liebermann, Bruno Franz Leopold:
Catholic theologian, b., at Molsheim in Alsace 12 Oct., 1759; 4. at Strasburg, 11 ...
- Liesborn:
A former noted Benedictine
- Liesborn, Master of:
A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar-piece of note in the ...
- Liessies:
A Benedictine monastery near Avesnes, in the
- Life:
(Greek zoe ; Latin vita ; French La vie , German Das Leben ; vital ...
- Ligamen:
( Latin for bond ).
The existing marriage tie which ...
- Lights:
Upon the subject of the liturgical use of lights, as an adjunct of the services ...
- Ligugé:
A Benedictine Abbey, in the
- Liguori, Saint Alphonsus:
Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at
- Lilienfeld:
Lilienfeld, a Cistercian
- Lilius, Aloisius:
Aloisius Lilius, principal author of the Gregorian Calendar, was a native of ...
- Lille:
The ancient capital of Flanders, now the chief town of the Département du ...
- Lillooet Indians:
An important tribe of Salishan linguistic stock, in southern British Columbia, ...
- Lima:
(Limana).
The city of Lima, in the Department of the same ...
- Limbo:
(Late Latin limbus ) a word of Teutonic derivation, meaning literally "hem" ...
- Limbourg, Pol de:
A French miniaturist. With his two brothers, he flourished at
- Limburg:
(L IMBURGENSIS )
Diocese in the Kingdom of Prussia, ...
- Limerick:
(LIMERICENSIS)
Diocese in
- Limoges:
(LEMOVICENSIS).
Diocese comprising the Departments of Haute ...
- Limyra:
Limyra, a titular see of Lycia, was a small city on the southern coast of Lycia, ...
- Linacre, Thomas:
English physician and clergyman, founder of the Royal
- Linares:
[Or MONTEREY or NUEVO LEÓN; ARCHDIOCESE OF (DE LINARES)]
- Lincoln:
(LINCOLNIENSIS)
Suffragan of Dubuque, erected 2 August, ...
- Lincoln:
ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LINCOLN (LINCOLNIENSIS).
This see was ...
- Lindanus, William Damasus:
(VAN LINDA)
Bishop of Ruremonde and of Ghent, b. at ...
- Linde, Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von:
Hessian jurist and stateman, b. in the village of Brilon, Westphalia, 7 Aug., 1797; ...
- Lindemann, Wilhelm:
A Catholic ...
- Lindisfarne, Ancient Diocese and Monastery of:
(Lindisfarnensis).
The island of Lindisfarne lies some two ...
- Lindores, Benedictine Abbey of:
On the River Tay, near Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, founded by David, Earl of ...
- Line, Saint Anne:
English martyr, d. 27 Feb., 1601. She was the daughter of William Heigham of ...
- Linens, Altar:
The altar-linens are the corporal, pall, purificator, and finger- towels. The ...
- Lingard, John:
English priest ...
- Linköping, Ancient See of:
(LINCOPIA; LINCOPENSIS.)
Located in
- Linoe:
A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, known only from the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" ...
- Linus, Pope Saint:
(Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79).
All the ancient ...
- Linz:
D IOCESE OF L INZ (L INCIENSIS ).
Suffragan of the
- Lippe:
One of the Confederate States of the German Empire. The occasional use of the ...
- Lippi, Filippino:
Italian painter, son of Filippo Lippi, b. at Prato, in 1458; d. at
- Lippi, Filippo:
Italian painter, b. at
- Lippomano, Luigi:
( Or Aloisius Lipomanus Lippomano).
A cardinal, ...
- Lipsanotheca:
A term sometimes used synonymously with reliquary, but signifying, more correctly, ...
- Lipsius, Justus:
(JOSSE LIPS)
A philologian and humanist of the ...
- Lisbon:
Patriarchate of
- Lismore:
DIOCESE OF LISMORE (LISMORENSIS)
The
- Lismore and Waterford:
(Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis), suffragan of Cashel. This
- Lismore, School of:
As the School of
- Lister, Thomas:
( alias Thomas Butler)
Jesuit writer, b. in Lancashire, ...
- Liszt, Franz:
Admittedly the greatest pianist in the annals of music, and a composer whose ...
- Litany:
(Latin litania , letania , from Greek lite ,
- Litany of Loreto:
Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the
- Litany of the Holy Name:
An old and popular
- Litany of the Saints:
The model of all other litanies, of great antiquity.
