Catholic Encyclopedia - R
- Râle, Sebastian:
Missionary, martyr, b. at Pontarlier,
- Räss, Andreas:
Bishop of Strasburg, b. at Sigolsheim in upper Alsace, 6 April, 1794; d. at ...
- Régis, Jean-Baptiste:
Born at Istres, Provence, 11 June, 1663, or 29 Jan., 1664; died at Peking, 24 ...
- Régis, Pierre Sylvain:
Born at La Salvetat de Blanquefort, near Agen, in 1632; died in Paris, in 1707. ...
- Rabanus, Blessed Maurus Magnentius:
( Also Hrabanus, Reabanus).
Abbot of Fulda,
- Rabbi and Rabbinism:
The special
- Rabbulas:
Bishop of
- Rabelais, François:
The life of ...
- Raccolta:
( Italian "a collection")
A book containing
- Race, Human:
Mankind exhibits differences which have been variously interpreted. Some consider ...
- Race, Negro:
The term negro , derived from the Spanish and the Latin words meaning "black" ( ...
- Rachel:
Rachel ("a ...
- Racine, Jean:
Dramatist, b. a La Ferté-Milon, in the old Duchy of Valois, 20 Dec., 1639; ...
- Rader, Matthew:
Philologist and historian, born at Innichen in the Tyrol in 1561; died at Munich, ...
- Radewyns, Florens:
Co-founder of the Brethren of the Common
- Radowitz, Joseph Maria von:
Born at Blankenburg, 6 February, 1797; died at Berlin, 25 December, 1853. Radowitz ...
- Radulph of Rivo:
(or OF TONGRES; RADULPH VAN DER BEEKE)
An historian and ...
- Raffeix, Pierre:
Missionary, born at Clermont, 1633; died at Quebec, 1724. He entered the
- Ragueneau, Paul:
Jesuit missionary, b. in Paris, 18 March, 1608; d. 8 Sept., 1680. He entered the ...
- Ragusa:
DIOCESE OF RAGUSA (EPIDAURUS; RAGUSINA).
A bishopric in ...
- Raich, Johann Michael:
Catholic theologian, born at
- Rail, Altar:
The railing which guards the
- Raimondi, Marcantonio:
Engraver, b. at Bologna, 1475 (1480?); d. there, 1530 (1534?). He studied under ...
- Rainald of Dassel:
Born probably not before 1115; died in Italy, 14 August, 1167. A younger son of a ...
- Rajpootana:
Prefecture Apostolic in India, attached to the Province of Agra, comprises ...
- Ralph Crockett, Venerable:
English martyr, b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire; executed at Chichester, 1 ...
- Ralph Milner, Venerable:
Layman and martyr, born at Flacsted, Hants, England, early in the sixteenth ...
- Ralph Sherwin, Blessed:
English martyr, born 1550 at Rodesley, near Longford, Derbyshire; died at Tyburn, 1 ...
- Ram, Pierre François Xavier de:
Born at Louvain 2 Sept., 1804; died there 14 May, 1865; Belgian historian and ...
- Ramatha:
A titular see in Palestine, suppressed in 1884 by the Roman Curia . It was ...
- Rambler, The:
A Catholic ...
- Rameau, Jean-Philippe:
Musician, b. at Dijon, Burgundy, 25 Sept., 1683; d. at Paris, 12 Sept., 1764. His ...
- Ramsey Abbey:
Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, England, was founded by Ailwine (Ethelwine, ...
- Ramus, Peter:
(PIERRE DE LA RAMÉE)
Humanist and logician, b. at ...
- Rancé, Jean-Armand le Bouthillier de:
Abbot and ...
- Randall, James Ryder:
Journalist and poet, b. 1 Jan., 1839, at Baltimore,
- Ransom, Feast of Our Lady of:
24 September, a double major, commemorates the
- Raphael:
The most famous name in the history of painting, b. at Urbino, 6 April (or 28 ...
- Raphael, Saint:
The name of this archangel (
- Raphoe:
Diocese of
- Rapin, René:
French Jesuit, born at Tours, 1621; died in Paris, 1687. He entered the
- Raskolniks:
(Russian raskolnik , a schismatic, a dissenter; from raskol , schism, ...
- Rathborne, Joseph:
Priest and controversialist (sometimes erroneously called RATHBONE), born at ...
- Ratherius of Verona:
He was born about 887; died at
- Ratio Studiorum:
The term "Ratio Studiorum" is commonly used to designate the educational system of ...
- Rationale:
Rational, an episcopal humeral, a counterpart of the pallium, and like it worn ...
- Rationalism:
(Latin, ratio -- reason, the faculty of the
- Ratisbon:
DIOCESE OF RATISBON (RATISBONENSIS), also called REGENSBURG.
...
- Ratisbonne, Maria Alphonse:
A converted Jew, born at
- Ratisbonne, Maria Theodor:
A distinguished preacher and writer, and director of the
- Ratramnus:
(Rathramnus)
A Benedictine
- Ratzeburg, Ancient See of:
(RACEBURGUM, RACEBURGENSIS.)
In Germany, suffragan to ...
- Ratzinger, Georg:
Political economist and social reformer, b. at Rickering, near Deggendorf, in ...
