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  • Offa: Offa, King of Mercia, died 29 July, 796. He was one of the leading figures of ...
  • Offerings: (OBLATIONS) I. THE WORD OBLATION The word oblation ...
  • Offertory: (Offertorium.) The rite by which the bread and wine are ...
  • Office of the Dead: I. COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICE This office, as it now exists in the Roman ...
  • Office, Divine: ("Liturgy of the Hours" I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE"
  • Ogdensburg, Diocese of: (Ogdensburgdensis). Comprises the northern towns of Herkimer ...
  • Oggione, Marco D': Milanese painter, b. at Oggionno near
  • Ogilvie, John, Venerable: Eldest son of Walter Ogilvie, of Drum, near Keith, Scotland, b. 1580; d. 10 March, ...
  • Ogliastra: DIOCESE OF OGLIASTRA (OLEASTRENSIS) Diocese in the Province ...
  • Ohio: The seventeenth state of the American Union, admitted on 19 Feb., 1803. It is ...
  • Ohler, Aloys Karl: Educationist, born at Mainz, 2 January, 1817; died there, 24 August, 1889. He ...
  • Oil of Saints: (Manna Oil of Saints). An oily substance, which is said to ...
  • Oils, Holy: (OLEA SACRA). Liturgical Benediction Oil is a product ...
  • Ointment in Scripture: That the use of oily, fragrant materials to anoint the body is a custom going back ...
  • Ojeda, Alonso de: Explorer; b. at Cuenca, Spain, about 1466; d. on the island of Santo Domingo , ...
  • Okeghem, Jean d': Also called Okekem, Okenghem, Okegnan, Ockenheim. Contrapuntist, founder and head ...
  • Oklahoma: I. GEOGRAPHY Oklahoma, the forty-sixth state to be admitted to the Union, ...
  • Oláh, Nicolaus: (OLAHUS) Archbishop of
  • Olaf Haraldson, Saint: Martyr and King of
  • Olba: A titular see in Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. It was a city of Cetis in ...
  • Old Catholics: The sect organised in German-speaking countries to combat the
  • Old Chapter, The: The origin of the body, fomerly known as the Old Chapter, dates from 1623, when ...
  • Old Hall (St. Edmund's College): Located near Ware, Hertfordshire, England ; founded in 1793 after the fall of ...
  • Old Testament: I. NAME The word "testament", Hebrew berîth , Greek diatheke , ...
  • Old Testament, Canon of the: Overview The word
  • Oldcorne, Ven. Edward: Martyr, b. 1561; d. 1606. His father was a Protestant, and his mother a ...
  • Oldenburg: A grand duchy, one of the twenty-six federated states of the German Empire. It ...
  • Oldham, Hugh: Bishop of Exeter, b. in Lancashire, either at Crumpsell or Oldham; d. 25 June, ...
  • Oldoini, Augustino: Historian and bibliographer, b. 6 Jan., 1612; d. at Perugia, 23 March, 1683. He ...
  • Olenus: A titular see and suffragan of Patras, in
  • Olesnicki, Zbigniew: (Sbigneus) A Polish
  • Olier, Jean-Jacques: Founder of the seminary and
  • Olinda: Diocese in the north-east of Brazil, suffragan of
  • Oliva: A suppressed Cistercian
  • Oliva, Gian Paolo: Born at Genoa, 4 October, 1600; died at Rome, at Sant' Andrea Quirinale, 26 ...
  • Olivaint, Pierre: Pierre Olivaint was born in Paris, 22 Feb., 1816. His father, a
  • Oliver, George: Born at Newington in Surrey in 1781; died at Exeter in 1861. After studying for ...
  • Olivet, Mount: (Latin, Mons Olivertus .) Occurring also in the English ...
  • Olivetans: A branch of the white monks of the Benedictine Order, founded in 1319. It owed ...
  • Olivi, Pierre Jean: (PETRUS JOHANNIS) A Spiritual Franciscan and theological ...