HISTORY
- Literature, English:
It is not unfitting to compare
- Lithuania:
( German Litauen )
An ancient grandy-duchy united with
- Lithuanians in the United States:
The Lithuanians ( Lietuvys ; adjective, lietuviskas ) are a people of ...
- Litta:
A noble Milanese
- Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi:
Little Flowers of Francis of
- Little Office of Our Lady:
A liturgical devotion to the Blessed Virgin, in imitation of, and in addition ...
- Little Rock:
(PETRICULANA)
The State of
- Littré, Paul-Maximilien-Emile:
A French lexicographer and philosopher ; born at Paris, 1 February, 1801; died ...
- Liturgical Books:
Under this name we understand all the books, published by the authority of any ...
- Liturgical Chant:
Taking these words in their
- Liturgy:
The various
- Liturgy of Jerusalem:
The Rite of
- Liturgy of the Hours:
("Liturgy of the Hours"
I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE"
- Liutprand of Cremona:
(Or L UIDPRAND ).
Bishop and historian, b. at the ...
- Liverpool:
Diocese of Liverpool/a>/Liverpolium (Liverpolitana).
One ...
- Livias:
A titular see in Palestina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. It is twice ...
- Livorno:
(LIBURNENSIS.)
Suffragan of Pisa.
- Llancarvan:
Llancarvan, Glamorganshire, Wales, was a
- Llandaff:
ANCIENT DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF (LANDAVENSIS)
The origins of this ...
- Llanthony Priory:
A monastery of Augustinian Canons, situated amongst the Black Mountains of ...
- Lloyd, Saint John:
Welsh priest ...
- Loaisa, Garcia de:
Cardinal and
- Loango:
VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF LOANGO (LOWER FRENCH CONGO).
Formerly ...
- Loaves of Proposition:
Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of
- Lobbes, Benedictine Abbey of:
Located in Hainault, Belgium, founded about 650, by St. Landelin, a converted ...
- Lobera, Ann:
(Better known as V ENERABLE A NN OF J ESUS ).
Carmelite ...
- Loccum:
(LUCCA, LOCKEN, LOCKWEEN, LYKE, LYCKO)
A Cistercian
- Lochleven:
(From leamhan , an elm-tree)
Lochleven, a lake in ...
- Lochner, Stephen:
A painter, born at Meersburg, on the Lake of Constance, date of birth unknown; ...
- Loci Theologici:
Loci theologici or loci communes , are the common topics of discussion in ...
- Locke, Matthew:
Composer; born at Exeter, in 1629; died August, 1677. He was a chorister of ...
- Lockhart, William:
Son of the Rev. Alexander Lockhart of Waringham, Surry; b. 22 Aug., 1820; d. at ...
- Lockwood, Venerable John:
Venerable John Lockwood, ...
- Lodi:
(LAUDENSIS)
A suffragan of Milan. Lodi, the capital of a ...
- Logia, Jesu:
Found partly in the Inspired Books of the New Testament, partly in uninspired ...
- Logic:
Logic is the ...
- Logos, The:
The word Logos is the term by which
- Lohel, Johann:
(JOHANN LOHELIUS)
Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, ...
- Lohner, Tobias:
Born 13 March, 1619, at Neuötting in the
- Loja, Diocese of:
(Lojana), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, includes the greater part of the Provinces ...
- Lollards:
The name given to the followers of
- Loménie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de:
French cardinal ...
- Loman, Saint:
Bishop of Trim in Ireland, nephew of St. Patrick, was remarkable as being the ...
- Lombard, Peter:
Archbishop of Armagh, b. at Waterford, about 1555; d. at Rome, 1625; belonged to a ...
- Lombard, Peter:
Theologian, b. at
- Lombardy:
A word derived from Longobardia and used during the
- London (England):
London, the capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated ...
- London (Ontario):
DIOCESE OF LONDON (LONDINENSIS)
Diocese in Canada, ...
- Longstreet, James:
Soldier and
- Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix de:
Poet and dramatist, b. at Madrid, 1562; d. 23 Aug., 1635. With Lope de Vega ...
- Lopez-Caro, Francisco:
Spanish artist, b. at
- Lord's Prayer:
Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase "Lord's ...
- Lorea:
Titular see in the province of Arabia, suffragan of Bostra. The city figures in ...
- Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio de:
Cardinal, b. 22 Sept., 1722 at
- Lorenzetti, Pietro and Ambrogio:
Sienese painters. The
- Lorenzo da Brindisi, Saint:
(Also: Lawrence, or Laurence, of Brindisi.)
Born at
- Loreto, Holy House of:
(The Holy House of Loreto).
Since the fifteenth century, and ...
- Loreto, Litany of:
Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the
- Lorette:
(Full name, Notre-Dame de la Jeune
- Lorrain, Claude de:
French painter and etcher, b. in 1600 at Chamagnc on the banks of the Moselle in ...
- Lorraine: I. ORIGIN
By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of
- Lorsch Abbey:
( Laureshamense Monasterium , called also Laurissa and Lauresham ). ...
- Loryma:
A titular see of Caria, small fortified town and harbour on the coast of Caria, ...
- Los Angeles and Monterey:
DIOCESE OF MONTEREY AND LOS ANGELES (MONTEREYENSIS ET ANGELORUM).
- Lossada, Luis de:
Philosopher, b. at Quiroga, Asturias,
- Lossen, Karl August:
German petrologist and geologist, born at Kreuznach (Rhine Province), 5 January, ...
- Lot:
Son of Abraham's brother Aran (
- Lottery:
A lottery is ...
- Lotti, Antonio:
Composer, born at
- Lotto, Lorenzo:
Italian portrait painter, born at Venice, 1480; died at Loreto, 1556. This ...
- Loucheux:
The would-be Kuchin of some ethnologists, and the Tukudh of the Protestant ...
- Louis Allemand, Blessed:
Cardinal,
- Louis Bertrand, Saint:
Born at Valencia, Spain, 1 Jan., 1526; died 9 Oct., 1581. His patents were Juan ...
- Louis IX, Saint:
King of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born at Poissy, 25 ...
- Louis of Casoria, Venerable: Friar Minor and founder of the ...
- Louis of Granada, Venerable:
Theologian, writer, and preacher; b. of very humble parentage at Granada, ...
- Louis of Toulouse, Saint:
Bishop of Toulouse, generally represented vested in pontifical garments and ...
- Louis XIV:
King of France, b. at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 16 September, 1638; d. at ...
- Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Saint:
Missionary in Brittany and Vendee; born at Montfort, 31 January, 1673; died at ...
- Louise de Marillac Le Gras, Venerable:
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of
- Louise, Sister:
Educator and organizer, b. at Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, 14 Nov., 1813; d. at ...
- Louisiana: I. COLONIAL
The history of
- Louisville, Diocese of:
Comprises that part of
- Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of:
(Abbreviation C.N.D.L. — Congregation de Notre-Dame de Lourdes)
- Lourdes, Notre-Dame de:
Notre-Dame de Lourdes, in the Department of Hautes Pyrenées, France, is ...
- Louvain, University of:
In order to restore the splendour of Louvain, capital of his Duchy of Brabant,
- Love, Theological Virtue of:
The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by
- Low Church:
The name given to one of the three parties or doctrinal tendencies that prevail ...
- Low Sunday:
The first
- Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of:
Includes the territory of that name in
- Lower Criticism:
The object of
- Loyola University (Chicago):
Loyola University is the outgrowth of St. Ignatius College, founded by the ...
- Loyola University (New Orleans):
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, is (1912) the only
- Loyola, Saint Ignatius:
Youngest son of Don Beltrán Yañez de Oñez y Loyola and
- Luçon:
Diocese of
- Lublin:
DIOCESE OF LUBLIN (LUBLINENSIS).
The city of
- Luca, Giovanni Battista de:
A Cardinal ...
- Lucas, Frederick:
A member of Parliament and journalist, b. in Westminster, 30 March, 1812, d. at ...
- Lucca:
ARCHDIOCESE OF LUCCA (LUCENSIS).
Lucca, the capital of the ...
- Lucera:
DIOCESE OF LUCERA (LUCERINENSIS).
- Lucerne:
Chief town of the Canton of
- Lucian of Antioch:
A priest of ...
- Lucic, John:
(Or LUCIUS)
Croatian historian, b. early in the seventeenth ...
- Lucifer:
( Hebrew helel ; Septuagint heosphoros , Vulgate
- Lucifer of Cagliari:
(LUCIFER CALARITANUS)
A bishop, who must have been born in ...
- Lucina, Crypt of:
The traditional title of the most ancient section of the catacomb of St. ...
- Lucius I, Pope Saint:
Reigned 253-254; died at Rome, 5 March, 254. After the death of St.