- Rauscher:
Prince-
- Ravalli, Antonio:
Missionary, b. in Italy, 1811; d. at St. Mary's, Montana, U. S. A., 2 Oct., ...
- Ravenna:
Archdiocese of ...
- Ravesteyn, Josse:
Born about 1506, at Tielt, a small town in Flanders, hence often called T ...
- Ravignan, Gustave Xavier Lacroix de:
French Jesuit, orator, and author, b. at
- Rawes, Henry Augustus:
Oblate of St. Charles, hymn-writer and preacher, b. at Easington near Durham, ...
- Raymbault, Charles:
Missionary, b. in France, 1602; entered the
- Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles:
Count of
- Raymond Lully:
(RAMON LULL)
"Doctor Illuminatus", philosopher, poet, and ...
- Raymond Martini:
Dominican, theologian, Orientalist, b. at Subirats, Catalonia, c. 1220; d. after ...
- Raymond Nonnatus, Saint:
(In Spanish SAN RAMON).
Born 1200 or 1204 at Portello in the ...
- Raymond of Peñafort, Saint:
Born at Villafranca de Benadis, near Barcelona, in 1175; died at Barcelona, 6 ...
- Raymond of Sabunde:
(SABONDE, SEBON, SEBEYDE, etc.)
Born at Barcelona, Spain, ...
- Raymond VI:
Count of Toulouse, b. 1156; d. 1222; succeeded his father, Raymond V, in 1195. ...
- Raymond VII:
Count of Toulouse, son of Raymond VI, b. at Beaucaire, 1197; d. at Milhaud, 1249; ...
- Raynaldi, Odorico:
Oratorian, b. at
- Raynaud, Théophile:
Theologian and writer, b. at Sospello near Nice, 15 Nov., 1583; d. at Lyons, 31 ...
- Raynouard, Françpois-Juste-Marie:
A French poet, dramatist, and philologist, b. at Brignoles, Var, 8 September, ...
- Reading Abbey:
Reading Abbey ...
- Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist:
In this article we shall consider:
the fact of the Real ...
- Realism, Nominalism, Conceptualism:
These terms are used to designate the theories that have been proposed as ...
- Reason: GENERAL MEANINGS
Both in
- Reason, Age of:
The name given to that period of human
- Recanati and Loreto:
DIOCESE OF RECANATI AND LORETO (RECINETENSIS)
Province of ...
- Rechab and the Rechabites:
Rechab was the father of Jonadab who in
- Recollection:
Recollection, as understood in respect to the spiritual life, means attention to ...
- Reconciliation, Sacrament of:
Penance is a ...
- Rector:
(From the Latin regere , to rule).
Priests who preside ...
- Rector Potens, Verax Deus:
The daily hymn ...
- Recusants, English:
The first statute in which the term "Popish Recusants" is used is 35 Eliz. c. 2, ...
- Red Sea:
(Hebrew Yâm-Sûph; Septuagint ‘e ’eruthrà ...
- Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy:
The feast is found only in the special calendar of some dioceses and ...
- Redeemer, Knights of the:
A secular community founded in 1608 by the Duke of Mentone, Vincent Gonzaga, on ...
- Redemption:
The restoration of
- Redemption in the Old Testament:
Redemption ...
- Redemptions, Penitential:
Penitential redemptions are the substitution of exercises (especially alms-deeds), ...
- Redemptoristines:
The cradle of the
- Redemptorists:
(CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER)
A
- Redford, Sebastion:
Born 27 April, 1701; died 2 January, 1763. Educated at St. Omer , Watten, and ...
- Redi, Francesco:
Italian poet, b. at Arezzo, 18 February, 1626; d. at
- Reding, Augustine:
Prince-Abbot of Einsiedeln and theological writer, born at Lichtensteig, ...
- Reductions of Paraguay:
The Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay, one of the most singular and beautiful ...
- Referendarii:
The papal office of the
- Reform of a Religious Order:
Reform of a Religious Order, in the true sense of the word, is a return or ...
- Reformation, The:
The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western
- Reformed Churches:
The name given to Protestant bodies which adopted the tenets of Zwingli and, ...
- Refuge, Cities of:
Towns which according to the
- Refuge, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the:
The Institute of Our Lady of Charity was founded (1641) by [St. Jean] Eudes, at ...
- Regale, Droit de:
( jus regaliœ, jus regale, jus deportus; German Regalienrecht )
- Regalia:
According to the usage current in the British Isles the term
- Regeneration:
(Latin regeneratio ; Greek anagennesis and paliggenesia ).
- Regensburg:
DIOCESE OF RATISBON (RATISBONENSIS), also called REGENSBURG.
...
- Regesta, Papal:
Papal Regesta are the copies, generally entered in special registry volumes, of ...
- Reggio dell' Emilia:
DIOCESE OF REGGIO DELL' EMILIA (REGINENSIS)
Suffragan of
- Reggio di Calabria:
ARCHDIOCESE OF REGGIO DI CALABRIA (RHEGIENSIS).
Archdiocese in ...
- Regina:
DIOCESE OF REGINA (REGINENSIS)
A newly created (4 March, ...