  • Olivier de la Marche: Chronicler and poet, b. 1426, at the Chateau de la Marche, in ...
  • Ollé-Laprune, Léon: French Catholic ...
  • Olmütz: (OLOMUCENSIS) Archdiocese in Moravia. It is probable that ...
  • Olympias, Saint: Born 360-5; died 25 July, 408, probably at Nicomedia. This pious, charitable, and ...
  • Olympus: A titular see of Lycia in
  • Omaha: (OMAHENSIS) The
  • Ombus: Titular see and suffragan of
  • Omer, Saint: Born of a distinguished
  • Omission: (Latin omittere , to lay aside, to pass away). "Omission" ...
  • Omnipotence: (Latin omnipotentia , from omnia and potens , able to do all things). ...
  • Onias: ( ’Onías ). Name of several
  • Ontario: Ontario, the most populous and wealthy province of Canada, has an area of ...
  • Ontologism: (from on, ontos , being, and logos , science)
  • Ontology: ( on, ontos , being, and logos , science, the science or
  • Oostacker, Shrine of: A miraculous ...
  • Opening Prayer (in the Mass): The name now used only for short
  • Ophir: Ophir, in the Bible , designates a ...
  • Oporto: (Portucalensis) Diocese in
  • Oppenordt, Gilles-Marie: (Oppenord) Born in Paris, 1672; died there, 1742; a ...
  • Oppido Mamertina: Diocese ; suffragan of Reggio Calabria, Italy, famous for its prolonged ...
  • Optatus, Saint: Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century. He was a convert, as we ...
  • Optimism: Optimism (Latin ...
  • Option, Right of: In canon
  • Oracle: ( oraculum; orare , to speak). A Divine communication ...
  • Oran: (ORANENSIS). Diocese in Algiers, separated from the
  • Orange Free State: The Orange Free State, one of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa, ...
  • Orange River: (also the PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF GREAT NAMAQUALAND) Located ...
  • Orange, Councils of: Two councils were held at Orange (Arausio), a town in the present department of ...
  • Orans: (Orante) Among the subjects depicted in the art of the Roman ...
  • Orate Fratres: The exhortation (" Pray brethren that my
  • Oratorio: As at present understood, an
  • Oratory: (Latin oratorium , from orare , to pray ) As a ...
  • Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, The: Under this head are included the Italian, Spanish, English, and other communities, ...
  • Oratory, French Congregation of the: Founded in
  • Orbellis, Nicolas d': Franciscan theologian and philosopher, Scotist ; born about 1400; died at ...
  • Orcagna: (The conventional name in art history of A NDREA DI C IONE , also called A ...
  • Orcistus: Titular see in Galatia Secunda. It is only mentioned in Peutinger's "Table". An ...
  • Ordeals: ( Iudicium Dei ; Anglo-Saxon, ordâl ; German Urteil ).
  • Ordericus Vitalis: Historian, b. 1075; d. about 1143. He was the son of an English mother and a ...
  • Orders, Holy: Order is the appropriate disposition of things equal and unequal, by giving each ...
  • Orders, The Military: Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as ...
  • Ordinariate: (From Ordinary ...
  • Ordinary: ( Latin ordinarius , i. e., judex ) An
  • Ordines Romani: The word Ordo commonly meant, in the Middle Ages, a
  • Oregon: One of the Pacific Coast States, seventh in size among the states of the Union ...
  • Oregon City: (OREGONOPOLITAN). Includes that part of the state of
  • Oremus: Invitation to pray, said before collects and other short
  • Orense: (AURIENSIS) A suffragan of Compostela, includes nearly all ...
  • Oresme, Nicole: Philosopher, economist, mathematician, and physicist, one of the principal ...
  • Organ: (Greek organon , "an instrument") A musical instrument ...
  • Organic Articles, The: A name given to a
  • Oria: (URITANA) Oria, in the Province of
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