- Lucius II, Pope:
(Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso)
Born at Bologna, unknown ...
- Lucius III, Pope:
(Ubaldo Allucingoli)
Born at Lucca, unknown date ; died at ...
- Lucy, Saint:
A virgin and
- Ludger, Saint:
(Lüdiger or Liudger)
Missionary among the Frisians and ...
- Ludmilla, Saint:
Wife of Boriwoi, the first
- Ludolph of Saxony:
(Ludolph the Carthusian ).
An ecclesiastical writer of the ...
- Ludovicus a S. Carolo:
(LUDOVICUS JACOB)
Carmelite writer, b. at
- Lueger, Karl:
A burgomaster of Vienna, Austrian political leader and municipal reformer, born ...
- Lugo:
DIOCESE OF LUGO (LUCENSIS)
Diocese in Galicia, Spain, a ...
- Lugo, Francisco de:
Jesuit theologian, b. at Madrid, 1580; d. at Valladolid, 17 September, 1652. he ...
- Lugo, John de:
Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, one of the most eminent theologians of modern ...
- Lugos:
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of
- Luini, Bernardino:
Milanese painter, b. between 1470 and 1480; d. after 1530. The actual facts known ...
- Luke, Gospel of Saint:
The subject
- Lulé Indians:
A name which has given rise to considerable confusion and dispute in Argentine ...
- Lully, Jean-Baptiste:
Composer, b. near
- Lully, Raymond:
(RAMON LULL)
"Doctor Illuminatus", philosopher, poet, and ...
- Lumen Christi:
The versicle chanted by the deacon on
- Luminare:
(A word which gives in the plural luminaria and has hence been incorrectly ...
- Lummi Indians:
(Abbreviated from Nuglummi , about equivalent to "people", the name used by ...
- Lumper, Gottfried:
Benedictine patristic writer, born 6 Feb., 1747, at Füssen in Bavaria ; ...
- Luna, Pedro de:
Antipope under the name of Benedict XIII, b. at Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. at the ...
- Lund:
[LUNDA; LONDUNUM (LONDINUM) GOTHORUM (SCANORUM, SCANDINORUM, or DANORUM)]. ...
- Lunette:
The lunette, known in
- Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato:
Diocese in the province of Genoa. Luni (originally Luna) was an Etruscan city, but ...
- Lupus:
(SERVATUS LUPUS, LOUP)
Abbot of Ferrières, French ...
- Lupus, Christian:
(WOLF)
Historian, b. at Ypres (Flanders), 23 July, 1612; d. ...
- Luscinius, Ottmar:
(NACHTGALL)
An Alsatian Humanist, b. at Strasburg, 1487; ...
- Lusignan, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse:
French-Canadian writer, b. at St-Denis on the Richelieu, P.Q., 27 September, 1843; ...
- Lussy, Melchior:
Statesman, b. at Stans, Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, 1529; d. there 14 ...
- Lust:
The inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the carnal pleasure which is ...
- Luther, Martin:
Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in
- Lutheranism:
The religious
- Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz, Diocese of:
(LUCEORIENSIS, ZYTOMIRIENSIS, ET CAMENECENSIS).
Diocese ...
- Luxemburg:
The small remnant of the old duchy of this name and since 11 May, 1867, an ...
- Luxeuil Abbey:
Situated in the Department of Haute-Saône in Franche-Comté, in the
- Lycopolis:
A titular see in Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoë. As Siout or Siaout ...
- Lydda:
A titular see of Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The town ...
- Lydgate, John:
Born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the ...
- Lying:
Lying, as defined by
- Lynch, John:
Historian, b. at Galway, Ireland, 1599; d. in France, 1673; was the son of ...
- Lyndwood, William:
Bishop of St. David's and the greatest of English canonists, b. about 1375; d. ...
- Lyons, Archdiocese of:
The Archdiocese ...
- Lyons, Councils of (Introduction):
Previous to 1313 the
- Lyons, First Council of:
Innocent IV, threatened by Emperor Frederick II, arrived at Lyons 2 December, 1244, ...
- Lyons, Second Council of:
The Second Council of Lyons was one of the most largely attended of conciliar ...
- Lyrba:
A titular see of Pamphylia Prima, known by its coins and the mention made of ...
- Lysias:
A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, mentioned by Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29, ...
- Lystra:
A titular see in the Province of Lycaonia, suffragan of Iconium. On his first ...
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