- Regina Coeli:
The opening words of the Eastertide anthem of the Blessed Virgin, the recitation ...
- Reginald of Piperno:
Dominican, theologian, companion of
- Regino of Prüm:
Date of birth unknown; d. at
- Regionarii:
The name given in later antiquity and the early
- Regis, John Francis, Saint:
Born 31 January, 1597, in the village of Fontcouverte (department of Aude); died ...
- Registers, Parochial:
One having the
- Regnault, Henri Victor:
Chemist and physicist, b. at Aachen, 21 July, 1810; d. in Paris, 19 Jan., 1878. ...
- Regulæ Juris:
("Rules of Law")
General rules or principles serving chiefly ...
- Regulars:
( Latin regula, rule).
The observance of the Rule of St. ...
- Reichenau:
Reichenau, called Augia
- Reichensperger, August:
Politician and author, born at Coblenz, 22 March, 1808; died at Cologne, 16 July, ...
- Reichensperger, Peter:
Jurist and parliamentarian, b. at Coblenz, 28 May, 1810; d. at Berlin, 31 December, ...
- Reifenstein:
A former Cistercian
- Reiffenstuel, Johann Georg:
In religion A ...
- Reims:
ARCHDIOCESE OF REIMS (RHEMENSIS)
The
- Reims, Synods of:
The first
- Reinmar of Hagenau:
A German minnesinger of the twelfth century, surnamed in the
- Reisach, Carl von:
Born at Roth, Bavaria, 7 July, 1800; died in the Redemptorist monastery of ...
- Reisch, Gregor:
Born at Balingen in Wurtemberg, about 1467; died at Freiburg, Baden, 9 May, 1525. ...
- Relationship:
(CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL)
The theologians understand by
- Relatives, Duties of:
The general
- Relativism:
Any doctrine which denies, universally or in regard to some restricted sphere of ...
- Relics:
The word
- Religion:
I. Derivation, Analysis, and Definition.
II. Subjective ...
- Religion, Virtue of:
Of the three proposed derivations of the word "religion", that suggested by ...
- Religions, Statistics of: I. DEFINITION
This study concerns itself with religious bodies, the number ...
- Religious Life: I. GENERAL VIEW AND EVANGELICAL IDEA OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE A. GENERAL VIEW
...
- Religious Profession: HISTORICAL VIEW
Profession may be considered either as a declaration ...
- Reliquaries:
It would follow of
- Remesiana:
A titular see in Dacia Mediterranea, suffragan of Sardica.
- Remigius of Auxerre:
A Benedictine monk, b. about the middle of the ninth century; d. 908. Remigius, ...
- Remigius, Saint:
Apostle of the ...
- Remiremont:
Vosges, France, monastery and nunnery of the Rule of St. Benedict, founded by ...
- Remuzat, Ven. Anne-Madeleine:
Born at Marseilles, 29 Nov., 1696; died 15 Feb., 1730. At nine years of age she ...
- Remy, Abbey of Saint:
Founded at
- Renaissance, The:
The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular sense, as (1) the ...
- Renaudot, Eusebius:
An apologetical writer and Orientalist, b. at Paris, 22 July, 1648; d. there, 1 ...
- Renaudot, Théophraste:
Born at Loudun, 1586; died at Paris, 25 October, 1653.
- Reni, Guido:
Italian painter, b. at Calvenzano near Bologna, 4 Nov., 1575; d. at Bologna, 18 ...
- Rennes:
(RHEDONENSIS)
- Renty, Gaston Jean Baptiste de:
Born 1611 at the castle of Beni,
- Renunciation:
( Latin renuntiare ).
A canonical term signifying the ...
- Reordinations: I. STATE OF THE QUESTION
The Oratorian Jean Morin , in the seventeenth ...
- Reparation:
Reparation is a ...
- Repington, Philip:
( Also Repyngdon).
Cardinal-priest of the title of SS. ...
- Repose, Altar of:
(Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository). ...
- Reputation (as Property):
It is certain that a
- Requiem, Masses of:
Masses of Requiem
- Rerum Crerator Optime:
The hymn for ...
- Rerum Deus Tenax Vigor:
The daily hymn ...
- Rerum Novarum:
The opening words and the title of the
- Rescripts, Papal:
( Latin re-scribere , "to write back")
Rescripts are ...
- Reservation:
The restriction in certain cases by a
- Reserved Cases:
A term used for sins whose
- Residence, Ecclesiastical:
A remaining or abiding where one's duties lie or where one's occupation is ...
- Respicius, Tryphon, and Nympha:
Martyrs whose feast is observed in the
- Respighi, Lorenzo:
Born at Cortemaggiore, Province of Piacenza, 7 October, 1824; died at Rome, 10 ...
- Responsorium:
Responsory, or Respond, a series of verses and responses, usually taken from Holy ...
- Restitution:
Restitution has ...
- Resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. In this ...
- Resurrection, General:
Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. The ...
- Rethel, Alfred:
Born at Aachen, 1816; died at Düsseldorf, 1859. He combined in a brilliant ...
- Retreat of the Sacred Heart, Congregation of:
(DAMES DE LA RETRAITE)
Originally founded in 1678 under the ...
- Retreats:
If we call a retreat a series of days passed in solitude and consecrated to ...
- Retz, Cardinal de:
ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS
Born at the Château of Montmirail, ...
- Reuben:
(REUBEN.)
A proper name which designates in the
- Reuchlin, Johannes:
( Græcized , Capnion).
Celebrated German humanist, ...
- Reumont, Alfred von:
Statesman and historian, b. at Aachen, 15 August, 1808; d. there, 27 April, 1887. ...
- Reusens, Edmond:
Archeologist and historian, b. at Wijneghem (Antwerp), 25 April, 1831; d. at ...
- Reuss:
Name of the two smallest states of the German Confederation, which lie almost in ...
- Revelation: I. MEANING OF REVELATION
- Revelation, Book of:
Apocalypse, from the verb apokalypto , to reveal, is the name given to the last ...
- Revelations, Private:
There are two kinds of revelations: (1) universal revelations, which are contained ...
- Revocation:
The act of recalling or annulling, the reversal of an act, the recalling of a ...
- Revolution, English:
James II, having reached ...
- Revolution, French:
The last thirty years have given us a new version of the history of the French ...
- Rex Gloriose Martyrum:
Rex Gloriose Martyrum, the
- Rex Sempiterne Cælitum:
The Roman
- Rey, Anthony:
An educator and Mexican
- Reynolds, William:
(RAINOLDS, RAYNOLDS, REGINALDUS)
Born at Pinhorn near ...
- Rhætia:
(RHÆTORUM).
Prefecture Apostolic in
- Rhaphanæa:
A titular see in
- Rheinberger, Joseph Gabriel:
A composer and organist, born at Vaduz, in the Principality of Lichtenstein, ...
- Rhenish Palatinate:
( German Rheinpfalz ).
A former German electorate. It ...
- Rhesæna:
A titular see in Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa.
- Rhinocolura:
A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium.
- Rhithymna:
(RHETHYMNA)
A titular see of Crete, suffragan of Gortyna, ...
- Rhizus:
( Rizous .)
A titular see of
- Rho, Giacomo:
Missionary, born at Milan, 1593; died at Peking 27 April, 1638. He was the son of ...
- Rhode Island:
The State of Rhode ...
- Rhodes:
(RHODUS)
A titular
- Rhodes, Alexandre De:
A missionary and author, born at Avignon, 15 March, 1591; died at Ispahan, ...
- Rhodesia:
A British possession in South Africa, bounded on the north and north-west by the ...
- Rhodiopolis:
A titular see of Lycia, suffragan of Myra, called Rhodia by Ptolemy (V, 3) and ...
- Rhodo:
A Christian ...
- Rhosus:
A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, suffragan to Anazarba.
- Rhymed Bibles:
The rhymed versions of the Bible are ...
- Rhythmical Office: I. DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DIVISION
By
- Ribadeneira, Pedro de:
(Or RIBADENEYRA and among Spaniards often RIVADENEIRA)
Pedro ...
- Ribas, Andrés Pérez De:
A pioneer missionary, historian of north-western Mexico; born at Cordova, Spain, ...
- Ribe, Ancient See of, in Denmark (Jutland):
(RIPAE, RIPENSIS.)
The
- Ribeirao Preto:
(DE RIBERAO PRETO)
A suffragan see of the
- Ribera, Jusepe de:
Called also SPAGNOLETTO, L'ESPAGNOLET (the little Spaniard)
- Ricardus Anglicus:
Ricardus Anglicus,
- Riccardi, Nicholas:
A theologian, writer and preacher; born at Genoa, 1585; died at Rome, 30 May, ...
- Ricci, Lorenzo:
General of the
- Ricci, Matteo:
Founder of the
- Riccioli, Giovanni Battista:
Italian astronomer, b. at
- Rice, Edmund Ignatius:
Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the
- Rich, St. Edmund:
Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, at Abingdon, six ...
- Richard:
A Friar
- Richard de Bury:
Bishop and bibliophile, b. near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, England, 24 Jan., 1286; ...
- Richard de la Vergne, François-Marie-Benjamin:
Archbishop of Paris, born at Nantes, 1 March, 1819; died in Paris, 28 January, ...
- Richard de Wyche, Saint:
Bishop and confessor, b. about 1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, from which his ...
- Richard Fetherston, Blessed:
Priest and
- Richard I, King Of England:
Richard I, ...
- Richard of Cirencester:
Chronicler, d. about 1400. He was the compiler of a chronicle from 447 to 1066, ...
- Richard of Cornwall:
(RICHARD RUFUS, RUYS, ROSSO, ROWSE).
The dates of his ...
- Richard of Middletown:
(A MEDIA VILLA).
Flourished at the end of the thirteenth ...
- Richard of St. Victor:
Theologian, native of Scotland, but the date and place of his birth are unknown; ...
- Richard Thirkeld, Blessed:
Martyr ; b. at Coniscliffe, Durham, England ; d. at York, 29 May, 1583. From ...
- Richard Whiting, Blessed:
Last Abbot of ...
- Richard, Charles-Louis:
Theologian and publicist; b. at Blainville-sur-l'Eau, in Lorraine, April, 1711; ...
- Richardson, Ven. William:
( Alias Anderson.) Last
- Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duke de:
Cardinal ; French statesman, b. in Paris, 5 September, 1585; d. there 4 December ...
- Richmond, Diocese of:
(RICHMONDENSIS.)
Suffragan of Baltimore, established 11 ...
- Ricoldo da Monte di Croce:
(PENNINI.)
Born at
- Riemenschneider, Tillmann:
One of the most important of Frankish sculptors, b. at Osterode am Harz in or ...
- Rienzi, Cola di:
(i.e., NICOLA, son of Lorenzo)
A popular tribune and ...
- Rieti:
(REATINA).
Diocese in Central Italy, immediately subject ...
- Rievaulx, Abbey of:
(RIEVALL.)
Thurston,
- Riffel, Caspar:
Historian, b. at Budesheim, Bingen, Germany, 19 Jan., 1807, d. at Mainz, 15 ...
- Rigby, John, Saint:
English martyr ...
- Rigby, Nicholas:
Born 1800 at Walton near Preston, Lancashire; died at Ugthorpe, 7 September, 1886. ...
- Right:
Right, as a substantive (my right, his right), designates the object of justice. ...
- Right of Exclusion:
(Latin Jus Exclusivæ .
The alleged competence of the ...
- Right of Option:
In canon
- Right of Voluntary Association: I. LEGAL RIGHT
A
- Rimbert, Saint:
Archbishop of
- Rimini:
DIOCESE OF RIMINI (ARIMINUM).
Suffragan of Ravenna.
- Rimini, Council of:
The second Formula of
- Rimouski:
DIOCESE OF RIMOUSKI (SANCTI GERMANI DE RIMOUSKI)
Suffragan of ...
- Ring of the Fisherman, The:
The earliest mention of the Fisherman's ring worn by the
- Rings:
Although the surviving ancient rings, proved by their devices, provenance, etc., ...
- Rinuccini, Giovanni Battista:
Born at Rome, 1592; d. at Fermo, 1653; was the son of a Florentine patrician, his ...
- Rio Negro:
Prefecture Apostolic in Brazil, bounded on the south by a line running westwards ...
- Rio, Alexis-François:
French writer on art, b. on the Island of Arz, Department of Morbihan, 20 May, ...
- Riobamba:
Diocese of (Bolivarensis), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, erected by Pius IX, 5 ...
- Rioja, Francisco de:
A poet, born at Seville, 1583; died at Madrid, 1659. Rioja was a
- Ripalda, Juan Martínez de:
Theologian, b. at Pamplona, Navarre, 1594; d. at Madrid, 26 April, 1648. He ...
- Ripatransone:
(RIPANENSIS).
Diocese in Ascoli Piceno, Central Italy. The ...
- Ripon, Marquess of:
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., F.R.S., Earl de Grey, Earl ...
- Risby, Richard:
Born in the
- Rishanger, William:
Chronicler, b. at Rishangles, Suffolk, about ú d. after 1312. He became a ...
- Rishton, Edward:
Born in Lancashire, 1550; died at Sainte-Ménehould, Lorraine, 29 June, 1585. ...
- Rita of Cascia, Saint:
Born at Rocca Porena in the
- Rites: I. NAME AND DEFINITION
Ritus in classical Latin in means primarily, the ...
- Rites in the United States:
Since immigration from the eastern portion of
- Ritschlianism:
Ritschlianism ...
- Ritter, Joseph Ignatius:
Historian, b. at Schweinitz, Silesia, 12 April, 1787; d. at Breslau, 5 Jan., 1857. ...
- Ritual:
The Ritual ( ...
- Ritualists:
The word "Ritualists" is the term now most commonly employed to denote that ...
- Rivington, Luke:
Born in London, May, 1838; died in London, 30 May, 1899; fourth son of Francis ...
- Rizal, José Mercado:
Filipino hero, physician, poet, novelist, and sculptor ; b. at Calamba, Province ...
- Robbers, Seven:
(Septem Latrones), martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) in the second ...
- Robbia, Andrea della:
Nephew, pupil, assistant, and sharer of Luca's secrets, b. at Florence, 1431; d. ...
- Robbia, Lucia di Simone:
Sculptor, b. at Florence, 1400; d. 1481. He is believed to have studied design ...
- Robert Bellarmine, Saint:
(Also, "Bellarmino").
A distinguished Jesuit theologian, ...
- Robert Johnson, Blessed:
Born in Shropshire, entered the German College, Rome, 1 October, 1571. Ordained ...
- Robert of Arbrissel:
Itinerant preacher, founder of Fontevrault, b. c. 1047 at Arbrissel (now ...
- Robert of Courçon:
(DE CURSONE, DE CURSIM, CURSUS, ETC.).
Cardinal, born at ...
- Robert of Geneva:
Antipope under the name of Clement VII, b. at Geneva, 1342; d. at Avignon, 16 ...
- Robert of Jumièges:
Archbishop of
- Robert of Luzarches:
(LUS).
Born at Luzarches near Pontoise towards the end of the ...
- Robert of Melun:
(DE MELDUNO; MELIDENSIS; MEIDUNUS).
An English philosopher ...
- Robert of Molesme, Saint:
Born about the year 1029, at Champagne, France, of noble
- Robert of Newminster, Saint:
Born in the district of Craven, Yorkshire, probably at the village of Gargrave; ...
- Robert Pullus:
(PULLEN, PULLAN, PULLY.)
See also ROBERT PULLEN.
- Robert, Saint:
Founder of the
- Roberts, Saint John:
First Prior ...
- Robertson, James Burton:
Historian, b. in London 15 Nov., 1800; d. at
- Robinson, Venerable Christopher:
Born at Woodside, near Westward, Cumberland, date unknown; executed at Carlisle, ...
- Robinson, William Callyhan:
Jurist and educator, b. 26 July, 1834, at Norwich, Conn.; d. 6 Nov., 1911, at
- Rocaberti, Juan Tomás de:
Theologian, b. of a noble
- Rocamadour:
Communal chief town of the canton of Gramat, district of Gourdon, Department of ...
- Rocca, Angelo:
Founder of the Angelica Library at Rome, b. at Rocca, now Arecevia, near ...
- Roch, Saint:
Born at
- Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien:
Marshal, b. at Vendôme, France, 1 July, 1725; d. at Thoré, 10 May, ...
- Roche, Alanus de la:
( Sometimes DE LA ROCHE).
Born about 1428; died at Zwolle ...
- Rochester, Ancient See of:
(ROFFA; ROFFENSIS).
The oldest and smallest of all the ...
- Rochester, Blessed John:
Priest and martyr, born probably at Terling, Essex, England, about 1498; died at ...
- Rochester, Diocese of:
This diocese, on its establishment by separation from the See of Buffalo, 24 ...
- Rochet:
An over-tunic usually made of fine white linen (cambric; fine cotton material is ...
- Rochette, Désiré Raoul:
Usually known as Raoul-Rochette, a French archeologist, b. at
- Rock, Daniel:
Antiquarian and ecclesiologist, b. at Liverpool, 31 August, 1799; d. at ...
- Rockford, Diocese of:
(ROCKFORDIENSIS).
Created 23 September, 1908, comprises Jo ...
- Rockhampton:
Diocese in Queensland, Australia. In 1862 Father Duhig visited the infant ...
- Rococo Style:
This style received its name in the nineteenth century from French ...
- Rodez:
(RUTHENAE)
The
- Rodrigues Ferreira, Alexandre:
A Brazilian natural scientist and explorer, b. at Bahia in 1756; d. at
- Rodriguez, Alonso:
Born at Valladolid, Spain, 1526; died at
- Rodriguez, Joao:
(GIRAM, GIRAO, GIRON, ROIZ).
Missionary and author, b. at ...
- Rodriguez, Saint Alphonsus:
(Also Alonso).
Born at
- Roe, Bartholomew:
(VENERABLE ALBAN).
English Benedictine martyr, b. in Suffolk, ...
- Roermond:
(RUBAEMUNDENSIS).
Diocese in Holland ; suffragan of ...
- Rogation Days:
Days of prayer, and formerly also of fasting, instituted by the Church to ...
- Roger Bacon:
Philosopher, surnamed D OCTOR M IRABILIS , b. at Ilchester, Somersetshire, ...
- Roger Cadwallador, Venerable:
English martyr, b. at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford, in 1568; executed at ...
- Roger of Wendover:
Benedictine monk, date of birth unknown; d. 1236, the first of the great ...
- Roger, Bishop of Worcester:
Died at Tours, 9 August, 1179. A younger son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, he ...
- Roh, Peter:
Born at Conthey (Gunthis) in the canton of Valais ( French
- Rohault de Fleury:
A family of ...
- Rohrbacher, Réné François:
Ecclesiastical historian, b. at Langatte (Langd) in the present
- Rojas y Zorrilla, Francisco de:
Spanish dramatic poet, b. at Toledo, 4 Oct., 1607; d. 1680.
- Rokewode, John Gage:
Born 13 Sept., 1786; died at Claughton Hall, Lancashire, 14 Oct., 1842. He was the ...
- Rolduc:
(RODA DUCIS, also Roda, Closterroda or Hertogenrade).
Located ...
- Rolfus, Hermann:
Catholic educationist, b. at Freiburg, 24 May, 1821; d. at Buhl, near Offenburg, ...
- Rolle de Hampole, Richard:
Solitary and writer, b. at Thornton, Yorkshire, about 1300; d. at Hampole, 29 ...
- Rollin, Charles:
Born in Paris, 1661; died there, 1741. The son of a cutler, intended to follow ...
- Rolls Series:
A collection of historical materials of which the general scope is indicated by ...
- Rolph, Thomas:
Surgeon, b. 1800; d. at Portsmouth, 17 Feb., 1858. He was a younger son of Dr. ...
- Roman Catacombs:
This subject
- Roman Catechism:
This catechism differs from other summaries of
- Roman Catholic:
A qualification of the name
- Roman Catholic Relief Bill: IN ENGLAND
With the
- Roman Christian Cemeteries, Early:
This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb
- Roman Colleges:
This article treats of the various colleges in
- Roman Congregations:
Certain departments have been organized by the
- Roman Curia:
Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the ...
- Roman Processional:
Strictly speaking it might be said that the Processional has no recognized place ...
- Roman Rite, The:
( Ritus romanus ).
The Roman Rite is the manner of ...
- Romanos Pontifices, Constitutio:
The restoration by Pius IX, 29 Sept. 1850, by letters Apostolic "Universalis ...
- Romanos, Saint:
Surnamed ho melodos and ho theorrhetor , poet of the sixth century. The only ...
- Romans, Epistle to the:
This subject
- Romanus, Pope:
Of this pope very little is known with certainty, not even the date of his ...
- Romanus, Saints:
(1) A Roman
- Rome:
The significance of
- Rome, University of:
The University of
- Romero, Juan:
Missionary and Indian linguist, b. in the village of Machena, Andalusia, Spain, ...
- Romuald, Saint:
Born at Ravenna, probably about 950; died at Val-di-Castro, 19 June, 1027.
- Romulus Augustulus:
Deposed in the year 476, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His reign ...
- Ronan, Saint:
There are twelve Irish saints bearing the name of Ronan commemorated in the ...
- Ronsard, Pierre de:
French poet, b. 2 (or 11) Sept., 1524, at the Château de la Poissonniere, ...
- Rood:
(Anglo-Saxon Rod, or Rode, "cross"), a term, often used to signify the True Cross ...
- Roothaan, Johann Philipp:
Twenty-first General of the
- Roper, William:
Biographer of St. ...
- Rorate Coeli:
(Vulgate, text), the opening words of
- Rosa, Salvatore:
(Also spelled SALVATOR; otherwise known as RENNELLA, or ARENELLA, from the place ...
- Rosalia, Saint:
Hermitess, greatly venerated at
- Rosary, Breviary Hymns of the:
The proper office granted by Leo XIII (5 August, 1888) to the feast contains ...
- Rosary, Confraternity of the:
In accordance with the conclusion of the article ROSARY no sufficient evidence is ...
- Rosary, Feast of the Holy:
Apart from the signal defeat of the Albigensian
- Rosary, Seraphic:
( Or Seraphic Rosary.)
A
- Rosary, The:
Please see our How to Recite the Holy
- Rosate, Alberico de:
(Or ROSCIATE).
Jurist, date of birth unknown; died in ...
- Roscelin:
Roscelin, a
- Roscommon:
Capital of County Roscommon,
- Rose of Lima, Saint:
Virgin, patroness of America, born at Lima,
- Rose of Viterbo, Saint:
Virgin, born at Viterbo, 1235; died 6 March, 1252. The chronology of her
- Rose Window:
A circular window, with mullions and traceries generally radiating from the ...
- Rosea:
A titular see. The official catalogue of the
- Roseau:
(ROSENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of Port of Spain, Trinidad, ...
- Rosecrans, William Starke: William
Born at Kingston, Ohio, U.S.A. 6 Sept., 1819; died near Redondo ...
- Roseline, Saint:
(Rossolina.)
Born at Château of Arcs in eastern ...
- Rosenau:
( Hungarian ROZSNYÓ; Latin ROSNAVIENSIS).
Diocese in ...
- Rosh Hashanah:
The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. Two ...
- Rosicrucians:
The original appelation of the alleged members of the occult-cabalistic- ...
- Roskilde, Ancient See of, in Denmark:
(ROSCHILDIA, ROSKILDENSIS.)
Suffragan to Hamburg, about ...
- Roskoványi, August:
Bishop of
- Rosmini and Rosminianism:
Antonio Rosmini Serbati, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, ...
- Rosminians:
The Institute of Charity, or, officially, Societas a charitate nuncupata , is a ...
- Ross:
(ROSSENSIS).
Diocese in Ireland. This see was founded by ...
- Ross, School of:
The School of
- Rossano:
(ROSSANENSIS).
Archdiocese in Calabria, province of ...
- Rosselino, Antonio di Matteo di Domenico:
The youngest of five brothers, sculptors and stone cutters,
- Rosselino, Bernardo:
(Properly BERNARDO DI MATTEO GAMBARELLI.)
B. at Florence, ...
- Rosselli, Cosimo:
(LORENZO DI FILIPPO).
Italian fresco painter, b. at ...
- Rossi, Bernardo de:
(DE RUBEIS, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BERNARDO MARIA).
Theologian and ...
- Rossi, Giovanni Battista de:
A distinguished
- Rossi, Pellegrino:
Publicist, diplomat, economist, and statesman, b. at Carrara, Italy, 13 July, ...
- Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio:
Born 29 February, 1792, at
- Rostock, Sebastian von:
Bishop of Breslau, b. at Grottkau, Silesia, 24 Aug. 1607; d. at Breslau, 9 June, ...
- Rostock, University of:
Located in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, founded in the year 1419 through the united ...
- Roswitha:
A celebrated nun -poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in ...
- Rota, Sacra Romana:
In the Constitution "Sapienti Consilio" (29 June, 1908), II, 2, Pins X ...
- Roth, Heinrich:
Missionary in
- Rothe, David:
Bishop of Ossory (
- Rottenburg:
(ROTTENBURGENSIS).
Diocese ; suffragan of the ecclesiastical ...
- Rotuli:
Rotuli, i.e. rolls — in which a long narrow strip of papyrus or parchment, ...
- Rouen, Archdiocese of:
(ROTHOMAGENSIS)
Revived by the
- Rouen, Synods of:
The first
- Rouquette, Adrien:
Born in
- Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste:
French poet, b. in Paris, 16 April 1670; d. at La Genette, near Brussels, 17 ...
- Rovezzano, Benedetto da:
Sculptor and architect, b. in 1490, either at Rovezzano, near Florence, or, ...
- Rowsham, Stephen:
A native of Oxfordshire, entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1572. He took orders ...
- Royal Declaration, The:
This is the name most commonly given to the solemn repudiation of Catholicity ...
- Royer-Collard, Pierre-Paul:
Philosopher and French politician, b. at Sompuis (Marne), 21 June, 1763; d. at ...
- Ruadhan, Saint:
One of the twelve "Apostles of Erin" ; died at the monastery of Lorrha, County ...
- Ruben:
(REUBEN.)
A proper name which designates in the
- Rubens, Peter Paul:
Eminent Flemish painter, b. at Siegen, Westphalia, 28 June, 1577; d. at Antwerp, ...
- Rubrics: I. IDEA
Among the ancients, according to Columella, Vitruvius, and Pliny, ...
- Rubruck, William:
(Also called William of Rubruck and less correctly Ruysbrock, Ruysbroek, and ...
- Rudolf of Fulda:
Chronicler, d. at Fulda, 8 March, 862. In the monastery of
- Rudolf of Habsburg:
German king, b. 1 May 1218; d. at Speyer, 15 July, 1291. He was the son of Albert ...
- Rudolf of Rüdesheim:
Bishop of Breslau, b. at Rüdesheim on the Rhine, about 1402; d. at
- Rudolf von Ems:
[Hohenems in Austria ].
A Middle High German epic poet of ...
- Rueckers, Family of:
Famous organ ...
- Ruffini, Paolo:
Physician and mathematician, b. at Valentano in the Duchy of Castro, 3 Sept., ...
- Rufford Abbey:
A monastery of the Cistercian Order, situated on the left bank of the Rainworth ...
- Rufina, Saints:
The present Roman
- Rufinus, Saint:
The present Roman
- Rufus, Saint:
The present Roman
- Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, Juan de:
Spanish dramatic poet, b. at
- Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio:
One of the most distinguished pioneers of the original Jesuit mission in ...
- Ruiz de Montoya, Diego:
Theologian, b. at Seville, 1562; d. there 15 March, 1632. He entered the
- Rule of Faith, The:
The word rule ( Latin regula , Gr. kanon ) means a standard by which ...
- Rule of St. Augustine:
The title, Rule of Saint Augustine , has been applied to each of the following ...
- Rule of St. Benedict:
This work holds the first place among monastic legislative ...
- Rumania:
A kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, situated between the Black Sea, the Danube, the ...
- Rumohr, Karl Friedrich:
Art historian, b. at Dresden, 1785; d. there, 1843. He became a
- Rupe, Alanus de:
( Sometimes DE LA ROCHE).
Born about 1428; died at Zwolle ...
- Rupert, Saint:
(Alternative forms, Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert, ...
- Rusaddir:
A titular see of Mauritania Tingitana.
- Rusicade:
A titular see of Numidia. It is mentioned by Ptolemy (IV, 3), Mela (I, 33), ...
- Ruspe:
Titular see of Byzacena in Africa, mentioned only by Ptolemy (IV, 3) and the ...
- Russell, Charles:
(BARON RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN).
Born at Newry, Ireland, 10 ...
- Russell, Charles William:
Born at Killough, Co. Down, 14 May, 1812; died at
- Russell, Richard:
Bishop of Vizéu in Portugal, b. in Berkshire, 1630; d. at Vizéu, 15 ...
- Russia: GEOGRAPHY
- Russia, The Religion of: A. The Origin of Russian Christianity
There are two theories in regard to ...
- Russian Language and Literature:
The subject
- Rusticus of Narbonne, Saint:
Born either at
- Ruth, Book of:
One of the proto-canonical writings of the Old Testament, which derives its name ...
- Ruthenian Rite:
There is, properly speaking, no separate and distinct rite for the Ruthenians, ...
- Ruthenians:
(Ruthenian and Russian: Rusin , plural Rusini )
A ...
- Rutter, Henry:
( vere BANISTER)
Born 26 Feb., 1755; died 17 September, ...
- Ruvo and Bitonto:
(RUBENSIS ET BITUNTINENSIS)
Diocese in the Province of Bari, ...
- Ruysbroeck, Blessed John:
Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, undoubtedly the foremost of ...
- Ruysch, John:
Astronomer, cartographer, and painter, born at Utrecht about 1460; died at ...
- Ryan, Father Abram J.:
The poet-priest of the South, born at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 August, 1839; died at ...
- Ryan, Patrick John:
Sixth Bishop ...
- Ryder, Henry Ignatius Dudley:
English Oratorian
- Ryken, Theodore James:
Known as B ROTHER F RANCIS X AVIER , founder of the Xaverian Brothers. Born ...
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